Il faut travailler pour réussir. One must work to succeed.
Il me faudra partir demain. I shall have to go to-morrow.
Il faut que l'enfant revienne. The child must come back.
Il lui faut un chapeau neuf. He needs a new hat.
Une femme charmante.--Une A charming woman.--A woman
femme chantant la Marseillaise. singing the Marseillaise.
Je l'ai vu qui travaillait. I saw him work (working).
Il a cessé _de chanter._ He has stopped _singing_.
Il vaut mieux rester, il va It is better to stay, it is
pleuvoir. going to rain.
Il est deux heures. It is two o'clock.
Il fait beau temps. The weather is fine.
A. 1. One must amuse oneself. 2. By [1] telling his stories,
the story-teller keeps[2] himself from forgetting[3] them. 3.
I have to have (I need) a book. 4. It is a question[4] of
getting-revenge[3955 and there remains only[6] one way. 5. It
seems[7] to me that it would be better to avenge yourself by[1]
throwing him out of the window. 6. I see the king coming.[8] 7.
It is half past seven; there still remains a quarter of an hour
for[9] me to work. 8. He was walking in the park, because it
was fine weather. 9. It happened[10] that he came to consult me.
10. It is an important matter. 11. Never mind,[11] it is better
to wait. 12. We must not strike out the two remaining words. 13.
What time is it? Must we be going? 14. It is fitting[12] that
she remain[13] here. 15. She must amuse the children by telling
them amusing stories. 16. Triboulet knows that his life is at
stake.[14] 17. He is sure of dying.[3] 18. Far from amusing[3] me,
he angered me. 19. Wishing to buy a hat, he entered the hatter's.
20. The following week it rained. 21. After filling[15] the sack,
he started[16] to lift it. 22. Let[17] them[18] not have[19]
him hanged.[20] 23. Do not suffer the peasant to approach[21]
me.
[Footnotes 1: en. 2: empêcher. 3: _not present participle._
4: s'agir. 5: se venger 6: ne ... que. 7: sembler. 8: _relative
clause._ 9: _omit._ 10: arriver. 11: n'importe. 12: convenir.
13: _subjunctive, why?_ 14: il y va de sa vie. 15: _perfect
infinitive._ 16: vouloir. 17: que. 18: on. 19: faire;
_subjunctive, why?_ 20: _infinitive._ 21: s'approcher de;
_subjunctive, why?_]
B. Word Study. Use in sentences: personne, personnage, perte,
perdre, périr, péril, pitié, piteux, plaindre, plainte, pleurer,
pleuvoir, poison, poisson, port, porte, pouvoir, pourvoir, propos,
propre, repas, repasser, rester, reposer, sanglant, sanglot.