ferme, firm, steady ; re- solute.
ferrner, to shut, close ; fer- mer la marche, to come last, la fermete, firmness, constancy.
feroce, ferocious, savage. le festin, feast, banquet, la fete, feast, festival, le feu, fire.
le feuillage, foliage, leaves, la feuille, leaf, la feuillee, bovver, arbour, fi done ! fie ! fidele, faithful, loyal, fidelement, faithfully. se fier (a), to rely (upon), to
trust (to). fier [fjeir], proud, fierement, proudly. la figure, face, visage ; appear- ance, la file, file ; a la file, in single
file, filer, to spin ; filer doux, to
take it meekly, le filet, net. la fille, girl, maid ; daughter ;
jeune fille, maiden. la fillette, maid, maiden, le filou, sharper, thief.
filouter, to pilfer, to cheat, la filouterie, cheating ; steal- ing.
le fils [fi:s], son. la fin, end. fin, expert, finir, to finish, to end. le firmament, sky, heavens. fixer, to fix ; se fixer, to
abide.
flamber, to blaze, la flamme, flame, le flanc, side, flank ; battre
des flancs, to pant. la Flandre, Flanders.
flatter, to flatter ; se flatter
(de), to hope (to). la fleur, flower ; paragon ; a
��la fleur de l’age, in full manhood, le fleuve, river, la flotte, fleet.
la foi, faith ; de bonne foi, in good faith ; de la meil- leure foi du monde, most heartily ; ma foi ! in- deed ! donner sa foi, to pledge one’s word, la fois, time ; a la fois, all at once ; at the same time ; une bonne fois pour toutes, once for all. la folie, madness, insanity.
folle, see fou. le fond, bottom.
fondre, to melt, dissolve , fondre sur, to rush upon, la fontaine, fountain, spring, la force, strength ; de force, against her will ; a force de, by dint of. forcer, to force, compel ; to
break open. la foret, forest.
former, to form ; former
plainte (centre), to lodge a
complaint, to bring an
action (against).
fort, strong; copious;
strongly ; very. fortement, strongly,
stoutly.
la forteresse, fortress, fortifier, to fortify. la fortune, fortune ; luck ;
success, le fosse, ditch ; moat.
fou, folle, mad ; foolish, le fou, fool, jester.
fouiller, to search, la foule, crowd, throng, fouler, to tread (on), fournir, to provide. le fourreau, scabbard, la fourrure, fur. le fracas, crash, clatter, noise, din.
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