French for Reading ch. 9

Question 1

jour

Answer 1

day

Question 2

ne (verb) guère

Answer 2

hardly, scarcely

Question 3

ne (verb) jamais

Answer 3

never

Question 4

ne (verb) point

Answer 4

not at all

Question 5

ne (verb) plus

Answer 5

no more, no longer

Question 6

donc

Answer 6

therefore

Question 7

apprendre

Answer 7

to learn

Question 8

essayer

Answer 8

to try

Question 9

ne (verb) rien

Answer 9

nothing

Question 10

ne (verb) personne

Answer 10

nobody, no one

Question 11

ne (verb) aucun (m.), aucune (f.)

Answer 11

no, not any

Question 12

ne (verb) nul (m.), nulle (f.)

Answer 12

no, not any

Question 13

rendre

Answer 13

to render, make, cause

Question 14

lire

Answer 14

to read

Question 15

résoudre

Answer 15

to resolve, solve

Question 16

servir de

Answer 16

to be used as, to serve as

Question 17

déjà

Answer 17

already

Question 18

nettement

Answer 18

clearly, distinctly

Question 19

ne faire que + infinitive

Answer 19

to do nothing else but …; all one does is …

Question 20

ne … que

Answer 20

only, nothing but, nothing except

Question 21

ne … plus que

Answer 21

no longer (anything, anybody) except

Question 22

ne … jamais que

Answer 22

never (anything, anybody) except

Question 23

ne … rien que

Answer 23

nothing but, nothing except

Question 24

ne … guère que

Answer 24

scarcely (anything, anybody) except

Question 25

suivre

Answer 25

to follow

Question 26

s’ensuivre

Answer 26

(impersonal compound of suivre) to follow from

Question 27

l’élève

Answer 27

the student