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XVIII.- THE COUNTRY,

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The country la campagne
country people, country folk(s) les gens de la campagne, les paysans
A market town un bourg
A village un village
A hamlet un hameau
The countryside la campagne
picturesque pittoresque
lovely charmant
A villager un villageois
quiet paisible
laborious laborieux
A plot Un coin de terre
thatch le chaume
A thatched cottage une chaumière
To stretch s'allonger
secluded retiré, à l'écart
To cluster se grouper
scattered, straggling disséminé, épars
The vicarage, the rectory le presbytère, la cure
The parson le recteur, le pasteur
the manor house, the country seat le manoir, le château
The squire le châtelain
To rule gouverner
The landlord le propriétaire
A tenant un locataire
To let louer
An estate un domaine
The country council Le conseil régional
The post-office le bureau de poste
The postmaster le receveur
The postmistress la receveuse
The schoolmaster L'instituteur
The inn L'auberge
The innkeeper l'aubergiste
A sign-board une enseigne
A village hall la salle des fêtes
The green la pelouse, le pré
The common le terrain communal
The churchyard le cimetière
The village constable le garde-champêtre
The sexton le sacristain, le fossoyeur
A grave une tombe
A road une route
A lane un chemin
straight droit
To wind serpenter
A hedgerow une haie
A fence une barrière
A bend, a twist un tournant, un coude
A cart track, a path un chemin charretier
dusty poussiéreux
muddy boueux
A rut une ornière
A puddle une flaque d'eau
To splash patauger
To widen élargir
uneven irrégulier
Smooth lisse, doux
the roadmender le cantonnier
To keep in good repair entretenir
A ditch un fossé
A bank un talus
A short cut un raccourci
A footpath un sentier
The blacksmith le forgeron
A hammer un marteau
An anvil une enclume
The forge la forge
The smithy la forge, l'atelier
To shoe ferrer
A horse-shoe un fer à cheval
The hoof le sabot
The wheelwright le charron
A cart Une charrette
A shaft un brancard
A wheel une roue
The nave, the hub le moyeu
The spokes les rayons
The rim la jante
The axle l'essieu
The saddler le sellier
A saddle une selle
The harness le harnais
A rein une rêne
A bridle une bride
to set spurs donner de l'éperon
To harness atteler
The traces les traits
A tramp un chemineau
A vagrant un vagabond
A gipsy un bohémien
A caravan une roulotte
A tinker un rétameur
A basket-maker un vannier
An itinerant vendor Un marchand ambulant
Created by: Olycel
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