| A | B |
| eras, ages | eres (un accent grave au premier |
| au cours de | during, over the course of |
| eteints (accent aigu on first) | extinct |
| il y a + time | ago |
| puissant, puissante | powerful |
| peuplades | tribes (primitive) |
| attire (accent aigu on the e) | attracted |
| le sol | soil |
| doux, douce | mild |
| au sens propre | in the literal meaning |
| il reste pourtant | there nevertheless remains |
| une caverne | a cave |
| une pointe de fleche (accent grv on first e) | arrow-head |
| un outil de pierre | tool made of stone |
| une aiguille d'os | needle made of bone |
| coudre | to sew |
| une peau de bete (accent circonflexe) | animal skin |
| partout | everywhere |
| leve(e) (accent aigu on e) | standing |
| dresse (accent aigu on e) | erected, raised |
| un but | purpose |
| on se demande | people wonder |
| un espoir | hope |
| capter | to collect |
| un autel | an altar |
| une caisse de resonance (accent aigu on e) | echo chamber |
| eriger (accent aigu on e) | to erect, to put up |
| pluvieux, pluvieuse | rainy |
| frais, fraiche | cool |
| saladier, saladiere (accent grave) | salad bowl |
| un produit laitier | diary product |
| la peche (accent circonflexe) | fishing |
| rechauffer (accent aigu) | to warm up |
| primeur | early produce |
| une fraise | a strawberry |
| un chou-fleur | califlower |
| apparente (accent aigu) | related |
| le pays de Galles | Wales |
| tenir a (accent grave) | tp be anxious to |
| tetu (accent circonflexe) | stubborn |
| un roman | novel |
| un souvenir | souvenir |
| un oeillet | a carnation |
| meridional (accent aigu on e) | French Southerners |
| chaleureux, chaleureuse | warmhearted |
| un personnage | a character |
| le betail (accent aigu) | cattle |
| paisser | to graze |
| les communications (f) | roads, highway systems |
| supprime (e) (accent aigu) | done away with |
| le cours inferieur (accent aigu) | lowert course (of a river) |
| avant notre ere (accent grave) | B.C. |
| une falaise | cliff |
| deblaye (two accents aigus) | removed, cleared away |
| une echelle (accent aigu) | a ladder |