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Two hundred . . . . . . . . . Deux cents.
Two hundred and one . . . . . Deux cent un.
One thousand . . . . . . . . Mille.
Two thousand . . . . . . . . Deux mille.
One thousand one hundred . . Mille cent; onze cents.
Thousands of soldiers . . . . Des milliers de soldats.
A million . . . . . . . . . . Un million.
Two million men . . . . . . . Deux millions d'hommes.
A score . . . . . . . . . . . Une vingtaine.
About forty men . . . . . . . Une quarantaine d'hommes.
Hundreds of men . . . . . . . Des centaines d'hommes.
CURRENCY, MEASURES, AND WEIGHTS.
1 cent . . . . . . . . . . . Un sou; cinq centimes.
10 cents . . . . . . . . . . Dix sous; cinquante centimes.
20 cents (about) . . . . . . Un francs.
1 dollar . . . . . . . . . . Cinq francs.
(The French have gold pieces of 10 francs and 20 francs; bank notes of 50 francs, 100 francs, and higher. The gold pieces are probably replaced by bank notes now.)
1 meter (1.0936 yards) . . . Un metre.
1 kilometer (0.62138 mile) . Un kilometre.
NOTE:--For all ordinary purposes, the ”kilometre” = 5/8 of a mile; the ”centimetre”--4/10 of an inch.
1 league (2.48552 miles) . . Une lieue.
1 hectare (2.4711 acres) . . Un hectare.
1 gram (15.43239 grains troy) Un gramme.
1 kilogram (2.204621 pounds avoirdupois) . . . . . . . Un kilogramme.
220.46 pounds avoirdupois . . Un quintal; 100 kilos.
2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois . Une tonne; 1,000 kilos.
(Coal is sold by the _tonne_; grain and hay by the _quintal_. Dix quintaux de ble, de foin = 10 quintals of grain, of hay.)
1,0567 quart (liquid) . . . . Un litre.
26.417 gallons . . . . . . . Un hectolitre.
0.9081 quart (dry) . . . . . Un litre.
2.8379 bushels . . . . . . . Un hectolitre.
(The _litre_, which is the princ.i.p.al unit of both fluid and dry measures, is the contents of 1 cubic _decimetre_ (decimetre = 1/10 metre).)
DAYS, MONTHS, AND SEASONS.
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . Dimanche.
Monday . . . . . . . . . . . Lundi.
Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . Mardi.
Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . Mercredi.
Thursday . . . . . . . . . . Jeudi.
Friday . . . . . . . . . . . Vendredi.
Sat.u.r.day . . . . . . . . . . Samedi.
January . . . . . . . . . . . Janvier.
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