I. Étude de mots

l'avenir, m., the future. la boutonnière, the buttonhole. le bruit, the noise. la charrette, the cart. le corsage, the waist. la cour, the yard. la grange, the barn. la noce, the wedding. endimanché, ~e, dressed in one's Sunday clothes. hospitali-er, ~ère, hospitable.