appréhension, n.f., apprehension; fear, dread. Avoir des —s; to be under apprehension.
apprendre, v.a., to learn, to be informed of; to hear of; to teach; to train; to tell, to inform of, to advise, to let know. — par cœur; to learn by heart. — des nouvelles; to hear news. Je l’ai appris de bonne part; I have it from good authority. Il m’a appris l’algèbre; he taught me algebra. Faire — un métier à un enfant; to put a child to a trade. Je lui apprendrai qui je suis; I will let him know who I am. Les malheurs s’apprennent vite; ill news flies fast.
apprenti, n.m., -e, n.f., apprentice; novice, tyro. Obliger un —; to bind an apprentice.
apprenti, -e, adj., apprenticed, articled.
apprentissage, n.m., apprenticeship, trial, experiment. Être en —; to be an apprentice. Faire son —; to serve one’s apprenticeship. Mettre en —; to apprentice, to article. Brevet d’—; apprentice’s indentures. Sortir d’—; to finish one’s time.
apprêt, n.m., preparation, preparative; cooking, (manu.) dressing; painting on glass; stiffness, affectation. Faire de grands —s; to make great preparations. Sans —; unstudied (of style).
apprêtage, n.m., (manu.) dressing; finishing.
apprêté, -e, part., prepared, dressed; studied. Des manières apprêtées; affected manners.
apprêter, v.a., to prepare, to get ready; to cook; (manu.) to dress; to afford matter for. — un chapeau; to dress a hat. — à dîner; to prepare dinner. — à rire; to afford matter for laughter.
s’apprêter, v.r., to prepare one’s self, to make one’s self ready, to dress; to be in course of preparation, to be brewing.