livre, m., book

livre, /., pound, livre = livre sterling, pound sterling (about five dollars).

livrer, to deliver, give up, deliver up, deliver over, betray.

livrer bataille, to engage battle, give battle, la bataille décisive devait se livrer . . , the decisive battle was to be fought . . , to take place . .

se livrer à . . , to give oneself up (over) to . . ; to indulge in. .

logique, n., /., logic.

loi, /., law.

loin, adv., far, distant, de loin, from afar, from a distance, plus loin, farther, further, further on. le plus loin, farthest, furthest.

lointain, -e, adj., remote, far distant, lointain, n., m., distance.

Lombard Street, one of the busiest thoroughfares in the city of London, noted for banking and finance, not far from the Royal Exchange.

Pon; see on, pron.

Londres, m., London, capital of England.

long, -ue, adj., long, long, n., m., length, le long de.., prep., along, tout le long de . . , all along, along.

longtemps, adv., long, a long time, for a long time.

longue, /.; see long, adj.

lorsqu,= lorsque.

lorsque, when.

louer, to praise.

louer, to rent, hire.

Louis, m.} Lewis, name of many French kings. Louis XV ( = quinze), King of France (1715-1774). Louis XVI (= seize), King of France (1774-1792; died 1793).

louis, m., louis, an old French gold coin, equal to twenty francs or about four dollars.

lucide, lucid, clear.

lugubrement, dolefully, dismally, mournfully.

lui, conj. pers. pron., sing., m., /., indir. obj., to him, to her, to it; for him, for her, for it; him, he^, it; (indir. obj., combined with def. art. + n.) ■-= his, her, its.

lui, disj. pers. pron., sing., m., he, him, it. lui-même, himself, itself.

lui, p. part.; see luire.

luire, irr., to shine, gleam; to dawn, appear.

luit, près, ind.; see luire,

lumière, /., light.

lumineu-x, -se, luminous.

lundi, ra., Monday, contes du lundi, ra., Monday tales.

lune, /., moon.

lunette, /., spy-glass, telescope; plur., spectacles.

m'=me.

M. ( + name) = Monsieur or monsieur, Mr. M. N.; see N.

ma, /., see mon.

machine, /., machine, engine.

mâchoire, /., jaw, jaw-bone.

madame, /., madam, lady, my lady, Mrs.

VOCABULARY

magasin, m., store, shop.

magistrat, m., magistrate, public civil officer.

main, /., hand, à pleines mains, with full hands, largely, liberally, plentifully.

mainmorte, /., jur., mortmain, possession of lands or tenements in dead hands, or in hands that cannot alienate; estates belonging to corporations, especially to ecclesiastical bodies.

maintenant, adv., now.

maintenir, irr., to maintain, uphold, keep, maintenir quelque chose en place, to keep something in its place.

maire, m., mayor.

mais, conj., but; (in an exclamation) why! mais si, why!

yes certainly.

mais (marking the pronunciation) =mes, dem. adj., plur.

maison, /., house.

maître, m., master; teacher; chief, head, owner, proprietor, maître de l'hôtel, master or proprietor of the hotel or inn.

maître d'hôtel, hotel-keeper, inn-keeper, landlord. le Maître Phonétique; see phonétique.

majesté, Majesté, /., majesty, Majesty.

mal, adv., badly, ill. plus mal, worse, tant bien que mal; see bien,

mal, n.f m., evil, ill; pain, harm; labor, hardship.

. . d'où venait le mal, . . where the fault was. vouloir du mal à quelqu'un; see vouloir.

malfaisant, -e, mischievous, evildoing, hurtful.

malgré, prep., in spite of.

malheur, m., misfortune, bad luck, unhappiness. malheur à qui . . ! woe to him who . . !

malheureusement, unfortunate-

malicieu-x, -se, malicious, waggish, roguish, witty.

mali-n, -gne, adj., malign, malignant; roguish, clever, cunning, smart, knowing, crafty, les malins, the knowkig ones, the smart fellows, le malin, c'était de..+m/., the best trick was to . . + inf.

maman, /., mamma.

Mameluk = Mamelouk, m., Mameluke, one of the former mounted soldiery of Egypt, formed originally of Circassian slaves, the actual masters of the country at the time of the French invasion.

Manche, la.., /., the British Channel (between France and England) . d'outre-Manche, see outre.

manfin (faulty contraction in rapid pronunciation) = mais enfin.

mangé, p. part., eaten; see manger.

manger, to eat.

manière, /., manner, way, mode; sort, kind, à la manière de . . , after the manner of. . d'une manière galante, in a gallant manner, gallantly.

manque, n., m., lack, want.

manquer, to be wanting, be lacking, be missing; to miss, fail, la besogne ne manque pas, work is not lacking; there is no lack of work; there is plenty of work, quelque chose lui manque, il lui manque quelque chose, he lacks or wants something; he is in want of . . , he is short of something, il ne manque pas de dire, he does not fail to say. je n'y manquerai pas, I shall not fail [to do so].