tome, m., volume, tome

ton, n., m., tone; tune; manner, style, d'un ton.., with a tone. . , in a manner. .

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ton (m.), ta (/.), tes (plur., m., /.), poss. adj., your; thy.

tonnerre, m., thunder.

tort, m., wrong, harm; disadvantage, fault. à tort, wrong, wrongly, à tort et à travers, at random, indiscriminately.

tôt, soon, early, plus tôt, sooner, earlier, pas plus tôt, no sooner, hardly, immediately after.

toucher, to touch; reach.

toucher à . . , to touch, touch at . . ; to be next to . . , be near to . . , be related to . . , be akin to . . , be like. .

toujours, always, for ever, still; nevertheless, however.

tour, m., turn, tour, trip, stroll, walk, faire un tour, to take a turn, take a walk, à double tour, turning (the key) twice; see fermer. — tour à tour, in turn, by turns, alternately.

tourbillon, m., whirlwind.

tournant, près, part., turning; see tourner.

tourne, près, ind., turns; see tourner.

tournée, n., /., trip, round, turn, tour; round of drinks, treat.

tourner, trans., to turn, turn round, turn off; intr., to turn, change, be changed, se tourner, to turnaround (intr.).

tourner bride, to turn back; see bride. — tourné, -e, gentiment, turned, shaped, expressed nicely.

tous, plur., m.; see tout, -e.

tout, -e, plur.: tous, m., toutes, /., pron. adj., all; every; whole, full, complete, tous deux, tous les deux, both, both of them, tout le monde, everybody, toutes les fois que, whenever, as often as.

toutes les envies du monde; see monde. — toute, plur. toutes, = adv., before f. adj. with consonant initial: tout seul, m., toute seule, /., all alone; see seul. — See toute-puissance, n., f. tout, toute en+7i., wholly composed of. .

tout, pron. and n., neut. =m., ail, everything; anything; whole, tout ce qui (subj.) or que (dir. obj.) , all that . . , whatever. . le tout, the whole; [he does, did, etc.] all that, all this, du tout (after neg.), at all.

tout, adv., all, entirely, wholly; quite, very, tout d'un coup, all of a sudden, suddenly, all at once, tout à coup, suddenly, at once, tout à fait, altogether, entirely, quits, quite well, tout à Pheure, presently, soon; just now.

tout de même, all the same, however, nevertheless, tout au moins, at least, at the least, tout de suite, at once, immediately, tout en + ger.

=pres. part., while.

toute-puissance, n., /., omnipotence, almightiness, unlimited power.

toutes, plur., /.; see tout, -e.

toux, /., cough.

trace, /., trace, track, vestige.

tracer, to trace, draw, sketch; to lay out.

traduire, irr., to translate.

traduit, près, ind.; see traduire.

tragédie, /., tragedy.

tragédien, m., tragedian, tragic actor.

train, m., train, suit; process, course; rate, pace; way, manner; noise, bustle, aller son train, to go on, still go on, go on in one's (its) usual (old) way; to have its «course.

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traîner, to drag, draw, se traîner, to drag oneself along; to crawl, creep along.

traite, /., draft, bill.

traiter, to treat, traiter quelqu'un de paresseux, to call some one a lazy fellow, a sluggard.

tranquille, quiet, tranquil, peaceful, tenez- vous tranquille[s], be quiet!

tranquillement, quietly, peacefully.

tranquillité, /., tranquillity, peace.

transformer, to transform, se transformer, to be transformed, be changed, change.

transmettre, irr., to transmit, transfer, convey, make over.

transmis, -e, p. part.; see transmettre.

transport, m., transport, rapture, ecstasy.

travail, m., work.

travailler, to work.

travaux, plur.; see travail.

travers, n.,m., breadth, obliqueness, à travers, prep., across, through, à tort et à travers, at random, indiscriminately.

traverser, to cross, go over, pass over.

tremblement, n., m., trembling, tremor.

trembler, to tremble.

trempe, près, ind., dips; see tremper.

trempé, -e, p. part., dipped, steeped, soaked; see tremper.

tremper, to dip, steep, soak, moisten, drench, wet.

trente, thirty.

très, very, very much.

trésor, m., treasure; treasury, department of a government which has charge of the finances.

tréteau, m., trestle.

trêve, /., truce; rest.

tricher, to cheat, trick.

tricorne, m., three-cornered hat.

triompher, to triumph.

triple, adj., threefold, treble, triple, ce triple sot; see sot.

trique, /., cudgel, stick; pop., — sword.

triste, sad, sorrowful.

tristement, sadly, sorrowfully.

trois, three.

troisième, third.

trompé, -e, p. part., deceived; see tromper.

tromper, to deceive, se tromper, to be mistaken, make a mistake.

trône, m., throne.

trop [de. .], adv., too; too much, too many; too strongly, too well; very well, very much, very.

trotter, to trot, trot about, trot along, trotter menu, to take many and short steps, trot slowly, trot about with short steps.

trottoir, ra., side-walk, foot-pavement.

trou, ra., hole.

trouble, n., m., confusion, disorder, disturbance.

troubler, to confuse, disturb, trouble, se troubler, to be confused, disconcerted, disturbed, troubled.

troupeau, m., flock, herd.

trouvais, descr. p., found; (after si, if) should find; see trouver.

trouver, to find; to find out; to meet, meet with.. aller trouver quelqu'un, to look any one up, call upon any one. se trouver, to be found; to be, happen to be.

trouverait, cond., would find; see trouver.

tu, con], pers. pron., stibf., you; thou.

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tuer, to kill.

tuerie, /., slaughter, butchery.

tumulte, m., tumult, uproar, riot.

Turc, n., m., Turk.

tur-c, -que, adj., Turkish.

Turenne, Henri de . . , a celebrated French general, 1611-

turque, /., see turc.

tutelle, /., tutelage, guardianship, protectorship, protection.

uit, inter j., imitating the noise made in drinking quickly {see Chr. Fr., §§ 23, 46).

un, -e, one; an, a. Tun, the one, one. Pun. . l'autre, one . . the other. les uns . . les autres, some . . the others. Pun l'autre, l'une l'autre, one another, each other.

uniforme, n., m., uniform.

uniformité, /., uniformity.

unir, to unite.

univers, m., universe.

universaux, n., m., plur.; see universel, n., m.

universel, -le, adj., universal, used everywhere.

universel, n.,m., universal; general term or notion {in the science of logic), universaux, plur.

usage, m., use, usage, custom.

user, de . . , to use ; to make use of..

utile, useful.

va, près, ind., goes, is going s'en va, goes away, goes off, goes. See aller, s'en aller.

va, imper., 2d pers. sing., go, go on. vas-y, go there.

See aller, va! inter j., go on!

go ahead! all right!

vacarme, m., clamor, hubbub, tumult, uproar.

vague, adj., vague, uncertain.

vain, -e, vain, en vain, in vain, vainly.

vais, près, ind., go, am going; see aller.

vaisseau, m., vessel, ship.

vaisseaux, plur.; see vaisseau.

valait, descr. p.; see valoir.

valet, m., lackey, footman, manservant, valet de chambre, servant in attendance, waiting-man, waiter.

vallon, m., vale, valley.

valoir, irr., to be worth, valoir mieux, to be better, il vaut mieux; mieux vaut, it is better, en valoir la peine, to be worth the trouble, be worth while.

vanité, /., vanity.

vas, imper., 2d pers. sing., go; see va, imper.

vaste, vast, spacious, large.

vaut, près, ind.; see valoir.

veau, m., calf, veal.

veille, /., eve, day before, preceding day.

veiller, intr., to wake, watch.

venaient, venait, descr. p., came; see venir.

venez, près, ind., come, venezvous? do you come? See venir.

venir, irr., to come, venir en aide à quelqu'un; see aide, n., /. — venir à bout de. . ; see bout. — venir + inf., without prep., to come to. . (in order to..), come and.. viens m'aider! come and help me!

venir h+inf.'; en venir à + inf., to happen to., venir de + inf., in près, ind., . .have

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just..; in descr. p., ..had just..(+p. part.): vous venez de dire, you have just said; . .venaient d'éclore, . .had just opened, ça me vient, that (it) occurs to me, comes into my head, d'où ( = de là) vient que . . , hence . . , therefore. .

Venise, /., Venice, town in Italy, venons, imper.; see venir, vent, m., wind, les jours de grand vent, on very windy days, ventre, m., belly, stomach, ventre à terre, flat on the ground; at full speed, grazing the ground, venu, -e, p. part., come; see

venir, venue, n., /., coming, verbe, m., verb, verger, m., orchard, véritable, true, genuine, real, vérité, /., truth, à la vérité,

indeed, it is true, verre, m., glass.

verrons, fut., shall see; see voir.

vers, n., m., verse, vers, prep., towards, to; about.

Versailles, m., town near Paris, vert, -e, adj., green, vert, n.,

m., green color, green, veste, /., jacket, veulent, près, ind.; see vouloir, veut, près, ind.; see vouloir, veux, près, ind., will, wish; see vouloir. — je ne veux pas, I do not wish.

vibration, /., vibration, vice, m., vice, fault, defect, vicomte, m., viscount, victime, /., victim, victoire, /., victory.

Victor, m., =. Victor Hugo; see

Hugo, victorieu-x, -se, victorious, vidaient, descr. p., emptied; see vider.

vide, adj., empty, vacant, vider, to empty, se vider, to be

emptied, vie, /., life.

vieil, adj., m.; see vieux, vieillard, n., m., old man.

vieille, adj., /.; see vieux, vieillir, intr., to grow old or older; trans., to make old or older, make look old or older, viendrait, cond., would come;

see venir.

Vienne, /., Vienna, capital of

Austria, viens, près, ind., come; see

venir, viens, imper.; see venir, vient, près, ind., comes; see

venir, vierge, /., virgin, la Vierge-Mère = la sainte Vierge, the Holy Virgin, mother of Jesus, vieux, vieil, adj., m., vieille, /.; plur.: vieux, m., vieilles, /., old. vieux, n.9 m.,, old man, old fellow.

vi-f, -ve, alive, lively, vivid, brisk, quick, sharp, keen; intense, strong; vivid, bright, clear (of colors).

village, m., village.

ville, /., town, city, ville d'eaux, watering-place, sergent de ville, m., policeman, vin, m., wine.

vingt, twenty, vingt et un, twenty-one. vingt- cinq, twenty-five, vinrent, vint, narr. p.; see venir, violence, /., violence, torture, virent, narr. p.; see voir, visage, m., face.

viser, intr., to aim; trans., to aim at. . viser quelqu'un au front, to aim at some one's forehead.

visible, visible, obvious, manifest, visite, n., /., visit, call, être en

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visite, to pay a visit, make a call, visiter, to visit, vit, près, ind.; see vivre, vit, narr. p.; see voir, vite, adv., quickly, swiftly, fast, vivait, descr. p.; see vivre, vive, près, subjunct., may live, should live; see vivre, and qui- vive. — vive + n. ! long live. . !

vive, adj., /.; see vif.

vivement, quickly, briskly, vivons, imper.; see vivre, vivre, irr., to live. See vive,

près, subjunct.

vivres, n., m., plur., provisions,

food, victuals.

vocabulaire, m., vocabulary, vocal, -e, adj., vocal, cordes

vocales, /., see corde, vœu, m., vow.

voguer, to sail, float, voici, inter j., see here! behold!

here is, here are; this is, these are. voici quel. ., such, this, the following, of the following . kind; see quel, interr. adj.

voie, n., /., way, road, track,

path, voient, près, ind., see; see voir, voilà, inter j., see there! behold! there is, there are; that is, those are. la voilà! there she (it) is! voilà que (conj.) .., see! behold! now; thereupon.

voile, m., veil; = mist, voir, v., irr. , to see. voir.., cf . . . , see . . aura vu, fut. perf., will have seen, probably has seen, probably saw.

voir = voire, adv. (archaic and

pop.), truly, indeed, vois, près, ind.; see voir.

voisin, n., m., neighbor.

voisin, -e, adj., neighboring, bordering, adjacent, next, near, voisin de . . , bordering

on . . , next to . . , approaching . . , coming near to . .

voit, près, ind., sees; see voir, voiture, /., carriage, coach, wagon, voiture de place, hackney-coach, public cab, carriage for hire, voiture à bras, hand-truck, voix, /., voice, vote; ( = voyelle, /.) vowel, à haute voix, in a loud voice, aloud, loudly.

aux voix! put it to the vote!

let us vote!

volant, ger.—pres. part.; volant, -e, près. part. = adj., flying; see voler. — feu volant, m., will-o'-the-wisp.

vole, près, ind.; see voler, voler, to fly.

volet, m., window-shutter, volonté, /., will, volontiers, adv., willingly.

vont, près, ind., 3d per s. plur.;

see vais and aller, vos, plur.; see votre, votre, m., /.; vos, plur., m., /.,

poss. adj., your.

voudrais, cond., should like to. . ,

would like to . . ; see vouloir, voudriez, cond., would, would like to. . , would be so kind as to . . ; see vouloir, voulaient, voulait, descr. p.,

wished; see vouloir, voulez, près, ind., will, wish, want, like; see vouloir. — voulez- vous? will you? do you wish? do you want?

qu'est-ce que vous voulez?

what do you wish? what do you expect?

vouloir, irr., will; to be willing; to wish, want, like, intend, vouloir dire, to mean, vouloir du mal à quelqu'un, to wish any one harm; to owe any one a grudge, qu'est-ce que vous me voulez? what do you want of me? See voulez.

VOCABULARY

voulu, p. part.; see vouloir.

voulurent, narr. p.; see vouloir.

vous, conj. pers. pron., (subj., dir. obj.) you; (indir. obj.) to you, for you, you; (reft.) yourself, yourselves, etc.; (recipr.) each other, one another, etc.

vous, disj. pers. pron., you.

voyage, m., journey, travel; trip; voyage, faire un voyage, to take a journey, faire un petit voyage, to take a trip.

voyaient, voyais, voyait, descr.

p., saw; see voir.

voyant, ger., près, part.; see voir.

voyelle, /., vowel.

voyez, près, ind.; see voir. — voyez-vous, do you see? see!

look!

voyons, imper., let us see; inter j., let me see! come!

now! now then! See voir.

vrai, -e, adj., true, real.

vrai, adv., inter j., truly, in truth.

vraiment, adv., truly, really.

vu, -e, p. part.; see voir.

vue, n., /., sight, view; eyesight, = eyes.

vulgarisme, m., vulgarism, vulgar expression or pronunciation.

whist, m., whist, jouer au whist, to play at whist, play a game of whist.

y, pron. adv., there; thither; in it, in them; at it, at them; to it, to them; into it, into them; for it, for them; about it, about them; in that matter, in that business, il y a, il y avait, il y eut, il va y avoir, il y aurait eu; see avoir, and il. — il n'y paraît plus; see paraître. — il n'y peut rien; see pouvoir. — j'y suis; see être. — y, redundant:

j'y allais.. à l'appeler..; see aller.

yeux, m., eyes, plur. o/œil.

Yvetot, m., a small town in the old province of Normandy (département de la Seine- Inférieure).

zélé, -e, adj., zealous, les zélés, the zealous ones, the zealous persons.

zéro, n., m., naught, zero, cipher; mere cipher, person of no worth or character.

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