IB
opened a vein); say opened one of hie veiné.
pointe, poinL
oouteau, knife,
bnt, drcmk,
sang, blood.
treixième, thirteenth.
se coneha, (hinudf lay down) ; say laid himself doum.
fond, bottom.
barque, boat
attendit qne, (waited that); la mort le prît, (the death him took) ; en pitié, {in pity) ; say waited for death to take pity on him.
il ne restait pins rien, (there no longer remained anything) ; say nothing wiu left.
dn, (of the).
que, say but.
les os, (the bonee); la pean, (the akin) ; say $kin and bones.
6tait derenn, (wm) ; say had become.
moins de, say less than.
qninse jours, (fifteen days); say a fortnight.
janne, yellow.
see, dry.
"plAttflaL
liareng sanr, say red herring.
so réveilla, (himself awoke from sleep) ; say he woke up.
mollement, sofUy.
étendu, stretched.
sur une herbe, (on a grcuts); épaisse et fleurie, (thick andfuU
of flowers); say on thiek grass
which wasfuU of flowers.
beroeau, bower.
oti, say on which.
chantaient, were singwg.
des milliers, (some) thousands.
répandaient, ihed.
d^oieuse fraîcheur, ddicious
coolness. une soixantaine de, (a coitlection
of sixty of); say about sixty, plus hideux, (more hideous); les
uns que les autres, (the ones
than the others); say each more
hideous than the other.
se tenaient aooroupis, (themsdves
held crouched on the heels) ; say
were crouching on their heels.
paraissaient, appeared.
se eonsulter, (thenudves fo be con-
suUing); say to be eonsulHng
one another.
tout en l'examinant, (aU in him
examimng) ; say eaDamining him
all the white.
attention minutieuse, say minute
attention.
les uns, say some.
lui présentaient, (to him presented);
say presented to him.
des oor))eille8, (some) baskets.
oranges, oranges.
les autres, (the) others.
approchaient de, (broughtnear of);
say put to.
lèyres, lips.
des tasses, (some) cups.
limonade, lemonade.
lait de coco, (mUk of cocoa-nut)
say cocoa-nut milk, il y en avait qui, (there were of
them who) ; say some.
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lui chatouillaient, (to him tickle^; la plante des piede, {Vie boU of Ihe feet) ; say tickled the êoUs ofhisfeeU
et qni, and (who),
M frottaient le graa des jambes, say rubbed the calves of his legs,
d'antres, (some) others.
rèventaient, (him fanned); say fanned him,
l'èmonehaient, say kept (he flies off him,
des fenilles de palmier^ (some leaves of j^m tree); say jpalm leave»,
â oliaqne moreean, ai etuih moruiL
qn(e), thai (relative pron.).
avalait, «MzZtoumi.
zasadei bumper.
bnvait, drank,
c'étaient des oris, (there were some cries); say there was nothing but cries,
hurlements de joie, shrieks of joy.
gambades, gambols.
sants de carpe, (leaps of carp); B&y parlour gymnastics, (Note:
These * carp-leaps' are made from two positions — flat on the back or flat on the belly.)
à se démancher, (to one's self unhandle) ; tons les membres, (aU the limbs); say enough to put aU one's limbs out of joint
après que, after (thai).
eat mangé, had eaien, bo, drunk, trov, (hole) ; say tieve.
on le couvrit, (one him covered)
say they covered him.
mantean, doak, fait, made.
des plnmes de serin, (some feathers
of canary-bird); say oanary-
birds . . • feathers, de colibri, say humming-birds, de perroquet, say parroVs, on le hissa, (one him hoisted) ; say
they hoisted him, palanquin, palanquin.
cortège, train.
se dirigea, (itself directed) ; say
proceeded, musique en tète, (music ai the
head) ; say with muiie playing
before them.
palais, palace, gouvernement, govemmeni.
trône, throne, était vacant depuis la veille, (tons
vacant since the day before);
say had been vacant for twenty^
four hours, venait de mourir, (w€u coming
from dying) ; say had just died, notables, leading men, allaient lui donner, (vjere going to
him to give) ; say were about to
give him, successeur, successor.
que, whom, jeté, thrown, rivages, shores, c'est comme ça que, (it is like that
that) ; say this was how.
aux trois quarts mort, (ai the)
three (quarters) ; say parts dead. n'ayant plus, (no longer having) ;
say having nothing left, aux pieds, say on his feet.
qne, say &u^.
la moitié, (the half),
paire d'esoarpins, pair of pumps,
devint, heoaTM.
était montée sur, (wat mounted
on) ; say had mounted.
âne, donkey.
le faisait avancer, (him wai
making whance); say watt
making him go on.
en loi donnant, (in to him giving);
tif^J by giving him.
force conps de bagniiette, (plenty of
blows of switch) ; say plenty of
cvis with a switch.
Ini dit, (to him said) ; say said to
him.
ne le bati pas, (him heat not);
say do not beat him.
tn lui fais mal, (thou to him dost
ill) ; say you hurt him.
ne le tape pas, (him tap not) ; say
don't thrash him.
n'avance pas, say doesn't move, d'ailleurs, besides, mince, thin.
ne peat pas, cannot.
Ini faire grand mal, (to him do
great ill) ; say hurt him much.
an lien de, (instead of); le taper,
(him tapping); say instead of
thrashing him, le piquais, (him pricked); say
pricked him, éperon, spur.
voilà, 8{iy tliafê.
une drôle d'idée, (a funny (thing)
of idea); say a funny idea, d'abord, in the first place.
tn n'as pas d(e), (thou hast not
of) ; say you have no.
ensuite, tn the next place, ne sentirait pas, would not fed.
ég^, (equal) ; say aU the same.
essayons toujours, lefs try at all
events.
tant mieux, so much the better.
ne lui fait pas de mal, say does
not hurt him.
à te donner, (to to thee give); say
to give you.
en ferons un, (of them) will mahe
one.
épingle, pin.
piquerons, say stick, sera, wiU be.
en dedans du, ineide (of) the, en dehors, outside.
tiens, (hold); say I say.
mais, why, c'est très bien imaginé, (tfiat is
very well devised) ; say that*s a
very got^d idea.
pouvons retourner, can go baeJe, demanderai, will ask for, des épingles, some pins.
il y en a toujours, (there are of
them always) ; de très grosses,
(some very big); say there are
always some very big ones.
monta . . . sur, motmted (on), en croupe, (on crupper); say
behind Sophie.
arrivèrent, came up, an galop, at (the) ; say a gallop, cuieinier, (man) cook.
leur donna, (to tliem gave); say
gave thtm.
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eroyant, thinking.
en ayait besoin, (of them had need) ; say wanted them.
pour cadier, (/or) to hide.
à sa robe, say in her dress.
ne Tonlnt pas arranger, would not arrange.
sentait bien, (felt toeU) ; say was thoroughly aware,
faisait, toas doing.
BOttU^ foolish thing,
il vaut mieux, it is (worth) better.
nous nous assiérons, (we ourselves loill seat) ; say \oe wiU sit down,
mangera, wiU eat.
travaillerons, (shaM) work.
aurons l'air, have the look.
se reposent, (themselves are retting) ; say are resting.
arrivés, (having arrived); say when they came.
descendirent, got down.
content d'être, pleased to he.
se mit, (himseffput); say began.
à manger, to eat
dn bord des chemins, (of the side of the roads); say on the roadside.
l'assirent, (themselves seated) ; say sat down.
par terre, say on the ground.
commencèrent, began.
ouvrage, work.
première, first.
perça bien, (pierced weU); say
pierced . . . t7 is true.
plia, bent tellement, to such a degree.
ne put pas, could not.
servir, (serve); say be used.
en avaient, (of them) had.
heureusement, happily.
entra . . . dans, made its way
into, facilement, easUy.
déjà percé, (already pierced) ; say
which was already pierced.
le mit, (it put); say put it on, l'attacha, (it fastened); say
fastened it.
rattrapa, caught . . . a^ain.
aida, helped.
a monter dessus, to mount (upon)
U, la voilà qui donne, (her see there who gives); des coups de talon, (some blows of heel) ; say there she is driving in her heels.
pique, (pricks); aùj pricking.
part, starts off.
au trot, at (the) ; say a troL enchantée, delighted.
encore, again.
se met, (himself puts) ; say begins, à galoper, to gaUop.
a T^r>Xt(hasfear);B&j is frightened.
Be cramponne, (herself cramps) ;
say clings fa^ bride, bridle.
firayeur, fright serre, presses . • • tigldly.
plus . . . plus, the more . . . thé
more.
appuie, lean».
ruer, kick. sauter, jump.
lance, darts.
à, say to a distance of, pM^ paces.
reste, rematns .
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sable, êand,
étourdie, dazed»
ohnte, faU.
était demeuré, {was); saj had
remained, en arrière, {in rear) ; eay behind, acoonrt, runs up.
efErayé, terrified, aide, helps.
à se relever, {to herself raise
again) ; say to get up again, elle avait les mains, {she had the
hands) ; say her hands . • . were, écorohés, grazed,
il 7 avait, there vxia,
une fois, once,
taillait, was hewing,
des pierres, (some) stones.
dans, {in) ; say out of.
labenr, toU,
salaire, hire,
sonffirait, suffered.
mde tâche, painful task,
gémissait, groaned,
s'écria, exclaimed.
qne ne snis-je, say why am I not,
asses riche, say rich enough.
pour ponvoir dormir, {for) to he
able to sle^, Ut, bed.
des rideanz, {some) curtain», descendit, came down, dn ciel, from {the) heaven, lui dit, (to him said) ; say said to
him, qne ton vosn soit, {thai) thy prayer
he, accompli, fulfilled, devint, hecam/e.
s'endormait, went to sleep, en soie ronge, {in silk red) ; say of red sUk,
voilà qne, {behold that) ; say lot arrive, comes there.
des cavaliers, {some) horsemen, l'ombrelle d'or, {the parasol of
gold) ; say the golden parasol, se sentit, {himself fdt); say feU
himself, attristé, saddened, à ce spectacle, (at this spectacle) ;
say ai sight of this, sonpira, sighed, ponvais être, cotdd he, desjoendant, coming down.
sa promenait, say went abroad.
se leva, {itself raised) ; say rose,
éclata, burst forth,
de tplle sorte, say in stick sort,
ardents, bumifig,
desséchée, dried up,
transformé, transformed,
en soleil, say into the sun,
dardait, darted,
de tons cotés, say in aU directions,
flamboyant, flaming,
gason, greensward,
visage, countenance.
voilà qne, {behold thai) ; say lo!
nnage, doud.
s'élève, {itsdf raises ) ; say rises,
en l'air, into the air,
cache, hides,
lumière, light.
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say
slrrlte, (himself angers) g
grows angry.
de yoir, say at seeing, ainii, . . . thus.
pouvoir eomprimèi power eon-
traeted, s'écrie, exdaims, voudrait être, toould like to he.
ehangè eu uuage, changed into a
cloud,
se plaça, (himself placed) ; say
pUjLoed himself.
reverdit, grew green again.
s'ouvrit, (itself opened); say
opened.
txfïnM^ flanks.
ooulèrent, flowed, des torrents, («>f»6) torrents* inondèrent, inundated, vallées, ffaUeys.
dévastèrent, devastated.
moissons, harvests.
noyèrent, say and drowned, bestiaux, cattle.
tombèrent, fell.
à grands dots, say «n great floods, sans pouvoir, without being aJble, l'ébranler, (it to shake); say to
shahe it.
puissant, powerful^
voudrais être, should like to be.
ehangé en roo, changed into a rook.
ardeur, burning heat violence, violence.
ne pouvaient, were not able.
rémouvoir, (it to trouble) ; say to trouble it (see Yooabulary).
voioi venir un ouvrier, (f)éhold
come a workman); say loi a
workman comes.
se met, (himself puts) ; say begins.
à frapper sur, to strike (on).
marteau, hammer.
en détaohe, (from it breaks off);
say breaks of from it.
de gros moroeauz, (some) large
pieces.
transformé, transformed, taut de fois, (so much of); say so
many times.
redevient, becomes again, tailleur, heu)er, travaille, toils.
rudement, painfully.
miuoe salaire, slender hire, vit, lives.
au jour le jour, (for the day the
day) ; say from hand to mouth, eontdut de, satisfied wiU^, sort, lot»
2. Olivier de CUsson fontrht for Jean de Montfort in the décisive battle of Auray, which terminated, in 1364, iu favour of De Monffort, the Breton war of succession, after a struggle which he had maintained for fourteen years, supported by the English Crown, against Charles de Blois, supported by the French Crown. De Blois fell at Auray. De Montfort had no sooner acceded to the dukedom under the title of Jean IV. than he quarrelled with lie Glisson, who took service with the French kin^ and rose to be Constable. In 1387 the duke trepanned De Cliâson, meditating his death, repented, and gave him his freedom ; he is said« however, to have subsequently repented of his better thoughts and to have in^tii^ated tlie asHassi nation of De Clisson, who was wounded, but not mortally, in the streets of Paris in 1392.
4. 8ur le minuit. ^Townrds' such or such an hour is vers lee or 8ur les, the article being always plural, even in sur les une Aeure, except in sur le minuit and sur le midi. But one eau also use vers without the article. It is therefore better to say vers une heure^ vers minuit, vers midi.
5. le plus secrètement, etc Instead of ' the most secretly that it should be possible,' say * as secretly as might be.'
10. qu*aurait sa mort. Inversion, or the placing of the subject after the verb, is very frequent in French relative clauses. If sa mort be placed before aurait it will be seen how the sound of the sentence suffers.
18. cette nuit. In French * this pight ' is said, as in English one says * tliis morning.' Say • last night.'
— * on a enterré' son corps. Render by the passive voice, making the French object the English subject, and putting the verb in
the same tense of the English passive, as it is of the French active. Instead of *one has buried his body,' say *hi8 body has been buried.'
30. de joie. The preposition de here denotes the cause, like English * for,' in, e.^., * not to be able to speak for laughing.'
1. eH arrivée. Gf. below, 1. 14, étaient venuee. The nse of the auxiliary * to be ' with many verbs of • motion ' and • change of state/ e.g. *he is come,' *he is become,' is nearly obsulete in English- In French it is necessary.
2. qui 90 nommaient. The French reflective must often be rendered, as here, by an English passive. Gf. Je m*appelie (lit.
• I call myself '), • I am called,' i.6. * my name is.'
4. au brigand. The definite article is used to denote that th^ class * highwayman ' is meant English expresses the same thing by the plural, * at highwaymen.'
6. faisait le gendarme, Gf. faire le morty * to do,' i,e, * to act the dead man,' ' pretend to be dead.' There are three classes of police in France: (1) the gendarmée^ whose special duty is to deal with criminals; (2) the gardiens de la paix, whose special duty is to keep order in public places; (3) the (jardes champêtres, or rural police. All these three classes are authorized to arrest a crimiudl.
7. se précipitaient Vun sur Vautre. Gf. Us (te regardent Tun Vautre^ *' they look ut theniselven,' viz. ' one looks at the otiier,' te.
* they look at one another ; ' ces oMifttes tomltent les unes sur les autres^ * these plates are falling some on the others' (tliere are more than two), i.e. * these plates are fulling on one another.'
