VINGT-DEUXIEME LECON

A. QUESTIONNAIRE

r. Qu’est-ce que Mérimée a entendu craquer fortement ? 2. Quwest-ce qu’il a pris pour changer le cours de ses idées ? 3. Qu’est-ce qui lui arrive pendant la lecture? 4. Comment a-t-il dormi? 5. A quelle heure le coq a-t-il chanté? 6. Qu’est-ce Mérimée a entendu alors? 7. Qu’est-ce qu'il pensait en quittant son lit? 8. Qu’est-ce qu’il fit ensuite ? 9. Qu’est-ce qu’il a entendu? to. Ot est-il allé? 11. OU était Alphonse? 12. Qu’est-ce que sa meére faisait ? 13. Qu’est-ce que son pére faisait? 14. Qui a tué Alphonse, selon sa femme? 15. Qui est-ce qui le procureur du roi a fait arréter ?

B. EXPRESSIONS IDIOMATIQUES

1. a demi, half 4 se rendre compte de, form 2. trouver moyen de, manage an idea of to 5. se disposer a, prepare to 3. nulle part, xowhere 6. se défaire de, get rid of C. THEME

1. Mérimée took a book by M. de Peyrehorade and fell asleep at the third page. 2. It may have been five o’clock in the morning when he heard a cock crow. 3. Then he heard heavy steps on the stairs, which he had already heard before falling asleep. 4. He tried in vain to guess why Alphonse was getting up soearly. 5. Mérimée dressed quickly and went out into the corridor. 6. He ran to Alphonse’s room; it was full of people. 7. Alphonse, black and blue and half dressed, was lying motionless on the bed. 8. His wife was on a sofa, at the end of

the room. 9g. She uttered inarticulate cries, and two strong servants could not restrain her. 1o. Alphonse had been the victim of a murder. 11. Immediately Mérimée remembered the Spanish muleteer and his threat. 12. He told what he knew to the state’s attorney, and the latter ordered the Spaniard arrested at once.

Idiomatic expressions made up of several words are generally explained under the last component; so tomber d’accord is defined under accord.

a to, at, on, in, by, with, or, for, around, about, until, from, against, of, according to

abaisser to lower; s’—, fall, sink

abandonner to abandon, forsake, leave behind, let go

Vabattement m. depression abattre to bring down, fell, throw down

abolir to abolish

abondant, —-e abundant

Vabord m. access; d’—, at first, previously, first; de prime —, from the very start

aborder to board, come up to, meet, reach

aboutir to end

abréger to abridge

Vabreuvoir m. watering trough

Vabri m. shelter; 4 ’— de in the shelter of, sheltered from (by)

absolu, -e [apsoly ] absolute

accabler to crush

overcome,

accéléré, —e rapid Vaccés m. fit Vacclamation f. shouting accompagner to accompany, go with accompli perfect accomplir to carry out; celebrate Vaccord m. accord; tomber d’—, to reach an agreement accorder to grant, concede s’accouder to lean on one’s elbow accourir to run up, run, come at once accoutrer to accouter, fit out, dress accrocher to hang; s’—, lay hold accueillir to receive, welcome acheter to buy achever to finish Vacier m. [asje ] steel Vacolyte m. acolyte, attendant acquérir to acquire, obtain acquitter to acquit; s’—, pay one’s debt (s) Vacteur m. actor Vactrice f. actress adieu good-by Vadjectif m. adjective

Vadjoint m. deputy, vicemayor «

Vadjudant m. (highest noncommissioned officer, acting as assistant to a commissioned officer, and corresponding in rank, not in function, to a) top sergeant

admirer to admire; wonder at; faire —, show admissible possible adosser to lean one’s back against; étre adossé a be leaning against adoucir to alleviate

Vadoucissement m. alleviation

Vadresse f. address, skill

adresser to address, speak; pay; s’— a apply to adroit, —e clever

Vadversaire m. opponent

Vaffaire f. affair, business, engagement, matter in hand, case; #/. business; avoir — 4 to deal with, have to do with; avoir — de have need of; faire une —, do business; ils firent leur —, they finished their business; j’en fais mon —, I’ll see to them (it); se tirer d’—, get out of a difficulty

affamé, —e famished

afficher to post

affiler to sharpen

affliger to afflict

affreu—x, —se frightful

afin (de ov que) in order to, that

lage m. age; le moyen —, the Middle Ages Agé, -e aged, old s’agenouiller to kneel down agir to act; s’— de be a question of agiter to agitate, shake, disturb; s’—, struggle, be tossed about, stir about Vagonie f. death struggle agréable agreeable agur laguna (Basque) = bonjour, camarade Vaide m. assistant; — de camp aide-de-camp; f.

aid, help; étre en — 4 to help Vaiglon m. eaglet aigu, —é sharp, piercing, shrill Vaile f. wing ailleurs elsewhere; d’—, besides, otherwise, on the other hand, moreover, although aimable agreeable, pleasant Vaimant m. magnet; pierre d’—, loadstone aimer to love, like, be fond

of ainsi thus, so, in this fashion

Vair m. look, air, manner; tune; avoir l’— de to look as though, seem to; dun — gai gaily

Vaise f. ease; & son —, a V’—, at one’s ease; mal a mon —,, ill at ease; adj. glad

aisément easily, readily ajourner to postpone ajouter to add ajuster to adjust, aim at Alava province of northern Spain, capital Vitoria Valcade m. (Spanish) magistrate Alcala (in Spanish, Alcala) de los Panaderos (“of the bakers”’) town near Seville having 200 flour mills alentour around; d’—, around, surrounding les alentours m. neighborhood Vallée f. going; corridor, alley allemand, -e German aller to go; draw (of a chimney); s’en —, go away; allons ! va! come; beyond a doubt; comment cela va-t-il? how are your Valliance f. connection s’allier 4 to be united with allumer to light, kindle Almanza (correctly Almansa) small town in eastern Spain alors then, at that period Valtération f. change Vamande f. almond VYamant m. lover amasser to amass, accumulate; (incorrect for ramasser) pick up Vamateur m. person interested, enthusiast Vame f. soul, mind, spirit; de mon —, see nole to page 28, line 21

amen [amen ]| amen amener to lead, bring (up, on), induce amer [amer], amére bitter Amérique f. America Vameublement f. furniture Vami m. friend Vamie f. friend; bonne —, sweetheart; m’—, my love Vamitié f. friendship VYamorce f. priming Vamour m. love VYamourette /. love affair amoureu-x, -se in love, loving; x. lover Vamour-propre m. self-respect, self-esteem amuser to amuse; s’—, amuse oneself, have a good time Van m. year Vancétre m. ancestor ancien, —ne ancient, old; former; plus —, ranking andalous, —e Andalusian, from Andalusia VAndalousie f. Andalusia (province in southern Spain) Vane m. ass anéantir to annihilate, overcome lange m. angel anglais, —-e English; V?Anglais Englishman Vangle m. corner Vangoisse’ f. anguish, suffering Vanimal m. beast

animer to animate; s’—, become excited Vanisette f. liqueur flavored with anise Vanneau m. ring Vannée f. year; depuis peu d’—-s of late years annoncer to announce, present, indicate, inform; show, reveal; predict; s’— pour promise to be annulaire adj. ring Vantichambre f. antechamber, anteroom Vantiquaillerie f. old trumpery Vantiquaire m. antiquary antique antique, ancient; n. m. Yelic of antiquity Antonio (Span.) Anthony Vanxiété f. anxiety apaiser to appease, placate apercevoir to perceive, catch sight of, see; s’— (de) perceive aplatir to flatten apostropher to accost rudely apparaitre to appear apparemment [-am-] apparently Vapparence f. appearance, bearing, look, show; en —, apparently l’apparition f. vision Vappartement m. apartment appartenir to belong Vappel m. roll call appeler to call; il s’appelle his name is appétissant, -e appetizing

Vappétit m. appetite Vapplaudissement m. applause Vapplication f. place appliquer to apply, fit apporter to bring; serve; preserve apprendre to learn (of), teach, tell, hear of Vapprenti m. apprentice, tyro Vapprét m. preparation appréter to dispose, make apprivoiser to tame, make sociable Vapproche f. approach approcher to approach; put (bring, draw) near; s’— (de) approach Vappui m. support; point d’—, center of movement appuyé, —e leaning appuyer to support, lean; s’—, lean aprés after, afterward: see note to page 10, line 9; d’—, according to, in, from, after; — que after; peu —,, a while later aprés-demain the day after tomorrow arabe Arabic; Arab aragonais, —e Aragonese Varbre m. tree Varbrisseau m. shrub archéologique [-ke-] archeological Varchéologue [-ke-] m. archeologist; moins —, less of an archeologist

l’Arabe

ardent, —e blazing Vargent m. silver, money; — blanc silver money Vargile f. clay Vargot, m. slang, argot Varme f. arm, weapon armer to arm; cock arracher to snatch, wrench from, rouse, tear (away) arranger to arrange, settle; s’—, manage, shift for oneself arréter to stop; decide (upon); s’—, stop arriére back, rear; — de moi! get out of my sight ! en —, behind, to the rear Varriére-garde f. rearguard, rear Varrivée f. arrival arriver to arrive, come, happen; strike; arrivant jusqu’a carried to the point of Varrondissement m. one of the divisions of a department arroser to sprinkle, bathe Varticle m. point in question articulé, -e connected; distinct Vartillerie f. artillery Vasile m. refuge Vaspect [aspe] m. aspect, appearance aspirer to aspirate assaillir to attack lassassinat m. assassination Vassaut m. assault; donner Y’—, to make a frontal attack

Vassemblée f. gathering asseoir to seat; s’—, sit, sit down assez enough, sufiiciently; rather; fairly, satisfactorily lassiette f. plate assis, —e seated lassistant m. person present assister to be present, witness assit past def. of asseoir associer to admit as partner assommer to fell, stun assoupi, —e hushed up assoupir to make drowsy; s’—, fall half asleep assoupissant, —e soporific assuré, —e safe, confident assurément certainly assurer to assure, affirm; s’— (de) make sure (of) athlétique athletic atroce atrocious attacher to attach, fasten, lace, put on, fix, tie Vattaque f. attack attardé, —e belated atteignis past def. of atteindre atteindre to reach, overtake; strike Vatteinte f. reach attelé, -e harnessed attendre to await, wait for, wait, expect; elle se fit —, she came late; s’— a expect; en attendant (que) while waiting (for), until, pending Pattente f. wait, expectation

Vattention ff. attention; avoir l’—- de to be attentive enough to; faire —, pay attention

attifer to adorn, bedeck

attirer to draw, attract, gain; s’—, attain; draw upon oneself

Vattrait m.: — de curiosité curious interest

attraper to catch attribuer to attribute attrister to sadden

Vauberge f. inn

Vaubergiste m. innkeeper

aucun, —€ no, none, any

Vaudace f. boldness

au dela beyond au dessus (de) above

au-devant before; — de before; aller — de to go to meet

Vaudience f. hearing; donner —, to receive Vauditoire m. audience lauge f. trough augmenter to increase, heighten VYaugure m. omen augurer to augur, predict aujourd’hui today; dés —, this very day Vauméne f. alms; faire’'l?’—, to be charitable Vaune f. ell (about 46 3 in.

in France) auparavant before, previously auprés (de) near, nearly, with, among, over by, in comparison with aussi also, too; so, conse-

quently, as; —...que

AS ers aS

aussit6t immediately, at once, forthwith; — que as soon as

autant as much, as many, as well; aimer—, to like just as well; — que as far as, as much as; en faire —, do likewise Yauteur m. author, perpetrator Vautomne [oton] m. or f.

autumn autoriser to authorize; give reason Vautorité f. authority autour (de) around, around it autre other, else; l’un de l’—, from one another; Pun et ’—, both; nous —s we autrefois formerly; d’—, former autrement otherwise avaler to swallow lavance f. advance, lead;

dt nefaa ened vance

avancer to advance; stretch out; s’—, come

forward (on), walk on; je suis trop avancé I have ventured foo far

avant before; deep; — de before; (bien) — que (long) before; en —, forward, in front; en — de in front of; si —, so deeply

Vavantage m. advantage;

avoir l’—, to be the victor

Vavant-poste m. outpost

Ave Maria m. Hail Mary (Catholic prayer)

avec with, to

Vaventure f. adventure; 4

l’—, or d’?—, at random;

la bonne —,, fortune aventureu-x, -Se adventurous avertir to warn, give warning, inform

Vavis m. opinion, (bit of) information or advice aviser to apprise, notice; s’—, take into one’s head, presume, think (of) Vavocat m. lawyer, attorney

avoir to have, get, find; — faim, froid, peur, raison, soif be hungry, cold, afraid, right, thirsty; elle a sept ans, she is seven years old; il n’a rien, nothing is wrong with him; il ya there is, there are; ago, for (of time); je ne Sais ce que j’ai I don’t know what’s wrong with me; malgré que j’en aie inspite of myself; qu’yat-il? what is the matter ?

avouer to avow, admit, confess

Vaxiome m. rule azuré, —e azure, blue

la babine lip (of animal) chap

Baetica town on banks of

the Guadalquivir

le bagage baggage, luggage; pour tout —, as my entire baggage

la bagatelle trifle

la bague ring

la baguette rod; mener 4 la —, to rule with an iron

hand

bah ah! stuff and nonsense !

bai, -e bay

bai, jaona (Basque) yes, sir le baillement yawn bailler to yawn la baionnette bayonet baiser to kiss baisser to lower, cast down; se —, stoop la baji (Gipsy) fortune; see note to page 18, line 4 le bal (pl. bals) dance balafrer to slash le balai [-e] broom balancer to swing; se —, sway balayer to sweep balbutier [-sje] to stammer le balcon balcony la baliverne nonsense la balle bullet, ball le ballot bale le bane [ba ] bench la bande band; expanse; crowd; side (of ship) bander to bind up la bandouliére shoulder belt; en —, slung over his shoulder

la banniére banner baptisé, —-€ baptized la bar lachi (Gipsy) loadstone baragouiner to murder (a language) barbare barbarian la barbe beard barbu, —e bearded Barcelone Barcelona Bari Crallisa (Gipsy) = grande reine la barque boat le barratcea see noie io page 31, dine 31 la barre bar le barreau bar la barriére barrier, railing le bas lower part; stocking bas, —se adj. or adv. low, in a low tone, down; a — de down from; au — de below; en — de down from; 1a-—, yonder, over there; tout —, in a low voice basané, —-e tanned le bas-empire late Roman empire basque Basque; le Basque Basque; tambour de —, tambourine le bassin basin Bastia seaport in noriheastern Corsica, largest town on island Bastuli-Peeni Iberian race (Basiuli) on southern coast

of Spain, intermingled with Phenicians (Lai.

Peni)

la bataille battle, battle array le bataillon battalion

le batiment building; vessel batir to build le baton stick, piece of wood, cudgel, club le battement clapping la batterie battery battre to beat, strike; se —, fight le bavard chatterer Baztan river in the western Pyrenees, near France, continuation of the Bidassoa béant, —e wide open beau (bel before vowels), belle beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely, good, fine; avoir — + inf. in vain; de plus belle louder or more forcibly than ever beaucoup much, many, very much la beauté beauty la béche spade le beignet fritter Bellum Hispaniense one of

three anonymous supplemenis to Cesar’s Commentaries; iells of

Struggles in Spain befween Caesar and Pompey’s party, ending at Munda

le Bengale Bengal; rose du —, China rose, blush Tose

le béret Basque woolen cap, tam-o’-shanter

le berger shepherd

la bergére shepherdess

la besace leather bag, scrip

ee

se

les bésicles 7. spectacles le besom need; au —, in case oi need; avoir — de to need Ia béte animal, beast; fool béte foolish, Silly, stupid la bétise nonsense, stupid thing, folly la bibliothéque library le bien good; kind act; property bien well, very, really, quite, many, much, very much, ceriainly, fully, perhaps, readily, closely, carefully, indeed, to the point, gladly, heartily; —! very well ! all nght !

—, in any event; — des many; — du (de la) much; — que although; eh —, well; je vous le disais —, I told you so; ou —, or indeed, or, or else; ou —...0u —, either...

or; se trouver — ici to like it here bienvenu welcome; soyez le —, welcome le bijou jewel le billot block bimm hans!

la Biscaie [biskai] Biscay (province of orikern Spain, capiial Bilbao) le bissac Knapsack, wallet

(2335-1362) queen of Casiile, married im 1353 and ikree days laicr abandoned by Pedro ike Crud, io whom ker deaik kas been impuied blasé sur weary of le blessé wounded person blesser to wound la blessure wound bien, —e bine blendire bluish se blottir to crouch la Bohéme the Gipsies, Gipsydem; see moiz ia page

noic ia page 18, line 3 boire to drink; donner 4 —, give a drink le bois wood ja boisson drink la boite box, (watch-)case

le bonheur happiness; par —, luckily le bonhomme (//. bonshommes) grotesque figure le bonjour good day le bonnet cap le bonsoir good night le bord edge, border, bank; a—, on board; par dessus le —, overboard border to border, skirt borgne one-eyed borner to limit la botte boot, bundle la bouche mouth la boucherie butchery, butcher’s shop bouder to sulk, be angry with boudeu-r, —se sulky la bouffée puff, whiff bouger to move la bougie candle bouillant, —e boiling hot «le bouillon bubble, stream bouillonner to bubble le boulet cannon ball bouléverser to upset, tear

up Boulternére (should be Bouleternére) village

near Ill-sur-Tét; see note to page 111, line 21

le bourg [bur] small town

bourgeois, —e citizen’s; 7.

m. Civilian

la bourre wad; charge; see note to page 81, line

la bourrique donkey

la bourse purse

la boussole compass le bout end; bit; au — de asl) roet. Later eapousser a—, to drive too far la bouteille bottle la boutique shop le bouton button boutonner to button la boutonniére buttonhole le brancard stretcher la branche branch Brantéme, Pierre de Bourdelles (1535-1614), author of short stories le bras arm; 4 longueur du —, at arm’s length; sur les —, on his hands brave brave, worthy, good; mon —, my good fellow, old fellow; . m. brave man; bravo, hired assassin bravo ! applause bravo !

la bravoure courage la bréche breach bref, bréve short, curt bref adv. in a word la bride bridle; tourner —, to turn back brider to bridle le brigadier (cavalry) corporal brillant, —e bright, brilliant briller to shine la brioche blunder la brique brick le briquet flint and steel, lighter briser to break, break down broder to embroider brosser to brush; se —, brush up brouiller to mix up; se —

avec get into trouble with, quarrel with les broussailles f. #/. bushes broyer to shatter le bruit noise, clash, sound brfler to burn, consume brumeu-—x, —se overcast brun, —e brown, dark brusque rude, abrupt brusquement brusquely, short, abruptly, rudely brutal, —e bestial, brutish bruyant, —e noisy bulbeu—x, -se bulbous buon giorno, fratello (Jtal.) good day, brother bus see boire le buste bust but see boire le but goal, purpose le butin booty le butor bumpkin, awkward

clown & ca see cela ¢a here; come! — et la

here and there la cabane cabin le cabaret tavern le cabinet office, private room Cabra (la sierra de) a mountain range some 40 miles southeast of Cordova se cabrer to rear le cabri kid Cachena (la plaine de) imaginary place in the neighborhood of Cordova cacher to hide

le cachot dungeon le cadavre corpse le cadeau present Cadix [-diks ] Cadiz (seaport in southern Spain, on the Atlantic) le cadran dial, face le café coffee; café le caillou pebble la caisse tank, case le caisson ammunition wagon le calcul [kalkyl] calculation calé see calés la caléche open carriage le calecon drawers caler to prop up calé(s) (Gipsy) Gipsies (literally ‘ blacks ’) le calicot calico le calife caliph calli (Gipsy fem. sing.; cf.

calés) Gipsy calme calm; x. m. calm, quiet

le, la camarade comrade

le caméléon chameleon

le camp [ka] camp; side

le campagnard country person

la campagne country; campaign; field; dans la —, across country; se mettre en —, to begin a campaign, set out

la canaille riffraff

le canapé sofa

canarder to snipe, fire

shots from shelter

le canari canary bird

le candilejo (Span.) little lamp

le Canigou mountain in department of P-yrénées-Orientales, last high peak of eastern Pyrenees, with celebrated view

le canon cannon, barrel

le canonnier gunner

le canot canoe

le canton canton (subdivision of an arrondissement)

le capitaine captain; tain

la capitale capital city

le caporal (Corsican) corporal (official originally elected by a council and later hereditary, who administered justice in most Corsican communes); famille caporale family of corporal rank

les caporali (Jéal.) = caporaux;

chief-

see caporal

la capote (military) cloak, overcoat

le caprice caprice; passing

fancy, sweetheart la captivité captivity le capuchon hood car for le caractére character, distinction la carchera [-rke-] (Corsican) cartridge belt la caresse caress; kindness caresser to caress, fondle Carmen [karmen ] see note to page 18, line 5 Carmencita (Span.) diminutive of Carmen le carnage slaughter

le carnaval carnival carré square

le carreau square

la carriére career

la carte card, map; bill

le carton pasteboard

la cartouche cartridge, case (for coins)

le cas case; conduct; event; faire — de to attach importance to, take notice

of

casser to break, smash, break down; se —, break

la cassie acacia les castagnettes f. pl. castanets castillan, —-e Castilian; le Castillan Castilian catalan, —ne Catalan, relating to Catalonia; le Catalan Catalan la Catalogne Catalonia (province in Spain, capital Barcelona) catholique Catholic causant, —e talkative la cause cause; 4 — de because of, for the sake of causer to cause, give; converse, talk (about) la cavalerie cavalry le cavalier horseman, rider, cavalryman ce this, that, it; he, she ce (cet, cette, p/. ces) this, that (adjective) ceci this céder to cede, yield, make over

le cédre cedar; see note to page 100, line 13 la ceinture belt, girdle le ceinturon sword belt cela that; abbreviated ca célébre renowned celle see celui celtique Celtic celui (fem. celle, p/. ceux, celles) he, him; this, that; the one; —- ci the latter, this one, one; — -la the former, that one, the other la cendre ashes (also in pl.) cent one hundred la centaine about a hundred, some hundred la cépée tuft of shoots cependant however, nevertheless, and yet, meanwhile le cerceau hoop le cercle circle, band la cérémonie ceremony certain, —e sure, certain; a, some; — jour one day certes certainly la cervelle brain(s); briler (faire sauter) la —, to blow (a man’s) brains out César Julius Cesar (102 ?- 44 B.C.) Roman general and dictator la cesse ceasing cet see ce ceux see celui chacun, —e each, everyone le chagrin sorrow, vexation la chaine chain la chair flesh; meat

la chaise chair le chale shawl la chaleur heat le chambellan chamberlain la chambre room; robe de —, dressing gown le champ [Sa] field; sur le —, at once le champion contestant chanceler to stagger la chandelle candle le changement change la chanson song le chant song, chant chanter'’ to sing; say (mass); crow chantonner to hum Chapalangarra imaginary Spanish soldier le chapeau hat la chapelle chapel; death chamber (condemned Spanish criminals were kept in the prison chapel from sentence until execution) chaque each le chardon thistle la charge charge, load; duty; attack chargé, —e laden, full charger to charge, load, take, fill; order; se — (de) take care (of), take upon oneself le chariot cart Charlemagne (about 742- 814) founder of the Holy Roman Empire; known to the French peasantry as a hero of medieval legend

charmant, -e charming, delightful le charme charm charmer to,charm la charogne carcass la charte charter (i.e. the Charte constitutionnelle de France, granted by Louis XVIII in 1814 and revised to include complete religious toleration, etc., in 1830) la chasse hunting, chase la chasse shrine; comme une —, fit to kill chasser to chase, dispel le chasseur hunter le chat cat la chataigne chestnut le chataignier chestnut tree le chateau country house la chatte cat chaud, —e warm, hot; faire —, to be hot le chaudronnier tinker chauffer to get hot chausser to put on (wear)

shoes

le chebec xebec (small threemasted Mediterranean craft) ‘

le chef chief, superior officer, leader, commander; — d’ceuvre masterpiece; en —, the officerin command

le chemin way, road; aprés un bout de —, after going a certain distance; voleur de grands —s highwayman

la cheminée chimney, fireplace

cheminer to go on one’s way la chemise shirt, chemise le chéne oak; see vert cher, chére dear; mon —, my dear friend chercher to search (for), look for; get; try; aller —, to get chéti-f, —ve weak le cheval horse; 4 —, on horseback; fer de —, horseshoe la chevalerie chivalry la chevelure hair Cheverino see note to page 88, line 3 le cheveu hair; i. hair; tiré par les —x farfetched la cheville ankle la chévre goat le chevreuil roebuck le chevrier goatherd la chevrotine buckshot chez at (to) the house (home, shop) of, with, in the room (country, shop) of, etc.; — eux at home; de — nous from our village (country) le chien, la chienne dog le chiffon rag chiné, —e watered chipe calli (Gipsy) Gipsy language chirurgical, —-e surgical le chirurgien surgeon; —major regimental surgeon le choc blow, shock le chocolat [Sokola | chocolate

le cheeur [kcoer] choir choisir to choose, select le choix choice; pleasure choli for joli choquer to shock la chose thing; autre —, something else; bien autre —, quite different things; peu de —, a small matter; quelque —, m. something, anything le chou cabbage chrétien [-tjé] Christian; le Chrétien Christian; mourir en —, to die a Christian death; vieux —, of an old family (not descended from converted Moors or Jews) la chufa (Span.) the edible root of a kind of sedge la chute climax la cicatrice scar le cidre cider; pommier a —, cider apple tree le ciel (pl. cieux) sky, heaven; part of the world le cierge wax taper le cigare cigar le cimetiére cemetery la circonstance circumstance(s), juncture le cirque circus, amphitheater le ciseau: — a froid cold chisel ciseler to chisel, emboss citer to mention le citoyen, la citoyenne citizen clair, —e clear, light (color)

la clairiére clearing la clameur shouting claquer to rattle, crack la clarté light classique classic; see note to page 113, line 4 la clé or clef [kle] key le clergé clergy la clientéle dependents

le clignement winking; —s d’yeux winks cligner to wink; — (de) Poeil wink

le climat [klima ] climate le clin wink, twinkling la cloche bell clopiner to limp clore to close; nuit close quite dark la cocarde cockade le cocher coachman le coeur heart; courage; de bon (tout) —, heartily, vigorously; homme (gaillard) de —, courageous man (fellow), proud man, man of spirit; joli —, lady’s man; rester sur le —, to rankle within le coffre chest, box; —-fort strong box, safe coi, coite quiet coiffé, —e with one’s hair dressed; — de wearing on his (her) head coiffer to put on the head, put in the hair le coin corner le col collar la colére anger, wrath; en—, angry; adj. choleric, irascible

la le

le le

la

le

le

le

le

le

le

Coll (Jean) see note to page 95, line'25

collation light meal

collége college; see note to page 18, line 12

collégue colleague

collet collar (of a coat)

Collioure small seaport in Roussillon, noted for its wines

colonne column

colorer to color; se —, become colored

combat fight, struggle, battle

combattant combatant

combattre to fight

combien how much, how many

comble height

commander to order, command

comme as, when, like, how, as if, though, such as, as well as

commencement beginning

commencer to commence, open

comment how, what! — s’appelle (se nomme)-til? what is his name?

— cela how is that ?

commentaire commentary; les Commentaires de César Cesar’s Commentaries (on the Gallic and Civil wars; editions of them frequently include

duel,

the “ Bellum Hispaniense ’’)

commerce business; faire —, to trade

la commére godmother, gossip, comrade (cf. note to page 28, line 12) old woman commettre to commit la commission errand, re-

quest

commodément comfortably; étre —, to be at ease

commun, —e common la commune township communiquer to lead la compagnie company; la bonne —,, society le compagnon companion la comparaison comparison le compére godfather; friend; see note to page 28, line 12 se complaire 4 to take pleas-

ure in la complaisance good nature complet, compléte complete le compliment compliment; faire son —, to congra-

tulate complimenter to praise le complot plot

comprendre to understand, heed

compromettre to compromise

compte [k5nt] count, account; asa -boni. =, cheaply; se rendre — de to realize, determine exactly; sur le — de concerning

compter to count; intend, expect, rely; 4 pas

comptés with slow steps

le comptoir counter le comte count concentré, —e violent, utter concevoir to conceive la concision brevity conclure to conclude concurremment [-am- ] together condamner to condemn le conducteur driver conduire to conduct, lead, take, bring, accompany le céne cone; exterior la conférence lecture, con-

ference le confesseur father-confes- . sor la confession confession; —!

a confessor !

la confiance confidence la confidence confidential remark; faire des —s to confide in confier to entrust; confide confire to conserve le confiseur confectioner confisquer to capture la confiture preserves, jam confondre to confound, confuse; intertwine; se —, mix la conformation: défaut de —, physical defect conforme accordingly confus, —e confused la confusion embarrassment le congé leave la conjuration spell conjurer to conjure, call

up

conspiracy;

la connaissance acquaintance; consciousness; figure de —, familiar face; sans —, unconscious

le connaisseur expert connaitre to be (become) acquainted with, know; se — en be a judge of, be an expert in connu, —e known conquérir to conquer, attain consacrer to dedicate le conscrit conscript le conseil counsel, council; pl. advice conseiller to advise conséquent, —e consistent conséquent: par —, consequently, therefore conserver to preserve, retain, save considérable important la considération consideration, respect; reason considérer to look at la consigne orders consommé, —e expert constamment constantly consterner to dismay la construction building construire to construct, build contagieu—x, —se contagious le conte tale contempler to plate, look at la contenance bearing, appearance contenir to contain, hold, restrain

contem-

le

le

le

la

content, —e contented, satisfied, pleased, glad

contenu contents

conter to tell, recount, tell of; en — de toutes les couleurs try to win (them) by talking all sorts of nonsense

contigu, —é adjoining

contour form

contraindre to force

contraire contrary, opposite; au —, on the contrary

contraste contrast

contre against, contrary to; at, toward, behind, on, with

contrebande smuggling; contraband, smuggled goods

contrebandier smuggler

contre-cceur unwillingly

contre-coup recoil

contredire to contradict

contrée country

contrefort spur (of ¢ mountain-chain)

contre-marche (now written contremarche) countermarch

contribuer to contribute, add

convaincre to convince

convenable proper, suitable

convenance convenience, material advantage; mariage de —, marriage for money or position

convenir to suit, be best; agree, admit

le or la convive guest la convoitise greed le coq rooster, cock coquet, —te coquettish la coquette flirt la coquille shell le coquin, la coquine rogue,

unprincipled person, scoundrel

le corbeau raven

la corbeille basket; bride’s

presents la corde rope, cord, line le cordon cord Cordoue Cordova ( famous Spanish city in Andalu-

sia)

la corne horn :

le corps body; body of troops; — a —, hand to hand

le corrégidor (Spaz.) chief judge of a town le correspondant agent correspondre to correspond corriger to correct, punish; se — de break oneself la Corse Corsica corse Corsican; Corsican Corte [-te] town in the center of Corsica le cortége procession la céte rib; slope, coast; rire 4 se tenir les —s to split one’s sides laughing le c6té side, direction; a — de alongside of, beside; de —, to (on) one side; de son —, on the other hand; du — de towards; toward that part

le Corse

of; d’un autre —, on the other hand le coteau hillock le coton cotton la cotonnade cotton goods le cou neck; sauter au —, to throw one’s arms around the neck of la couche bed couché, -e lying, lying down, in bed coucher to lay, lay down, sleep; se —, go to bed, lie down; set; aller se —, go to bed; chambre a —, bedroom le coucher bed; — du soleil sunset le coude elbow; coup de —, push of the elbow coudre to sew couler to flow, sink la couleur color la coulisse groove; wings (theater); faire les yeux en —, to glance side-

wise

le coup blow, stroke; “haul”; shot; — dil glance; a deux —, double-

barreled; boire un —, to take a drink; pour le —, for once; tout a —, suddenly; tout d’un —, all at once coupable blameworthy, to blame couper to cut, cut off, slash, cut up le couplet stanza la cour court, yard courageu—x, —se courageous

courber to curve, bend le coureur runner courir to run; bein la couronne crown, wreath couronner to crown le cours course la course course, ride, race, journey, walking about; fight; a la —, by running; au pas de —, at the double quick; se mettre en —, to start out le coursier race horse court, —e short, brief; pour le faire —, in short le courtisan courtier le cousin, la cousine cousin Coustou family of French sculptors, the best known of whom was Nicolas Coustou (1658-1733); Statues in gardens of Tuileries and Versailles le couteau knife cotiter to cost; involve la coutume habit(s); de —, usually le couvent convent le couvert shelter; 4 —, sheltered, from cover la couverture cover, blanket couvrir to cover, thatch; se — de put on cracher to spit craindre to fear la crainte fear crainti-f, —ve terrified le craquement cracking, creaking craquer to crack, creak le crayon pencil

la créance credence le créancier creditor le créateur creator le crédit influence; credit le credo [kredo | creed le crépe crape crépu, —e curly le crépuscule twilight . creuser to dig le creux hollow creux, creuse hollow crever to burst; die (of animals or contemptuously) le cri cry, scream, shout crier to cry, scream, shout; creak le crin horsehair critiquer to criticize le crochet hook croire to believe, think; se —, think oneself, feel croiser to cross, fold le croiseur cruiser croitre to increase la croix cross (see note to page

87, line 16); faire la —, to make the sign of the cross

la crosse butt-end

la croupe croup; (porter) en —, (to carry) behind one (on horseback)

la cruauté cruelty

le cuarto Spanish copper coin, no longer minted, worth about ? cent

le cuervo (Span.) raven; Venta del —, Raven Inn

le cuir leather

la cuirasse breastplate

cuire to cook, bake

la cuisine kitchen la cuisse thigh cuit, -e: terre —e terra cotta le cuivre copper culbuter to upset, overturn la culotte breeches le culte religion; liberté des —s religious freedom cultiver to cultivate le curé priest, curé curieusement inquisitively curieu—x, —se curious; interesting la curiosité curiosity; de —, inquisitive cursi-f, —ve running

daigner to deign le daim fallow deer le dais canopy; see note to page 92, line 5 la dame lady; Notre-Dame Our Lady le damier checkerboard le dancaire (Span.) gambler (who places other people’s money) danois, -e Danish dans in, into, to, on, at danser to dance; les faire —, play dance music for them; have them dance le danseur, la danseuse dancer davantage (the) more, further, any better de of, from, with, about, by, to, at, on, in, for,

among; than (with numerals); some (partitive) débarrasser to rid le débat discussion débattre to debate; se —, struggle déboucher to uncork debout upright; up; se tenir —, to remain standing débrider to unbridle le débris remnants, wreckage le début start ; deca this side of; this way décamper to be off décapiter to behead la décharge discharge décharger to unload; se —, empty déchiqueter to hack apart déchirant, —e piercing déchirer to tear décider to decide, decide upon; décidé a ready to; se —, be decided, make up one’s mind; — de decide décontenancer to disconcert découplé, —e strapping le découragement discouragement décourager to discourage; se —, lose courage la découverte discovery découvrir to discover, find le décret decree décrire to describe dédaigner to disdain dédaigneu-—x, -se disdainful

le dédain disdain dedans inside, within; en —, within; la-—, in it, in there dédier to dedicate dédire: s’en —, to break one’s word la déesse goddess défaillant, —e faltering défaire to undo, open, unpack, remove; se —, dispose (of) le défaut fault, defect défendre to defend, forbid; je ne pus m’en —, I could not refuse (help) la défense defense; légitime —, self-defense le défi challenge, defiance défier to defy, dare, challenge; se — de distrust définir to define, describe défoncer to smash dégagé, —e indifferent, free and easy le dégagement disengagement; salle de —, retiring-room dégager to set free dégainer to unsheathe (one’s sword) dégénérer to get worse dégofiter to disgust, revolt la dégradation reducing to the ranks dégrader to reduce to the ranks le degré degree, step déguiser to disguise dehors (o7 en —) outside; en — de outside of déja already

déjeuner to lunch le déjeuner lunch dela beyond; that way; au — de beyond; deca et —, back and forth délicat, -e delicate, difficult, critical délivrer to free demain tomorrow la demande request, offer of marriage demander to ask, ask for, beg (pardon); se —, ask oneself, wonder la démangeaison itching démanger to itch; hurt le démélé difficulty se démener to work hard démesurément excessively, very widely demeurer to remain, stay, accrue to, live demi, —e half; 4 —, halfway, commonplace la demi-douzaine half dozen la demi-heure half hour la demi-lieue half league demi-mort, —e half dead la demoiselle young lady, unmarried girl le démon devil la démonstration show démontrer to demonstrate dénicher to take from their nest dénoncer to inform against dénoter to show la dent tooth; sous la — de from the bite of la dentelle lace le départ departure, parting le département department

(France is divided into go departments) dépasser to pass beyond dépeindre to depict dépendre to depend les dépens [depd] m. pl. expense dépenser to spend déplaire to displease déployer to unfold, stretch out, display déposer to put down, lay la déposition testimony; dethronement le dépé6t depository, supply dépouiller to strip dépourvu, -e destitute, lacking depuis from, since, for, after, afterwards; — que since déraciner to uproot déranger to disturb, interfere with derni—er, —ére last dérober to steal derriére behind; from behind; par —, behind dés from, ever, since, after; — aujourd’hui this very day; — demain not later than tomorrow; — le lendemain the very next day; — lors from that time on; — que as soon as désagréable disagreeable désarmer to disarm le désastre misfortune le désavantage disadvantage descendre to descend, alight, get down, land,

go or come down, go off (guard) désert, —e deserted désespéré, -e desperate, disheartened désespérer to despair; désespérant disheartening; excessive le désespoir despair, scene of despair déshabiller to undress désigner to designate, call, mean désoler to grieve deeply le désordre disorder désormais henceforth; from that time on dessécher to dry le dessein purpose, intention le dessin drawing dessiner to design, form,

draw

dessous below, underneath; en —, below; avoir le —, to have the worst of it

dessus above, over, over (on) it; au-— de above; la-—, thereupon, forthwith; concerning that; par-—, over le destin destiny destiner to intend (for), assign (to) le destructeur destroyer le détachement squad détacher to detach; se —, stand out, come off la détente trigger déterminer to persuade le détour detour, side trip, turn

détourner to turn away; se —, make a detour, push détremper to soak détruire to destroy, ruin la dette debt le deuil mourning

deux two; — a —, two by two; en —, double; piquer de — (éperons

understood) to set (both) spurs to one’s horse; tous (toutes) (les) —, both deuxiéme second devant before, in front ot; au-— de to meet développer to develop; justify more fully devenir to become; que devient-il what is becoming of him?

deviner to guess, discover; imagine; determine dévisager to stare out of countenance deviser to chat devoir must, ought, to owe, will; be to, be destined to; can le devoir duty, obligation; se mettre en — de to set about le dévolu claim; jeter son — sur to have designs upon dévorer to devour, eat ravenously, swallow dévot, —e devout dévotement devoutly le dévouement devotion le diable devil; — de fille fiendish girl; donner au

—, to consign to the devil, curse; se donner au —, be at one’s wits’ end la diablerie deviltry, devilish device diabolique diabolical, devilish le diamant diamond la diane reveille, waking signal le dictionnaire dictionary le dicton saying le Dieu God; bon —! great heavens ! mon —, heavens ! well; par —, I assure you différemment [-am-] differently difficile difficult, hard to please difficilement culty digne worthy la diligence stagecoach le dimanche Sunday diminuer to lessen, fall off, relieve la diminution reduction diner to dine le diner dinner Dioméde see note to page 113, line 3 dire to say, tell, talk, speak of, call, report, proclaim; a vrai —, to tell the truth; au — de according to; c’est 4 —, that is (to say); se —, describe oneself as; vouloir —, mean diriger to direct, supervise,

with diffi-

turn, point, steer, guide; se —, go, be bound discuter to discuss disparaitre to disappear la disparition disappearance disperser to scatter dispos, —e active disposer to arrange, prepare; se —, get ready la disposition inclination, tendency disputer to dispute; se —, quarrel (over) le disque disk la dissertation study, treatise distinguer to distinguish, descry la distraction absent-mindedness distraire to distract, divert distrait, -e absent-minded distribuer to distribute divers, —e various le divertissement amusement la divinité divinity la divisa (Span.) = cocarde cockade divulguer to make known dix [dis ] ten dixiéme tenth dix-neuf nineteen la dizaine some ten le doigt [dwa] finger dois see devoir domestique domestic, tame; . m. & f. servant le domicile dwelling le dominicain Dominican (order of preaching friars formed by St. Dominic im 1215) le dommage pity

don (Span.) Don (title used only before tirst name; formerly restricted to men of high rank, but now used more extensively); seigneur —, Mr.

donc ([d5], in liaison and for emphasis [d5k]) so, then, hence, therefore; please

donner to give, offer, bid; play; make; bear; ap-

point; — de mon sabre (couteau) drive my sword (knife); — sur

(dans) open upon dont of which, whose, with (in, on, at, to) which; — était Pastia of whom Pastia was one doré, —e gilded, golden dorer to gild dormir to sleep Dorothée Dorothea le dos back la dot [dot ] dowry doucement sweetly, gently, gradually, quietly la douleur pain, sorrow; lit de —, sick-bed le douro (Span. duro) silver dollar le doute doubt; mettre en —, to suspect douter to doubt; se — (de) suspect douteu—x, —se in doubt doux, douce sweet, gentle, mild, soft, agreeable la douzaine dozen douze twelve, a dozen le dragon dragon, dragoon

le drap cloth le drapeau flag la draperie drapery dresser to raise la drogue drug droit, -e straight, right, erect; tout —, straight on; 2. f. right hand le droit right; a bon —, by good right, with good

reason; faire — 4 to grant (a request)

le dréle scoundrel, rascal; — de queer

druidique Druidical, ancient Celtic dai (past part. of devoir) due le duc duke le ducat ducat (old Spanish coin; gold = about $2.25; silver = about $1.05) diiment properly dur, —e hard, harsh, resistant la durée duration durer to last la dureté hardness, harshness Dyrrachium ancient city in

Illyria, now Durazzo, Albania E eau f. water; — de Cologne cologne; —--de-vie

brandy s’ébahir to be amazed Vébéne f. ebony éblouir to dazzle écarlate scarlet; x. f. scarlet cloth

écarquiller to open wide écarté, —e out of the way écarter to turn aside, throw back; s’—, step aside Péchalas m. pole, prop lPéchange m. exchange échanger to exchange Véchantillon m. sample échapper to escape, fall, let fall, let slip, run away; faire —, arrange the escape; laisser —, emit, not to repress; s’—, escape (with a) Vécharpe f. scarf (worn by mayors on duty) Ecija town 35 miles south of Cordova éclaircir to clear up éclairer to light, light up clear up Véclat m. splinter; brilliancy, burst éclatant, —-e shining, brilliant éclater to burst, be given vent to Vécole f. school écorcher to skin, flay écouler to run out; s’—, elapse écouter to listen (to) écraser to crush, smash Pécrevisse f. crawfish; Redcoat s’écrier to cry, exclaim écrire to write, write down Pécriture f. handwriting VYécu m. shield; crown (former coin worth 3 or 5 francs) lécurie f. stable

effacer to efface; s’—, disappear effarer to frighten effaroucher to scare effecti-f, —ve in effect, for practical purposes effectuer to accomplish Veffet [efe] m. effect, impression; en —, in fact, indeed s’efforcer to try, strive Veffraction f. breaking in effrayant, —e terrifying effrayer to frighten; s’—, be frightened Veffroi m. terror effronté, —e shameless, bra-

zen effroyable horrible également equally, likewise

VYégard m. regard, consideration; a I’— de in regard to

égarer to mislay, lose; s’—, get lost

léglise f. church; étre d’—, to go into the Church, be a priest

égorger to cut the throat of lEgypte f. Egypt; the Gipsies, Gipsy affairs; see note to page 18, line 3 eh: — bien well ! I say!

élancer to throw; s’—, leap, gush forth, pounce, spring ; élargir to widen; s’—, widen out ‘élégamment elegantly élégant, -e elegant; ». m.

dandy

élevé, —e elevated, high élever to raise, erect, bring up; s’—, rise, lift, come Elizondo village in Basque country, about 30 miles north of Pampeluna elle she, it éloigné, -e distant, far, absent éloigner to remove, keep apart; s’—, go away, move away, leave, withdraw Elzévir family of Dutch printers (1583-1680), famous for books of small format in beautiful type VYémanation f. odor, effluvium Vembarcation f. boat Vembarquement m. embarcation, shipment embarquer (07 s’—) to embark, take ship Vembarras m. embarrassment, trouble embarrasser to embarrass, puzzle; make heavy; s’—, have difficulty embobeliner to wheedle, get around Vembrassement kiss embrasser to embrace, kiss VYembrasure f. embrasure, opening in fort for cannon VYembuscade f. ambuscade; tendre des —s to set a trap embusquer to ambush; s’—, lie in ambush

embrace,

emmener [G@mone ] to lead (take) away, carry off, bring back lémotion f. feelings, concern émoucher to drive away the flies s’emparer (de) to seize, take charge of empécher to prevent, keep out; s’— de avoid, help Vempereur m. emperor VYemphase f. emphasis Vemplacement m. location, site Vemplette f. purchase emplir to fill Vemploi m. duty; use employer to use, spend empoigner to grasp, get emporter to carry off, bear away, take; l’—, win empreint, —e (past part. of empreindre) imprinted VYempreinte mark, print empressé, —e eager VYempressement m. eagerness; avec —, promptly s’empresser (de) to be eager, hasten, hurry, press (throng) about ému, —e moved en some, any, of it, of him (her, them, one), with (of, by, for, from, to) it, on this account en in, as, like, at, while, by, on (often not needed in English when it precedes a present participle) Venceinte f. inclosure; mur d’—, city wall

Vencens m. incense encenser to offer incense enchanté, —e charmed enchasser to set

Venclos m. inclosure encombrer to obstruct,

block; load encore still, again, also, yet, besides; longer; — un another; pas (point) =, not yet encourir to incur, undergo endormi, —e asleep endormir to put to sleep; s’—, fall asleep

Vendroit m. place

l’énergie f. force énergique active énergiquement vigorously

Venfance f. childhood

Venfant m. & f. child; bon

—, good natured Venfer m. hell s’enferrer to run upon (@ sword) and be transfixed enfin at last, finally, after all enflammé, —e burning enflammer to set on fire enflé, —e swollen enfoncer to sink, drive in, thrust, press on; s’—, sink down; s’— dans go far into the interior of enfourcher to straddle, bestride

s’enfuir to run away, flee

engager to engage, allure, urge; s’—, enlist enivrer [Gnivre ] to intoxicate

enjamber (par-dessus) to stride (over) enjoleu-r, —se wheedling, winning VYenlévement m. carrying off enlever to take away, carry off, remove ennemi, —e hostile; n. m.

& f. enemy Vennui [dnyi] ennui, borédom, tediousness, tiresomeness, vexation, bore ennuyer [dnyije ] to weary, bore, annoy; s’—, be bored énorme enormous; serious emrager to enrage, be mad, be furious enricher to set with enréler to enroll; admit enroué, —e hoarse Venseigne f. sign ensemble together ensorceler to bewitch Yensorcellement m. bewitching ensuite then, afterwards s’ensuivre to follow entamer to cut into :

VYentendeur m. hearer, 4 bon —, salut a word to the wise is sufficient entendre to hear, understand, listen to; s’—, come to an understanding; bien entendu (que)

of course; faire —, utter; se faire —, be heard; make oneself understood

enterrer to bury

entété, —e obstinate Venthousiasme m. enthusi-

asm

entiché, —e devoted

enti-er, —ére whole, complete

entiérement entirely

entonner to strike up, begin to sing

entourer to surround

entrainer to drag, lead (to); persuade

entre between, in, at;

d’—, of, among; — eux, together

entrecoupé, -e unsteady, broken

Ventrée f. entrance, entering

entrelacer to clasp

entrer to enter; — dans

enter; faire —, get in entretenir to entertain, think over lentretien m. conversation Yentrevue f. interview entr’ouvert, —e partly open envelopper to envelop, wrap up, cover envers towards, to lenvie f. desire; avoir — de to feel inclined to, wish, want envier to envy environ about environner to surround les environs m. vicinity; suburbs envoyer to send; hurl épais, —se thick épargner to save; s’—, escape

lépaule f. shoulder VYépaulement m. breastwork Pépée f. sword épeler to spell out Véperon m. spur Vépi m. ear (of grain) épicer to spice lépingle f. pin lépinglette f. priming wire (brass pin formerly used for cleaning the touch-hole through which the spark passes to the powder) Vépinglier m. pin maker Vépithéte f. epithet, appellation Vépoque f. epoch Vépouse f. wife épouser to marry épouvantable dreadful épouvanter to terrify Vépoux m. husband lépreuve /. test; a toute —, endless éprouver to experience, feel épuiser to exhaust, wear out Péquivoque f. pun eraiii (Gipsy) lady Vermitage m. hermitage Vermite m. hermit errer to wander, wander about Verreur f. error, mistake Vescabeau m. stool Vescalier m. stairway Vescarpement m. steep cliff, precipice escoffier (thieves’ slang) to put out of the way Vescopette f. carbine Vescorte f. convoy

Vespace m. space l’Espagne f. Spain espagnol, -e Spanish; l’Espagnol Spaniard Vespagnolette f. windowfastening Vespéce f. sort, kind, species Vespérance f. hope espérer to hope Vespingole f. blunderbuss Vespion, —ne m. & f. spy Vespoir m. hope Vesprit m. mind, wit; spirit; homme d’—, clever man; se remettre bien dans — de to regain the favor of Vessai m. test essayer to try; s’— avec match oneself with essuyer to wipe Vest m. east Vestampe f. engraving Estepona town on Mediterranean 25 miles northeast of Gibraltar estimer to esteem lestrade f. platform estropier to maim; murder (a language) et and établir to establish, place, settle, make; s’—, take position état m. state, condition; en — de able to, fit to; hors d’— de unable to etc. [etsetera ] and so forth Etchalar (Span. Echalar) small mountain town near Elizondo, some two miles from French border

été m. summer éteindre to put out; s’—, go (be put) out éteint, —e faint étendre to stretch, spread out, stretch out; s’—, stretch oneself out, lie down étendu, —e extensive Vétendue f. extent éternel, —le eternal Etienne Stephen étinceler to sparkle Pétoile f. star; ala belle —, see note to page 12, line Io Pétole f. stole létonnement m. astonishment étonner to astonish; s’—, be astonished étouffer to stifle, smother, suffocate, choke étourdir to stun, make dizzy étrange strange .

étrang—-er, -€re strange, foreign, alien; ”. m & f. stranger, foreigner étrangler to choke étre to be, go (in past tense); — a belong to, be busy (at), be connected (with); — de belong to; elle s’en fut 4 see note to page 51, line 5; quoi qu’il en soit however that may be Vétre m. being, man, creature étreindre to squeeze, clasp létrier m. stirrup

étroit, -e narrow létude f. study étudier to study Vétui m. case Pétymologie f. derivation, etymology européen, —ne [-jé] European eus see avoir Eutychés Myron name of person who had statue of Venus of Ille made s’évader to escape; faire —, aid to escape s’évanouir to faint éveillé, -e awake éveiller to awaken, arouse; s’—, awake lévénement event éventrer to disembowel s’évertuer pour to try to évidemment [-am-] evidently éviter to avoid exact, —e [egzakt] exact, punctual exactement exactly Vexamen [-@] m. examination Vexcés m. [ekse ] excess excessi-f, —ve unusual excommuniquer to excommunicate exécuter to execute, carry out VYexemple m. example; par —, indeed, really; for example exercer to exercise, practise; s’—, drill; be produced

[-ven-] m.

Vexercice m. exercise; faire l’—, to drill exhiber to show Vexil [egzil] m. exile exister to be in existence, exist Vexpérience f. experience, experiment expiatoire in atonement for sin Vexplication f. explanation; dispute expliquer to explain; s’—, give an explanation Vexprés m. special messen-

ger

exprés, expresse on purpose

Vexpression f. word, expression

exprimer to express exquis, —e exquisite exténuer to wear out exterminer to exterminate extraordinaire extraordinary

Vextravagance f. excess

extravagant wild, prepos-

terous Vextrémité f. end, last resort F la fabrique factory; make; mark

fabriquer to make la face face; en —, opposite, openly; en — (de) opposite, in front (of) facile easy facilement easily, readily

la fagon fashion, way; de — a so as to; sans —, without ceremony

la faction sentry-duty; étre en — (de) or faire —, to be on guard

le factionnaire sentinel

faible feeble, weak, scanty

la faiblesse weakness

la faience earthenware

la faim hunger; avoir —, to be hungry

faire to do, make, pre-

pare, form, execute, produce, attend to, get; play; write; be, accustom, have; commit; Days, Os, pCast-wmeelves tell, ask; engage in; — si bien que succeed in; fait comme un voleur looking like a thief; elle est bien faite she has a

good figure; étre fait pour be born to; laissemoi —, let me manage;

laisser —, let one do a thing, let pass; ne — que only (with a verb); pour quoi —, why, for what purpose; que —, what is (was) to be done; se —, be made, become, be, occur

le faisceau stack; remettre en —,, to pile

le fait fact, deed; sfir de mon —, certain of what I had suspected; tout 4 —, quite

fait: si—, yes, I (you, he)

did (or it is; wsed in

contradicting a previous statement) le falbala furbelow falloir to be necessary, must; femmes comme il faut women of position, ladies; il fallait voir you should have seen; ou peu s’en faut or very near it; peus’en fallut que je I almost famé, -e famed; bien (mal) —, of good (bad) repute fameu-—x, -se famous, important, precious (ironical) se familiariser to become familiar famili—er, —ére familiar la famille family la fanfare flourish fanfaron, —ne boastful; x.

m. braggart le fantome phantom la farce trick le fardeau burden farouche wild, stern, ferocious, fierce, forbidding, sullen fasciné spellbound la fatigue weariness fatiguer to weary le fatras rubbish le faubourg suburb faut pres. of falloir la faute fault, error, transgression faux, fausse false, wrong favoriser to favor, aid in feindre to feign la félicitation congratulation

féliciter to congratulate lafemme [fam] woman, wife; prendre —, to marry fendre to split; yeux bien fendus large eyes la fenétre window féodal, —e feudal le fer iron; — a (de) cheval horseshoe; les quatre —s en l’air on her back la ferme farm ferme firm fermer to close, shut, inclose; se —, close le fermier farmer ferré, —e tipped with iron fertiliser to fertilize la ferveur fervor la féte festival, festivities, holiday; se faire une — de to look forward with pleasure to le feu fire, shot; arme 4 —, firearm; couleur de —, flaming red; coup de —, shot; faire —, to fire; lance 4 —, slow-match; me faire du —, give me a light; mettre le —, set fire; pierre a —, flint la feuille leaf

fi fie! — donc! shame on you !

le fiancé betrothed, bride-

groom la fiancée betrothed, bride fiancer to betroth fichu, —e ‘ done for,’ ‘I’ve got mine’ le fichu neckerchief fier to trust; se — 4 trust

fier [fjer], fiére proud; great fiérement proudly la fierté pride la fiévre fever le figuier fig tree la figure face, figure figurer to appear; se —, imagine, picture le fil [fil] wire la file file, line; chef de —, leader le filet network la fille daughter, girl le filleul, la filleule godson, goddaughter, godchild le filou rogue le fils [fis ] son la fin end; a la —, at last; tirer 4 sa —, to draw to

an end fin, -e fine, delicate, dainty; thin; clever, ©

knowing; fast la finesse cunning, trick finir to finish, end, come to an end fis past def. of faire fixement fixedly fixer to fix, fasten, stare at le flacon bottle flairer to smell flamand, -e Flemish; un — de Rome a Gipsy; le Flamand, la Flamande Fleming le flambeau torch flamber to flame, burn flamenca de Roma (Gipsy) Gipsy la flamme flame, flash le flane [fla] flank

la fleur flower, blossom la fleurette little flower; gallant speech; conter —s to flirt with le fleuve river le flot wave; 4 —, afloat flotter to float, waver la foi faith; de bonne —, fair-minded, in earnest; ma —! faith ! to tell the truth le foin hay la fois time; a4 cette —, this time; a la —, at the same time, at once folle see fou foncé, —e dark la fonction duty ‘ le fond bottom, end, background, foundation; 4 —, thoroughly fondre to melt, melt down, cast; — en larmes burst into tears © le fonds funds; étre en —, be well off Fontainebleau see note to page 87, line 21 la force force, might, strength, violence; a great many, much; 4 — de by dint of, as a result of, of; — lui fut he was obliged la forét forest le forgeron blacksmith se formaliser to take offense formellement flatly la formule formula fort, -e strong, heavy, loud, full, big, considerable, large; c’était plus

— que moi, I couldn’t help it; esprit —, freethinker fort adv. very, very much, much; greatly, closely; si —, with such force fortement strongly, firmly, very, clearly, loudly la fosse [fos] grave fou, folle mad, crazy; #.

m. madman foudroyant, —e terrible le fouet whip, flogging fouetter to whip up, lash fouiller to search, ransack la foule crowd, throng fouler to trample le four furnace la fourbe fraud fourbir to polish fourré, —e thick, dense fourrer to thrust; se —, hide le fracas din, uproar fracasser to shatter fraiche see frais frais, fraiche fresh, cool franc [fra], franche frank, free; true; abandoned; perfect francais French; le Fran- ¢ais Frenchman francesa (Span.): ala —, in French fashion franchement frankly franchir to cross frapper to strike, knock, hit; — du pied stamp one’s foot le fraudeur smuggler la frayeur fright le freluquet coxcomb

fréquemment [-kam-] frequently le frére brother fricasser to fricassee (fry or stew meat in pieces and serve with sauce) le fripier old-clothes dealer le fripon, la friponne rogue, rascal frire to fry frisé, —e curled, curly friser to curl le frisson cold shiver frissonner to shudder frit, —-e fried la friture fried food (fish, fritters, etc.) froid, —e cold, chill froidement coldly le fromage cheese froncer to wrinkle, knit, contract le front brow, forehead le frontispice frontispiece frotter to rub fuir to flee la fuite flight, escape la fumée smoke fumer to smoke fumer to fertilize funébre funereal les funérailles f. funeral la fureur fury, rage furieu—x, —se furious, halfmad; n. m. madman la fusée rocket le fusil [fyzi] gun; tirer un coup de —,, to fire a gun fusiller to shoot futé, —e cunning futur, —e future le futur intended husband

la future intended wife fuyant pres. part. of fuir

gager to wager gagner to gain, win, get, earn, deserve; reach gai, —-e gay, merry la gaieté gaiety, mirth gaillard, -e gay; mn. m.

jolly fellow, fellow galant, —e gallant, courteous; 7. m. suitor, lover la galanterie gallantry la gale itch la galére galley; aux —s in prison (convicts were formerly made to row galleys) la galerie corridor le galon stripe, ribbon le galop gallop galoper to gallop la gamba (Jtal.) leg la gambade: faire des —s to cut capers le gant glove garantir to protect le garcon boy, bachelor, fellow la garde guard; corps de —, guardhouse; de —, on duty; mettre en —, to

put on one’s guard; monter —, mount guard; n’avoir — de take care not to; prendre —,

take care; prendre — a pay attention to; take care of, beware; prendre — de take care not to

le garde-céte coast guard le garde-mahger pantry, closet for food le garde-meuble storerobm garder to guard, keep, take care of; se — de take care not to, dare not gardien, —ne guardian; 1.

m. keeper gare (4) look out (for)!

le garnement scamp garnir to furnish, fill, provide, trim garnisonner to garrison la garrote (Span.; French = la garrotte) garrote, strangulation garrotter to garrote, execute by strangling, bind le gars [ga] young fellow gaspacho see gazpacho gaspiller to waste gater to spoil, injure gauche left; x. f. left hand la gaucherie awkwardness Gaucin mountain town about 36 miles north of Gibraltar le gazpacho (Span.) a cold soup, made of water, oil, and vinegar, in which are placed slices of bread, pieces of onion and garlic, and generally tomatoes, cucumbers, and red peppers le géant giant Gédéon Gideon; see note to page 5, line 22 geler to freeze, be frostbitten gémir to groan

le gémissement groan la gendarmerie military police le gendre son-in-law la généalogie family tree, pedigree géner to embarrass, be in the way of, make uncomfortable général, -e general; avocat —, state’s (prosecuting) attorney; capitaine —, general généreu—x, —se generous, noble, spirited le génie genius, spirit le genou knee; se mettre 4 —-x to kneel les gens m. (but an adj. before gens is feminine) people;

servants; jeunes —, young men, young people

gentil [ti], -le kind, amiable, charming le gentilhomme [-tijom ] gentleman le géographe geographer géographique geographical le ge6lier jailer Germanicus Roman general, conqueror of the Teuton leader Arminius (died 19 A.D.) le geste gesture gesticuler to gesticulate Gianetto (TJtal.) Johnny, Jack la giberne cartridge-box Gibraltar British fortified port in southern Spain gigantesque gigantic

la gitanilla little Gipsy le gitano, la gitana (Span.) Gipsy le gite lodging, shelter Giuseppa (Jial.) Josepha la glace ice; de —, icy glaner to glean glisser to slide, slip, glide; fall; ‘se —, shp la gloire glory; s’en faire —, to be proud of glorieu—x, —se glorious goguenard, —e quizzical gonfler to swell la gorge throat, gorge; rear entrance, neck (of redoubt) la gorgée mouthful gothique Gothic; old English la gourde canteen le gofit taste; style gofiter (a) to taste le gouvernail helm, rudder le gouvernement government

le gouverneur governor; warden

la grace grace, favor, pardon, mercy; —‘a thanks to; faire — a to pardon, let off

gracieu-x, -se gracious,

graceful; peu —, disagreeable

le grade rank le gradin tier, seat grand, —e great, tall, large,

broad, grown-up; principal, main; grand’chose much; cela ne me fit pas grand’chose that did not worry me much

la grandeur greatness, size grandir to grow gras, —se fat la gratification present, bonus, tip gratter to scratch grave serious graver to engrave, impress gravir to climb la gravure engraving, cut le gré taste, will, pleasure; savoir (bon) — 4 to begrateful to grec, —-que Greek la Gréce Greece Grenade Granada (city in southern Spain) le grenadier pomegranate tree; grenadier la grenouille [-uj ] frog griévement severely la griffe claw; porter la — a to reach for la grille grating la grippe whim; prendre en —, to take a dislike to gris, -e gray; en voir de —es have a bad time la grisette working girl grogner to grumble gros, —se big, thick, great,

high, heavy, coarse, rough, large, deep, loud - (voice)

grossi-er, —ére coarse, crude, uncultivated, rude, low

grossiérement roughly la grotte cave le groupe group Gruter, Jan (1560-1627) Belgian editor of famous

collection of Latin inscriptions Guadalquivir Spanish river emptying into the Atlantic; Cordvva and Seville are on its banks le gué ford la guenille rag guére scarcely; ne...—, scarcely, hardly guérir to cure, recover la guerre war guerri-er, —ére war, warlike le guerrier warrior le guet [ge] watch; faire le —, to keep watch la guétre gaiter guetter to lie in wait for, watch for le gueux, la gueuse beggar, hussy guillotiner to guillotine guinder to hoist; se —, climb up la guinée guinea (= 21 shillings) la Guinée Guinea (country in western Africa) Guipuzcoa province of northern Spain; capital San Sebastian la guise manner, way; en — de asa

H (‘h =aspirate h) habile clever Vhabileté f. skill habiller to dress, put in uniform; s’—, dress

Vhabit m. coat, uniform, clothes; p/. clothes Vhabitant m. inhabitant habiter to inhabit, dwell Vhabitude f. habit, practice, custom la ‘hache ax ‘hagard, -e troubled le ‘haillon rag la ‘haine hatred ‘hair to hate ‘haler to tan, sunburn ‘haletant, —e out of breath ‘haleter to pant le ‘hallier thicket la ‘halte halt, resting-place; —-la hold !

le ‘hameau hamlet la ‘hanche hip le ‘hangar shed le ‘haras [ara ] stud ‘harasser to wear out Shardi, —-e bold la ‘hardiesse boldness ‘hardiment boldly Harotin-al-Raschid caliph of Bagdad (763-809) le ‘hasard chance, danger; au —, at random se ‘hasarder 4 to risk ‘hasardeu—x, -se dangerous la ‘hate haste; 4 la —, in haste ‘hater to hasten; se —, hasten, hurry ‘hausser to shrug ‘haut, —-e high, tall, lofty; loud, loudly; avoir...

de —, be... high; — de..., ... high; Parme

haggard,

—e, with guns raised; le —, upper part ‘hautement aloud, with vigor la ‘hauteur height la ‘Havane Havana; de la —, Havana hélas [elas ] alas ‘hennir [anir] to neigh le ‘hennissement neighing Vherbe f. grass ‘hérissé, -e bristling ‘hérisser to bristle hériter to inherit; be the heir of Vhériti-er, —ére heir, heiress héroique heroic le ‘héros hero hésiter to hesitate Vheure ff. hour, time, o’clock; ala bonne —, well and good; de bonne —, early; quelle —, what time; tout a P—, in a little while, in a moment, a while ago heureusement fortunately heureu—x, —se happy, successful, good, propitious, safe ‘heurter to strike Vhidalgo m. hidalgo (Spanish gentleman of rank) ‘hideu—x, —se hideous hier [jer] yesterday; d’—, yesterday ‘hisser to hoist, lift Vhistoire f. history, story historique historical ‘hola hello !

Yhomme m. man, human

being; galant —, gentle-

man; bon —, grotesque figure

honnéte honest, honorable, respectable, worthy; courteous

honnétement honestly, respectably

Vhonneur m. honor, sense of honor; d’— (for parole d’—) upon my word !

la ‘honte shame ‘honteu—x, -se ashamed

Vhopital m. (charity) hospi-

tal le ‘hoquet hiccup Vhorreur f. horror, terror, dread, dislike horrible horrible; hideous horriblement frightfully ‘hors (de) out of, outside of, beyond; — d’elleméme beside herself; — dici get out of here !

Vhéte m. host; guest Vhételier m. hotel keeper le ‘hourra cheer la ‘huée hoot Vhuile f. oil ‘huit eight; — jours a week humain, —e human, kindly humaniser to humanize; s’—, become friendly ‘humer to inhale

Vhumeur f. disposition, humor; de mauvaise —, in a bad humor

humide damp

‘hurler to howl

hybride hybrid, made of elements from different languages

Vhysope m. hyssop

ici here; d™~, here Vidée f. idea; se faire une —, to form an idea Vidiome m. language Vidole m. idol Iéna Jena (battlefield. where Napoleon conquered the Prussians in 1806) ignorer to be ignorant of, not to know Vile f. island Ile [il] (-sur-Tét) small town on river Tét, dept.

of Pyrénées-Orientales, between Perpignan and Prades illois of Ille; 7. m. man of Ille illustre celebrated imaginer to conceive the idea; s’—, suppose imiter to imitate immobile motionless, stock-still immobilité calm impassible unmoved imperceptible very slight impérieu—x, -se pressing, peremptory impitoyablement pitilessly implorer to beg for important, -e important; l—, important thing importer to be important; mimporte no matter; peu importe it matters little; qu’importe ? what does it matter?

importun, —e disagreeable, tiresome Vimposteur m. cheat limpression ff. printing, publication imprimer to give; impress impromptu extempore, unprepared (originally an adverb; sometimes treated as indeclinable) inarticulé, —e inarticulate, meaningless inattendu, —e unexpected Vincendie m. fire, conflagration Vincertitude f. uncertainty Vinclination f. see téte incliner to incline, bend; s’—, bow Vincognito [-oni-] m. incognito; desire to remain unknown incommode ient inconnu, -e unknown, strange; ”. m & f.

stranger incrédule incredulous Vincrédulité f.: d’—, incredulous incroyable unbelievable incruster to inlay V’Inde India; les Indes f.

Indies, India Vindice m. evidence indigne unworthy indigné, —e indignant indigner to exasperate; s’—, become angry Vindignité f. unworthiness, wickedness ; indiquer to indicate, in-

inconven-

form concerning, point out; tell of indiscr—et, —éte indiscreet; see note to page 17, line tt Vindiscrétion f. intrusion Vindividu m. individual inégal, —e unequal, irregular infame infamous infatigable indefatigable infecte ill-smelling inférieur, —e lower infidéle unfaithful; l’—, unfaithful person infini, —e endless infiniment infinitely Vinfinité f. infinite number Vin-folio [é ] m. folio volume infortuné, —e unfortunate Vinfraction f. violation ingénieu—x, —se clever inhospitali-er, —ére inhospitable inintelligible unintelligible injecter to inject; s’—, become full Vinjonction f. injunction Vinjure f. insult inoffensi-f, —ve harmless inqui—et, —éte anxious, uneasy inquiéter to disturb; s’—, be uneasy, fret, trouble

(de about)

Vinquiétude f. concern, uneasiness, restlessness, anxiety

insensé, —e mad insensible indifferent insensiblement gradually Vinsigne m. badge; pl. insignia

insigne notorious insister to insist; push one’s questions further Vinsouciance f. unconcern, indifference Vinspecteur m. inspector inspirer to arouse installer to seat Vinstant m. instant, moment, time; a l’—, just, immediately Vinstinct [-sté] m. instinct, impulse instruire to inform instruit, —e learned Vinstrument m. instrument, means insurger to rouse; s’—, revolt intéressant, —e interesting intéresser to interest; s’— a take an interest in Vintérét m. interest intérieur, —e inner, inside; n. m. interior, inside intérieurement inwardly, mentally interroger to question, ask interrompre to interrupt; s’—, stop Vintervalle m. interval intime intimate intimement closely intimidé, —e in terror intrépide dauntless, fear-

intimately,

less

introduire to introduce, show in; — auprés de ~ ee take t0'ctsSir00m:

s’—, enter

Vintrus, -e m. & f. intruder

inutile useless, needless, in vain *

Vinvité, -e m. & f. guest inviter to invite involontaire involuntary invoquer to call upon, in-

voke Vironie f. irony ironique ironical irriter to irritate, anger Isabelle Ie, la Catholique (1451-1504) Isabella of Castile, queen of Spain, wife of Ferdinand of Aragon

isolé, —e lonely

isoler to isolate

Divoire m. ivory ivre drunk

Vivresse f. intoxication

Vivrogne m. drunkard

le jabot shirt-front jaillir to gush forth, spurt le jais jet la jalousie Venetian blind jalou—x, -se jealous; faire le —, to be jealous jamais never, ever; ne...

—, never la jambe leg; a toutes —s at full speed le jambon ham le jaque (Span.) bully, ruffian le jardin garden le jardinier, la jardiniére gardener la jarre jar la jarretiére garter la jatte bowl

jaune yellow; rire le moins — que...to laugh as heartily as...

Jean John Jerez city in Andalusia, south of Seville; sherry wine derives its name therefrom Jésus [-zy] Jesus; heavens !

jeter to throw, throw down (away); se —, rush, cast oneself, leap le jeu game; laisser franc —, to give free play jeune young, recent la jeunesse youth la joie joy, pleasure, jollity joindre to join, reach; se meer joli, -e pretty, handsome, fine le jone [35] rush José (Span.) Joseph José Maria Spanish bandit (nineteenth century; the name of the Virgin Mary or that of her mother St. Anne may be used as a man’s name in Catholic

countries) Joseito (Span.) Joe la joue cheek; coucher

(mettre) en —, to aim (at) jouer (de) to play, work; — du stylet (couteau) use the stiletto (knife); faire —, work le joueur player jouir (de) to enjoy le jour day, daylight, light:

amoureux de deux —s lovers on a honeymoon; au —, at dawn; au grand —, at sunrise; le —, (in) the daytime; par —, a day; tous les

—s every day la journée day; de la —, today

joyeu—x, —se merry Juan(Span.) John; Juanito Jack le juge judge le jugement judgment, trial juger to judge, consider, conclude juif, juive Jewish le Juif, la Juive Jew, Jewess la jument mare la jupe skirt le jupon skirt le jurement oath jurer to swear, swear to do jusque as far as, up to, to, until; jusqu’a up to, as far as, to, until, even; jusqu’oil to what point ?

jusqu’a ce que until le justaucorps jerkin juste just, right; righteous man la justice justice, law, the officers of the law, court le justicier just, executor of justice justifier to justify, clear

nn. ™

1a there, here (often added to other words) le laboureur ploughman

le lac lake lacher to loosen, release, let go, turn loose, discharge laguna ene bihotsarena (Basque) = camarade de mon coeur laid, -e ugly la laine wool laisser to let, leave, let go; — la let alone; elle ne laissa pas de it did not fail to le lait milk la laitiére milch (cow) le laiton brass

Lalord (Gipsy: ‘the red land’; lalo = ‘ red ’) Portugal

lambrisser to panel la lame blade lamentable piteous

lampe lamp

lancer to throw, hurl, drive, let go, give; se—, dare, fly

le lancier lancer, horseman bearing lance le langage language la langue tongue, language; avoir une —, to have a sharp tongue languir to languish le laquais lackey large broad, large, wide; au —! halt !

la largeur width la larme tear las [la], -se weary, tired la latinité Latinity, Latin style laver to wash

lécher to lick la lecon lesson le lecteur reader la lecture reading lég—er, —€r@ light, slight légérement lightly, slightly la légéreté lightness, swiftness légitime legitimate léguer to leave le lendemain the next day lent, —e slow lentement slowly lequel, laquelle (lesquels, lesquelles) who, whom, that, which leste nimble, quick; improper, coarse lestement lightly, quickly la lettre letter levé, —e raised; up lever to raise; se —, rise, stand up; break le lever rising la lévre lip la liberté liberty, freedom; rendre la —,, to set free, turn loose libre free; laisser place —, to make way for le licol halter lier to bind, tie up; se —, become intimate with le lieu place, spot; avoir —, to take place, have occasion; au — de instead of la lieue league (in France = 4 kilometers or 2% miles) le liévre hare la ligne line; sur une —, in line

lillipendi (Gipsy lilipendi) = imbécile(s) la lime file limer to file le linge linen la liqueur cordial; liquor lire to read, read about lisible legible le lit bed la litanie litany la litiére litter livide livid, black and blue le livre book livrer to deliver (see note to page 13, line 6), hand over, wage, reveal

(a secret); se — & engage in, abandon oneself to

le logis house, dwelling; maréchal de —, sergeant (cavalry or artillery) la loi law; rule; prendre la — d’Egypte to becomea Gipsy; les —s the law; se faire une —, make a rule loin far; de —, afar; — de moi! get away from me !

le loisir leisure, opportunity; avoir tout le — de to have a good opportunity to Londres London long, —ue long; le —, length; en savoir plus —, to know more about it; le — de along; tout de son —,, at full length Longa, Francisco (died after 1831) Spanish gue-

rilla leader in Napoleonic wars, later a general longer to go beside longtemps a long time, long, for a long time; depuis —, long since longue f. of long longuement for a long time, at length la longueur length lorgner to look at lors then; depuis (dés) —, since then lorsque when la louange praise; a sa —, to his credit louche suspicious louer to praise louer to hire, rent Louis-Philippe (1773- 1850) king of the French (1830-1848) le loup wolf lourd, —e heavy Lucas Luke la lueur light lugubre mournful luire to shine luisant, —e shining la lumiére light lumineu—x, —se luminous luncheon (£xg.) luncheon la lune moon le luron fearless fellow lustré, —e lustrous, shining luthérien, —ne Lutheran la lutte struggle, wrestling, conflict lutter to struggle le luxe luxury le lynx [léks | lynx le lys [lis] lily

M M. abbreviation for Monsieur machinalement mechanically

madame (fl. mesdames) Mrs., Madam, the lady mademoiselle Miss, the young lady la Madone Madonna; parée comme une —, dressed like a queen le magicien magician, sorcerer la magicienne sorceress la magie magic magique adj. magic le magistrat magistrate la magistrature magistracy

magnifique magnificent; title of certain Corsican gentry

maigre thin

la main hand; battre des —s to clap one’s hands; en venir aux —s come to blows; frapper dans la —, shake hands; sous la —, at hand

maint, -e many, many a

maintenant now

maintenir to maintain, keep; se —, remain

le maintien maintenance, demeanor

le maire mayor

la mairie town hall

mais but

la maison house, household

le maitre master

la maitresse mistress

maitriser to master, control la Majari (Gipsy: Majari) saint, virgin la majesté majesty majestueu-x, —Se majestic le major chief surgeon mal badly, ill, wrong(ly), poorly, uncomfortable, imperfectly; sore; ”. m.

evil, harm, pain, trouble malade ill, sick; ». m. sick man, patient la maladie disease Malaga celebrated seaport northeast of Gibraltar malédiction! damnation !

malgré despite, in spite of; — que j’en aie in spite of myself le malheur misfortune, bad luck, accident malheureusement tunately malheureu-x, -se unhappy, unfortunate, unlucky; 2. m. wretch malhonnéte unbecoming la malice mischievousness, trick, malice malignement maliciously malin, maligne clever, sly; faire le —, to try to be clever la malle trunk malmener to ill-treat maltraiter to ill-treat Mafiana sera otro dia (Span.) see note to page 38, line 9 la manche sleeve le manche handle

unfor-

la mandoline mandolin manger to eat; avoir (donner, porter) 4 —, have (give, carry) something to, eat;.. salle’ a —, dining room manier to handle, brandish la maniére manner, kind, fashion, way; pl. manners; de — 4 so as to; de — que in such a way that; il changea de —s his manner changed la manceuvre handling, treatment manquer to be missing, lack, miss, come near; je n’y manquerai pas I shall not fail to doit la mante cloak le manteau cloak la mantille ([-tij] mantilla (long, black veil covering head and shoulders of Spanish women) la manufacture factory le manuscrit manuscript Manzanilla village producing famous white wines, some 35 miles west of Seville le maquignon horse-dealer le maquila (Basque makila, from Lat. bacillum) irontipped club le maquis (commoner spelling maquis; Ital. macchia) Corsican jungle or brush (covered with shrubs and underbrush) le maraud scoundrel

Marbella small seaport in southern Spain, between Gibraltar and Malaga

le marc [mar ] grounds

le marchand, la marchande merchant, seller, dealer

marchander to haggle

la marchandise goods, stock

la marche march, walking, step, motion, progress

le marché market, marketplace, bargaining; 4 bon —, cheaply; avoir bon — de to make short work of; par dessus le —, in the bargain

le marchepied step

marcher to walk, march,

goon la mare pond le marécage marsh marécageu-—x, —se marshy le maréchal marshal; sergeant le mari husband le mariage marriage

Marie Padilla (died 1361) favorite of King Pedro the Cruel

la mariée bride

marier to marry off, marry; se —, get married

marin, -e marine; . m.

sailor

le maroquin Morocco leather

la marque mark, token marquer to mark, incise

le marquis marquis

la marraine godmother martial, -e (pl. martiaux)

warlike la masse mass; en —, alto-

gether; tout d’une —, all at once le matelas [-la] mattress le matelot sailor Mateo Falcone (correct Italian form is Matteo) Matthew Falcon la matiére matter; en — de as regards; entrer en —, to broach the subject le matin morning; le —, (in) the morning, next morning matin adv. early maudire to curse maudit, —e accursed le Maure Moor mauresque Moorish; le or la Mauresque Moor mauvais, —e bad, unfortunate, severe, wretched, evil, unfitting, undesirable, poor, inferior le mécanisme mechanism la méchanceté wickedness; mean trick méchant, —e wicked, mean, ill-tempered, malicious, wretched la méche wick le mécréant unbeliever la médaille medal, locket le médecin physician la médecine medicine médicamenter to give medicine la méfiance distrust se méfier (de) to distrust, suspect meilleur, -e better; le —, best

mélancolique melancholy méler to mingle, mix, confuse; se — de meddle with, attend to mélodieu—x, —se melodious le membre member, limb méme adj. same, very; pron. self; adv. even; il en est de —,, the situation is the same; tout de —, all the same, nevertheless la mémoire memory le mémoire study, article la menace threat menacer to threaten le ménage household, housekeeping; faire bon —, to live happily together ménager to save, treat considerately la ménagére housewife mener to lead, take (along), accompany le mensonge lie mentalement mentally, to oneself mentir to lie le menton chin se méprendre to be mistaken le mépris contempt la mer sea la mercerie notions la merci mercy, thanks la mére mother le mérite merit mériter to merit, deserve la merluche dried cod la merveille wonder; splendidly merveilleusement wonderfully

a Pane,

merveilleu—x, —se wonderful la messe mass les messieurs //. of monsieur la mesure measure, arrangement; a — que in proportion as, as, while; chargé outre —, over-

loaded; en — de in a position to; par — de as a

la métaphore metaphor, figure of speech le métier business, profession, calling mettre to put, place, turn, lay, set, take; — pied a terre dismount; se —, take position; se — 4 begin, apply oneself; se — dans go to; se — en chemin (marche, route) set out, proceed; se — toutes contre unite against le meuble furniture meubler to furnish le meurtre murder meurtri, —e bruised le meurtrier murderer la meurtrissure bruise le micocoulier nettle tree le midi noon, south mien, —ne mine la miette crumb mieux better, more; aimer —, to prefer; de son —, as best he can; tant —, so much the better mignon, —ne dainty, pleasing la miliasse corn-cake

le milieu middle, midst; au —, among, in; au — de in the midst (center) of, among militaire military; . m.

soldier mille a thousand le mille mile le milord lord Milton, John (1608-1674) English poet, author of Paradise Lost Mina, Francisco Espoz y Mina (1781-1836) Spanish guerilla leader against Napoleon, who ended by Serving as general against the Carlists mince thin minchorr6 (Gipsy) = amant, caprice la mine mien; faire mauvaise —, to be displeased; faire piteuse —, cut a sorry figure le minois face les mifions (Span.) m. provincial military police le minotaure Minotaur (mythical monster, half man and half bull, living on human flesh) le minuit midnight le miquelet Spanish soldier le miroir mirror le misérable wretched man la misére misery, hardship la mitraille grapeshot la mode fashion le modéle model modeste modest la modestie modesty

moindre less; le —, least, the slightest le moineau sparrow moins less, less of; au —, at least; de —, less; du —,,-at) least; "— de less, fewer; tout au —, at the very least le mois month la moitié half; 4 —, half mol, molle see mou le moment moment, time la momie mummy le monarque monarch Monda small town some 30 miles southwest of Malaga; not the site of Munda le monde world, people; le Nouveau Monde the New World; revenir au —, to come back to life; sortir de ce —, quit this life; tout le —, everybody la monnaie change, money le monsieur [masjd] (fl.

Mmessieurs) sir, (this) gentleman, the master; abbreviated M., Mr.

le monstre monster monstrueu-x, -se monstrous le mont mount, mountain le montagnard mountaineer la montagne mountain(s) monter to mount, come (go) upstairs, go up, come up, get in Montilla l/own 20 miles southeasl of Cordova, near Aguilar de la Frontera

la montre watch montrer to show, point out; se —, be, appear la monture mount, horse le monument monument, remains moquer to mock; se — de make fun of, ridicule, snap one’s fingers at, play a trick upon la moralité morality, honesty le morceau bit, piece, work; metire en ——xicut. to pieces mordre to bite morne gloomy la morsure bite mort, -e dead; dying; spent; balle —e spent ball; raide —, stone dead; ». m. dead man la mort death; 4 la vie a la —, for life or death; une guerre 4 —, a war to the death mortel, —le mortal mortifier to mortify le mot word, retort le motif motive, reason mou, molle soft la mouche fly le mouchoir handkerchief le mouflon moufilon (large wild mountain sheep) mouiller to wet mouler to model mourir to die la mourre game in which one player shows quickly a hand wilh some fingers raised, of which the other tries lo guess the number

la mousqueterie musketry la mousse moss la moustache mustache le mouton sheep; lamb le mouvement movement, motion, action, impulse; sans —, motionless moyen, —ne average, moderate, middle le moyen means, way, possibility; au — de by means of, by moyennant for muet, —te silent la mule mule (female) le mulet mule (male) le muletier muleteer Munda [m5da] (Baetica) Roman colony in southern Spain; scene of Cesar’s victory over Pompey’s sons (45 B.C.); probably near Aguilar de la Frontera, some 74 miles southwest of Montilla and 26 miles southeast of Cordova munir to provide (with) la munition ammunition le mur wall mir, —e mature, ripe la muraille wall le murmure muttering le musée museum la musique music, band musulman, -e Musulman, Mohammedan mutuellement mutually Myron Greek sculptor (sth century B.C.); see page 159, introductory note to ta Vénus a’Ille

le mystére mystery mysterieu—x, —se mysterious

le nain dwarf la naissance birth naitre to be born la narine nostril la nation race, people national, —e native, national la natte mat; low basket naturel, —le natural; ». m.

disposition, nature, naturalness naturellement naturally navatrais, —e of Navarre; le Navarrais Navarrese Navarre Navarre (province in northern S pain, capital Pampeluna) navarrois older form of navarrais, see above le navire ship né, —e born nécessaire necessary

braid; shal-

la négligence negligence; avec —, carelessly négliger to neglect, fail,

slight le négociant merchant le négre negro le négro (Span., lit. ‘ black ’) liberal, anti-Carlist la neige snow nerveu-x, -se sinewy net [net ], nette neat, clear; clean

nervous;

nettement clearly

neuf nine la neveria (Span.) ice-cream parlor le neveu nephew le nez [ne] nose; le — sur

busily working at; mener par le bout du —, to lead about by the nose; mettre...devant son —, cover her face with .; sous le—, squarely in the face; sur le —, on his face niais, —e silly, foolish; x.

m. simpleton Nicolas (saint) Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus (the bringer of gifts) nier to deny noblement in gentlemanly fashion la noblesse nobility la noce wedding; faire la —, to celebrate the marriage le nceeud knot, bow noir, —e black, dark; faire —, to be dark le noir negro noiratre blackish noirci, —e blackened noircir to blacken le nom name le nomade nomad le nombre number, portion; le plus grand —, the larger part nombreu-—x, —se numerous nommer to name, give the name of, call; se —, be called

non no, not; — baptisé unbaptized nonchalamment carelessly nonobstant, notwithstanding le nord [nor] north le nord-ouest [nordwest ] northwest nos see notre la note note; changer de —, to change one’s tune noter to note; mal noté having a bad record notre (p/. nos) our; Notre- Dame Our Lady le nougat nougat (confection of sugar, nuts, etc.) nourrir to rear la nourriture food, keep nouveau (nouvel before vowels) nouvelle new, other; de —, again la nouvelle news, piece of news; les —s news nouvellement freshly noyer to drown nu, —e naked, nude, bare le nuage cloud nuire to injure, do harm (with a) :

la nuit night; cette —, last night, in the night; la —, at night, that night,

in the dark nul, -le no, not a, no one nullement by no means, at all le numéro number (abbreviated n°) lanuque nape of the neck

oO 60!

obéir to obey (with a) Vobjet m. object, article obligeant, —e kind obliger to oblige, make Vobscurité [op-] f. darkness observer [op-] to observe, watch, remark obstiné, —e [op-] obstinate obtenir [op-] to secure Vobus [oby ] m. shell Voccasion f. opportunity occulte occult, mystic Voccupation ff. business, work occuper to occupy, employ; s’—, keep oneself busy, be busy Yodeur f. odor; bonne —, perfume odieu-—x, —se hateful Voeil (pl. yeux) m. eye, look; coup d’—, glance Voeuf [cef] m. egg; jaune d’—, yolk of egg Vceuvre f. work; chef d’—, masterpiece offenser to offend, wrong, insult Vofficier m. officer Voffrande f. offering Voffre f. offer offrir to offer, afford offusquer to offend VYognon m. onion (usually written oignon) oh! oh!

Voiseau m. bird oisi-f, —ve idle; l’—, idler oligarchique oligarchical

olivatre olive-colored Volivier m. olive tree Vombrage m. shade, foliage ombrager to shade Vombre f. shade; mettre 4 l’—, to put out of the way Vonce f. ounce, ounce of gold (worth about $17.00) Voncle m. uncle Vongle m. nail onze eleven opérer to work, go about one’s work opiniatre persistent opposé, —e opposite opposer to oppose; s’-— a oppose, object to Vor m. gold or now, but Vorage m. storm orageu—x, —Sse stormy Yoranger m. orange tree Vorateur m. orator ordinaire ordinary, usual; dv—, a l’—, usually; selon d’—, as usual ordinairement ordinarily ordonner to order Vordre m. order; 4 ses —S at his command Voreille f. ear; a l’— de in a low tone to; dire 4 ’— 4 to say in a low tone to, whisper to; dormir sur les deux —s sleep soundly; se faire tirer les —s be reluctant Voreiller m. pillow Orellius, Johann Caspar von Orelli (1787-1849) Swiss editor of an im-

portant collection of Latin inscriptions Vorgeat m. orgeat, cooling drink (used by Mérimée for Span. horchata, a kind of tce) originaire native; — de from originairement originally Vorigine f. origin orné, —e ornate orner to ornament, adorn Vos [os ], les os [o] m. bone; faire de vieux —, to reach old age osciller to oscillate, dangle oser to dare osseu—x, —se bony Osuna town about 45 miles southwest of Cordova; abode since 1562 of the dukes of Osuna and formerly (1549-1824) seat of a university; see note lo page 3, line 7 éter to remove, take off ou or; —...— (bien), either... or ou where, in which, when; a place where; au moment —, at the moment when; d’—, whence, from where, from which; par —, which way, by which, by the way Voubli m. oblivion oublier to forget oui yes; —-da indeed Vourlet m. hem outrager to insult Voutrance f. extreme; 4 —, flatly

Voutre f. leather bottle outre beyond, besides; en —, besides ouvert, —e open Vouvrage m. work ouvragé, —e finished Vouvrier m. workman VYouvriére f. working woman ouvrir to open, open the door; begin; s’—, open

paf ! paf! whiz ! bang !

le paien [pajé ] pagan la paille straw la paillette spangle le pain bread, loaf of bread, roll; petit —, roll la paire pair paitre to pasture la paix peace; faire la —, to make peace le palais palace pale pale palir to turn pale la palissade stockade la palombe wood pigeon Pampelune Pampeluna (capital of Navarre) los panaderos (Span.) m. bakers le panier basket panser to dress (wounds) le pantalon trousers la panthére panther la pantoufle slipper le paon [pa ] peacock le pape pope le papelito (Span.) cigarette le papier paper le paquet package, bundle

par by, through, about, by way of, because of, in, with, on; de —, by, in the name of le paradis paradise paraitre to appear; seem le parapet parapet; low wall bordering quay le parapluie umbrella le paravent (large) screen parbleu gad !

parce que because le parchemin parchment parcourir to wander through, traverse par-dessus over, on top of, above le pardon pardon; demander —, to ask to be excused pardonner to forgive pareil, -le such, such a,

equal; sans —, without a peer

le parent, la parente relative; parent

la parenté relationship parer to adorn, dress up;

parry s parfait, -e perfect parfaitement perfectly,

completely, entirely parfois sometimes le parfum [-ce] perfume parfumer to perfume parier to wager, bet parisien, —ne Parisian; le Parisien Parisian parler to speak, tell, talk, talk of le parler speech parmi among la parole word, speech; a-

dresser la — A to speak to; manquer de —, break one’s word parsemer to strew, sprinkle, intersperse, dot la part part, side, share, choice; 4 —, aside; 4 — moi within myself; d’autre —, on the other hand; de la — de from; on behalf of; de — en —, through and through; de sa —, on his (her) part; quelque —, somewhere le partage sharing partager to share, divide partant accordingly

le parti party, decision, match, side; de — pris intentionally; prendre le (son) —, to make up

one’s (his) mind, make a decision; prendre un —, come to a decision particuli-er, —ére particulary specialsjmene—— ain private le particulier citizen le partido (Span.) district la partie part, portion, match, game, party; faire la — de to play with partir to depart, leave, go, set out; go off, burst out, be fired; come (from) partout everywhere la parure adornment parvenir to reach, succeed, arrive; — a reach

le pas step, pace, sill; 4 deux —, close by; au — de course at the doublequick pas; nei —., not; non —, not at all passablement passably, rather, somewhat le passage passageway, way through le passant passer-by passé, —e past, last le passeport passport passer to pass, pass over, cross, spend; pass by (through), go, be beyond;

place upon; — pour be taken for, be considered; se —, pass,

happen, go on, be spent, elapse, take place; se — de do without la passion passion; a4 la —, passionately passionner to stir to passion; se — pour take a great interest in a pastesas (Gipsy) = avec adresse; see note to page 45, line 29 patatras ! bang !

la pate paste, dough le pater [-er] paternoster, Lord’s Prayer pathétique touching patiemment [pasjam-] patiently la patine patina (éncrustation on old bronze) le patio [pat-] (Span.) courtyard le patois dialect

patriarcal, —e patriarchal, conservative la patrie fatherland, home le patron patron, master (of a ship) * la patronne patroness la patte paw, foot le paturage ranch, cattlebreeding establishment la paume palm; jeu de —, pelota; pelota court; jouer 4 la —, see note to page 25, line 14; joueur de —, pelota player la paupiére eyelid; eyelash pauvre poor pauvrement poorly le pavé pavement payer to pay, pay for, repay; treat to le payllo (Gipsy) non-Gipsy le pays [peji] country, place; au (du) —, in (from) our country le pays fellow-countryman le paysan, la paysanne peas-

ant

les Pays-Bas m. Low Countries

la payse fellow-countrywoman

la peau skin, leather;

amandes sans leur —, blanched almonds pécaire! sce note to page 97, line 12 la peccadille [-dij] peccadillo, small offence la péche fishing, kind of fish-

ing Pedro (Pédre) le Cruel

(1333-1369) king of Castile (1350-1369), ferocious despot, murdered by his brother Henry; see Mérimée’s ‘‘ Histoire de don Pédre” le peigne comb peindre to paint; se —, be depicted la peine difficulty, trouble, pain, penalty; a4 —, scarcely; ce n’est pas

la —, it is not worth while; fort en —, much disturbed

peiner to pain peint, —e painted peler to peel, lay bare le peloton ball of worsted; platoon la pelouse lawn, bit of (green)sward penaud, —e sheepish penché, —e bowed pencher to bend, lean; se —, lean over pendant during, for; — que while le pendement hanging; see note to page 23, line 28 pendre to hang; se — 4 hang on to pendu, —-e hung, hanging pénétrer to penetrate, enter, fathom, go in pénible difficult, painful péniblement painfully la pensée thought, thinking penser to think; on pense bien (aisément) que you can readily imagine that pensi-f, —ve thoughtful

la pente slope Pepa (Corsican diminutive form of Giuseppa) Josie percer to pierce, run through, penetrate; percé de deux coups de feu with two bullets in his body perché, —e placed, perched perclus, —e paralyzed perdre to lose, ruin; se —, disappear perdu, —e lost le pére father le peril [peril] danger périr to perish, die permettre to permit la permission permit perpendiculairement at right angles se perpétuer to persist Perpignan capital of Roussillon le personnage person of importance la personne person, body, self; le —, any one, no one; ne...—, no one personnel, —le personal persuadé, —e convinced la perte loss le pesant weight peser to weigh; pesait tout entiére bore down with its whole weight la pétale petal petit, —e small, little; ses -—s her young le petit-maitre dandy pétrifier to turn to stone peu little, not very, a little, few; avant —,

before long; dans —, shortly; depuis — (d’années) a short time (a few years) ago, recently; — a —, little by little; quelque —, a little, slightly (related); un — sorciére something

of a witch

le peuple people, common people

la peur fear; avoir —, to be afraid; faire — (a)

frighten; mourir de —, be in mortal terror peut-étre perhaps Peyrehorade small town in department of Landes, near Bayonne la phalange phalanx; bone of finger phénicien, -ne Phcenician le philtre love-potion la phrase sentence la physionomie face, appearance physique physical piaffer to prance la piastre piaster about $1) le pic pick, peak; 4 —, vertical, very steep le picador (Span.) picador (horseman with lance in bull fight) la piéce piece; room; document; coin; la —, apiece; la bonne —, the good soul; mettre en —s to break, tear to pieces; tout d’une —, with his entire form

(Span.,

la piécette peseta (Spanish coin, face value 109.3 cents) le pied foot, leg; 4 —, on foot; dé la téte aux —s from head to foot; haut @un —, a foot high; sauter en —s leap to one’s feet; se lever en —, stand up; sur la pointe du —,, on tiptoe le piédestal pedestal pien for bien Piero (Jial.) Peter la pierre stone; — 4A feu flint le pieu post; raide comme un —,, like a log la pieve (Jéal.) parish, district pif ! crack !

piller to pillage le piment red pepper, Cayenne pepper le pin pine; pomme de —, pine cone la pincée pinch le pinson finch; gai comme un —, gay as a lark la pioche pickax piocher to dig piquant, —e piercing, biting, sharp, stinging, keen le pique spades (at cards) piqué, —e nettled piquer to prick le piquet tent peg; raide comme un —,, stiff as a poker pire worse; le —, the worst pis worse; tant —, so much the worse

Pise Pisa (city about 100 miles southeast of Genoa) le pistolet pistol piteu—x, —se pitiful la pitié pity, compassion pittoresque picturesque la place place, room; bullring; market; en —, in place, instead placer to put; se —, takea stand le plafond ceiling la plaie wound plaindre to pity, grudge; se — (de) complain (of), lament la plaine plain plaire to please (with a); se —, be pleased; elle me plait I like her; plat a Dieu would to God la plaisanterie jest, trick le plaisir pleasure; se faire —, to be delighted la planche plank, board; immobile comme une —, stock-still le plancher floor la plante plant; Jardin des Plantes famous botanical and zoological garden in Paris planter to plant; arrive qui plante what is to be will be (literally, “whoever plants, let whatsoever is to be, come up ’) le plat dish plat, -e flat; insignificant; le —, the flat (part) le plateau waiter, tray

le platine platinum le platre plaster plébéien, —ne plebeian plein, —e full, open, broad; en —, fully pleurer to weep, mourn; — a chaudes larmes weep bitterly pleuvoir to rain le pli fold; ridge plisser to pleat le plomb lead, bullet; weights; (see note to page 67, line 6); bralé par un soleil de —, consumed by the sun beating down upon us plonger to plunge, immerse, dip ployer to fold, bend; — en deux crouch la pluie rain la plume feather, pen la plupart most, most part; la — des most plus more, no more; de —, besides, more; de — en —, more and more; me...—, no longer; non —, either; —de...!no more...!

tout au —, at most; — --» (et)—, the more...

the more plusieurs several plut, plait see plaire plutét rather la poche pocket, pouch le poéle [pwal] stove le poéte poet poétique poetic le poids weight

le poignard dagger poignarder to stab la poignée handful, hilt le poing fist, hand; au —, in hand

le point point, place; au dernier —, to the last degree; au — owt nous

en étions in our situation; rendre des —s to give a handicap point not at all; ne...

—, not at all, not by any means; — de no la pointe point, tip pointu, —e pointed la poire pear; horn le poisson fish la poitrine breast, chest; inflammation de —, pneumonia la police police, (maintenance of) law and order; bonnet de —, forage cap; salle de —, guardhouse poliment politely polisson, —ne mischievous; n. m. tagamufin la politesse politeness, courtesy la pomme apple le pommier apple tree la pompe pomp, splendor Pompée see note to page 3, line 26 pomponner to bedizen le pont bridge, deck populaire popular le port harbor, wharf; tonnage la porte door, gate

la portée reach, range, shot; a —, within range; a — d’un fusil within gunshot le portefeuille pocketbook porter to carry, bear, wear, bring, put; command; be burdened with; make;sé- —, bes. y — la griffe reach for it le porteur bearer le portier janitor le portique portico Porto-Vecchio ([vekkjo] (= ‘Old Port’) town on gulf of Porto-Vecchio in southeastern Corsica le portrait picture; tirer en

—, to draw

poser to place, put, rest, set down

positivement clearly, surely

posséder to possess, take possession of, have; se —, control oneself le possesseur owner possible: le plus tét (moins) —, as soon (little) as possible la poste post; de —, postilion’s le poste (military) post, position, place poster to station le postillon postilion la posture position la potence gallows le pouce thumb, inch; mouvement du —, turn of the wrist la poudre powder poudrer to powder

poudreu—x, —se dusty la poule hen; chair de —, gooseflesh le poulet chicken; avoir un ceur de —, to be chicken-hearted la pouliche female colt, filly la poupe stern pour for, in order to, that, to, as, as to, as for, as

for being, about; — que in order that, so that, that, for

pourquoi why pourrir to rot la poursuite pursuit poursuivre to pursue, continue; au moment de la —, in setting out to pursue her pourtant however, nevertheless, but pourvoir to provide pourvu que provided that pousser to push, thrust; produce, utter, give, urge la poussiére dust pouvoir to be able, can, may; arrive que pourra come what may; cela se peut (that) is possible; comme Il’on pourrait as they saw fit; comme vous pourrez as best you can le pouvoir power, effect Prades small town in Roussillon, about 28 miles southwest of Perpignan pratiquer to practise, make précéder to precede

précieusement carefully précieu—x, —se valuable précipité, —e rapid précipiter to precipitate; se —, rush forward, hurl oneself précis, —e precise, exact précisément exactly prédire to predict la préférence preference; de —, preferably préférer to prefer le préjugé prejudice préjuger to prejudge, decide in advance se prélasser to saunter on (originally ‘ to strut like a prelate,’ Fr. prélat) premi-—er, —ére first, former prendre to take, take on, take from, catch, hold, use, seize, capture, come over, strike; have, put on; a tout —, all in all; — par ce sentier take

this path; s’en — 4 blame; se — a begin, go about; se — de get

into, apply oneself to le preneur taker préoccuper to concern préparer to prepare; plan; se — a get ready to prés (with de) near, nearly; a peu —,, almost, nearly; de —, near, closely présager to forebode la présence presence présent, —e present; 4 —, at present, now; . m.

gift présenter to present, give,

offer; se—, be presented, come up; se — 4 face préserver to preserve, pro-

tect le président president, chairman présider to preside, preside over

le presidio (Span.) prison presque almost pressant, —-e pressing, ur-

gent pressé, -e in a hurry; avoir...—, to be in a

hurry about...

presser to press, hurry, urges) Seu, be Ine a hurry, hasten

prét, —e ready, in readiness (with a)

prétendre to lay claim,

maintain, say, insist, pretend

prétendu, -e pretended, supposed; intended (husband)

la prétention claim, demand préter to lend, pay (attention) le prétre priest la preuve proof prévenir to anticipate, inform, apprise, warn, get ahead of prévoir to foresee prier to pray, beg, ask; je vous en prie I implore you; se faire —, need urging la priére prayer, entreaty prime: de — abord at the very first

le prince prince la princesse. princess le printemps spring la prise capture; hold; pinch; lacher —*, to let go le prisonnier, la prisonniére prisoner privilégier to privilege le prix price, prize, worth, return probablement probably le probléme problem, question procéder to proceed le procés lawsuit le procés-verbal minutes, official report

prochain, -e next; approaching prochainement shortly, soon

proche near procurer to get; se —, get le procureur state’s (prosecuting) attorney; — général attorney general prodigieusement de an enormous amount of prodigieu-x, -se extraordinary produire to produce, make le produit product, produce le professeur professor la profession profession; faire —, to profess profiter to profit, take advantage (of), make progress profond, -e deep, deepseated; good profondément deeply, fast la proie prey; en—4 a prey to

le projet plan projeter to plan prolixe prolix, lengthy prolonger to prolong; se =, extend la promenade walk, drive; mener a4 la —, to take riding promener to take out; se — (par) take a walk (about), ride, etc., walk about la promesse promise promettre to promise prononcer to pronounce, utter la prononciation pronunciation la prophétie [-si ] prophecy prophétique prophetic le propos purpose, remark, talk; 4 —, opportunely; a — de in regard to proposer to propose; se — de plan to, think of la proposition proposal propre clean, own le, la propriétaire proprietor, proprietress, landowner la propriété property, estate prosaique prosaic le proscrit outlaw protégé, —e favorite protéger to protect protester to protest prouver to prove, show la Provence Provence (former province in southeastern France) provenir to arise, (from) le proverbe proverb

come

providentiel, -le [-si-] lucky, fortunate la province province; country; les —s the Basque provinces (Alava, Biscay, Guipuzcoa, part of Navarre) la provision: avoir —, to carry a supply; faire sa —, lay in a supply prudemment [-am-] prudently pu past part. of pouvoir publi—c, —que public publier to publish puis pres. ind. of pouvoir puis then puisque since la puissance power puissant, -e powerful, mighty la punaise bedbug punir to punish la punition punishment pur, —e pure, genuine Puygarrig see note to page 94, line 16

Q qu’ see que le quai quay la qualité good quality, excellence, rank, capacity;

en ma — de Parisien because I was a Parisian quand when

quant (a) as for la quantité quantity, a number, many la quarantaine about forty

quarantine;

le quart quarter; watch; de —, on duty; un — d@heure a quarter of an hour le quartier quarter(s), block;

pl. lodgings

quasiment almost

quatre four; se mettre 4 —, to work with all one’s might

que that, 2 as,:- than, whether, why, when, how, but, let, would that, see that (see also note to page 73, line 25); c’est —, it is because; est-ce —, expression serving to introduce a question; ne «+. —, only, but, except; nul—, no one but; si bien —, so that

que whom, which, what, that, ever; sometimes omitted in translation (see note to page 13, line 11); & ce —, as; ce —, what; ce que cest «=, what...is; qu’est-ce — c’est what is it ? qu’est-ce — (c’est —) cela what is that?

qu’est-ce — (qui) what ?

savoir ce — c’était qu’un caporal to know what a corporal was

que what ?

quel, -le what, what a, which, who

quelque some, a, any; i.

a few, several (see note to page 3, line 4);

—...que however; — vague te! fit any acy.

whatsoever; —S... que whatever, quelquefois sometimes quelqu’un, -une (quelques-uns, —unes) someone la querelle quarrel; chercher —, to pick a quarrel with la question question; faire —, to be suspicious qui who, whom, which, the one who, (anyone) what; “cel)—, which;

— Fate te SONG others

qui who? whom? which?

what ?

quiconque whoever

quid dicis, doctissime ?

what do you say, most learned sir? (phrase in which chairman of committee examining candidate for Doctor's degree in French university invited members to give their opinions)

quinze fifteen

quitte quits; out of danger; jouer — ou double to play double or quits (throw deciding whether player shall pay twice what he owes or nothing), stake everything; étre —— Petron

quitter to quit, leave, lay down, take off

quoi what, which; —! or

something of the sort!

de —, the wherewithal, the means; — que whatever; je ne sais — (de) something, anything; 4 — bon what is the good of ?

quoique although

raccommoder to reconcile, repair la racine root raconter to tell, tell of, relate radieu—x, —se radiant rafraichir to refresh, water, cool la rage madness, fury raide stiff, steep raidir to stiffen railler to joke, tease la raison reason, judgment, good sense; avoir —, to be right; parler —, talk sense; perdre la —, lose one’s mind raisonnable moderate le raisonnement argument rallier to rally; se —, rally rallumer to relight ramasser to pick up ramener to bring back, lead back, take home ramer to row la rancune rancor; garder —, to bear a grudge le rang rank, row

reasonable,

reasoning,

ranimer to revive, enliven

raper to grate

rapide rapid, steep

rapidement rapidly

rappeler to recall, call back,> remind; ise) —, remember

le rapport report, relation;

sous ce —, in this respect

rapporter to bring back (in), repeat, report; s’en

— a rely on rapproché, -e close together; — de near

rapprocher to bring near; se — (de) draw near to; resemble la raquette racket rarement rarely raser to shave, graze rasibus quite close; piller —, to strip clean rassembler to assemble, bring together se rasseoir to sit down again rassurer to reassure; se —, take heart le ravin ravine seraviser to change one’s mind rayer to stripe le réal (Span.) real (five cents) rebelle mutinous rebondir sur to rebound from le rebord edge, ledge; 4 —s with raised edges; see note to page 6, line 27 recevoir to receive, accept, be struck (touched) by; entertain

le rechange replacement; de

—, spare la recherche research, investigation; a la — de in search of rechercher to seek again, seek (for) le récit story; faire le — de to recount

réciter to recite réclamer to ask to have back, request, protest la récolte harvest la recommandation mendation recommander to recommend, introduce; il est bien recommandé (ironical) there is abundant proof of his guilt (without your testimony) recommencer to begin again, do again la reconnaissance gratitude; reconnoitering tour reconnaissant, -e grateful reconnaitre to recognize, ascertain; se —, get one’s bearings reconquérir to win back recoucher to lay down again; se —, lie down again recourir to have recourse recouvrir to cover up le regu receipt recueillir to gather, pick up; se —, collect one’s thoughts reculer to recoil, withdraw, fall back, draw back

recom-

redescendre to go down again redevenir to become again la redingote frock-coat redoubler to repeat, increase redoutable formidable la redoute redoubt, fort redouter to dread, fear redresser to straighten; se —, straighten up réduire to reduce réel, —le real refermer to close again réfléchir to reflect, think about (of the fact that) le reflet reflection, flash; A —s bleus with a blue sheen la réflexion thought; faire —, to reflect; inspirer des —s give pause refroidir to cool; blessure refroidie wound which has ceased bleeding le réfugié refugee se réfugier to take refuge refuser to refuse; se —, refuse regagner to regain, go back to régaler to treat le régalia (Span.) large cigar of good quality le regard look, glance regarder to look at, concern, watch, face le régime rule, government régler to regulate, settle, make le régne reign régner to reign, extend

regretter to regret réguli—er, —ére regular la reine queen les reins m. p/. loins rejeter to throw back, reject rejoindre to rejoin, reach, overtake, join réjouir to rejoice, delight relacher to release relater to mention, tell relati-f, -ve regarding relever to lift again, raise, turn back; se —, get up, rise, right oneself le relief relief; en —, raised religieu-x, -se religious; n.f. nun remarquable remarkable remarquablement very remarquer to remark, notice; faire —, point out le reméde remedy, help remendado (Span.) ragged remercier to thank remettre to put back, put on again, hand (give) over, recover, replace; pardon; transfer, restore; se. —/ a “begin again; se — en route (marche) start or set out again la rémission pardon, mercy remonter to remount, come up again, go upstream, go up le remords remorse, regret le rempart rampart; comme un —, a sort of barricade remplacer to replace

rempli, —e full

remplir to fill

remuer to move, disturb, stir

larencontre meeting, en-

counter, circumstances; ala—, to meet; Asa —, towards him; ma —, meeting me

rencontrer to meet, find, strike; se —, agree

le rendez-vous appointment,

meeting; se donner —, to make an appointment with each other

rendormir to put to sleep again; se —, go to sleep again

rendre to render, deliver, give (back), requite for, make, do, return, express; se —, make, do oneself; surrender, go

renfermer to pen up, in-

close renforcé, -e reénforced; une provinciale —e,

ultra-provincial le renfort reénforcement; 4 grand — de see note to page 109, line 14 la renommée renown renoncer (a) to renounce, give up renouveler to renew, replace, replenish; se —, recur le renseignement bit of information, reference rentré, —e close together rentrer to reénter (the house), go back, return

alarenverse backwards, on

one’s back

Temverser to overturn, throw down, upset, prostrate; convulse

renvoyer to return, dismiss

répandre to spread; se —, scatter, spread

reparaitre to reappear

réparer to repair, make up for

reparler to speak again

repartir to go away again, leave; retort

le repas meal

repasser to pass again, go

through again; passer

et —, move back and forth

serepentir to repent, be sorry for

le repentir repentance répéter to repeat la répétition repetition; montre 4 —, repeating watch replier to bend; se —, fall back reployer to bend back répondre to answer, reply; — de answer for, be responsible for; en —, assure la réponse response, answer, reply le repos rest, inactivity reposer to rest; se —, rest repoussant, —e disagreeable repousser to push away, repulse, reject reprendre to take again, take up, continue, re-

sume, regain, take back; Teplysae See —— js eCOLLeCE

oneself la représentation performance représenter to represent; se —, picture to oneself, imagine, come up again

réprimer to repress le reproche reproach, taunt se reproduire to recur réserver to reserve, save résider to reside résigner to resign la résistance opposition; faire quelque — pour to be somewhat reluctant to résister (4) to resist, withstand résolu, —e determined, decided résoliment resolutely (generally spelled résolument) résolve see résoudre résoudre to decide le respect [-pe ] respect respectable deserving respect respecter to respect respectueu—x, —se respectful la respiration breathing respirer to breathe, inhale resplendissant, —e brilliant responsable responsible ressemblant, -e a good likeness ressembler (a) to resemble ressentir to feel

le ressort lock; spring ressortir to stand out (in contrast) la ressource resource le reste rest, remains; au —, du (de) —, for the rest, besides, well, but then, as a matter of fact rester to remain, be left, stay at home; qui me restaient which I had left restreindre to restrict le résultat result rétablir to reéstablish; se —, recover retarder to delay .tetenir to hold back, detain, keep, restrain retentir to resound, ring out tretirer to retire, draw back, remove, take out (off), draw away; se —, retire, leave, withdraw retomber to fall retoucher to alter le retour return; de —, back; en — 4 (en, dans) on one’s return retourner to return, turn around (back); se —, turn around; s’en —, go back la retraite retreat, tattoo le retranchement intrenchment retrousser to roll up retrouver to find again (still), find, regain; se —, meet again, be found again, turn up

la réunion meeting, junction réunir to reunite, combine, connect; ser —, meet, come together réussir to succeed la réussite success la revanche revenge; en —, on the other hand le réve dream le réveil awakening réveiller to awaken; se —, awake révéler to reveal; se —, show oneself revenir to come back, return, recover; en —, go back; — 4 soi come to oneself; ...me me revient pas I don’t like...

réver to dream la révérence reverence, bow; see note to page 96, line

se) le revers reverse, facing, (boot-) top

revétir to put on revoir to see again révolter to revolt; se —, rebel la revue review; a la —, in review; passer la —, to be reviewed le rez-de-chaussée [re-] ground floor le rhume cold ricaner to sneer, giggle Tiche rich; ». m. rich per-

son richement richly larichesse (also in fl.)

wealth, riches ricocher to rebound

le rideau curtain ridicule ridiculous; ». m.

ridicule le rien nothing, anything; n’avoir —, to be well; ne...—, nothing; — que only la rigueur rigor; ala —, ata pinch; de —, obligatory; tenir —, to be denied riposter to reply rire to laugh; éclater de —, burst out laughing le rire laugh, laughter; rire d’un gros —, to laugh loudly le risque risk, danger risquer to risk le rivage shore la rive (river) bank la riviére river le riz rice la robe robe, dress, gown robuste robust le roc rock le rocher rock, cliff le roi king rollona (Span., colloquial) nurse le rom (Gipsy) husband Roma (Gipsy) The Gipsies romain, -e Roman; Rommany, Gipsy; le Romain Roman, Gipsy laromalis (Gipsy) a Gipsy dance le roman novel les Romé (Gipsy) Gipsies la romi (Gipsy) wife le rommani Rommany, Gipsy language

rompre to break, break off, interrupt rond, -e round; le —, round; 4,dix lieues a la ronde for ten leagues about Ronda small city, surrounded by steep hills, about 67 miles northeast of Gibraltar la ronde round, patrol; a la —, roundabout rose pink, rose-color le roseau reed la rosse jade; old horse la rotule knee-cap rouge red le rouge redness, blood rougir to blush, turn red la rouille rust le roulement rattle rouler to roll; turn; se —, roll about le Roussillon former French province, corresponding to the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, taken from Spain in 1659 roussillonnais, —se of Roussillon; le —, a Roussillonian la route route, way, journey, road; arréter sur la grande —, to rob on the highway; faire —, travel la routine mechanical regularity le royaume kingdom la royauté royalty le ruban ribbon rude rough, harsh, difficult

rolling, roll,

rudement rudely, roughly larue street; faire une —, to cut a swath la ruelle alley; space between bed and wall laruine ruin; en —, in ruins ruiner to ruin le ruisseau stream, brook ruisseler to drip rusé, —e crafty, cunning tusse Russian; le Russe

Russian

SS) la Sabine Sabine woman; Yenlévement des —s

the rape of the Sabine women (legendary kidnaping of the wives and daughters of the Sabines by the Romans under Romulus, who needed wives) le sable sand le sabot wooden shoe le sabre saber le sac bag, sack sache see savoir sacrifier to sacrifice sacrilége sacrilegious, godless sage good, well-behaved, wise sain, -e healthy, sound saint, -e holy, sacred; x.

m. saint Saint-André (croix de) Saint Andrew’s cross (= X)

Saint-Roc San Roque

le la

la le le le le le

le le

la

la le

le le

(small town about 6 miles north of Gibraltar)

Saisir to seize, catch, seize upon; se — de seize

saisissement start

salade salad

salé, —e salt

salle hall, room

salon drawing-room

saluer to salute, bow to, greet

salut bow, greeting, salvation, welfare

salutaire wholesome, wise

sandale sandal

sang blood; jusqu’au —, till the blood comes

sang-froid coolness

sanglant, —-e bloody

sanglier wild boar

sanglot sob

sangloter to sob

sangsue leech

Sanpiero (Jial.) see note to ~

to page 73, line 16

sans without, except for; — que without

santé health

Satan see note to page 11, line i

satisfaire to satisfy

satisfaisant, -e satisfactory

saucisson thick sausage

saut leap

sauter to jump, leap (over), bound in the air, blow @py out); ranvfor; — sur leap on; faire —, gouge out

sauvage wild, uncivilized; nN, Mm, savage

le

le le

le

le le

le le

la

sauve-qui-peut stampede, rout

sauver to save, redeem; se —, run away

savant, —e learned, wise; n. m. scholar

savoir to know, know to be, know how, learn, can; je (ne) sais sce notes to page 13, line 7, and page 36, line 7; je ne sais ott somewhere or other; je ne sais quel some; je ne sais quoi something or other; je n’en saurais dire autant I can’t say as much; que je sache so far as I know; que sais-je? how should I know? —?

really ? that remains to be seen

savoir knowledge

scandale scandal

scandaliser to shock

scélérat villain

sceptre scepter

schako shako high hat)

scier to saw, saw through or off {

scrupuleusement carefully

scruter to search

sculpter [skylte ] to carve,

(soldier’s

engrave

sculpteur sculptor

séant sitting; se lever (mettre) sur son —, to sit up

sébile bowl sec, séche dry, thin, sharp, curt

second, —e [sag5 ] second la seconde [sogdd] second secouer to shake secourir te succor, aid le secours succor, aid, help; venir au — de to aid le secret secrecy séduisant, -e attractive, charming le seigneur lord, Mr. (used by Mérimée for Span.

sefior) le sein breast le séjour sojourn, stay; abode le sel salt la selle saddle selon according to la semaine week semblable such, similar, of the sort sembler to seem; ot bon leur semblerait wherever they pleased semer to sow le sénat senate le Sénégal French colony in western Africa sefior (Span.) = monsieur le sens [sds] sense, direction, meaning la sensibilité feeling sensiblement perceptibly le sentier path le sentiment feeling; avoir le — de to feel la sentinelle sentinel; faire mettre en —, to put on guard; — avancée outpost sentir to feel, see, realize; smell; suggest; se —, be conscious of, feel

séparer to separate; se —, separate, part le sergent sergeant sérieusement earnestly sérieu—x, -se serious le sérieux gravity; reprendre son —, to become serious again le serment oath le serpent serpent; rue du Serpent (really calle de las Sierpes, ‘street of the serpents’) chief and fairly straight, though narrow, street in Seville, so called from the serpents on a tavern sign Serrabona see note to page 95, line 12 serré, —-e tight, close, serried; bien — dans wearing a close-fitting serrer to squeeze, tighten, crowd, clench, close, clasp; shake la serrure lock le serrurier locksmith; apprenti —, locksmith’s apprentice la servante handmaid serviable obliging le service service, favor; de —, on duty servir to serve, wait on, be of use, be used; set (a table); — de be used as; se — de use le serviteur servant; votre grand —, your obedient servant

seriously,

maid-servant,

le seuil threshold

seul, —e alone, single, only, very, sole; a lui —, by himself, alone

seulement only, even, as much as, just

Sevilla, Francisco see note to page 17, line 29

sévillan, -e Sevilian; le Sévillan Sevilian

Séville [sevil] Seville Cae) in Andalusia)

le sexe sex si if; to see if; whether; suppose; see note to page 8, line 26; — ce

n’est except si so, so much, such, yes (after a negative); le —, condition; see note to page 18, line 30 le siécle century le siége seat, driver’s seat; siege siéger to sit (of assemblies) la Sierra (Span.) mountainrange le sifement whistling, hissing siffler to whistle le sifflet whistle (instrument) le signal order le signalement description le signe sign

signer to sign; se —, cross oneself

le signor (Jéal., pl. signori) squire

le silence silence, pause;

garder le —, to be silent; rentrer dans le —, become silent again

la

le la

la

la le la la la la

le

le

la

le le

le

silencieu—x, —se silent

silhouette outline

simple simple, mere

singe monkey

singularité curiosity

singuli-er, —ére singular, peculiar, strange

singuliérement singularly, strangely

sinistre dismal

sinon if not, except

sire sire (title given the king)

sit6t so soon; — que as soon as

situation position

situé, —e located

situer to place

six [sis ] six

société party

socle pedestal

sceur sister

soie silk

soierie silk

soif thirst; avoir —, to be thirsty

soigner to care for

soigneusement carefully

soin care, concern; les —s care, attention(s); avoir —, to take care

soir evening; le —, the (in the) evening

soirée evening, party

soit so be it, whether; — sole —aRelENER a. OF

sol ground, soil

soldat soldier; simple —, private

soleil sun, sunlight

solennel [solanel], —le solemn

evening

solennellement solemnly solide strong, sturdy, steady

solitaire lonely la sollicitation entreaty, request solliciter to see (about) sombre somber, gloomy, dark lasomme sum; en —, in short, in a word le somme nap le sommeil sleep sonder to sound, test le songe dream songer to dream, think; — a think of, consider; arrange sonner to ring, ring the time; 4 minuit sonnant on thestroke of midnight la sonnerie ringing la sonnette bell sonore loud le sorbet sherbet la sorcellerie witchcraft le sorcier sorcerer la sorciére sorceress le sort fate, lot la sorte sort, kind; de (en) — que so that; dela —, in that (this) way la sortie leaving, exit le sortilége spell sortir to go (come) out, protrude, emerge, come from, leave, graduate from; — de leave; be placed in sot, —te foolish; x. m. fool la sottise foolishness, act of folly, foolish thing

le sou sou, cent; gros —, see note to page 95, line soucier to disturb; se — de care to, be concerned about soudainement suddenly le souffle breath souffler to blow, breathe le soufflet box on the ear souffrir to suffer, allow; — pour...de sympathize with... on account of le souhait wish souhaiter to wish soulever to raise; se—, rise le soulier low shoe le soupgon suspicion; . donner des —s 4A arouse suspicion in soupconner to suspect souper to sup, have supper; donner (apporter) 4 —, give supper le souper supper soupir sigh soupirer to sigh souple lithe la source spring le sourcil [sursi] eyebrow; froncer le —, to frown sourd, —e deaf, dull sourire to smile; en souriant with a smile le sourire smile la souris mouse sous under, in soutenir to sustain, support, reinforce, uphold le soutien support le souvenir memory, remembrance, recollection

se souvenir (de) to remember; il me souvient I recall souvent often, frequently le spectacle spectacle, show le spectateur spectator la statistique statistics, collection of numerical information stupéfait, -e stupefied, astonished la stupeur stupefaction stupide stupid le stylet stiletto suave graceful subir to undergo subit, -e sudden succéder to follow (with a); ‘se —, follow one another le succés success le successeur successor succomber to fall, yield sucré, —e sugared le sucrier sugar-bowl le sud [syd] south, southern la sueur perspiration suffire to suffice la suie soot la suite following, retinue; consequence, result; par —, consequently; tout de —, immediately suivre to follow, recognize sujet, —te subject le sujet subject; au — de as

regards superbement magnificently supérieur, -e superior,

higher, upper la supériorité superiority superstitieu-x, -se [-sj¢] superstitious

la superstition

le supplice torture;

la

le

oO

superstition;

avoir plus de —, to be

more superstitious

au —, on the rack

supplier to implore

supporter to support

supposer to suppose, infer

sur on, upon, with, over, concerning, at, to, from, about, by, in; — lechamp at once, on the spot; trois fois — quatre three times out of four

sir, —-e sure, trustworthy, certain, safe

stireté safety

surhumain, —e supernatural, ghostly

surnaturel,—le supernatural

surnommer to call, nickname

surpasser to outshine

surprendre to surprise, take by surprise, overtake, catch

sursaut start; réveiller en —, to awaken with a start

surtout especially

surveiller to watch

survivant survivor

sus past def. of savoir

susdit [syzdi], -e aforesaid

suspect [syspe or -pekt], —e suspicious

suspendre to hang; stop

suspendu, —e hanging

suspens [-pad]: en —, in suspense

suspend,

svelte slender syllogiser (obsolete) to reason, retkon synonyme synonymous le systéme method, way; par —, regularly

Ae t. abbreviation of tome le tabac [taba] tobacco,

snuff; pl. kinds of tobacco, tobacco la tabatiére snuff-box la table table le tabouret stool la tache stain, spot tacher to try taciturne taciturn le taffetas [-ta] taffeta, silk la taille cut, size, waist, stature, build le taillis thicket taire: se —, to be or become silent le talon heel; sur ses —s at his heels; tourner les —s to turn on one’s heel le tambour drum; drummer tandis meanwhile; — que while tant (de) so much (so), so many; fais — que de manage to; — que as long as, as much as la tante aunt tantdt soon, just now; — © ee ary LOW even O WW?

tapageu-r, —se noisy taper to strike le tapis carpet

tapisser to carpet, line la tapisserie tapestry tard late :

tarder to be late, delay; ne — pas not to be long till, not to be slow in Tarifa town west of Gibraltar le tas pile la tasse cup tater to feel, sound le taureau bull; courses de —x bullfights; des —x bullfighting teindre to dye, stain le teint complexion, tint la teinte tint, hue, coloring tel, telle such, such and such; dans — le rue in a certain street; un —, such a, such a one, so and so tellement so, so much, to such an extent le temoignage evidence témoigner to give evidence, show le témoin witness la tempe temple le temps [ta] time, weather; period; avec le —, in time; de — 4a autre, de — en —, from time to time; en tout —, always les tenailles f. pincers tendre to stretch, offer, extend, hand; hang la tendresse tenderness, caresses les ténébres f. darkness tenez come! here ! by the way ! look !

tenir to hold, keep, have, get; il ne tient qu’a moi I can perfectly well; savoir 4 quoi s’en —, know what to believe; se —, remain, stay, stand, feel; — 4 insist on, depend on; — 4 ce que be due to the fact that la tentation temptation la tentative attempt la tente tent tenter to tempt, try, incline, make la tenture hanging, tapestry le terme statue, column or pillar (surmounted by jigure, serving as support in buildings or ornament in gardens); term, word la terminaison termination terminer to finish; se —, end, etc.

le terrain soil, ground, piece of land terrasser to knock down la terre earth, land, ground; a —, to (on) the ground

(floor); en —, see note to page 95, line 16; par —, on the ground (floor)

la terreur terror terriblement terribly

la terrine earthenware bowl

le testament will

la téte head; de —, mental; faire —, to make a stand; inclination de —, nod; mal de (a la) —, headache; signe de Send

Tétricus, C. Pius Esuvius, sometimes wrongly called Pivesuvius, proclaimed Roman emperor at Bordeaux in 267 during revolt of Gaul against Gallienus; his wifes name is unknown

. le théatre theater, scene la théologie theology la théorie theory tiens why ! listen ! what !

tient pres. ind. of tenir le tiers third le tigre tiger la tigresse tigress; sion de —, appearance le tillac deck timidement timidly le tintement tinkle Tiodoro (/tal.) Theodore le tir shooting la tirade tirade, long speech tirailler to fire (repeatedly and irregularly) le tirailleur sharpshooter, skirmisher

tirer to draw, pull, take out, shoot, fire; extricate, rescue; s’en ~, se — de extricate oneself; deal with; se faire — la bonne aventure have one’s fortune told

le tireur marksman le tison firebrand

exprestiger-like

la toile cloth; awning; —s toils, net

la toilette toilet, dress, appearance; dressing table; en —, dressed

for the occasion; songer 4 sa —, to dress toiser to eye le toit roof tomber to*fall; empty le ton tone le tonneau cask, barrel tonner to thunder topique local :

tordre to twist, wring le tort wrong, harm; a —, wrongly; avoir —, to be wrong tortueu—x, —se winding t6t soon, early toucher to touch, concern;

move touffu, —e tufted, thick toujours always, con-

stantly, continually, still

la tour tower

le tour turn, circuit; trick; —di—, Dy burns One after another

tourmenter to torment, an-

noy, trouble

le tournant turn

la tournée, circuit, official visit tourner to turn, form,

flank, turn around; se —, turn, turn round la tournure shape, appear-

ance

tous see tout

tout, -e (pl. tous, toutes) all, every, any, whole; n. m. Whole, everything; du —, at all

tout adv. wholly, quite, entirely, altogether, precisely; — a fait alto-

gether; — au moins (plus) at least (most); — de méme all the

same; — en (+ pres.

part.) while

toutefois however, . still, nevertheless

la toux coughing le traban halberdier la trace mark tracer to mark la traduction translation traduire to translate trafiquer to trade trahir to betray; se —, show la trahison. act of treason le train: en — de in the act of trainer to drag, draw; se —, drag oneself along le trait trace, line, stroke, piece; feature; shaft, arrow la traite journey le traité treaty, agreement traiter to treat le traitre traitor la traitresse traitress le trajet journey, passage tranchant, —e sharp la tranche slice

trancher to cut; — de pose as

tranquille [-kil] quiet, unconcerned; laisser —,

tolet alone; soyez (sois) —, don’t worry tranquillement [-kil] quietly, calmly la tranquillité calmness transcendant, -e extraordinary

la transition: par la — de in connection with transparent, —e transparent; m. m. lined paper; transparency transpirer to perspire traquer to hunt down le travail work travailler to work, be active le travers breadth; a —, through; au — de through, over; en — (de) crosswise la traversée crossing, passage traverser to cross, pass through tremper to soak la trentaine about thirty le trépignement noisy footsteps trés very, very much le trésor treasure tressaillir to start Triana see note to page 20, line 2x tricher to cheat le triomphe triumph triste sad, unhappy, sorry tristement sadly la tristesse sadness; avec —, sadly tromper to deceive; se —, be mistaken, make a mistake le tronc [tr5] tree trunk le trongon stump le tréne throne trop too, too much, too well; ne sachant —, not knowing exactly; le —, excess le trophée trophy

le trot trot; grand —,, fast trot trotter to trot le trou hole le trouble embarrassment trouble muddy, dim le trouble-féte kill-joy troubler to disturb troué, —e full of holes trouer to make a hole in la troupe troop, crowd, band, school; soldiers le troupeau herd la trousse bundle; 4 nos —s at our heels le trousseau outfit, (of keys) la trouvaille find, discovery trouver to find, think; comment trouvez-vous H.? what do you think of H.? se —, be, be found to be, happen to be; venir —, join la truelle trowel la truffe truffle, mushroom tuer to kill

bunch

la tuile tile tumultueu—x, -se uproarious turbulent, -e tumultuous, riotous

turc [tyrk ], turque Turkish; le Turc Turk; 4 la turque cross-legged le turon (Span., turrén) kind of nougat, sweetmeat (of roasted nuts, honey, etc.)

un, -e one, a, an; de deux choses l’une either one

thing or the other; les —s...les autres (d’autres) some . . . others; ? — et.lautre both uni, —-e smooth, uniform in color uniforme uniform unique unique, single uniquement solely .unir to unite; united VPunisson m.: a l’— de in harmony with usage m. usage, use, habit, custom; mettre en —, to take user to wear out ov away; make use of Vustensile m. utensil, thing used utile useful

s’—,/ be

le vacarme noise la vague wave vaguement indefinitely vaillant valiant vaincre to conquer, beat le vainqueur conqueror vais 1st. pers. sing. pres. ind.

of aller le vaisseau vessel le val dale, valley; par monts et par vaux up hill and down dale Valence Valencia (seaport on eastern coast of Spain) valencien, —ne of Valencia, Valencian; le Valencien Valencian; see note to page 15, line 15

le valet valet, manservant; — de chambre valet la vallée valley valoir to be worth; equal, be comparable with; — mieux be worth more, be better le Vandale Vandal, destroyer of works of art le vandalisme destruction of works of art vanter to boast of, praise; se — de boast of la vapeur vapor vaste large, extensive le vaurien good-for-nothing Véger Veger de la Frontera (town about 28 miles southeast of Cadiz) la veille eve, day before; lack of sleep, watch; la —, the previous day or night le velours velvet le vendeur dealer vendre to sell le vendredi Friday venger to avenge; se —, take vengeance venir to come; aller et —, go back and forth; en — A resort to, come to the point of; — de have just le vent wind la venta (Span.) wayside inn le ventre belly, abdomen; a plat —, flat on the ground la venue coming Vénus [-ys ] Venus verdatre greenish

véreu—x, —Se wormy; open to criticism vérifier to verify véritable real véritablement really la vérité truth; en (a la) —, in truth, to be sure vermeil, —le crimson la vermine vermin vernir to varnish; (souliers) vernis of patent leather le verre glass le verrou bolt; sous les —s behind the bars vers toward, about, near verser to pour, shed, pour out vert, —e green; hot; lively; chéne —, evergreen oak, holm oak vertement severely la vertu virtue; en — de as a result of la veste jacket le vétement garment vétir to clothe, dress le veuf widower la veuve widow veux pres. ind. of vouloir la viande meat la victime victim la victoire victory vide empty la vie life, living; changer de —, to change one’s manner of life; en —, living, alive le vieillard old man la vieille old woman Vienne Vienna

veritably,

la vierge virgin; la (sainte, bonne) Vierge the (Holy, Blessed) Virgin vieux (vieil before vowels), vieille old; 1. m. old man vif, vive lively, quick, active, keen, hearty; living; haie vive quickset hedge la vigne vine, vineyard vigoureusement summarily vigoureu—x, —se strong la vigueur strength, power vilain, -e mean, vile, wretched, ugly; . m.

peasant, commoner la ville city le vin wine la vingtaine score le vingt-quatre town councillor, alderman (in Andalusia, in charge of police and other departments of city government) violemment [-am-] violently le violon violin; violinist vis past def. of voir le vis-A-vis person opposite; — de opposite le visage face viser to aim (at) la visite visit; faire — 4 to call on visiter to visit, inspect, examine vite active; quickly; au plus —, immediately la vitre windowpane Vitoria city in northern Spain; see Alava

la vivacité liveliness vivant, —e alive vivement quickly, energetically, closely vivre to live, be alive le vivre victual, food vli, vlan slap, bang !

le voeu prayer voici behold, this is, these are, here is (are); le —, here he (it) is la voie way voila there is (are, was, were), there, then, that’s it, that is, now, here is, le —, there he (it) is; — que suddenly; te —, now you're...

la voile sail; faire — pour to set sail for voir to see; a —, worth seeing; aller —, go and see about it; laisser —, to show, reveal; qu’as-tu a y voir what have you to do with it ? voyez see, come now! voyez-vous

see, you see; voyons come! vu considering

voisin, —e neighboring, ad-

joining; x». m. neighbor

le voisinage neighborhood, proximity

la voiture carriage, conveyance

la voix voice

le vol theft, robbery

le volcan volcano voler to steal, rob voler to fly

le volet shutter le voleur, la voleuse robber la volonté wish

volontiers [-tje] willingly,

gladly le voltigeur light infantryman voluptueu—x, —se sensual; charming

vouloir to wish, will, insist upon, be willing; like, care, please; try; expect; en — @ have a grudge against, be angry with;. que lui veut-elle what does she want of him? veuillez be kind

enough to; — bien be willing, like, be kind enough to

la vofite vault le voyage trip, journey; compagnon de —, traveling companion; en —, when one is traveling voyager to travel le voyageur, la voyageuse traveler vrai, vraie true, real, genuine; #. m. truth; dire —, to tell the truth vraiment truly, really vraisemblable [-sa-] probable, likely vu past part. of voir la vue view, sight; 4 sa —, at the sight of him (her); perdre de —, lose sight of; porter la — sur to catch sight of Vulcain Vulcan (husband of Venus)

y there, to (at, in, by) it, to, at, in(to) them, about it, here

la yema (Span.) yolk; confection made of yolk of egg and sugar

les yeux see ceil

Z le z [zed] z

le Zacatin (Arabic, old clothes dealers’ quarter) in Mérimée’s time picturesque and important business street in Granada

le zaguén (Span.) covered entry to a large house, vestibule

le zéle zeal

le zorcico Basque tune in § time, originally intended for dancing

Date Due

Wier 6'40

May2 ‘40

84/3, 8/- Beste

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