combler^ crown, fulfil

GLOSSARY

comité, m. committee.

commandant, m. major, cornmanding officer, 23:10.

commander, command, order, designate, 170:1.

comme, as, as if, how, like, something iîke, as il were, 116:24, sînce, 16:5; — pour, as though to, 15:27; — si, as though, 57:14-

commencer, begin, commence.

comment, how, whati; — se nonune, what's the name of, 68:26.

commerçant, m. business man.

commettre, irr., and se — , commit.

conmiode, /. set of drawers, low.

conunode, suitable, comfortable.

conmiotion, /. commotion, shock, 141:6.

conunun, common, public.

conmiuniquer, communicate; se — , impart to one another, 154:16.

compagne, m, comrade; — d'enfance, childhood's playmate.

compagnie,/, company.

compagnon, m. companion.

comparaître, irr. appear.

comparse, m. supernumerary, on a stage.

compassion, /. compassion, fellow feeling, 181:1.

compfttir à, sympathise with.

complaisament, willingly.

complaisance,/, kindness.

complaisant, obliging.

complet, -ète, complète; complètement, absolutely, 90:21.

complice, m. accomplice.

compliquer, complicate; encore bien compliquée, become still more complez, 102:31.

comploter, plan.

comporter, imply.

composer (se), consist (of).

comprendre, irr. comprehend, understand; s'étaient compris, understood one another, 40:17.

comprimer, compress.

compte, m. account, settlement of accounts, i. e. sentence, 86, 20; — de tutelle, guardian's accounting, 103:7.

compter, count, reckon, comprise, 38:1; deniers comptants^ "hard cash," 185:19.

comptoir, m. cashier's desk in a shop.

comte, m. comtesse, /. count, countess.

concentrer, concentrate.

conception, /. conception, artistic création, 146:9.

concert; de — , together with, 166:2^, in concert, 180:27.

concevoir, conceive, comprehend.

conduire, irr. lead, usher, guide.

conduit, m. conduct.

confiance, /. confidence, reliance, self-reliance, trust.

confidence, /. confidence; pi, disclosures, 69:4; de — , confidential, 165:2.

confier, en trust, confide; s'être confié, having confided to one another, 135:19; confiant, confiding, 135:14.

confisquer à, confiscate from.

confiture, /. jam, stewed fruit, 23:7.

confondre (se), mingle.

confus, confused, unintelligîble, ill-defined, 78:20.

connaissance, /. consdousness, knowledge, acquaintance.

connidtre, irr. know, recognize, make the acquaintance of, 112:28; vous en faire — ,

GLOSSARY

make yourself acquaînted

with her, 46:2p.

conquérir, irr, win.

conquête,/, conquest.

consacrer, consecrate, hallow.

consciencieux, -se, conscien-

tious.

conscience, /. conscience, self-

conscîousness, 126:28.

conscription, /. conscription,

draft for compulsory mUitary

service, conseil, m, council, — de

guerre, court-martial, 89:16;

pi. ad vice, 111:20.

conseiller, m. councillor.

conseiller^ advîse.

conservation, /. préservation, conserver, préserve, keep, keep

in memory, 139:8, save, 127:

considérable, considérable,

qui te large, 24:19.

considération, /. respect, 143:

considéré, respected.

consolider, strengthen.

conspiration, /. plot, conspiracy, "frame up," 155:32.

constamment, lastingly.

constituer, constitute, occasion.

constructions, pL building, 67:

construire, irr. construct, build.

consultation faite, on Consulting a physician, 116:21.

conte, f». story, taie.

conter, tell.

contempler, look at, stare at.

contenance, /. bearing, countenance; par — , to keep her face straight, 149:9.

contenir, irr, hold, contain.

contenter, satisfy.

conteur, m. story teller.

contigu, -uë, next; — à, adjoining, next to.

contour, m. contours, outlines,

contourné, formed.

contracter, contract, take on.

contraire, contrary, contradic-

tory.

contraindre, tVr. constrain, com-

pel.

contrat, m. contract, 103:22,

marriage seulement in whick

as notary he might hâve a pro^

fessional interest. Hence his

excuse.

contre, against.

contre-amiral, m, rear-admiral.

contre-temps; à — , out of sea-

son, unseasonably, 92:8.

convenable, suitable.

convenir, irr. agrée, conventionnel, m. member of

the Convention, 1 792-1 795.

convier, invite. [61:22.

convive, m. guest, banqueter, convoi, m. funeral procession;

faire son — sans cercueil,

celebrate his funeral with-

out a coffin, 167:20.

convoquer, summon.

convulsé, with muscles tense

and twitching, 91:6.

convulsion, convulsion, out-

burst, 188:28.

coopérer, co-operate.

coordiner, co-ordinate, rearrange, coque, /. huU of a ship.

coquin, m. rascal; coquins de,

rascally, 7:1.

cor, m. horn; donner du — ^1

Sound a horn.

corbeille, /. basket, large fruit

dish, 62:28.

cordage, m. rope, fastenîng of

rope.

corde, /. rope, Une, 1 1 8 :3 1 .

corps, m. body, army corps:

faire — avec, be an essential

part of , 1 1 7 :3 1 r. — à — , hand

to hand, 188:4; — àe logis, building, main part of a building, 10:20.

corriger; se — de, reform, change, 129:11.

corsaire, m, pirate.

Cossaques, Cossacks, Russian light cavalry.

cortège, train, i. e. the cart and ils guards, 174:23.

costume, m. custom, costume.

côte,/, coast, hill-side.

côté, m. side, end, 140:31; à ses côtés, on either side of him, i:ii.

cou, m, neck, neck and shoulders, 14:1.

couardise,/, cowardice.

couchant, m, West, setting sun.

couche, /. layer, coat,' as of paifUf cake, as of mud.

coucher, lay down, put to bed, 16:23, sleep, 55:13; se — , lie, lie down, be abed, 75:26, go to bed, 75:23; couché, lying, 25:10.

coude, m, elbow.

couUge, m, overflow, dripping.

coulant, m. slide of a knit purse.

couler, flow; se — , crawl, 161 :6.

couleur,/, color.

coup, m. thrust, 25:31; stroke of luckf 149:4; — frappé, knock, 161:9; — porté, stroke, 17:4; — de canon, cannon shot; — de fusil, gun shot; — d'oeil, glance; — de sabre, sabre blow or eut; — de scie, saw-stroke; — de poignard, dagger thrust; à — sur, precisely, 128:19; tout à — , instantly, suddenly, aU at once.

coupable, culpable, guilty man.

couper, eut, divide, eut off; — le cou, guillotine, 156:16; coupé, severed, 106:27.

cour, m. court, court-yard.

courant d*air, draft.

courbe, curved. [101:24.

courbé en deux, bent double,

courir, run, hasten.

couronne,/, crown.

couronner, crown.

courroucé, angry, offended.

courroux, m. anger.

cours, m. course, current.

course,/, course, trip, 113:32.

court, short.

coussin, m. cushîon.

couteau, m, knife.

coûter, cost.

couvent, m, convent, monas-

tery, convent school, 98:23.

couvert, m. place at table,

plate f knife and for k y etc.

couvert, covered. See couvrir, couverture, /. wrap, carnage or

horse blanket, 26:1, 27:17.

couvrir, irr. cover; pour se — ,

for clothing, 19:12.

craindre, irr, fear.

crainte. /. fear.

craintil, ~ve, timid, frightened.

crampon, m, clamp.

cramponner; se — à, clutch.

craquement, m. snapping.

craquer, crackle, shiver.

cravaté, cravatted; bien — ,

carefully dressed, i, e. of social refinement, 115:18.

créancier, m, creditor.

création, /. création; toute le

— , every living créature,

crèche,/, manger, créer, create.

crêpe, m. crêpe veil, 167:4.

crépusculaire; lueur — , twi-

light.

crépuscule, m, twilight; lueur

du — , sunset light, 183 :6.

creuser, hollow, dig, 53:26,

score, 8:4.

creux, -se, hollow, unsubstan-

tial, 75^27, deep, 125:1.

GLOSSÂ&Y

crevasse, /. crack, break, rent

in cloudSf 183:7.

crever, die, properly of animais,

crû m, cry.

criblé, rîddled.

crier, cry, call, creak, 38:20, clink, 15:2; break, 157:1; bien — , hâve a lively time, 103:11.

crins, ^/. mane.

crise, /. crîsis.

crisper, con tract, convulsé; se

— , be convulsed.

cristaux, pi, crystal ware, a

kind of glass.

critiquer, criticîse.

croire, irr, believe, think; —

voir, seem to see.

croissée, /. sash, glcRsed part of

window or door.

croisser, cross, interlace, 8:10;

se — , fold, 31:25.

croître, irr, grow.

croix, /. cross, a coveted décoration, crotté, mud-splashed.

croûte, /. crust, "daub," hadly

painted picture, croyance, /. belief ; belles — s,

simple faith, 114:31.

croyant, cru, see croire, cuir. m. leather.

cuisme, /. cookery, kitchen,

fare, diel, 60:22.

cuit, cooked.

cuivre, m. copper.

culbuter, tumble, throw, 25:22.

culotte,/, pair of breeches.

culte, worship, worshipful regard, 172:23.

daigner, deign, be pleased, 170:

daim, m. deer.

dame, /. lady; Well, i, e. By

our Ladyl damné, accursed.

dans, in, into, with, over, into,

according to, within.

davantage, more.

dé, m. thimble.

débftcle, /. breaking up, down-

fall.

débarcadère, m. landing stage, débarrasser, free; se — de, get

rid of, throw off, lay aside,

free oneself of .

débat, m. struggle, contest.

débattre (se), struggle.

débauche,/, sensuality.

débile, weak.

débiteur, m, debtor.

debout, erect, standing, on one's

feet; se tenir — , stand.

débris, m. fragments, wreckage,

refuse, 61 :32; pi. wrecks, 130:

15, results of neglect, 8:11.

début, m, start; au — de, with

starting, 121:17.

décédé, deceased.

décement, decently, worthily,

discretely, 121:26.

décence,/, propriety.

déchaîner, unchain, let loose.

décharger, lire a gun, déchéance,/, forfeiture.

déchirant, heart-rending.

déchirer, tear, rend, tear aparL décoloré, faded.

décomposé, disturbed.

décontenancé, shy. décoré de, adomed with, 61:

10, distinguished by, 4:29.

décorer, adorn, beautif y, decor-

ate with insignia, découper, eut, mark off, out

Une; se — , stand out clear;

découpant sur, framing off

against, 183:13.

découpure, /. cutting out,

"slash," lane eut tkrough a

foresti 67:22.

GLOSSARY

découragé, discouraged.

découragement, m. discourage-

ment.

découvert, bald, 60:9; see découvrir, découvrir, irr. discover.

décrire, irr. describe, make a

motion.

décrocher, unhook.

décupler, increase ten fold.

dédaigner, scorn, ignore.

dédaigneux, -se, haughty, dis-

dainful. dédain, m. disdain. [17.

dédoré, with the gilt off, 119:

dédoubler (se), divide itself in

two.

défaillant, sinking.

défaire, irr. unmake.

défait, undone, dishevelled,

with disordered hair and

dresSf 86:6.

défaut, m. fault.

défectuosité,/, defect.

défendre, forbid, défend.

défenseur, m. defender.

défiance,/, mistrust.

défier, defy, challenge; défiant,

on guard, 96:19. /

dégager, free.

dégénérer, degenerate.

dégoût, m. loathing.

dégoûtant, disgusting.

dégradant, degrading, un-

worthy.

dégradé, dilapidated, worn.

déguiser, conceal.

dehors, outside; en — and au

— , outside, in public, 117:28.

déifier, deify, make a god of,