médiocrement, mod
erately.
médisance,/, slander, scandai, méditer, meditate, be lost in
thought, 56:20.
meilleur, mieux, better, best,
sounder, stronger.
mélange; sans — , unalloyed.
mélangé, sprinkled, mixed.
mêler (à), mingle (with); se
— à, share, 126:22.
membre, m, Umb.
même, same, even, itself, un
— , the same; le soir — , that
very evening.
menacer, threaten.
ménage, m. household; femme
de — , char-woman.
ménager, provide, mendier, beg.
mener, take, lead.
mensonge, m. lie, equivoca-
tion, 127:^2.
mentir, lie, belle her âge, 122:
menton, m. chîn.
menu, small; — bois, kindlîng
wood; — e monnaie, small
change.
mépris, m, contempt.
mépriser (de), despise (for);
se — , scom one another, 178:
mer,/, sea.
merci,/, mercy.
merci, m. thanks! grand — ,
many thanks I TnèTe^f. mother.
mériter, deserve, merit.
GLOSSARY
merle, m, blackbird.
merveilleux, -se, wonderful, marvellous.
mesquin, petty.
messe,/, mass, Eucharist.
mesure, /; en — de, in a position to; prendre ses — s, make bis arrangements, i6o:
métier, m. profession.
mets, m. pièce of food, 47:30; pi. food; — sucrés, sweetmeats, confectionery.
mettre, irr. take, put, set, put on, apply; — le feu à, set fire to; — en harmonie, harmonize; se — , sit, plant oneself, take one's stand, 188:29; se — à, begin, undertake; se — à quatre pattes, get on ail fours; se — au lit, go to bed; se — en marche, start his troops, 22:3; se — sur les pieds, rise, 46:2.
meuble, m. pièce or set of furniture; pi. furniture, furnishings, 119:9, material, mUitary.
meubler, furnish, store.
meurs, meurt, see mourir.
meutre, m. murder.
meutrier, m. murderer.
mi-côte; à — , on a hiil-sîde.
midi, m. south, noon.
mie, /. crumb, soft part of bread.
mieux, more; see also meilleur.
milice,/, warfare, 128:30; military guard, 176:14.
milieu, m. médium, mean, middle place; au — de, amid, in the midst or middle of, through. [tary.
militaire, m. soldîer; adj. mili-
milliard, m. thousand million, billion.
millier; un — de, about 1,000; des — 8 de, thousands of .
minauderies, pi. affectations,
mincing mannerisms.
mince, slender.
mine,/, expression, face.
ministériel, officiai, ministerial.
ministre, m. cabinet officer.
minuit, m. mîdnight.
mis, dressed. See also mettre, misérable, wretched, vile; as
noun, scoundrel, wretch.
misère,/, misery, poverty, sor-
didness, 131:19; pi. wretch-
edness, squalor, petty cares.
miséricordieux, -se, merciful.
mit. see mettre, mobilier, m. furnishings.
modes, pi. fashion, eut, 172:6.
modique, moderate, low.
moellons, pl.\ en — , of rough
stone, 158:18.
mœurs, pi. manners, habits,
inclinations, moindre, moins, less, least; au
moins and du — , at least.
moine, m. monk.
moire, /. watered silk.
mois, m. month.
moissonner, reap, harvest.
moitié,/.; à — , half.
mol, molle, see mou.
mollement, gently.
mollesse,/, softness.
momentané, momentary.
mondain, worldly.
monde, m. world, people, group
of people, crowd, society;
beau — , aristocracy; — en
douleur, group of distressful
Ceople; des — , people, someody, 12:26; tout le — ,
everybody.
monnaie, /. change, coins;
menue — , small change.
monseigneur, m. My Lord, a
title now used chiejly for
ecclesiastics.
monsieur, messieurs, m. Mr.,
sir; often^ e. g. $127, best left
GLOSSARY
untranslaied ; pi. gentlemen.
montagne, /. mountain, high hill, 7:6.
monter, mount, corne or go upstairs, ride a horse^ command a ship; — dans, get into a carriage; — plus haut, go further up or along.
montrer, show, point out.
monture, /. mount, t. e. horse.
moquer; se — de, trick, play a joke on, feel or show contempt for, smile at, 94:24.
moquerie,/, scofl&ng; pi. jesting
moqueur, -se, mocking, jesting.
morale, /. morals; haute — , ethics, 102:30; me faites de la — , talk morality to me, "lecture" me, 98:10.
morceau, /. bit, morsel, pièce.
mordre, bite, nibble.
mort,/, death.
mort, dead; see also mourir.
mortel, -le, dangerous.
mortuaire, mortuary, for the dead, 165:5.
Moscou, Moscow, in Russia.
mot, m. Word, epigram, 129:27.
motif, m. motive, obvions reason, 107:15; />/. occasion, 17:
mou, mol, molle, soft.
mouche,/, fly.
moucher (se), blow one's nose.
mouchoir, m. handkerchief, kerchief ; — de poche, pocket handkerchief.
moulure,/, molding.
mourant, dying man; almost dead, 84:2.
mourir, irr. die; se — , be dying, 175:6.
mousse,/, moss, lichen.
mousseline,/, muslin.
mousquetaire, m. musketeer.
mouvement, m. movement,
motion, feeling, 153:4;
— , motionless.
mouvoir, irr. move; se — , get
in motion, 36:14.
moyen, m. means, médium,
way; pi. means; — âge, tn.
mîddle âges.
moyennant, at the priée of, 180:
moxa, m. cauterization hy
burning cotton fibre.
mu, see mouvoir, muet, -te, mute, still, dumb.
mufle, m. snout.
mugissement, mooing, muffled,
bellowing, roaring, 190:6.
muni, fortified, furnished.
mur, m. wall; — en terre, em-
bankment.
muraille,/, wall.
mûrir, ripen.
musée, m. muséum, mutilé, crippled, 188:9.
nacelle,/, boat, small,
nager, swim, float.
naguère, just before, a little
while ago.
naif, naïve, simple; naïvement,
simply, naïvely, with sim-
plicity.
naître, irr. be born, arise.
naïveté,/, simplicity, nappe d'eau, pool, natal, -aux, native.
natte,/, mat.
naturel, m. naturalness, ease,
reality, 109:22; de son — ,
by nature, 156,12.
naufragé, shipwrecked man,
wrecked.
navigations terrestres, land
cruises, 139:3.
navire, m, ship.
néanmoins, yet, in spitQ q{
that, nevertheless.
GLOSSARY
négligenrent, ncgligently.
négliger, neglect.
négociant, m. business man, trader.
neige, /. snow; à la — , with snow for sauce.
neigeux, -si^, snowy.
nerf, m. neive, fibre, 7:31; attaque de — s, nervous spasm.
nerveux, -se, nervous, muscular.
nettoyer, clean.
neuf, neuve, new, fresh.
nez, m. nose; fermer au — , shut in one's face.
ni ... ni, neither . . . nor.
niais, silly, stupid, senseless.
nicher (se), nestle.
nier, deny.
noble; personne — , one of the nobility, 153:18.
noblesse, /. nobility, dignity; de — ancienne, of a family ennobled before the Révolution, 58:20.
noce,/, wedding; faire des — s, bave wedding parties, 70:18.
nocturne, noctumal, nightly.
Noe, Noah.
nœud, m. knot.
noie, see noyer.
noir, black, dark.
noircir, blacken.
nom. m. name. [26:23.
nomEve, m. number, numbers,
nombreux, -se, numerous, dustercd, 13:3.
nommer, name; se — , call oneself, be called; nommé, named, by name, 41:10.
nonchalance, /. indifférence, carelessness.
non-seulement, not only.
notaire, m. counsellor-at-law.
nouer, tie, bind, knot.
noueux, -se, knotty.
nourir, feed; pour se — , for food, 19:10.
nourriture, /. food, nourishing
food.
nouveau, nouvel, nouvelle, new
t. e, novel; de — ^again, anew.
nouvelle,/, news.
noyau, m. stone of fruits»
noyer, m. walnut, tree, noyer and se — , irr, drown.
nu, bare, naked; pieds — s,
bare-foot; à la tête — e, bare-
headed.
nuage, m. cloud.
nuance,/, shade, trace, nuancé, shaded.
nudité,/, bareness.
nuée,/, cloud.
nuit, /. night, dark; — dose,
wholly dark.
nuitamment, by night.
nul, nulle, no one.
nullement, not at ail.
numéroté, numbered.
Nurembourgois, m. Nurem-
burger.
obéir, obey, vield.
obéissance,/, obédience, objet, m. object.
obUge, constant, never failing,
obligeamment, kindly, obligingly.
obligeance,/, kîndness.
oblique, side-Iong.
obscur, dark.
observateur, m. observer.
observer, observe, watch; dois vous faire — , would hâve you note, 72:26.
obstination,/, persistency.
obstinément, obstinately.
obtenir, irr, obtain; — de, persuade, 42:3.
occuper, occupy; s* — à, for persons, de for things, busy
GLOSSARY
oDeself with, concern one-
self about.
œil, yeuz, m. eye.
oeuf, m, egg. .
œuvre, /. work, production.
See exécuteur. [at.
offenser; s' — de, take offense offrande, /. offering. offrir, offer.
oiseau, m. bird.
oisif, ~ve, idle.
ombrager, shade.
ombrages, pi. shade.
ombre,/, shadow, shade.
oncle, m. uncle.
onction,/, unction.
onctueux, -se, softly gracîous,
full of unction.
onde,/, wave, sea, water.
ondulation, /. undulation, rip-
ple.
opérer (s*), be going on, 16:17.
opportunité,/, timeliness.
opposé à, opposite to.
opposer, oppose, bring up
against, 127:15.
opposition,/, contrast.
or, m. gold, gold coins, 114:17,
money, 189:18.
orage, m. tempest, storm.
orateur, m. orator, story teller,
ordinaire, ordinary; à V — , as
usual.
ordonner, order, prescribe.
oreille, /. ear.
oreiller, m. pillow.
organe, m. organ, voîce, 183:32.
orgueil, m. pride.
orgueilleux, -se, proud.
orient, m. Éast.
original, queer, eccentric;
quelque chose d' — , a certain
oddîty, 105:23.
orné, decorated, adorned,
mounted, 120:1.
ornement, m. ornament, décoration; sans — . unadorned.
orner, adorn, deck. f
os, m, bone. /
oser, dare. .'
osier; d' — , wicker.
ôter à, take off , taki; f rom, de-
prive of, 107:1.
où, where, in whic^i, 96:2; par
— , by what way, 90:9.
oublier, forget.
ouest, m, west.
oui, yes; oui-dires, pi, hearsay,
gossip.
ouragan, m. hurricane, storm.
ouvert, open; see ouvrir, ouvrage, /. pièce of work; — de
femme, bit of fancy work,
ouvrier, -ère, workman, -wom-
an; adj. working, 179:21.
ouvrir, open; s* — , be opened,
pactiser, compromise, paille,/, straw.
paillet, pale of color in wine. pain, f». bread, loaf of hread;
— à cacheter, wafer; — de
ménage, home baked bread.
paisible, peaceable, quiet, paître, graze.
paiX| /. peace.
palais, m. palace; prohaie court.
pâleur, /. paleness, pallor.
palier, m. landing on stairs, pâlir, turn pâle, fade, 140:29.
palper, handle.
palpiter, quiver, beat fast.
pampre, m. vine leaf or branch.
pan; — d'habit, coat tail, 155:
24; pi. — s de derrière, coat-
tails, 128:27.
panier, m. basket.
panneau, m. panel, panser, dress a wound, pantalon, m. trousers.
GLOSSARY
paquet, m. package, coîl of tope, 180:2; pi. baggage, 72:
papier, m, paper; pL business
papers, 72:29.
par, by.
paraître, irr, seem, appear.
parce que, because.
parcelle,/, little object, 27:24.
parcourir, make the rounds of,
