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tache,/, spot.

taché, stained, tainted, 107:3.

tâcher, try.

taille, /. waist, stature, height;

d'une haute — , tall.

tailleur, m. tailor.

taire (se), irr, be stîU, faire — ,

silence.

talent, m. talent, abîlîty.

talon, m. heel; montrer les — Sy

"get out." talus, m. slope, embankment.

tambour, m. drum. tandis que, while.

tant (de), so, so much, as

much; such; — bien que

mal, at hap-hazard, some-

how, 34:15; — que, as long as,

tantôt, sometimes; — ... — ,

now . . . now, 90:13.

tapage, m. racket.

tapir, crouch.

tapis, m. carpet, table-cover;

pi. rugs, 120:6.

tapisserie, /. tapes try; de — ,

tapestried, i. e. with hang-'

ings or walUpaper.

tard, la te; plus — , by and by,

afterward.

tarder, delay; — à, be slow to;

ne tarderez pas à le voir,

will soon see him, 43:15.

Compare 46:31, 156:11.

tardivement, slowly, tardily.

tas, m. heap, pile, lot, gang,

tasse,/, cup.

tâter, touch, feel puise, 48:15,

pockeis, 140:29.

tandis, m. hovel, "shanty." teint, m. complexion.

teinte, /. tint, shade of color,

color, coloring, trace, 176:25.

tel, telle, such, like; un — , such

a; tellement, so far, 84:20.

témoignage, m. évidence, testimonial.

témoigner, show, exhibit; — de

bear witness to.

témoin, m. witness.

tempe, /. temple of the head, tempête, m. tempest, storm.

temps, m. time, weather; par

le — qu'il f Ait, in this sort of

weather. Ironicalf 35:26.

GLOSSARY

tendre, stretch out, hold out, hang, oj wall paper.

tendresse,/, affection.

tendu, tense.

ténèbres, pi, darkness, shadow.

tenir, irr. hold, take; — à, insist on, cling to, prize, 125:

23; tiens and tenez, stayl look!, hallol; tenu, kept, 174:

tentation,/, temptation.

tenter, try, attempt.

terme, m. term, close.

terminer, end, close, finish.

terne, duU in color.

terni, clouded.

terrain, m. ground, contour of the land, 24:26.

terrasse,/, terrace.

terre, /. earth, ground, land, esta te; pi, estâtes, 4:5, 106:

20; à — , on or to the ground; par — , on the ground; — de malheur, world of sorrows, 187:2.

terre-cuite, /. terra cotta, baked clay.

terrestre, terrestrial.

terreur, /. Reign of Terror, May 31, i793>— -^«^y 27,

testament, m. testament, will.

tétanos, m. tetanus, tnuscular rigidity.

tête, /. head.

théâtre, m, stage for actingj seat of action, e. g. war.

thésaurier, garner, lay up.

tiens, tient, see tenir.

timbre, m. quality of voice,

tinrent, tint, see tenir.

tiûtement, m. ringing.

tiraillement, m. twinge.

tirer, pull, draw, take out, 140:

14, drive, 168:10, save, 184:

6; en — , pull out; — partie de, turn to account; ^— vengeance, take vengeance.

tiroir, m. drawer.

tison, m. firebrand.

titre, m. title.

titré, titled.

toile, /. canvas for painting, canvas cover for a carriage; — cirée, oU-skin, water proof fabric; — de lin empesée, starched linen.

toUette,/. toilet, dress, 117:26.

toit, m. roof; — à porc, pig-sty, hovel, 23:28.

toiture, /. roofing.

tombeau, m. tomb.

tomber, fall.

ton, tone, shade of color.

tonner, thunder.

tonnerre, /. thunder; — de carabin, confounded "sawbones," 85:4; — de Dieu, thunderationi

toque,/, cap.

torçonnier, m. oppressor.

torder, twist, wring hands.

tort, m. fault; avoir — , be wrong; avoir grand — , be very wicked, 186:32; à — et à travers, at random.

tortiller, twist.

tôt, soon; plus — , sooner, earlier.

touchant terre, grounding, running ashore, 40:29.

touffe, /. tuf t, clump of shrubbery,

toujours, always, still, forever.

tour,/, tower.

tour, m. turn; — à — , one after the other, by turns.

tourmenter, torment, distort, 180:31, snap, 61:29.

tourner, and se — , turn.

tournoyer, whirl, dart about.

tournure, /. bearîng, appearance, "get up," 143:28.

toupie, /. top.

tousser, cough.

tout, pi, tous, toutes, ail, everv,

GLOSSARY

any, everybody, everything; wholly, much, qui te, just; de — , everything, 17:4; — i coup, instantly, ail at once, suddenly; — à fait, wholly, f ully ; — à l'heure, presently, just now; — au plus, at the most; — d'abord, at the very start; — deux, both; — en, while; — les jours, every day, day by day; — son, its fuU, 137:15; — un, a whole.

toutefois, in any case, really.

toute-puissance, /. omnipotence.

tracasser, bother.

traduire, irr. translate, reproduce.

trahir, betray, show, 43:4.

train de bois, raft, 39:13.

traînard, m. straggler.

traîner, drag; il était traîné his carriage wasdra wn, 54 : 25 .

trait, m. feature, draught, in drinking.

traiter, treat.

trajet, m. passage.

trancher, eut; — sur, stand out agaînst, eut across, 181:15.

tranquille, quiet; soyez — , don*t worryl; tranquillement, quietly, at one's ease.

transmettre, irr. transmit; se — , be handed down.

transpirer; laisser — , reveal.

traquer, track.

travail, m. work, labor, toil; pi. labors, work, 117:3.

travailler, work.

travailleur, m. worker.

travers; à — , across, through; à tort et à — , at random; en — de, cross wise in, 34:20.

traverse, /. cross bar, brace.

traverser, traverse, cross.

traversin, m. bolster.

treille,/, arbor. [ing.

tremblement, m. quiver, shak-

trembler, tremble, shake.

trembloter, quiver, flicker.

trempé, wet, 188:11.

tremper, dip.

trentaine; une — , some 30.

très, very.

Très-Haut, m. Most High.

trésor, m. treasure.

tressaillement, m, shudder,

flickering, 81:28, quivering,

tressaiUir, quiver, shudder.

tresse, /. tress, lock of hair, tressé, braided.

tribu, m. tribe.

tricolore, three-colored, i, e.

redy white and hlue.

tricorne, m. cocked hat, with

brim turned up in tkree folds, trier, separate.

triste, sad; tristement, wretch-

edly.

tristesse,/, sadness; pi. melan-

choly.

trombe, /. water-spout, whirl-

ing eddy.

tromper, deceive; se — , be mis-

taken. tronc, m. tree-truàlt.

trop, too, too much, too dearly,

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