FOR VIVA VOCE DRILL
Note. — This Appendix gives the priniary and ordinary meanings of words, and therefore does not in every case supply the best word to be used in the translation of the text.
Some words and phrases are intentionally inserted several times.
It is suggested that the phrases should be said in différent persons and tenses, to insure' variety and practice.
Ail nouns to be given with the definite or indefinite article to show the gender. Abbreviation. — sg. = ' something.'
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1 formerly a parish
the vestry-board
2 the burial the bier the trestle a squall
3 the ticket-
winddw the savingsbank
4 the faith commonplace,
trivial
to excavate,
search
5 the gossip a murderer a working
mason
6 to save up, spare
WORDS PHRASES
the jacket to make both ends meet
the cap at the hours of divine service
the chaplet to kneel on the bare stone
a pair of spec- twice every three times
tacles most of the time
the sentry-box exactly at seven o'clock
the paying in,
deposit a shop a fellow to moisten a pinch of snuff to stammer heavy to carry
to swarm with people to stop one's ears soles with hobnails
to make a market-penny [of
cooks) to try to speak in a low voice to stammer out a prayer
the mercy with hands stained with blood
the nest to be frank and sincère
to hire (a work- to walk by some one's side
nian) to be hard up to send one's savings to some one
poor
Page words elsewhere a widow indiffèrent.
7 to guess to feel, expérience
ail the sa me
8 to slip drunkenness to blush at . .
to try to . .
9 to roam about to draw, sketch the drunkard
a cheap eatinghouse
10 the die vaulted
to betake one's self to . .
11 atonce, directly brutalised
a clock the ladder
13 a bubble the cab
to resernble
14 the market hollow sickly, weakly
a gesture the basket the handle
16 just now cod-liver oil to swallow
17 to moan, groan to pout, sulk
a blister-plaster to cure, heal
18 the pavement the orders, instructions
the husband
WORDS
to set up housekeeping
PHRASES
to fall in love with some one to put by some money
the birth it was Catherine's saint's day
the jewel to wish some one many happy
to be grieved returns of the day
to hâve one's fill of sg.
to irritate, annoy I should be ashamed to repeat
some one grief, worry
a shake of the
hand to draw lots
to be very near doing sg.
to lose sight of some one to return with empty hands to come to some one's aid to earn fairly good wages
to climb the scaffold to crumple,
ruffle to giggle, grin bloodshot,
husky
a box with toys
puddles of water
the downpour
to drip
a nun
to be standing
the business,
job the rough work the cheek-bone the younger,
the youngest the bookbinder the eve a woollen
blanket outside (adv)
the shawl
to be better (in
health) to sob
to spend a sleepless night to be in the act of doing sg.
to hâve a forfeit to pay
so much the worse for them
it struck eleven
to be killed on the spot
a dapple-grey horse to give a good pull (of a horse) without suspecting anything to make one's way through the
crowd [can
to shelter some one as best one to start off again (of a carriage) large nut-brown eyes a hand with slender fingers to start a conversation with
some one the delicate-looking littlefellow she has been married for thèse
twelve months to go to the country to complain of a choking
sensation there is no shame in owning it to pay the cab-fare to return walking side by
side it was fine weather I was allowed to see him on
Sundays and Thursdays
Words and Phrases
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19 the veil
the eyelashes velvet (subst)
20 bold
a newspaper the quarrel a bully
21 22 asleep to wake up at first
23 the campaign the wound a branch line (railway)
21 the cart
theground-floor
25 the cartridge-
pouch the nape of the
neck the thigh
26 to low
the banisters straw-bottomed chairs
27 to pass {oftime) the saucer
the hat-peg
28 the bell {with a
ha m me?') [bar the lady at the poppy- coloured
29 somewhere an auctioneer to despise jeering
30 on Mondays the market-day the market-
gardener
31 a goose
a rod, switch the beggar the household
WORDS
to hâve a dream the archbishop Hungarian heart-rending to watch, look after
thin
the mud a bullet the native a sleigh-bell the rampart
an acquaintance the threshold the roll-call
the sharp-
shooter his native town the travelling-
bag a trophy the grocer to shave one's
self the angle, corner the apron the stool
billiard balls to complain
about . .
punctual eve-glasses a collection
{church) the group
the farmer the whip drunk
to notice that . .
to curse, fume against
PHRASES
to think of the past it was in spring his short cropped hair by a mère chance strewn with large leaves to dress wounds
I touched his arm gently to hâve a mind to do sg.
out of regard for the fair sex it is of little or no conséquence to put some one on the retired
list to fish with a line to bury one's self in silence the streets were paved with
cobble stones very many times at the point of the bayonet the top of the coach to be on friendly terms with
some one
to climb up the stairs a room with a brick floor to unpack one's trunk
to feel at ease
to utter a deep sigh of relief
to take a turn round the
town to walk round the room the arrivai of this new corner to be delighted to meet some
one a man with bushy whiskers to go out to get some cigars the above-mentioned veterinary to give some one a pièce of
one's mind as early as daybreak an otter-skin cap it was an unlucky day
a confirmed bachelor clothedwith a short skirtin rags to be preparing to do sg.
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32 to wake sorae
one up in future the service
33 a hubbub the curtain the hearth
to be strewn with . .
34 to be tempted a pitchfork the dung-heap the cheek the gratitude the zeal the floor
36 to be standing
up the old âge to skip about 38 to rub
a laundress the customer a mountebank niy father-in-
law the wash-house,
laundry a stall {for sale
ofgoods) the cell {prison) to paper {a
room ) a humpback a cockchafer a fishpond 42 children's toys the plunge the cesspool,
sewer
43 the loft
the shipwreck sunburnt sailors' exprèssions
WORDS PHRASES
a kick to walk on tiptoe
to blush is she a relative of yours {ind
lame, limping sing) ?
to go back into the house to throw off such a crowd of country folk
one'sweariness socks full of holes an officer's ser- to look after some one's clothes
vant
a turncoat,
déserter henceforward
the spider the table-cloth the andiron
to hoard up
to wean
a haberdasher's
shop the custom a waiter in a café early to be in con-
sumption clumsy the sewers
a plank, shelf
the foil {fencing)
his Christian name
the net
a limekiln
the slipper
a shady business
a heap of rubbish
the mange {of a dog)
the pulpit, master's desk
lead ink-pots
I am in need of a servant
to undertake to keep some one
there is no mistake about it
to furbish up the furniture to promise to think about it to put one's hand on the door-
handle he could not bear it any longer a comfortable and well-fur-
nished room to fill one's pipe [months
I hâve been hère thèse six to earn money to go to bed early everything is going wrong to take a dislike to some one everybody used to cuff me
a pair of old shoes the eldest of them the distant line of hills
a pièce of thread [in turn
to arrest and release some one to hâve one's hair curled to hâve one's self tattooed after six weeks at the outside to be sentenced to five years' hard labour
to ramble through the streets it was very hot {of iheweather) a table of weightsand measures
Words and Phrases
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44 beardless palish, wan a jest
45 the convict-
prison the back the ladder
46 alodging-house,
furnished
lodgings a green arbour a tea-garden
47 the gesture ail the more the mystery
48 the landing
(staircase) the disturbance the tail to get angry thedread, fright the penury the crime the neck the mouth the substitute a tool to whine to look as if . .
52 the ironmonger the hem
the bachelor
53 a drunkard the {last) will a regular cus-
tomer {in a café)
54 to replace, take
the place of to receive, welcorae
55 the christening to read ovcr,
revise to pourout, spill
56 arched, crooked
WORDS
noisily
the ray
to sparkle
a cheap eating-
house to be tired out,
knocked up the knot the mushroom the harvest a flail
the lilac to borrow from . .
the saving to cheat to search the clothes, togs
the theft the ragamuffin the disorder the ear the anguish arag
the policeman
the handcuffs,
manacles
the locksmith moreover the napkin the pipe the rack the dressinggown
the veil copper (subst) the eyelid to half-open bald
sugar-plums infusion, décoction the beard
PHRASES
to burst out laughing
thecudgel of theconvict-keeper
the heavy grip of the warder
to climb ropes
to bend one's back
to go to mass
theirresources wereverylimited they had had to admit him to manage to save up
to prétend to be ignorant to change the subject at the time of his arrivai
[going to enter the room into which he was I am sure that my trunk has
been opened [law-courts to drag some one before the so much the worse his Sunday waistcoat with his sanctimonious air go and fetch the police [voice tosaysg. in a lowandimploring I know ail about it his younger brother to render some one a service to be sentenced to prison for
life as an old offender [year to retire on an income of ^6oo a you are doing a stupid thing to know some one by sight that does not concern me gentle as a lamb to prevent some one doing sg.
to fret
his toothless mouth
to half expect a request
to make a face
between themorning and after-
noon service to drink in little sips to give proof of sg.
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ugly
unusual
to sketch, out-
the anvil
line
57 to cough
unkempt
the bellows
a dressing-
a brat, baby
jacket
the apprentice
58 the drop
the oyster
croup {med)
to ring (a bell)
the sigh
to uncork
59 the godson
a dish-
to be selfish
warmer
the kidney
to spoil
to simmer {cook)
to bend, stoop
60 the office
the wonder,
the War Office
marvel
the right hand
cheap
the left arm
his salary
61 the button
a parcel
to brush
the brain
the buttonhole
to be quite sure
62 the front [of a
the shop-win-
s hop)
dow
an old-clothes
rusty
dealer
to gnaw, corrode
dirty
to rot
63 a scar
a ghost
from behind
a riddle
the corpse
quite frankly
64 the nickname
to crack
the steel
the fray, seuffle
a four-wheeler
the conduct
65 exacting
the gai ter
the service
to get drunk
a spot of rust
to mate (chess),
bring down
66 a speech
luckily
to behave well
to notice sg.
to totter
for good
67 daybreak
the ear {of corn)
to rouse some
the elbow
one
to fire
the grape-shot
PHRASES
to make a number of fiukes
{billiards) to chalk one' s eue to be black under the eyes to sit up ail night to burst out sobbing
to make a splendid ail-round
cannon to miss a stroke {billiards) to invite some one to lunch to clutch a spoon do let him !
to eut one's méat up into small
pièces with a single stroke of the
pen a tribe of children he kept ail this little flock on
his salary the review of the inspecting
gênerai the outskirts of Paris it is worth while doing it to examine sg. closely in the middle of the back a hole made by a bullet
to murmur something
it is a long way from hère to the
battle-field of Melegnano he must hâve passed this way now then, where shall I begin ?
to hâve just corne to the end of
one's furlough to receive the earnest money to be made major to be hard on the men to take a dislike to some one
on the eve of the battle of M.
to shrug one's shoulders to be woke up with a start to cock one's gun to shoulder one's gun to throw one's head back
Words and Phrases
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68 the butt {of a
gun)
the lungs an isolated rock {in the sea)
69 to take off the wheel
the ammunitionwagon
70 to hurt
the delirium the fever
71 to balance,
make up for the account, narrative
WORDS PHRASES
the billow to hâve no time to do sg.
the mouth (of to feel one's head swim
a?i animal) to lose consciousness the leap
a gash, slash a streak of blood to flow
the duty
a blackguard
the target
an attack, fit a madman to howl, yell to prevent
to brandish one's sword in the
air to lean on one's gun a fiag torn to shreds I did not know what to décide on as a reward for his brilliant
exploit [with sg.
to make some one disgusted as best I could a bit of miscellaneous news to master some one ■
