VOCABULARY

Note.—This vocabulary is not intended to contain all the words occurring in the text.

abandon (un), ‘ desertion,' : forlornness,"‘ resignation,' ‘negli- | aller : see va

gence, etc.; means also entre | allez va, allons, and alles may all child-like confidence or trust in be used as interjections. Transl. others x ‘T can tell you |‘ or ‘come !” à l'—, ‘uncared for .

tout est à l—,‘ey erything is at sixes | amazone (une), ‘amazon, and sevens' ‘female rider’ or ‘horse.woman ' abbé (un), ‘an abbot,' then holy | ‘riding-habit !

generally for any one in holy amener, ‘to bring,’ ‘induce,

air (avoir l'), ‘to seem,' appear ‘

orders, ‘an ecclesiastic ‘produce,’ etc. ; in speaking of abondance (une), ‘ abundance dice or lots, ‘to draw," or ‘throw” dans l'— de son cœur, ‘in the full. ia amené double six, ‘he threwsixes' ness of her heart ancilla Domini, ‘ handmaid of

aborG {tout d'), ‘in the first !

place," ‘ at once’

affolé, : distracted,' ‘beside himself’

the Lord’: an expression taker, from the Vulgate : : dixit autem Maria : Ecce ancilla Domini, fiat 5 mihi secundum verbum tuum.' âge (un), ‘ Ne — 5 1 Lucae v. 38 ré Re Fours apéritif(un),'an appetising drink” da fleur de l—, ‘the prime of life” | appel (un), ‘call’ : Calling,’ entre deux = ——. old nor | ‘appeal,' etc.; means also L ——. —. e Muldle … “roll-call,' usually sounded by agent (un), ‘agent” Sometimes| trumpets or drums

: cour d'—, ‘court of a peal” es stands for agen/s de police, | — enr armes ‘pain. ‘ieallioarms’ Policemen | : | appointements (les), ‘salary” — de change, stc ck-broker | le traitement js the salary of civil — 70yer, “road-surveyor | se ints and professional men |

aide (une), ‘ assistance des — , of a clerk in business à —, ‘help!’ des gages Corresponds to wages which venir en — à, ‘to assist,” ‘ succour * are fixed per annum, as those of à l— de, ‘by means of” | domestic servants ## —, ‘a helper," ‘an assistant | 4 salaire, wages paid weekly, as — "maçon, ‘hodman helper,' ‘brick. | those of a workman

layer's labourer y

la solde is à soier's Pay

apprendre, ‘to learn,’ ‘iohear':!as de trèfle (un), ‘are of clubs"

‘to teach,' ‘ to inform de trèfle means ‘clover,' ‘trefoil,' Je lui apprendraï à vivre, ‘1 will teach “club" (at cards). .The club is in him manners the shape of a trefoil leaf après? ‘what then?’ : what | assez (en voilà), or c'en est assez, next ?' ‘that's enough,’ ‘that will do,’ argousin (un): a popular term ‘have done” for a policeman. The name is assises (la cour d'), ‘an assizealso applied to a convict-keeper Court consisting of twelve juryarrache”, ‘ to tear out, ‘tear off, men and presided over by three

‘rend, ‘wrest off’; also ‘to magistrates : ; 3 save,’ ‘extort.’ Distinguish be- ” re course” (arch.), ‘layer tween arracher de and arracher Fu (no sing.) is ‘ assizes ” ‘Quand on arrache &, c'est | astiquer, ‘to polish ctarbish up’ la personne ou la chose UE | — son fourniment, ‘to clean up l'on arrache qui résiste, Quand one's accoutrements ? =

on arriche à, c'est la personne attendre, hs Wait, ‘await

ou la siose à laguelle on arrache | *— : : à, ‘to expect

Encsisie” auprès de, ‘near’; sometimes see e- SE means ‘incomparison with": also — #n clou d'ine muraille, ‘to wrench z with," ‘inth Fe e a nailout of a wall” Le clou résiste neans With," ‘in the service of — un œil à une. personne, ‘to ls sont heureux — nous, ‘they are

tear out a person's eye.” C'esz fortunate compared with us

la personne qui résiste Also ‘in the opinion of arranger, ‘to set in order,’ mr ee Le 4 do RER s pe aitor in his ‘make up,” ‘suit’. ‘repair, PER Me cr ‘ deck,” ‘serve out.” It is used au

tant (d'— plus que), ‘the

figuratively and familiarly for more because, ‘the more so

‘to ill-treat,' ‘put in a bad

that’ state,” ‘ do an ill turn to’ d'— mieux que is used with the same voyez donc comme la Dluie l'a ar. meaning

rangé, ‘ just see what a nice plight the rain has made him in

‘by so many” Je larrangerai de la bonne Jaçon, | avance (d'}, à l'avance and par ‘he shall catch it?

= 5 avance mean ‘ beforehand ' Sarranger, :used reflexively, means ‘ bef, (of ti ‘to make arrangements,” ‘set up | aVant, elore” (of time), prep., house,’ ‘ settle? IS sometimes used absolutely,

d'—, used alone, means “by so much;

arrêter, ‘to stop,’ ‘seize,’ ‘arrest' in the sense of auparavant or ‘apprehend ' en —, ‘ forward !’ ‘come on !* J'aire — un débiteur, ‘to have a debtor Fine a | bagarre (une), ‘fray,' ‘scuffle” — #n Comple, O CIose an accoun | , L — un jour, ‘lo appoint à day | balafre (une), ‘a gash,' ‘slash article (voyageait per son): a ban (rompre son), ‘to break one's Rs expn FE l'oyager is ban,’ return to a place in which used in a technical sense for to — bas not permission to retravel in business. Cf ne side; in the case referred to

pression ## commis voyageur, ‘a — P Li L 3tand p.511. 5, Paris commercial traveller was beyond the ban ; ‘ 3 Les article is also used in a technical banquette (la), ‘a bench,' ‘ seat, sense for ‘goods,’ ‘ wares ? ‘Outside’ (of coaches), ‘ foot-

Vocabulary III

Path”; also à long bench, with blague (la), ‘ nonsense ' ‘joking, stuffed seat but no back ‘bantering'

une place de —, ‘an outside place” blanche (une nuit), ‘a sleepless Jouer devant ls —$, ‘to play to night er à benches avoir cart: —, ‘to have a free hand’ barbiche (la), ‘a tuft of beard on 5

the chin,' ‘a chin-beard = à he bas-côté (le) : lateral aisle of the] es ve : blancs, ‘blank rse” nave of a church, usually nar- | bock ::}) ‘à glass co! beer' rower and often lower than the boire :4 paye. ‘to drink away central part of the nave OnES Wages, i.2 ‘to spend all bâtarde (la), i.e. ériture bâtarde, one's wages in rink' ‘inclined writing,” ‘runninghand'| — sec, ‘to drink neat' battus (avoir les yeux), ‘to be T f0mme un trou, corrme une éponge, , to drink like a fish black under the cyes un afront, ‘to put up with an beau : avoir beau, followed by an insalt” infinitive, = ‘to be in vain’ bonhomme, ‘good - natured,’ on & — crier, ‘one cries in vain’ ; ‘easy-going ’ bec (le), ‘ beak,' : bill," : nib,"| 47 Son petit — de chemin, ‘to jog ‘spout,' ‘angle’ along” — de corne, as p. 15 1. 21, ‘a horn | bon numéro (le), ‘a lucky numhandle” : ber,” ie. ‘a high number.

D es pu ns well able to Before 1872 men who drew avoir bon —, ‘to be à chatterbox ’ Sufficiently high numbers were lenir quelqu'un de — dans l'eau, ‘to excused service in the army. keep a person in suspense” At present the conscription is universal

un blanc: —, ‘greenhorn Un — de gaz, ‘gas-burner' | ; :

WA — de cane, ‘metal handle of a bond (le), ‘leap'; bondir, “10 door,’ also ‘ spring-lock leap' bête (la), ‘a beast ‘silly creature” | bord (termes de), ‘ nautical £708se —, ‘ great stupid ’

—S$ /auves, ‘fallow deer’ phrases SRE Fr , — de somme, ‘ beast of burden’ de Et edge, lim," ‘shore;' ‘hem, morte la —, mort Le venin, ‘ dead men | board * (ship)

tell no tales | bordées (tire des), pop. ‘ goes on

c'est ma — noîre, ‘he is my aversion” | c'est une fine —, ‘he is a siy fellow ’ SE bête is also used as an adjective: 7/es4 | sx — à manger du Join, ‘he is as! /2 bordée means ‘a broadside,’ then stupid as an owl' ‘a tack,' and, fig., ‘zigzag flight’ — à faire plaisir, ‘egregiously Stupid' | s#ebordéed" injures, ‘a volley of abuse’ bêtise (la), : silliness, ' : nonsense” | {rer unc bordée, ‘to fire a broad-side”

the booze.' Cf. note, p. 64

des —s, ‘foolish nothings’ Courir des —, ‘to tack about” bidon (le), a vessel for brandy, | boi‘e de Paille (la), ‘truss of ‘brandy bottle straw ‘

bitter (le): à bitter- tasting | bouche (la), ‘ mouth' ‘opening’ liqueur, made of various herbs | £/re porté sur sa — And éfre sur sa

: : — Mean ‘to be an epicure” Steeped in alcohol, = It is some- | J'aire la petite — also means ‘to be times made of Juniper-berries, dainty”

gentian, rhubarb, and orange- boucle (la), ‘ buckle,” ‘ring, peel. The name comes from ‘curl’ L

à à ; à : n r'olland l éoucéer is lit, ‘to buckle, ‘curl