RER
deururu Rep Eieé het EN ERg lé ser n venin dti
boucler des prisonniers is ‘to shut ‘bref, adij., ‘short’; adv., ‘in the doors of their cells upon them’ , £ J è
hence £oucler is used popularly for Short,” ‘in a word
‘to put in prison” Parler —, ‘to speak sharply” P f pe en. brosse (la), ‘ brush boue (professions = a), —— chevelure en —, haïr cut short and and low ways of gaming a Standing up, like the bristles in a livelihood ' ; as we say, ‘to pick : brush de PAPE Qu fbeguner | fr ropna la — rene ‘mud”; it is used figura- | }, brosseur, ‘boots! ; see below tively in various expressions , se traîner dans la —, ‘0 degrade brosseur (le), ‘an officer's serone's self’ | vant”; lit ‘a brusher. An des âmes ,% —, ‘base - minded officer never says m0" domecreatures
notre —, ‘our mortal clay” stique, but always mon érosseur boueux is “miry': 4» boueur, ‘a | buffleterie (la) : à collective noun scavenger” meaning all the Straps, belts, bougie (la), ‘a wax-candle” etc., of buffalo-leather (Guÿte)
la chandelle usually means ‘a tallow- which form Part of a soldier's candle”
| equipment. It may be transbouquets de mariée (des): | lated ‘ belts' bridal bouquets, made of |
orange-blossoms, carried by the | cabaret (un), ‘a public-house bride on her wedding-day cadet (le), ‘a younger son’ bourgeoises : f. pl. of Ze bour- ‘junior,’ ‘ cadet.” This term is &tois, ‘citizen,' ‘one belonging sometimes apolied only to the to the middle class in a town second or youngest son, some-
bourgeois also means ‘an employer.’ times to all the Younger sons in he word may be used in contempt
À 1 e € a family. Cadet is also used as for ‘a vulgc - person, a snob” an adjective. ‘lhe feminine is bourgeron (le) : a coat of linen | cadette cloth worn by some kinds of
c'est le — de mes soucis, ‘it is the workmen last of my thoughts” bourrer, ‘to ram," ‘cram,' ‘snap,' | Caisse (une) is ‘a chest,” also ‘push,’ ‘scold' ‘cash-box,' hence : countingun élève bourré de grec et de latin, house," : cash,” ‘fund,' etc. ‘a scholar crammed with Greek| 74 — d'épargne, savings-bank and Latin’
. —estouverte, . pps isopen ps , divre de —, ‘ cash-book
bout means : end,” ‘bit,’ « Scrap a— d'un tambour, ‘barrel of a drum? un — de prière, ‘a short prayer ? battre la —, ‘to beat the big drum’ un — de bougie, ‘a candle-end' cai ‘ ses E #7 — d'homme, ‘a little bit of a man’ nn (un), ammunition wag un — de lettre, ‘a line’ on
Joindre les deux —s de l'année, ‘to | calèche (une), ‘a barouche,' make both ends meet ’ |! ‘four-wheeler’ être au — de son rouleau, de son latin, |
‘to be at one's wit's end’ | cambrer, ‘to RS bend ; tenir le haut — , ‘to have the whip-} Se —, ‘to bend one's back, stoop £ hand,’ etc. | Camisole (la), ‘a dressing-jacket,
bradel (le), ‘boards,’ a term used |‘ Morning-jacket”
in the book-binding trade
relié à la —, ‘in boards with uncut edges?
une — de force, ‘a strait-waistcoat ’ Campagne (la), ‘country,’ : field,’ ‘ Campaign," ‘ cruise,’ ‘ season '
‘in
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€n rase —, ‘ in the open country ’ We maison de — ‘a Country house il a fait une belle —, ‘he has been on a wild-goose chase Campagne (à la), ‘to (er in) the Country," is used in Opposition to à Za ville, ‘to (or in) town en — is sed to denote the action and
encampment of troops : Zs armées sont en campagne
Canon (le), ‘ barrel ! (of a gun)
Cantine (la), ‘the canteen,' or place where wine, etc., is sold Within the walls of à prison or barracks
Cantinière (la), ‘canteen-keeper, ' ‘sutler”
Capeline (la), ‘ hood’
Capitaine (le), ‘the Captain.’ A Captain commands a company in a régiment, in this case of infantry
Caporal (le): à Corporal is the lowest NOn-Ccommissioned officer, He has Charge of à small squad, places and relieves sentinels, and has à certain amount of Control in camp and barracks
Capote (la), ‘ a cloak with a hood,' ‘a long coat'
Carambolage (le), ‘a cannon ’ in billiards : also used figuratively for the noise caused by the perpetual knocking together of the balls
Caramboler, ‘to cannon’ (in billiards)
Carcan (le), ‘iron collar,' : Pillory,' ‘ Carcanet ’; also means ‘a sorry jade,” as used in Stable slang
carreau (le) : first « square,’ then ‘tile," ‘tile-floor’ or ‘brickfloor ’ : by extension, : the
&round' or ‘ floor,’ as P- 351.0; also ‘a window-pane,' * cross.
bow,' : thunderbolt ' ‘ cushion '
| Carrément, square.’ Also used figuratively, as P. 39 I. 14, for ‘frankly,' ‘bluntly’ le carré is ‘a square *
Carton (le)is Cardboard,” ‘ case!
‘Cartoon’: also means a case for containing Papers, etc., ‘a portfolio '
Cartonnage (le) means ‘boarding,’ ‘boards “4180762 term used in the book-binding trade for bindings in board, called “boards.” The board is made of paper-stock, shredded rope, etc.
casernement (le): à military term, meaning literally the action of lodging troops in barracks : also used in the sense of caserne, ‘barracks,' as the captain called his lodgings, P. 33 1. 20
cathèdre (la): à neologism for la chaire, ‘pulpit’ or ‘high desk’; p. 43 1. 30 ‘a raised desk
Cause (la), ‘cause, ‘ side”
à — de, ‘because of," ‘on account of”
VOUS êtes hors de —, ‘you have nothing to do with it ?
en tout état de —, ‘in any case ’
## avocat sans — ‘ briefless barrister*
cercle (le), ‘circle,’ ‘hoop,' ‘ring, ' etc. ; also ‘ club”
cerné de, ‘surrounded,' ‘encircled by"
Chablis (le): Chablis is an excellent white wine, taking its name from the town of Chablis, near Auxerre, in the Department of Yonne. Sometimes the word is misspelt chdblis. Chablis also means ‘wind-fallen wood
| ‘diamonds (cards), etc. |chambarder : a silang word
coucher sur Le —, ‘4 sleep on a} in thieves' lingo, Meaning ‘to .raitress on the floor |! burgle,' ‘to ferret out.” Transi. Jeter quelqu'un sur Le —, ‘to throw a | ;
Person down,’ also ‘to kill on the
‘search
spot {chambre (travailler en) is said
î "+ etant ru Le
RARES Lao
TI4 Contes Choisis
of a workman who does hi work at home and has no shop
chambrée (la), ‘a mess’ (military term) ; also ‘a house,’ speaking
of theatres une faible —, ‘a thin house?
Champagne (le vin de) : cham- Pagne is so-called because it is
s for a small ornament of dress, as lace, ribbons, etc.
HOUS causerons —s, ‘we will discuss dresses ’ chiffonner, ‘ to crumple, ' : ruffle,' hence ‘to vex,’ ‘ put out‘
cela vous chiffonne, ‘that vexes you?
elle passe son temps à —, ‘she is always busy with gimcracks”
made within the limits of the chiourme (la), ‘ convict party"
former province of Champagne, in a district now chiefly included in the Department of Marne, in
North-East France chance (la), ‘hazard, « chance ‘luck quelle — ! “what luck !” Courir la —, ‘to run the risk” étre en —, ‘to be in a lucky vein'’ da — à tourné, ‘the tables are turned?
chaud et froid (le) : a chill, beginning with hot and cold fits, like ague Chemin de fer (ie), ‘railway' Prendre le ci. rin de is used in the same sense as se diriger vers, ‘to make or, ‘direct ones steps towards ?
Chenet (le), ‘dog for the fireplace,” ‘andiron,' is a diminu-
tive of chien, from the supposed |
resemblance of andirons to crouching dogs Chérubin (le), ‘ cherub': also
used, p. 17 1. 16, as a term of
le chiourme stands for the garde.
chiourme, ‘guard or keeper of th:
convicts” k chose (la), ‘a thing,’ ‘business, ‘ deed," ‘ property” être tout— is a popular expression, meaning (1) ‘out of sorts “+ (2 ‘out of spirits,’ ‘ cast down” :
il te dit bien des —s, ‘he sends his kind regards” la — publique, ‘the commonwealth ?
Pas grand —, ‘a trifle’ Monsieur —, Mr. What ‘s-his-name ’ Cible (la), ‘target’ cicatrice (lu), ‘ scar cime (la), ‘ peak’ or ‘pointed top,’ usually applied to mountains, trees, etc., although it is also used figuratively, Le sommet is used in a more general sense for ‘a top,’ ‘summit ’ la — ou Le sommet d'une montagne, ‘the top of a mountain’ de sommet (not {4 —) de la tête, ‘the top of the head’
cireur de souliers | un), ‘ a shoe-
endearment : ‘ourlittle cherub,,’ ‘our darling.' Chérubin is, properly speaking, a plural form, but is conStantly used as a singular cheveux (en), ‘without caps,”
‘bare-headed.' Zn cheveux is short for coifée en cheveux
se Prendre aux —. ‘to come to blows ’
tiré par les —, ‘far-fetched ”
Prendre l'occasion aux —, ‘to take
time by the forelock
chiffon (le), ‘rag, : scrap of!
paper,” ‘hunch” (of bread), etc. | Quelque chiffon maybe translated | ‘some trifle.' Chifon is used |
black’ ; cirer is ‘to wax’ or ‘black de la toile cirée, ‘oil-cloth?
da cire is ‘wax,’ ‘ wax-light’ clapotis (le), ‘rippling” or chopping” of the sea ; also ‘pattering” or ‘clatter’ claudicant, ‘limping.” This is a learned word, lately borrowed from Latin clignant de l’œil, ‘winking” cligner l'œil, cligner les yeux, are used in the same sense de clignement, ‘ winking,’ ‘ blinking Cf. also cAgnoter, clignotement, frequentatives of the above
cloaque (le), ‘a sink,' ‘sewer ;
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also used metaphorically for a | pit of vice,’ ‘ den of iniquity' Cœur (le), ‘heart’ : soul,” ‘af.
fection,' : Courage," ‘feeling, ' ‘stomach,' ‘centre,’ ‘ core,’ etc, avoir le — sur la Main, as p. 5 L. 22, and avoir le — sur Les dèvres, both mean ‘not to disguise one's
thoughts 07 feelings,' ‘to Wear one’s heart upon one's sleeve”
Se ronger le —, ‘to fret’
avoir le — gros, ‘to have one's heart full”
affaire de —, ‘love affair”
708 Petit —, ‘my darling”
à contre. * reluctantiy?
être plein de —;, ‘to be full of gener.
osity,” ‘to be noble-minded *
Un Serrement de — ‘a sinking at heart,’ ‘a feeling of Oppression and sadness ?
Coller, ‘to stick,' « apply closely, ‘size,’ ‘ cushion’ (in billiards) ; also used figuratively for ‘to
bestow upon (without much ceremony)
colla, ‘applied closely”
commandait (d'un geste qui):
transl. ‘with a commanding gesture
comme is a Conjunction, meaning ‘since, ‘seeing that,’ ‘as it were, ‘so to speak," ‘as though,’ ‘as if’
comme i] faut, ‘ properly
est —, ‘heisa gentleman ?
Communicatif, : Contagious ’
CoOmpagne (la), ‘a female com- Panion,’ ‘mate, ‘wife.” The Corresponding masculine form is longer, compagnon
Compter, ‘to count’ ‘consider,’ ‘intend," etc. : also ‘to expect'
— ses pas, ‘to walk slowly ?
Comptoir (le): usual meaning
‘counter’
LE comptoir d'un café, etc., is ‘a bar!
la dame de Comptoir, ‘barmaid
or factory. Cigar-ends are
collectea bÿ a Spécial class of |
Confiance (la),
Scavengers ; the tobacco is then dried and sometimes mixed with tobacco of Government manu.
facture and thus sold illicitly, eScaping the duty. Tobacconists Engaged in this trade are usually known as Marchands de tabac à Comploir, as on p. 27 1. 6
Conclure, ‘to conclude,' ‘end;
‘infer,” when used actively ; when used as a neuter verb, it mears ‘te decide,’ ‘to come to a decision.’ It can also mean ‘to move’ or ‘demand
condamné (le), ‘the convicted ‘ Confession (un billet de) is an
Atestation by which a priest Certifies that he has heard any One in confession, and Without which the Person mentioned Would not be able to Partake of the communion on his weddingday
‘confidence, ' “trust,” ‘ reliance, ’ ‘self-conceit.
Distinguish between this word and /a confidence, which means ‘confidence’ ‘secret’ ‘intimacy’
VOUS avez mal flacé votre —, ‘you
have misplaced Your confidence," 1e. “trust”
À m'a fait confidence de son dessein, HEC
he imparted to me his design,’
he let me into the secret of his intention ?
Confiteor (le) is the name given
to the prayer which is said by Catholics before they confess, or during the mass, etc. The Prayer begins with these words, ‘ Confiteor Deo omnipotenti
dire son — js used figuratively for
‘to acknowledge one's fault,’ ‘to cry Deccavi'
Connaissance ( perdre), ‘to lose consciousness ?
The word is also used for a bank Connaître
,‘toknow,' is sometimes
used in the sense of apprendre, ‘to learn’
ln 0 NU FAR tA Te EP HR PRET EME
116 Contes
considérer, ‘to gaze at,’ ‘observe"
consommation (la), ‘consummation,' ‘completion,' ‘consumption,'‘consumable articles,’ AS p. 281. 14. Consommation is used in a general sense, as applied to all the drinkables consumed in a tavern
contenir, ‘to contain,’ is often used, as sometimes in English, in the sense of retenir, ‘tocheck ‘“restrain’
contre-marque (la), ‘a sountermark," ‘check' (in theatres) ; plural des contre-marques. 1t is the check or pass-out ticket given at the doors of a theatre to a Spectator wko wishes to leave the building and return later, when he hands the check back again as à päss contrôleur (le), ‘controller, ' ‘comptroller,” ‘ superintendent ' de — d'un théâtre, ‘the check-taker’ cornette (la), ‘ mob cap,’ ‘ broad pendant,” ‘curnet,” ‘ cornetcy" ; a diminutive of corne, ‘ a horn.' On p. 131.22 it means ‘a cornet, ' or high horned head-dress worn by Sisters of Mercy côte (la), ‘a rib,' ‘side,’ ‘ slope,' “hill,” ‘shore,’ ‘ coast ’ on lui compferait les —s, ‘he is nothing but skin and bones’ à mi. —, “halfway up a hill’ donner à a —, ‘to run ashore*’ — à —, ‘side by side,’ ‘cheek by jowl” Côté (le), ‘sidé,' ‘part,’ ‘quarter' mettre de —, ‘to lay by’ ne savoir plus de quel — se tourner, “not to know which way to turn ’ à — de, “by the side of,’ “close to’ à —, “hard by” de —, ‘sideways," ‘awry,' ‘on one side ” coteau (un), ‘a hill,’ ‘slope.'
Choisis
expect the Modern French to be côteau, as in OF. costé, MF.
côté
coup (le), ‘blow,' ‘stroke,' ‘time,’ etc.
un — de sang, lit, ‘ congestion of the brain’; transl, ‘the blood rushed
to my head” on p. 11 1. 21
un — de colère, trans]. ‘a fit of anger fired my brain’ on p. 11 1. 22
encore 1n —, ‘ once more ’
en venir aux —$, ‘to come to blows ?
— de grâce, ‘finishing stroke'
un — de pied, ‘a kick”?
un — de langue, ‘taunt'
c'est un — d'épée dans l'eau, ‘it is beating the air’
J'aire le —, ‘to play the trick,' ‘commit the act”
donner un — de collier, ‘to pull hard against the collar,’ ‘to strain every nerve,’ as on p. 131. 11
tout à coup always means ‘ suddenly”?
tout d'un — means either ‘suddenly’ or ‘all at one time’
ce mal l'a pris tout à —, ‘this disease came on him suddenly’
le fusil à parti tout d'un —, ‘the gun went Off suddenly’
#l gagna mille écus tout d'in —, ‘he won a thousand crowns at one time,’ ‘all at once”?
couper la figure, ‘to give a cut across the face” (with a whip) couvert (le), ‘ cover,’ ‘ spoon and fork,” ‘lodging,' ‘shady place,’ ‘envelope" mettre le —, ‘to Jay the cloth' de vivre et le —, ‘food and lodging * à —, ‘under cover" à — de, ‘sheltered from’ crâne (le), ‘skull,' ‘ cranium ?
crasse | (à la): a cry for largess :
lit. ‘ (give) to the mob la — is ‘dirt,’ ‘scum,'‘dross, fgrease ‘sordidavarice, ’used figuratively for
‘the scum of the people,’ ‘the mob’ crasseux, ‘dirty,’ ‘greasy"
Credo (le), ‘ creed.” Credo is the
first word in the Apostles' Creed, used for the creed itself = € des Credo
The Old French form was crever, ‘to burst’: used of
costeau ; we should therefore
animals only, or disparaginely
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of persons, it means ‘to die,’ a8 p. 9 1. 28 and p. 451
crever is also used actively, ce/a crève
des yeux, ‘that is as plain as a pike-
Staff’; and reflexively, se — de J'atigue, ‘to kill ones self with fatigue?
— de billard is to lose the game by overshooting the mark and Scoring too many points, ‘to cut the cloth
crevé, “broken
crosse (la), ‘the butt’ (of a gun)
croua is intended for an imitation of the croak of a Crow, as we might say ‘caw! caw !' Itisan old joke to compare priests in their black cassocks to crows
croup (le), ‘croup.' The word
Was introduced into medicine
by an Edinburgh physician,
It must not be confounded with
la croupe, ‘a crupper,” ‘ridge"'
cru (à), an adverbial locution, meaning ‘bare,’ ‘on the bare skin” or ‘bare back monter un cheval à —, ‘to ride bareback’
chaussé à —, ‘wearing shoes without stockings ”
s'agenouiller à — js literally ‘to kneel on the bare knee,’ and by extension the quality expressed passes from the person to the object, hence s'agenouiller à — suy la pierre comes to mean ‘to kneel on the bare stone, o> the cold pavement, without a hassock 07 Carpet ’
cuirassé, lit. ‘armed with a cuirass,” ‘iron-clad.' On P
44 1. 17 used figuratively for ‘hardened ’ la cuirasse is ‘a breast-plate,' originally of leather de cuir, ‘hide,’ leather” Culotter, ‘to put into breeches, ‘to make breeches" : by 2ex-
dame : an expletive used as a sign of affirmation, ‘ indeed "well," ‘to be sure, ‘why. The expression dame or damne Dieu (variously speltj occurs frequently in Old Fr., and is derived from the Latin domine or domine Deus, * God ‘ or ‘ Lord God‘
déchinueter, : toslash," ‘mangle,' ‘cut up’
décoré(le): décoré, P.16 1. 8,is used a$ a noun for l’homme décoré.
It usually denotes one who Wears the ribbon of the : Légion d'honneur.” The literal] meaning is ‘ decorated,' ‘ adorned
défendit (se — d'avoir pris part à), ‘denied having taken part in," ‘had a share in
on ne peut se défendre de l'aimer, ‘one cannot help loving him
défendu: fendre, ‘to defend,' is used also in the sense of interdire, ‘to forbid,' as p. 57 1. 26
défendre sa maison à, quelqu'un, ‘to forbid a person the house ?
défroque (la), ‘old clothes," ‘ cast-off clothes’
déjeuner (le), ‘breakfast It
refers more especially to the
Second breakfast or lunch
un — à la fourchette, ‘a meat break.
fast
demi-voix (à), ‘in a whisper.° Demi, when it precedes the noun, is invariable : but when it follows the noun it agrees with it in gender : une demi-heure ; deux heures et demie. In the latter case k4ezre is understood, deux heures et (une heure) demie
tension, ‘to blacken a pipe" démolition (la), : demolition
un Culotteur de pipes is ‘a great smoker”
Curé (le), the ‘rectcr' or ‘vicar' of a parish; cf. vicaire. The abbé Faber was à vicaire or
‘pulling down.” In the plural it means ‘ruins,' « heaps of rubbish ‘
démolir is ‘to demolish®
un démelisseur, ‘a subverter
Curate, p. 4 1. 16, Cf. p. 2 1. 9 l dépeigné, : unkempt *
DRE UN Pie iron
déranger (se), ‘to get out of| ‘ decoration.’ Transl. p. 31
order," ‘to put one's self out! :
also means ‘to lead an unsettled
or unsteady life’
je ne me dérangerai pas pour si peu, will not put myself out for such
a trifle’
son cerveau commence à se —, ‘his
mind is getting deranged :
déshonoré, lit. ‘dishonoured :
on p. 23 L. 16 it means ‘dis-
figured,' ‘ disg-aced‘
devanture (la), ‘front’ (of a
shop)
dévot is an adjective used as a noun, meaning ‘a devout
person," ‘ devotee,' ‘ penitent
dévote is applied to a woman under
the spiritual direction of a priest— c'est une de ses dévotes, ‘she is one of his penitents” J'aire le —, ‘to pretend to be religious” un faux —, ‘“hypocrite’ diligence (la), ‘dispatch,'‘haste ; on p. 25 1. 2r it is short for z»
carrosse de diligence, ‘a stagecoach’ ce courrier a fait —, ‘that messenger has ridden post-haste ’ distraction (la), ‘inattention,' aS p. $ L 2; ‘diversion,’ or ‘amusement,’ as p. 23 1 7 donataire (le or la) is ‘a donee,' or person who receives a gift, or to whom a gift is due de donateur, la donatrice, is ‘a donor,’ or person who bestows a gift donner, used as a neuter verb, means ‘ to strike,” ‘ fall,’ ‘rush,’ ‘look out (into),’ ‘open (into) — sur, as p. 17 |. 18, is ‘to overlook,’ or “look out upon ’ ü ne sait où — de la tête, ‘he does not know which way to turn’ — dans l'œil à, ‘to hit the fancy of" — dans le piège, ‘to fall into the trap’ se — comme is used in the sense of se faire passer pour, ‘to give one's self out as,’ ‘to represent one's self as”?
dorure (la) means ‘gilding,'
1. 15, ‘gold lace' dos (le), ‘the back’ mettre une affaire sur son — is ‘to take Re ee à upon one's own to la
shoulders, y the whole blame upon one's self’
dossier (le), ‘ back! (of a seat), ‘brief’; also a file, or bundle of papers kept within a single cover, and relating to the same case
douceur (la), ‘ sweetness,’ ‘ mildness,” ‘gratuity,' and ‘dainty,' as p. 181. 9. In the plural it often means ‘ soft words’
Plus fait — que violente, gentleness is better than force
se donner quelques petites —$, ‘to give one's self a treat ’
drapeaux (être sous les), ‘to be in the service” (military); lit.
‘under the flags' drôle (un affreux), ‘a frightful scamp ’ le — is a ‘knave,’ ‘rogue,' ‘blackguard ?
In the feminine, /« drôlesse, ‘ a jade’ The adjective dr0/e means ‘ queer,'
‘funny’ dru, drue, ‘thick' les balles fleuvaient — comme mouches, ‘the bullets fell as thick as hail”
frapper fort et —, ‘to strike with might and main’
dur, ‘hard,’ ‘stern,' ‘ painful,' ‘“harsh,' ‘stiff” ; on p.24 1 31 ‘hardy,’ able to endure fatigue and privation être — d'oreille, ‘to be hard of hearing tête —e, ‘blockhead en faire voir de —es à quelqu'un, ‘to lead a person a hard life
coucher sur la —e, ‘to sleep on the bare ground’
ébaucher, ‘to sketch,’ ‘ outline,' ‘make à first draught of,' ‘rough-hew,’ ‘ prepare,’ ‘ start’ Je débarquai sans avoir ébauché Le
Dlus petit roman, ‘1 landed without having had the slightest adventure
is ‘to own blame
seat), undle single same
mildinty,' ral it leness É-t0 o be
lit.
htful
lack-
ade’ leer,'
pnne hick with
ful,° , 31 gue
ear-
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écarté (un): &arter is lit ‘to discard.' ‘carté is à card Same, so-called because certain cards may be discarded and replaced by fresh ones
éclat (un), ‘Qaip," : fragment,'
"explosion, ‘burst,' : noise,’ |
‘brightness' il partit d'un — de rire, ‘he set up a laugh," ‘burst out laughing' craindre L'—, ‘10 fear exposure ?
rire aux —5s, ‘to burst with laughter' |
économie (une) means, in the singular, ‘economy,' ‘thrift' ; in the plural, ‘savings" écu (un), ‘a shicld,' ‘escutcheon' ‘Crown’ (money), ‘three francs écu on p. 24 1. 11 means a shield, or
escutcheon, bearing the arms of ‘rance n'avoir pas un — vaillant, “not to be worth a shilling?
c'est le père aux — s, ‘he is made of money ’ écueil (un), ‘an isolated rock ‘reef’ égard (un), ‘ consideration,” ‘ account," ‘respect Par — pour, ‘out of consideration for,’ ‘out of respect for’ à cet —, ‘in that respect ” eu — à, ‘considering £ émailler (s'): lit ‘to be enamelled’ ; in a figurative sense, ‘to be adorned with various bright coiours embaucher, ‘to hire' ( workmen); also ‘to enlist ’ ‘recruit,” ‘entice away” (soldiers) embaumaient . .: transl. ‘were sending forth their fragrance,' “were scenting the air,’ P. 47 1.22 embonpoint (un), « stoutness,’
purchase of any objects, great or Small; the former only to small Suects, artjcles in common use, L'achat d'une Maison, d'un do- Maine. L'achat on { ‘emplette d'un chapeau, d'u > robe eli, Sometimes ‘ as,’ ‘Jike" habillé — Monsieur, ‘dressed like a gentleman" encoche (une), ‘ notch,' : dent encocher is ‘to notch," ‘to fit (an arrow) to {he bowstring* Me coche is ‘a “otch,' tally | endima:ché, ‘dressed in his |! Sunday est,’ from / dimanche, | ‘Sunday | enfant (un), ‘a child,’ ‘infant,' ‘offspring' un bon —;js used, p.
., tEmpered fellow ’ 1 est bon — de croire cela, ‘he is a simpleton to believe that” .
enfant may also be feminine in the Singular when Speaking of a girl :
& fauzre —, ‘poor child’ un — trouvé, ‘a foundling”?
des —$ perdus, ‘forlorn hope?
c'est bien — de sa mère, ‘he takes after his mother’ enfin, ‘at last,’ ‘in short” ; also ‘after all’ engager, ‘to pledge,' pawn,' ‘ mortgage' : Persuade," ‘ urge,' ‘lead to," ‘bind,’ ‘begin !
— Quelqu'un à, ‘to invite," ‘entice some one to ,
cela n'enga.. à rien, ‘thereis nothing binding in that”
— 4# soldat, ‘to enlist a soldier’ en S'engageant sur, ‘in stepping upon”
de combat s'engagea, ‘the fight began”?
enlever, ‘to lift” ‘carry,’ ‘carry off,’ ‘dispatch' ‘charm’ ‘buy up,” ‘take off or out + also ‘to carry off,’ ‘ steal”
