for ‘a good
‘corpuience” ; ‘from the phrase | enseigne (une), ‘ mark,’ ‘token'
être en bon point, ‘to be in a good state’ embranchement (un), SA branching,' : branch-line emplette (une), ‘a purchase ?
Distingaish between emplctte and | achat. The laiter can refer tothe |
‘sign," ‘ensign’ or ‘flag,’ ‘ensigncy" ; also ‘sign-board
à bon vin point d "—, ‘good wine needs no bush ’
HOUS cornes logés à la même —, ‘we are in the same plight,' ‘we are in the same boat!
This word must not be confounded
lu DÉS EE RE SES
with #% —, which means ‘ensign'
(nan), ‘ midshipman”
room," ‘ a tap-room : also used
m nerally for a coffeeentends (ie m'y),° ‘1 know all nn 4 a
about it’ Je m'—, ‘1 know what 1 mean’
house with a smoking-room un pilier d'—, ‘a perpetual tippler’
établir (s'), ‘to settle down’; p. 6 en-tout-cas (un): a sort of A P
umbrella, larger than a sunshade and smaller than an
l. 16 ‘to set up house-keeping* étourdissement (un), ‘ dizzi-
, , ness," ‘ swimming in the head" ordinary umbrella, which may exemple (un), ‘example,' ‘patbe used either for sun or rain ; tern,' ‘ precedent,’ ‘copy hence the name. PI, des en.
dout.cas = . Li ‘écriture, p. 361. 17, “writing entrée chez lui (était): lit. * had Drécher d'—, ‘to practise what one
entered his house,’ je. his preaches
service
entretien (un), ‘ maintenance, '
‘keep'; also ‘keeping in repair, ' ‘talk’ des frais d'—, ‘costs of repair ?
d'— de la ville, “the talk of the town’ détourner l'—, ‘to turn the conversation,’ ‘change the subject
envie (avoir — de), ‘to wish’ ‘ desire’
il aurait bien —, ‘he would much like’
épaulette (gagner sa première), ‘to become an officer.” Za double épaulette marks the grade of captain épi (un), ‘ear of corn’ épicier (coup d'): éicier, lit, ‘a grocer,” ‘ chandler,' is used as a term of contempt for a clumsy or ignorant fellow. Transi.
P. 58 1. 13 ‘ the stroke of a mere tyro’ éraillé, p.p. of érailler, ‘to fray,' ‘fret,’ ‘ chafe’ ; used ofthe eyes, ‘blood -shot': of the voice, ‘worn out,” ‘husky"' éreinté, ‘tired out,' ‘ with aching back.” See reins essayer d’un ..: essayer, ‘to try,’ is used intransitively with the meaning of ‘to make à trial of," ‘to try one's hand at’ estaminet (un), ‘a smoking-
exprès : on p. 56 1. 27an adverb, ‘on purpose,’ ‘purposely * c'est comme un J'ait —, ‘one would think it was done on purpose‘ The adjective €xprès means ‘express,
‘positive ’ un — is ‘an express" ex-voto (un): from the Latin, ‘a votive offering.' PL des ex-voto
fabrique {la) means ‘ manufac.
ture,’ : iactory,' ‘ make,’ ‘ building,” ‘ church-wardens,' : vestry * conseil de —, “vestry-board ' face (la), ‘ face,’ ‘surface,’ ‘front' ‘aspect ’ en — de, “opposite to” à la — de, ‘in presence of" de —, ‘in front
Jouer à pile ou —, ‘to play at heads or tails”
bien en —, ‘straight out," ‘looking him straight in the face ?
faible, ‘ weak,' ‘ feeble ’ : slender”
de grec est son côté —;, “he is deficient in Greek’
une — quantité, ‘a small quantity’
faïence (la), ‘ crockery,’ : delf “.
On p. 54 L. 24 short for couleur de faïence ; trans. ‘ china-blue.’ Faïence takes its name from Faenza in Italy, where porcelain was first made, the name of the town having been written Fayence in French
failli (nous avons —. . .): faillir,
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"to fail," ‘err,' ‘&ive way,’ when followed by an infinitive, means ‘to be near'
J'ai — tomber, "T very nearly fell’
It is also used iMpersonally in this sense, £/ avait — nous arriver un
malheur, ‘à misfortune had well.
nigh befallen us‘
J'aillir is used sometimes ‘to become bankrupt" faire (se laissait), ‘offered no resistance” se laisser — ;j5 ! to let person do what he likes with one’
rabble, ‘the riffraff”
€opard cannot change his spots” fête (la), : festival," ‘holiday!
‘ feast ’ de jour de La — de C. is ‘the feast.
day of the saint after whom C, is named, ie, ‘C,s birthday ‘ Un jour de —, ‘à holiday souhaiter une bonne — à quelqu'un,
‘to wish somebody many happy returns of the day’
aire da —, ‘to be extravagant' ficher : à Popular and rather rude Way of saying donner vous allez nous — Jay Paix ! ‘you will
De SO good as to leave us in peace,’ ‘let us alone
he past Participle is either Jiché or Jichu
for ‘to fail,'
in the sense of ‘to Pretend to be, ‘to act’ (as if one were)
J'aire le brave is ‘to Put on a show of Courage”
S'aire là fimme étaïlie, play the married woman
comment il est fait: lit. ‘how it is made”: also used in a popular sense, ‘ what it is like”
‘to act or
filant, : hurrying along, from f/er,
‘0 spin," ‘ to file off,’ ‘to glide,' fait d'armes (un), ‘a feat ofl ‘to vanish" arms," ‘an heroic deed ! Pler doux, ‘10 sing small
4 £ filer, ‘ be off fait-divers (un), : a bit of miscel. | “//2#4/#4r, ‘we must be o
tout ce monde.là Sile, ‘all those people
laneous news 80 away,’ ‘leave town” :
fait (dire son), ‘to give a person ne uk —— ; filament,
a piece of one's mind," ‘to tell ; ee ESS e e
Person what one thinks of him’ Le $ AS p.421 5. p4s (in an uncomplimentary sense) xs
3 = £ Un — de voix, ‘a thin voice” de —, ‘a fact, deecl,” is sometimes | COUP de —, ‘a haul or cast of the used for da vérité: Le Jait est, net’ ‘the truth is,’ ‘to teli the truth Prendre plusieurs voleurs d'un coup ‘ BE de — means ‘to catch several fait (tout) , Émis à made, es À thieves at one time,’ ‘in a single to hand’ ; fig, ‘cut and dry haul”
au fatigue (pantalon de —), ‘ every- un — de sang, ‘a streak of blood day trousers ‘
fille de théâtre (la), ‘actress ’ favori, f. favourite, as à noun | ft-il ‘said he
- 2 aire, in the sense of dire, is only means ‘a favourite ï also used in certain forms, e.g, fait-il, ‘ whiskers,' as P. 48 1 25. J'ait-elle, fis-je, Ait-il, fit-clle
Whiskers are usually worn in flanquer, : to flan
k,' is also used France by footmen and waiters, Popularly in the sense of ‘to as well as by men in certain throw,' ‘to strike’; sometimes it professions
means ‘to fling,’ i.e. ‘to place bastily and without much ceremony’
— #n soufflet, ‘to give a box on the
fêler, ‘ to crack ‘
femme du Peuple (une), ‘a Poor woman,’ ‘ one of the lower
Î car classes me flanquait des caloftes, ‘ cuffed me’
da lie du Peuple, ‘the mob," ‘the
de peuple est loujours feuple, ‘the Vulgar are always vulgar,' ‘the
ee ge:
122 Con’
fléau (le), ‘flail' Used figur atively it means ‘a scourge,' ‘plague fleuret (le), ‘ floss-silk.' In fencing it means ‘foil,' as p. 40 1, 19 — démoucheté, ‘a foil with the button of" fois (la), ‘timc' à la — and fout à la — mean ‘at one and the same time,’ ‘all together” de — à autre, ‘from time to time” une bonne —, ‘once for all’ une — pour toutes, ‘ definitely?
des rares —, ‘on the rare occasions !
folle: usual meaning, : silly,' ‘mad, On p.71 5 it means * madly in love, or ‘ passionately fond." ‘The masculine is fou, but /o/ is used before a word beginning with a vowel or mute, as #» fol enfant, Cf. bel, nouvel, mol, etc.
fond (le), ‘bottom, ‘depth,' ‘foundation,' ‘ ground," ‘ background," ‘ basis,’ ‘ stock au — de, ‘in the most remote or retired part of’ de fin —, ‘the lowest depths' bas- —, ‘shoal,' ‘ shallow couler à — ‘10 sink' (a ship), ‘run down’ (a person), ‘exhaust ’ (a | subject) à —, ‘thoroughly' | au —, dans de —, ‘in the main’ fondre, ‘‘o melt,' ‘ smelt,' ‘ cast!
“diss’ : « ‘ ‘blend'’ —en la. s, “to burst into tears’ | fonds de commerce (un), ‘a business,” ‘ shop' fonts, m. pl.: /es fonts de baptême, ‘the font’ tenir un enfant sur les —, ‘to stand sponsor for a child”
The word must not be confused with Jond or fonds
force (à), ‘much,’ ‘extremely' |
de —, par —, ‘forcibly,’ ‘by force’ à — de, ‘by dint of?
forcené (un), ‘a madman fortune (la), ‘fortune,’ ‘ chance,’ ‘risk, ‘ peril,’ ‘ lot,’ ‘ wealth ’
-hoisis
fouchtra! a vulgar exclamation, chiefly used in Auvergne four à chaux (le), ‘ lime-kiln' de four is ‘an oven, ‘bake-house,' ‘kiln' êl y fait noir comme dans un —, ‘it is as dark as pitch there’ da chaux is ‘lime fourrier (le), ‘ pay-sergeant fripier (le), ‘ old-clothes dealer ?
da friperie, ‘second -hand clothes,’ ‘old furniture friser, ‘to curl the hair, ‘to crisp,' ‘ruffle,' ‘ graze!
se faire — is ‘to have one's hair es "(by a hair-dresser), as p. 41 froidement, ‘coldly'; p. 201. 13, ‘in cold blood être vêtu —, ‘to be thinly clad' frotter is ‘to rub,' ‘wax and polish," ‘ pommel' — une allumette, ‘to strike a match?
on l'a frotté d'importance, or comme il res. ‘he has had a good drubbing ?
Je saurai vous — les oreilles, ‘ 1 will box your ears for you’ fuir is used actively in the sense of ‘to fly from,’ ‘escape from,’ as p. 45 1. 27 — de péril, ‘to avoid danger’ — un éloge, ‘to shrink from praise" Juyait, ‘ shunned'
‘ quartermaster, '
gagner (il y a de quoi): gagner, ‘to gain,” ‘win,' is also used of diseases ; gagner un rhume, ‘to catch cold.” Transl. on p. 54 L 11 ‘it is enough to give one ophthalmia,” ‘it is enough to put one's eyes out’ gale (la), ‘the mange’; also ‘itch,' ‘ scurf” être méchant comme la —, ‘to be a very demon” This word must not be confounded with /4 galle, ‘a gall-nut,' ‘oak-
apple” The adjective from gaée is galeux, from galle, gallique
bonne —, p. 28 1. 24, means ‘a piece galon (le), ‘lace, ‘tape; also,
of luck,’ ‘a godsend
as On p. 24 |. 28, a petty officer's
ler, !
hes,’
‘to
hair 4T
ind
ch?
une ood
will
nse
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Stripes, worn on the slceve, differing ACCording to grade
and | sauter à la — de,
quelqu'un, ‘to seize , 4 person by the throat
Et L — d'or, ‘the gold cord’ Cl ss | mal de —, sore throat
officer's tunic) quand on prend du —
hanged for à sheep as à lamb”
galopin (le), ‘errand-boy,' : seul. |
Paragingly as On p, 39 |, 15, for ‘an urchin,
lion; also used dis
‘imp,' ‘vagabond garçon (le), ‘boy,' ‘lad,' ‘fellow, ‘bachelor,’ ‘journeyman, *shop-boy,' : waiter ’ des —s de la noce, ‘the bridesmen rester —, ‘to rem:
ain single" WA VIEUX —, ‘a bachelor?
&Sarde (la), ‘the police, ' officers ’ de —, ‘a Buardsman,' “kecper,' etc.
garni (le) is a furnishe
‘ police.
d lodging-
house (for workmen) where a |
very inferior bed can be had for the night
| , On n'en saurait trop frendre, ‘as well Le | SO
rire à — déple pée, with laughter'
(boire à petites), ‘to sip
‘to split onc's sides
slowly"
| gosse (le): à slang word, corre-
+ Sponding in meaning to ‘little
, chap"; used for 4» montard
gouailleur, ‘jeering,' ‘chafing
| SOurgane (la) is the common bean, also called ve de marais
grâce à, : thanks to’
gradin (le), "step," ‘shelf,' ‘bench'; p. 431. 19 raised seats or benches, such as are used in a school or amphitheatre, arranged in tiers
grand, : full,’ ‘wide!
AU — galop, ‘ at full gallop*
au — soleil, ‘in the full sun," ‘exposed to the heat’
toute grande (ouverte), ‘wide open’
fem. »rasse, ‘ fat," reasy garni is from &arnir, ‘to furnish,' Etes, * ». £reasy,
‘trim,’ etc, un — is short for 1» hôtel — or nn dogement — Une £arnie {or une maison
L garnie Sarnisonné : p. 27 1. 5 transl.
‘where he
had been garrisoned ' or ‘stationed ’
4 £arnison means ‘a Sarrison gêné, from &êner, means “cramped," ‘ pinched ‘uneasy'; ON P. 17 1 12 ‘ short of cash,’
‘in narrow circumstances ” être dans la &êne, ‘tobeh la gêne is from the Hebrew Gehenna :
the original meaning of ‘torment,!
‘torture,’ having become softened down
giberne (la): this word now
means à cartridge-box covered With leather, but it was formerly
aS ON p. 41 1. 25, ‘thick' dormir la —$se matinée, ‘10 sleep it out”
des Jours —, ‘ shrove.tide" :
gras is also used as à noun, meaning ‘fat ” or ‘flesh” gredin (un), ‘a scoundrel,* *blackguard ' grignoter : lit. ‘to nibble'; p.
2 1. 26 in the popular sense of ‘ to scrape together (money), ‘to make a little profit "
grimace (la), ‘Srimace,” ‘wry face,’ ‘sham,' : humbug ‘
J'aire la —, ‘to make faces,’ ‘to testify disgust.' It also means ‘to grin at’; and of things, ‘to pucker,' ‘crease ’
ce colle fait la —, ‘this collar puckers'
cequ'il fait, ce n'estque ar—, ‘ what
e does is all a sham
applied to a kind of bag or grimper, ‘ to climb (using hands
pouch in which Srenades were Carried
and feet) ; cf. gravir, escalader, monter
” . * |&rTippe (prendre quelqu'un en), . throat,” ‘ neck, ‘to take à dislike to a person ’ Z
4 — means ‘whim,’ ‘fancy,' ‘:
Îluenza
‘bosom,' : mouth," ‘ defile,' ‘groove,’ etc.
if
gris, ‘grey, ‘tipsy,’ ‘half.
drunk" en faire voir de —es à uciqu'un, to play a person all kinds of tricks?
gris-pommelé, ‘ dappled-grey Le ciel est fort pomsaelé, ‘the sky is all dappled gros is used in reference to bulk + it is the reverse of mer and petit gras, ‘fat,’ is the reverse of maigre £rand refers to height as well as n'oral worth gros yeux (en faisant les) : faire des — yeux is ‘to open one's eyes wide’ in sign of astonishment or reproof Jaire la —se voix is ‘to speak gruffy” des — ouvrages, ‘rough jobs ’ grouiller, ‘to stir,' ‘to move,’ ‘ grumble,' ‘ swarm
gueule (la), ‘mouth' (of an animal) gueux (le), ‘beggar'; also
‘scamp,' ‘ rascal' gueux, used as an adjective, means ‘destitute,” ‘ beggarly” être — comme un rat d'église, ‘to be as poor as a church mouse" guimpe (la), ‘wimple,' covering worn by nuns over the head and round the chin and sides of the face and neck
habitude(une), ‘habit,’ ‘custom,’ ‘acquaintance Prendre ses —s, ‘to frequent ?
"—, ‘usually’ un homme habits,’ ‘of routine’ habitué (un), ‘ regular customer haillon (le), ‘rag,' ‘tatter’ hâle (le), ‘ sunburn' or ‘tan’ hâle meant originally ‘heat of the sun,’ thence it was applied to the effect produced by this heat, and in this sense it is equivalent to teint hâlé heure (une), ‘o’clock,' etc.
‘frequenter,'
‘hour, ‘time,’
—$, ‘a man of fixed h
tout à l'—, ‘just now’; also ‘in a
moment ? ; le quart d'— de Rabelais, ‘a trying time," ‘settling-time
à d'— de midi, ‘at noon'
chercher midi à guatorse —$s, ‘to seek for difficulties where there are none’
tn livre d'—s, ‘ missal,' ‘prayer-book’ de bonne —, “early” à la bonne —, ‘ well and good’ sur d'—, ‘“forthwith"’ pour d'—, ‘for the present’
home (at): the French have no word exactly equivalent to the English ‘home, hence the English expression ‘at home’ is introduced on p. 35 1. 22, but incorrectly. ‘ Home’ alone should have been used, ‘At home” is probably suggested by chez soi
homme (un), ‘a mar.'. used familiarly,as on p. 17 1. 23, for ‘husband.” Cf. Germ. Yann, and Scotch use of man
hospice (un) : p. 341. 11, ‘charitable institution,” ‘ alms-house.' Formerly the word Aépital was used of all places destined to receive the poor, whether ill or not; now the use of the word is restricted to institutions for the reception of the sick only, and #ospice is used for houses which receive the poor, old, incurables, foundlings, etc.
hôte (un), f hôtesse, may be
either ‘a guest ‘ or ‘a host’ ôtel (un), ‘mansion,' ‘ private residence ”
‘Les bourgeois occupent des maisons ; les grands, les riches, à la ville, occupent des hôtels; les rois, les princes, les évêques y ont des palais ; les seigneurs, les riches ont des châteaux dans leurs terres ”
huissier-priseur (un): equiva-
lent to #» commissaire-priseur, ‘an appraiser,' ‘auctioneer,’ ‘one who receives biddings at an auction and adjudges lots,’ etc.
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a hospital), often
humeur (une), : ere Surgeon' (in called interne des hôpitaux
‘temper,' ‘ bad temper,” ‘whim Prendre de l'—, ‘to lose one's temper’
chacun a Ses —s, ‘every one has his jeannette (la): a cross with a caprices
narrow velvet ribbon to hang
: round the neck if (un): lit, ‘ayew-tree’; p.11, 2r |
| Jeannettealso means ‘ Janet,’ ‘Jenny, a stand, intended to hold lights | and technically wne jeanneîte is ‘à
for illuminations, which is É spinning-jenny" : — : Pyramidal in form, and when | Jeu (le), ‘ game, sport, ‘play, Èe, RES F ja lighted presents somewhat the ue, ie s appearance of a yew-tree | pack, execution, ?cting ya (qu'est-ce qu'}. ‘what is D re gaming ‘or ‘gamb. : , ing debts the matter ? cela Passe le —, ‘that is beyond a impassible, ‘impassible,” ‘un. joke Es 1 moved,’ ‘ undisturbed ’ ——* de mots, “witticisms
de — ne vaut pas la chandelle, ‘the incongruité (une), an unseemly | game is not worth the candle ! Word or speech, one which sins | avoir beau —, ‘to have a good
agai ; a | opportunity” ne — of propriety or à beau —, beau retour, ‘one good : turn deserves another’ inculpé (un), as a noun, ‘the
joncher is Properly ‘ to strew with rushes," hence ‘to strew," ‘to indigènes : an adjective used %S) sprinkle' in general, as here S DO On p 23 1 8 em. jour (à) is equivalent to Dercé à ployed in a familiar, joking jour, ‘ full of holes' Way for ‘inhabitants' (natives) voir le jour, ‘to see the light,’ ‘to be indigné, ‘indignant.' The n° = = , quality of the persons is applied | journée (la), ‘day, “day's work”;
accused ’
to their faces also ‘a day's wages,' ‘day's This word must not be confounded Journey ° ; with indigne, ‘unworthy" le —— is a. used in the sense of a “individual” - ay's wor indiviau (un), indiv idual ; also toute la sainte — ‘the heheg-dsy” Person, ‘ personality un homme de —, ‘a day labourer'
avoir soin de son —, ‘to take care of à grandes —$, ‘ by forced marches” number one’ Judas (un), ‘a traitor,’ one who in-folio (un) : this name is applied | betrays his friend. The referto books of the largest size, in| ence is to Judas Iscariot, the which the sheets are simply Proper noun being used as a folded in two. PI. des in-folio common noun. Cf. hercules, intelligence (vivre en bonne), P. 39 1. 3r ‘to live on good terms,’ ‘to jupon (le), ‘a short petticoat ? keep up a good understanding’ | 2 jipe is usually used for a long intérieur (un), ‘interior,' ‘in- petticc:t or skirt : . se : képi (le), a ‘kepi,' or ‘cap,’ first ho Le “Home Secretary * . by French troops sn Prendre une place , —, ‘to take an Algeria. It has a flat circular inside seat ? (in an omnibus, etc.) | top inclined forwards and a flat interne (un), ‘ boarder "; “house. | vizor
kirsch (punchs au): punch in which the Spirit used is kirsch,
an abbreviation of ZX: érsch
wasser, that is, a spirit distilled from cherries, chiefly in the Vosges and the Black Forest.
Cf. note, p. 281. 5
lâche, ‘loose,’ ‘slack,' hence ‘craven’ or ‘dastar ‘base,’ ‘mean un — is ‘a coward,' ‘recreant lâcher, ‘ to loosen,' ‘ Jet go” — une parole, un mot is used popularly in the sense of to say something inconsiderately wlich may
wound or displease the hearer, “to let slip’
In qu'il lâchait, p. 43 1. 9, lâcher means to utter words designedly, in order to produce a desired effect
lâcheur (le): lit ‘a raftsman.' Also used in a figurative sense, only lately introduced, of one whoreadilyabandons his friends, ‘a turncoat,’ ‘ deserter’ laisser, : to leave’
laisse là le soufiet, ‘leave the bellows alone”
daïssez-le, ‘leave him alone,” ‘let him alone” lame (la), ‘blade’ (of a knife), ‘wave’ (of the sea) lanterne (la), ‘lantern' light," ‘street lamp,' etc, In the plural it often means ‘rubbish,' ‘ nonsense' libre, ‘free,’ ‘ exempt,’ ‘unoccupied ’ avoir le champ —, ‘to have a free hand à l'air —, ‘in the open air!
lier, ‘to bind,’ ‘tie,’ ‘connect,’ etc.
dié avec means friendly terms with” Used in a figurative sense, affaché à quetqu'un means that one has an attachment for a person, which need not necessarily be returned ; but lié avec quelqu'un implies that the friendship is mutual
— <onversation, ‘to enter into conversation ?
‘sky-
‘intimate with,’ ‘on
‘idle” :
dly,'
lieu que (au) : distinguish between au lieu que, ‘ whereas,' and au lieu de, ‘ instead of’ lit de camp (le), : portable campbed'; also à raised and inclined planking, on which mattresses may be placed, and several people can sleep in rows, side by side livre (la), ‘ pound' Distinguish between /z livre, ‘ from the Lat. libra, ‘ a scale,’ and
de livre, ‘a book,’ from the Lat.
diber, ‘ a book
Lombard (le): inhabitant of Lombardy, Lombard londrès (le): a kind of Havannah cigar, first manufactured for the English (Londoners) loque (la), ‘rag,' ‘tatter’ lors (pour), ‘ that being the case; also ‘at that time,’ ‘then’ dès —, ‘“ from that time,’ ‘since then — de, ‘at the time of” lorsque or lors. . que, ‘when’ loto (le), ‘ loto, or ‘ lotto,' a game of chance, here used in a general sense
loup (le), ‘a wolf,’ ‘black velvet mask” ; also used as a term of endearment, as we say ‘ chick,' ‘ ducky’
The French also address a child as On £ros loup, or loulou, the latter being a reduplication of loup
à pas de —, ‘ stealthily”
entre chien et —, ‘at dusk° — de mer, ‘jack-tar’
und,’
lourd, ‘heavy, : unwieldy, ‘gross,’ etc. ; also ‘ clumsy,' ‘awkward
la l'esprit —, ‘he is dull’ lunch (le) : the English word has been borrowed, as the French have no exact equivalent for the word. Cf. also sandwichs, P.
55 L 24, and in Vocab.
MaÇOnner, ‘ to do mason's work, ‘to block or plaster up’; used figuratively, ‘to bungle”’
masse (la), ‘a mass,’ ‘lump,'
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magot (le): usual meaning ‘a baboon ,' ‘ugly figure” ; also ‘a secret hoard
c'est un vrai —, ‘he is a perfect baboon, ‘hideously ugly” :
main-forte ( prêter), ‘to give as.
sistance, ' ‘help
maïs (le), ‘ Indian corn’
mal (le), ‘evil,’ ‘injury,' ‘pain,’ ‘inconvenience, ' : disease
Où a-t-il pris ce —? « where did he catch that complaint ?”
malheur (pour SOn) : p. 39 L 25, trans. ‘unluckily for him’
maman (la) is used colloquially for the mother of a family, or
for a dame, motherly-looking woman manche (la), ‘a sleeve' ; also ‘a channel; ‘the English Channel’ ne se fera pas tirer la —;, ‘he will do it willingly”
c'est ur autre Paire de —s, ‘that is quite another thing,’ ‘that is quite another pair of shoes ’
Notice that manche, the ‘handle’ of a tool, is masculine 5 le — de La charrue, ‘the plough-tail'; and
that Z Manche (the English Channel) always has a capital M manger de baisers, or de caresses, ‘to overwhelm some one with kisses or caresses ”
Manger is sometimes used absolutely in the same sense
marin (on a le pied) : on a is used ON p.1rL 19 for jai. Avoir de Pied marin is ‘to be sure-footed ’ (as a sailor), as here. Sometimes it is used figuratively, when it means not to be disconcerted or Put out by difficult circumstances maritorne (la), ‘an ill-shaped, unkempt, slatternly woman.’ An allusion to Don Quixote’s Maritorna Massacrant, ‘ cross,’ : peevish d'une humeur —e€, ‘as cross possible,” ‘as cross as two sticks"
‘savings,' used generally for money saved out of one's pay mater, ‘to mate’ (at chess) ; fig,
"to bring down,’ ‘to curb' matinée (la) includes all the time from daybreak, or from the time we rise, till noon Je n'ai rien fait de toute la —, ‘]
have done nothing the whole morning ?
Mauresque (une), ‘a Mooress ’ (inhabitant of Northern Africa)
Mauvais métier (le), ‘ poor trade"
médaille (l'argent de sa): a Special allowance made to those who have won medals, Cf. the expression l'arsent de sa Croix, P. 251. 18
même, : self,’ ‘same,’ ‘even’
quand —, ‘in spite of that,’ ‘all the same ” tout de — ‘after all’
— que: a vulgar expression, used for J'avais même, etc., ‘I even had”
€ — temps, ‘at the same time”
ménage (:: mettre en)and entrer €n ménase both mean : to set up housekeeping ,' ‘to have an establishment of one's own"
Mmenotte|(la) : diminutive of main, ‘a little hand,’ ‘a tiny fist’
des —s, ‘ handcuffs,” ‘manacles ?
mer (la), ‘sea’ {a £705€ —, ‘a rough sea or “high la haute —, high water’ la basse —, ‘\ow water?
mère (la) is used familiarly when addressing a woman of the people of a certain age. Cf * Old Mother Hubbard'
mijoter : in cooking, ‘to simmer’
— 4 enfant, ‘to cuddle' or ‘fondle a child’
se —, ‘to coddle one's self up” misère (la), « misery,"* poverty" Or ‘want’; also ‘a mere nothing"
as
‘whole’ ‘stock’ ‘mace,' ‘bil-
liard-cue'; p. 43 L r ‘fund,' or; ‘a trifie ’
ne
i! à toujours quelques —s, ‘there is| moule, ‘a mussel,” from the Lat. ed something the matter with musculus, diminutive of #15 istral (le), ‘the mistral,’ the | MOuUlinet (faire le): to twirl a name given along the shores of| SWO©rd or stick 7 with exthe Mediterranean to the north.| t"aOrdinary rapidity, nr west wind. The south-east 29 1. 27, but generally in order
; to ward off a blow a . rase "soft: muraille (la), ‘ wall,’ is generally vin —, rich, raçy RÉ used in a collective sense, or
moellon (le), : ashlar, n e. a us 7 it the idea of height ” ee distinguished le mur is used of any wall, great or from stones of irregular shape, small but rough on the surface
moi (à) : an exclamation, meaning | naturel (le). : nature,’ : disposi- ‘help! Elliptical for venez à (le), “nature,” : disposi
£ tion,’ : genuineness,' : life,’ #08 ‘native’
mois de nourrice (sans Compter | chasses de —, ÿ! revient au galop, les): an ironical expression, ‘what is bred in the bone must made use of in reference to a come out in the flesh ” ; person who tries to make himself | noce (la), ‘ marriage,' ‘ wedding,’ out younger than he really is. | ‘wedding-party’; used figura- Transl. ‘and a few months] tively for ‘amusement ‘dismore" sipation,” in a popular sense
nde (le), ‘the world. ‘ le'; | aire la —, ‘to enjoy one's self” = . in a RAS sr = d {4 —, “to be in no pleasant Situation for a particular class, e. g. Les
: noceur (ie), ‘reveller,' ‘loose bourgeois === SR morale (de lui faire de la), ‘to noircir du papier, ‘to blot (lit. lecture him
mordre dans, ‘to bite,’ ‘munch,"| Pl2Cken) rl Le. to scribble, , : fe , or write rubbi Fe om for | "0isette (couleur de), ‘ hazel' n° : nom de nom: an oath, in which mort (pâle comme un): ## mort the second 70m 1S put euphemisis equivalent to #7 somme mort, | tically for Dieu. Transi. ‘by
‘as pale as a corpse’ Jove !° = morte-saison (la), ‘the slack | note (la), ‘ note,’ ‘remark,' : bill’ season ’ or ‘account’ ; also ‘a mark,' or en pleine —, ‘in the middle of the ‘“stain” :
slack season :
moue (la), = mouths, L- pouting, ‘ to support,” ‘ maintain , fa bai </ face - t' ‘make | POUVelle (la), ‘piece of news,’ aire (4 — means o pou make ‘4:14: PE n mouths,” ‘to sulk,’ ‘to puil a long tidings’; also ‘a very short
nourrir, ‘to feed,’ ‘nourish :
(or wry) face’ romance,’ or ‘tale’ À 6 ]," | ‘#voyer savoir des —s de quelqu'un moule (le), ‘a mould," ‘ model, ‘to send to inquire after some one’ ‘ shape,” is from the Lat. modu- Je sais de vos —, ‘1 have heard of lus, diminutive of modus. It your goings-on”’
must not be confounded with /2 | nuage (le) is a cloud of consider-
able density and distinctness
Vocabulary
of} aire tapisserie, to sit down ata outline | ball without being asked to dance, da nue is less opaque and distinct, and | to be a wall-flower
occupies an indefinite space, usually | Parent (le), ‘relative ! at a
higher altitude than a
Chassez ce —, ‘shake 9 this fit sulks”
tomber du haut thunder.struck !
office (m.), : duty,’ ‘divine service de saint —, ‘the Inquisition?
nuage, | Les Parents, ‘the family, Both words are used fi uratively
‘ service, ’
h ‘ancestors ; also, in Particular, ‘ parents’
of| parenthèses | entre), lit, ‘between
arentheses ’ ‘in brackets, des nues, ‘to be | P ae
be freely translated on p. 531.
30 ‘ between ourselves ’ Par parenthèse, by the bye’ Parer, ‘to adorn,' ‘set off,’
| ‘dress,’ ‘clear,': Parry,' ‘screen, ofice (f.) means ‘servants’ hall’; |
(£ pl.) ‘larder,' ‘buttery,’ pendencies of the kitchen
orderly ogive (une): an Pointed arch with s-shaped sides
centre, or semicircular ordinaire (un), ‘daily fare' vin d'—, ‘table wine” comme à l'—, ‘as usual’ d'—, pour d—,: usually"
oreille (une), ‘ear,' ‘hearing,'
‘ dog's ear,' anything ear-shaped |
tirer les —s à quelqu'un, ‘to pinch some one’s ear’ as a playful token of friendship
Jaire la sourde —, ‘to turn a deaf ear’ aisser L'—, ‘to look downcast ' échaufer les —s à quelqu'un, ‘to provoke a person ’ oui-da, ‘certainly," or ‘ indeed 1" oui-da is sometimes used ironically in the sense of “really!” ‘you don't Mean to say so !’ Ouvrier maçon (un), : workingmason,” ‘ brigk-layer ’
Paille (la), ‘ straw,' : mote," ‘ flaw' chaises de —, ‘ straw-bottomed chairs
tirer à la courte —;, ‘to draw lots”
ë mourra sur La —; ‘he will die in a itch”
Pantalon de fatigue (le), ‘a pair of everyday trousers Pantoufñfies de tapisserie, Canvas slippers ’ da Pantoufle is ‘a slipper | lapisserie usually means ‘ tapestrsy.” “hangings 2
, etc.
a rounded arch is called à Dlein | Jai
Patron (le), ‘ patron.’
‘ward off’; hence ‘to make
etc., de-| good,’ ‘to cover’ | ‘ 4 , ofcier d'ordonnance (un), ‘an Paroisse (la), ‘parish,
‘ parish church,' as on P. 21. 20
ogee, or | Part (quelque), somewhere
4 — means ‘ share ' ‘ portion, ' ‘ place
» ‘to take | amiss
de — et d'autre, ‘ hither and thither,' ‘on both sides ’
| à — lui, ‘tacitly’
| Particulier (en), ‘in private en mon —, ‘as for me’ ‘for my part’
Passant (le), : Passer-by
Passé maitre, ‘past master.’ The original meaning of passer maître was to be received as ‘ master ‘after having passed all requisite tests
Passer la nuit, ‘to sit up all night’; lit. ‘to Pass ” or ‘ spend the night’
pâté (le), ‘ pie,' ‘block,’ ‘ blot‘
Patère (la), : Patera," ‘curtain.
peg’; on p. 27 1. 13 an ornament of gilded copper in the form of an ancient Patera, used for hanging up hats, cloaks, etc.
Transi. : hat-peg'
‘ patron
saint," ‘ master,’ ‘ governor, ’
‘coxswain.” It is used fam-
iliarly for the master of a house
or establishment
pays (le): usual meaning, ‘a
country," ‘native country’; used | familiarly, on p. 5 1. 16, for the inhabitant of the same locality In
or district as the speaker.
this sense it takes a feminine,
la payse, ‘ the fellow - country -
woman ’ écrire au —, ‘to au —, ‘at home :
pêcheur à la ligne (un), ‘an angler” pêcheur, ‘afisher,’ feminine Pécheuse, must not be confounded with #cheur, ‘a sinner,' feminine féche.
resse. Distinguish likewise between fécher, ‘10 fish, and fécker, ‘to sin’ peine (la), ‘penalty, ‘pain, ‘ punishment," ‘trouble, ‘anxiety,": ‘labour,’ ‘task,’ ‘difficulty avoir — à, ‘to have much ado to,’ ‘t0 have great difficulty in’ à —, ‘scarcely” à grand’ —, avec — ‘with difficulty à — . . que, ‘no sooner . . than’ peloton (le), ‘ball’: hence ‘group," ‘ knot,' used in a military sense for ‘platoon,' ‘ com-
write home
pany
pénitence (la), ‘ penitence,' : repentance”; then ‘ penance,’ ‘punishment ’
mettre un enfant en —, ‘to send a child into the corner’
pension (la), ‘ board’; also ‘a boarding - house,’ : boarding school,’ ‘ pension.” Pension is usually the sum paid for board and lodging, but, on p. 331. 27, it refers to the sum paid for board only
une — viagère, ‘a pension for life’ perception (la), ‘ collection,’
‘ collectorship,'" * perception :
also equivalent to participation
in receipts, i.e. ‘a pension ’
un percepteur is ‘a tax-collector père (le): a familiar title some-
times given by soldiers to their
officers
perpétuité (à), ‘for life’: lit.
‘ for ever petiote (la): a familiar diminutive of petite, ‘ little one,’ used as a noun petit, ‘small,’ ‘humble,’ ‘of low standing’; as we say ‘a small shopkeeper ‘ le — peuple, ‘the common people?
de — -fils, ‘ grand-son en —, ‘in miniature’ — à —, ‘little by little’ de — nom is used familiarly for “Christian name’
pièces (être près de ses), ‘to be short of cash,’ ‘to have very little money’ Pièces also means ‘rooms N.B. Appartement is the whole of which ,ièce is a part pilier (le), ‘ pillar,' ‘ post.” Used figuratively for a regular customer at a tavern — de cabaret, d'estaminet, ‘ petual tippler” pilon (le): usual meaning, ‘a pestle'; hence ‘a stump'; either the stump of a wooden leg, as On p. 31 1. 24, or the stump of a leg when the foot has been amputated Pince-nez (le), ‘a double eyeglass”; pl. des pince-nez pincer is literally ‘to pinch,' ‘ squeeze ’ piquer, : to prick,' ‘ sting," ‘spur;’ etc. ; translate #aient piquées, P. 43 1. 22, ‘were fixed,” ‘stuck — une tête, ‘to take a header’ pis (tant), ‘so much the worse”’ qui — est, ‘ what is worse’ aw — aller, ‘if the worst comes to the
a per-
worst
c'est votre — aller, ‘it is your last resource ’
de mal en —, de — en —, ‘from bad to worse ’
place de flacres (la), ‘hackneycoach stand,’ ‘ cab-stand'
Êrendre un fiacre à la course, ‘totake a cab by the drive’ Place also means ‘a public square”
plaisir (faire — à), ‘to oblige,’ ‘do
Vocabulary
a service.to" ; trans]. ‘ to please | être en — de vin, ‘to be rather tipsy' Your mother, p. 181. 28 | Jaire des —s, ‘to pun bête à Lire Plaisir, * egregiously | policier (le), ‘policeman': à Stupid.” See 46e
| popular and depreciative term aire à quelqu'un Le Plaisir de, à!
À . : &} la), : Le — - Mod” mec 4 | ponme, (a), Faye hu planche (la), plank,' : board," | "ne canne à — d'or, ‘a gold-headed - bed”; ‘shelf” p. 401 17 + ‘potato* J'aire la —, ‘to float’ — d'amour, ‘tomato' monter Sur des —5, ‘to go on the — de discorde, ‘bone of contention ’ stage portée (être à), ‘to be Within planchette (la), ‘small board," | reach ‘desk ” Porter (se bien), ‘to be well in Planter, ‘to Plant, ‘set, ‘place’ health’
él est alé — $es choux, ‘he has re. j ES ,, pot -au - feu (le), meat to be
p rss — = boiled in a ne vegetables
“breast-piece,’ made of wadding | ee Eee : nu Le
and covered with leather, which | : Rs (les) : nes
a fencing - master wears when | PO — ‘to rot" —
teaching his pupils. Used of — ‘to get rotten *
Persons it means ‘a butt' <
‘laughing-stock" res (la) practice, “ex- ÈS = Perience,” ‘habit ‘ custom ' ; a de plunge' ; and by extension : customer’ Ë A ed: duck,” ‘steal | présider, used 4S an active verb, away": also ‘to Fr means ‘to preside,” ‘take the Plurésie, ie Z Dleurésie, | Chair" (at a meeting) É ‘pleurisy,' inflammation of the! — à is used in the same way, but FE pleura or membranes lining the scans in addition ‘to superintend, LE
È Fi Î Walls of the chæ&t and reflected ht — chod him * 3 Over the surface of the lungs | P : (ça lui a), attacked him, : poigne (la): à Popular word | came on him (of a disease) | meaning the strength of à fist Procédé (mettant du blanc à son): LE (Ze Poing) or wrist (æ Doignet). ü are = ‘en, chalking the FEES Transl. ‘ grip," ‘ grasp" po — Miss ‘ *, "| NNESNeN à — is a cue fitted e Poignée (la), bandful, handle, | tip with a small round piece of une — de main, ‘a handshake ? | leather, called a ‘ top” une — de monde, ‘a handful of people’ Promener, 10 take out,’ : lead, la — d'une épée, ‘the hilt of a sword ’ turn,’ etc.
à —, ‘by handfuls' SES yeux, ses regards, le regard poing (le), ‘fist’ | autour de soi, ‘to cast à look, a montrer Le — à quelqu'un, ‘to shake | glance round famili :
ne's fist at sème re | Tæte—:a very amiliar expression, cnes üs : = | usually corresponding to our phrase pointe (la), : Point,” ‘tip,’ ‘tack,' ‘get along with you,’ ‘mind your ‘relish,' ‘ pun,' etc. own business’; trans, (p. 18 1. 12) Fa : À ‘all my Courage failed me’ TEprtos ee | Propos de (à), with respect to," da — du four, ‘the Pcep of day’ = regard to’
—s is ‘to walk on
à —, ‘at the proper time,' ‘by the | raccroc (le), ‘lucky hit, ‘ fluke'
bye,’ etc. ET : , a à — dé rien,‘ without motive or reason" râle (le), rattling,” ‘rattle in the à tout —, ‘at every turn’ throat.” Transl. p. 56 L 12 province (la), ‘ province, ' ‘ chuckle > ‘country rat (le) : the sewer-rat is the comde province, ‘provincial, ‘country’ MON grey or brown Norway rat (adj.) | #n — de cave, ‘exciseman'; also | sen) ég + n ; é ! à £, — i qualité (la), ‘ quality," ‘property, |: ‘ diamond! 7 ’ ‘amond cut ‘rank,’ ‘title,’ ‘capacity’ or, a ratière, ‘rat-trap' ‘ character” rata (le), short for rafatouille, a un homme de —, ‘a man of high} popular term for a coarse kind rank aus fi be | of ragoût or ‘ stew' avoir — pour faire une C ose, o | ‘ 4 CE ‘ qualified to do a thing' | PRE, ré flash in the quart (battre son), ‘to beon beat'| P2n: 'Eako 5 L À Re Je crains bien que ce qe LS ne rate, Le gone", AS alor of the |” fer that mariage ve robes | o watch"
— un coup, ‘to miss a stroke’ réception (la), ‘receipt,' ‘reception," ‘welcome,’ ‘levee,' and ‘admittance” into a company
quatre-bandes (le) : /a bande, in billiards, is the padded cushion or the margin of the table | un carambolage par bandes is à |
Se | accusez-moi — de ma lettre, ‘ac.
ne be En msn knowledge the receipt of my letter L L
p. 58 1. 7, all four cushions receveur de l'enregistrement
les Dans ne —— pas, ‘the (le), ‘recorder,’ ‘registrar.' The cushaions are siow H ‘ En
être collé sous bande, ‘ to be under the full title here is receveur de ê ce ee registrement et des domaines,
quatrième (au) : i.e. ax gwatri- | ‘the en who Stamps or ème étage, ‘to the fourth floor’ | legisters documents (of a house) | Yeceveur des confributions, ‘tax-
queuté : gueuter is a term used <" = = E— b in billiards for ‘to make a foul dre a stroke with the cue’ (/a guenue £ quoi, ‘what,’ ‘ which 1 - | | récidiviste (le), ‘ old offender de — boire, ‘ the wherewithal to drink’ “#,— 152 ps ho, after having been avoir de —. ‘to be in easy circum- l imprison or a certain crime, 1S EE | caught repeating it - Ps a — récidiver is ‘to commit the same Ë
. crime,’ ‘relapse * de nr. s — means ‘the! 7, récidive, ‘relapse, ‘fresh offence’
quoi! is used familiarly to sum up réclamer, ‘to claim,’ ‘own’ what has gone before, and is erui- redingote (la), ‘ frock-coat : is a | £ ; ee valu 0 en as mé | Corruption of the Engl. : riding-
coat ” rabat (le) was originally a turned- | regarder, ‘to look,’ ‘ consider, : down collar (rabattre, ‘to ‘examine,’ ‘ concern ?
turn, down‘), now it is used for | réglementaire is used on p. 32 the bands of a priest 1. 25 in the sense of ‘ according
Vocabulary
to regulation! je. ‘fit and,
Proper, ‘‘ just as it should be' reins : /e rein is ‘a kidney the plural, ‘loins,' ‘ back”
relancer, ‘to rouse," ‘hunt out ' “snub'; also ‘to Cast out again '
or ‘ drive out once more’
religion (en): à Person is said to
be e» religion when he has taken religious VOws, and belongs to some Confraternity remis, ‘delivered ' ‘paid,' from remettre, ‘to put back or down,’ ‘remit,' ‘delay,’ entrust,’ etc.
est-ce que vous ne ME reellez pas ?
‘do you not remember me ?*
remetlre de Jour en Jour, ‘to pro- Crastinate
rente (la) means an ‘ income ' :
‘pension ’
— à cinq pour ext, ‘the five per cent government annuity"
le taux de la —; ‘the price of stocks ?
4 — hausse ou baisse, ‘the funds rise | or fall’
rentrer dans le civil : to leave the army and enter again into civil life repasser, ‘to repass,” ‘cross again,’ etc. ; also ‘to rehearse ‘go over,’ ‘ repeat ’ — des Couteaux, ‘to grind knives ?
— du linge, ‘to iron linen ’ retard (le), ‘delay € —, ‘in arrears’ :
retenir (se), ‘to Contain one's | self,” ‘refrain! ‘cling,' ‘hold | or ‘hold on,’ etc.
2 s'est retenu AUX branches, ‘he | clung to the branches ’ | CES VErs se retiennent SJ'acilement, | “those lines are easily remembered * | retourné (roi), ‘the king of trumps ” {a retourne, ‘ trump-card ‘ qu'est.ce qui etourne? “what are trumps ?’ retraite (mettre à la), ‘ to pension off," ‘ put on the retired list ?
Pension de —, : retiring pension?
rêve (faire u
n), ‘tohavea dream"; rogner,
escent happiness
; in revenant (un), ‘a ghost’ revenir, ‘to get over," ‘shake |: Off," ‘renounce a misconception
Je n'en reviens Pas, ‘I cannot get
| over my surprise ‘ Distinguish between »e2
TS Casuels, ‘ perquisites ”
| revue (passer en), ‘to review,‘
‘ inspect !
| ous sommes gens de —, ‘we shall
| meet again
floor’; pl. des rez-de-chaussée.
&es (another form of ras, Lat.
rasus) means ‘on a level with ’
ribambelle (une), ‘a host,’ ‘string, as ne — d'enfants, UNE — d'injures
ribote (être en): a popular term, meaning ‘to be tipsy,' ‘intoxicated'
Jaire —, ‘to have a drunken bout” :
ribole is feminine
riboter is ‘to get tipsy”
un riboteur, ‘a drunkard”
riflard (le), ‘a rough plane,' ‘chisel’; on P. 141. 2 a popular
term for an old umbrella. The
name is due to the Success of a
play called Za Petite ville, which
Appeared in 1801, and in which
one of the actors, called Riflard,
comes on the Stage armed
With an enormous umbrella.
Un pépin is also used in the same sense
rigolade (la): à Popular word
meaning ‘amusement '
rigoler, and the noun rigoleur, are
also ased popularly in the sense of ‘to amuse one'e self, ‘one who
amuses himself” ‘eut," ‘clip, ‘prune;
also fig. ‘to enjoy a brief evan-
enir, ‘tocome | ack to the place from which one Started, ’e.g, revenir dans sa Patrie ; and sefourner, ‘to 89 back to the place to which one had already | een," e.g. relourner dans son exil
revenu (le), ‘ income,' ‘revenue
| rez-de-chaussée (le), ‘ groundalso ‘ rent! ‘aunuity," ‘stocks, ' |
also fig. ‘to cut off,’ : cut short, ' ‘ curtail' roide, old spelling of raide, ‘ stiff,' ‘steep' être tué raide, ‘to be killed instan-
taneously ’ tomber raide mort, ‘to fall stone-dead'
ronger, ‘to gnaw,' ‘to spoil' ; of
a horse, ‘to champ" (the bit)
rouillé, ‘rusty'; of lookingglasses, ‘frosty': of plants, ‘blighted'
da rouille, ‘rust' “frostiness,' ‘blight'
rousse, masc. roux, implies a red colour with a slight tinge of black in it, Fiery-red hair is sometimes called rouge, but the Word roux is more commonly used
rousse (la): a slang-word=the police, the ‘ peelers"
route (en), used as a command, means ‘let us be off, ‘let us
go ruisseau (le), ‘ stream! ‘ rivulet ,'
‘gutter' verser des —x de larmes, ‘to shed floods of terrs’
sabler, ‘to sand’ or‘ gravel,' and used fig. ‘to drink off,’ ‘ tip off’ sabot (le) is used popularly of a quick but slovenly worker, a ‘bungler ’ or ‘ botcher.' Usual meaning of sabot is ‘a wooden
shoe," then ‘hoof,' ‘socket’ ‘ fiddle’ dormir comme un —, ‘to sleep like a top”
—$ sans paille: it is usual to line wooden shoes with straw to keep them from chafing the feet
sabre (le), ‘sabre,’ or ‘ broadsword.” This isa heavy sword with only one sharp edge, and with its greatest thickness at the
. back of the blade ‘sac à bière (le): an habitual tippler or drunkard. Sac à vin is used in the same sense |
de sac means ‘ bag, ‘knapsack,' ‘ sack’ le sac de nuit, ‘ Carpet-bag ‘ un cul-de-sac, ‘blind alley' sainte-nitouche (avec son air de), ‘with his sanctimonious air,” ‘looking as if butter would not melt in his mouth.' The expression is sometimes, and more correctly, written sainte n'y louche sale, ‘dirty,’ ‘ foul,' ‘ dull' gris —, ‘ dull grey’ salle de police (la): a room in which soldiers are kept whilst in detention for small offences against discipline, ‘a guardroom " da salle à manger, da salle d ‘armes, “fencing-school‘ sandwich (le) has been borrowed from English. Cf. /unch.
When a foreign word has become thoroughly naturalised in French it usually takes s in the plural, whatever its origin ; but there are some exceptions sang (se faire du mauvais), ‘ to be vexed,' ‘to fret’ sauter, ‘to leap,' ‘jump,' ‘ex.
plode,' etc.
— 4u Cow de quelqu'un, ‘to fall on a person's neck’ vous me feriez — au would drive me ma se faire — la cervelle, ‘to blow one's rains out’ sautiller : à frequentative of sauter, ‘to skip" or ‘ hop about:
ne faire que —, ‘to go from one thing to another’ sébile (une), ‘ a wooden bowl' sec, fem. sèche, ‘ dry,’ ‘hard’ ; when applied to sounds means ‘short and sharp’ à pied —, ‘ dry-shod’ un homme —, ‘a es £ lean man?
#n Co4p —, ‘a smart blow' donner un coup — is a term used in billiards to express a sharp stroke given to the ball, after w ich the cue is smartly withdrawn, instead of being allowed to follow üp the baii
‘dining-room" ‘ fencing - room,
fer, ‘you
ad ail
Vocabulary
with Ze somme (Lat. somnus), ‘a nap,' ‘slumber ’ êr son —, ‘to sleep soundly' sort (le), ‘ fate,' ‘lot,’ ‘condition tirer au — js ‘to draw lots,’ ‘to draw lots for the army
le — also means ‘à spell,’ ‘charm' soucoupe (la), : saucer,' or ‘salver, on which to stand glasses or bottles
soudard (le), ‘a veteran,' ‘ war- Worn soldier.' A term often used in contempt souffleter, ‘10 slap the face,' ‘box the ears,' is also used metaphorically of the wind, ‘to buffet’ sOûl (j'en ai eu tout mon), ‘ I have had my full share of it," ‘my fill’ il à do: mi tout son —; ‘he has slept to his heart’s content’ soûl is also used adjectivally, but is not very common, It means ‘ satiated," ‘glutted,' hence ‘drunk’
semaine (la), ‘a week,’ ‘a weck's work, 'and then ‘a week's wages' la — des quatre Jeudis, ie. ‘never’ en —, ‘on week-days
sentez (vous), ‘ you understand ' sergent (le), ‘a sergeant,' a non- Commissioned officer of infantry of the grade next above Coï poral, Every Company has four ser- Beants, of whom the senior is the colour-sergeant de — Major is the highest non-commissioned officer in a régiment, and acts as assistant to the adjutant #n — de ville, a policeman wearing a sword, also called gardien de la paix
sergent-fourrier (le), ‘ quarter- Mmaster-sergeant serre-flle (un): à sergeant who marches in the rear of a ‘peloton’ (half. company) to maintain the line or file service (le) means : service,’ ‘attendance," : use," good | soulier (le) is used in a collective office,” ‘ divine service,' etc. | sense, meaning ‘ a pair of shoes In the plural, as on p. 23 1. 2, soupe (la), ‘soup,' : sp,’ ‘ toast ' R ee ni — ee is also used by extension for a-i-1 ur votre — at are ‘ SL , ES re mes tdine “thus à Ex — >: with three | ##€ — maigre, ‘vegetable soup" : courses soupente (la), ‘ garret,' ‘attic servir (pour vois): a common | sourd, ‘ deaf,' ‘hollow,' ‘ secret, expression of politeness used in | ‘underhand' = giving an affirmative answer, | pied me sie po = ; and equivalent to ‘at your Jairs La. Della es d dent service ear’ sevrer (se), ‘to deprive one's self of,” ‘ abstain from’
sourd is also used as a noun, ‘a deaf man”
sexe (le), ‘sex’ spadassin (le), ‘a bravo,’ ‘bully,' 12 se —, Or absolutely, Z — ‘the ‘hired assassin EE = suite (la), ‘train,’ ‘sequel,' ‘series, sobriquet (le), ‘ nickname ' Er : ae :
solide, ‘solid : substantial, | set, ‘consequence ‘ or result,
“firm”; also used as a noun | de —, ‘one after another.’ ‘without
for “reality,” ‘ main chance | interruption ’ somme (la) (Lat. summa), ‘ sum,’ | tout de —
RE » ‘immediately ?
, , l ‘amount,’ ‘ summary
Par — consequently ?
| 4 L Re . , | 2ar la —, ‘in course of time en —, ‘upon the whole,’ ‘in the main
— toute, “to conclude” : fnA fe | ! sujet {le} : usual meaning, ‘sub- This word must not be con ounded : ject’
