PAM ETES

Par le — qui court, ‘as times go”

il fait beau —, ‘the weather is fine ’ |

= de — se met au beau, ‘fine weather is |

setting in’ |

gro —, ‘foul weather’ |

téuébreux, : obscure, : doubtful”

ténèbres, f. pl, means ‘ darkness,’ |

| ‘ gloom;' ‘obscurity ' |

| tenez, used as an exclamation, | | !

see here!” ‘look!’ It also means ‘here you are!’ ‘take

this!" | | tenir, ‘to hold'

Ë — dieu de is ‘to stand instead of,’ |

4 = supply the place of’

dE | tinrent lieu F « Preuve, 4 proofs of his guilt ’

turrer (se), ‘to go to ground" | ‘run to earth,’ is usually used |

cf animals ; also : to hide’ tête (une), ‘ head’ Pavées en —s de chat, paved with

cobbles or cobhle-stones, rounded

by the action of water, and bearing

a fancied resemblance to cats' heads

timbre (le), ‘ bell, ‘sound,' ‘air,’ ‘stamp,' ‘ post-mark,' etc.

timbre is à bell without a clapper,

un bon —, ‘à good, well . behaved !

‘10 have a |

struck by means or metal knob

€ bureau de —, * stamp-office ‘

la le — félé, ‘he is crack-brained '

of a hammer

‘under super- | tintouin (le), lit. ‘a ringing,'

‘tingling.' Used figuratively it means ‘anxiety *

“un — de tous Les diables, transi. ‘ à

most awful anxiety ‘

tirailleur (le), : skirmisher, ' ‘sharp - shooter." The word Was first applied in 1792 to

French light-armed troops, who were thrown out from the main body to bring on an action, cover an attack, or, in general, harass (irailler) and deceive the enemy

toile (la), ‘cloth,' ‘linen ‘curtain' (theatre),

"net," ‘ painting,' ‘sail”

la — cirée, ‘ oil-cloth" which is water.

proof

- : tomber, ‘to fall,’ : degenerate' Passer le —, ‘to while away the time” | ‘ decay * etc. — 4MOureux de,

, ‘to fall in love with"

la nuit tombe, ‘ night is coming on’ In — bien and — mal, toniber is used

for arriver, È

‘to happen,' ‘to fall out

fa tombait mal, ‘it happened at an

awkward time ’

tomber is used actively in wrestlers'

jargon for f overthrow or floor One s adversary ’

In all other cases it is used as a neuter

verb, except in Popular or slang expressions borrowed from the wrestling term

torse (le), ‘trunk,’ : chest ‘serve! as | toucher, ‘to touch' etc. ; when referring to money means ‘to receive.” Asa neuter verb#oucher à is ‘to come into contact with ' toujours, ‘always, ‘ ever,’ : still,"

‘at least," ‘ nevertheless ‘ —est-ilque, fitis, however, true that’

that as it may

tour (le), ‘a turn,’ ‘ revolution ' “tour,” ‘ game,’ ‘ circuit,’ ‘trick à son —, ‘in his turn’ = Jouer un —, ‘to play a trick” — à —, ‘by turns,' alternately ’

tronc (le), ‘a tr

Vocabulary

Sairé un — de ville, in town ’

tour, ‘a tower,' feminine

tout au plus, ‘at most," ‘atthe | ‘foggy.'

outside ‘ traduisait (qui se),

terpreted itself” je.

found vent :

train (le), ‘pace,'

‘noise, etc.

dtre en — de, ‘10 bein the act of, ‘to | tunique (la), ‘a tunic.'

be about to étre en —, ‘to be in high spirits !

aller bon —, ‘19 &o fast à fond de —, ‘at full speed quel —! what a racket !' —$ means ‘rafts’

traîner en justice, before the law-courts ' traîneur de sabre (le), ‘a Sword-dangler,' an idle soldier Who parades his sword and exhibits its uselessness as well as his own traiter, ‘to treat

‘negotiate :

also ‘to call.’

Precedes the name bestowed

— Juelqu'un de fat, ‘to Call a person | a fop’

— Quelqu'un en

One as a king

travaux forcés, ‘ forced labour,’

roi, ‘to treat some

‘10 take à walk

‘castle’ (at chess), is

‘rate, retinue ‘to drag | va (comn:-

In this sense it is always followed by de, which | |

Poor-box,' : charity-box '

trouble, ‘hazy,' ‘ dull,' ‘thick,' | À contracted form of

troublé

‘which in | (l'étoile —, ‘the dim spark ‘ which in- voir —, ‘to be dim-sighted ‘which | lécher en eau —, ‘15 fish in trouble

Waters | troublé, ‘agitated," ‘embar | rassed ‘ l'unique

| is also used for the redingote, | Or military frock-coat, worn by

infantry soldiers

health comment allez-vous ? ‘how

aller mieux, ‘to get better in health’

valet (le) ‘groom,' ‘ knave' (at cards)

de — de Cœur, à card used as à admittance 19 a

‘check’ for . dancing-saloon, etc.

JE suis votre —,‘] beg to be excused '

tel maître, tel —, ‘hi man’

! valu (cela l'aurait), ‘ that would

have cost you”

valoir mieux, ‘to be better ’ Un liens vaut mieux que deux tu

#n homme averti en vaut deux, ‘forewarned is forearmed *

aille que vaille, ‘at all events,’ ‘for better, for worse *

: \'4 é : tirer vanité, aire vanité, reports, à brake for shoeing | — J £

horses, the Plural is #ravails travers (de), ‘askew,' ‘awry" | tout à marché de —, ‘everything | went wrong Prendre tout de — thing amiss’ Parier de —;, ‘tos

» ‘tO take every- |

peak at random"

and frendre vanité d ‘une chose

all mean ‘to 8lory in,' ‘ boast of"

| Vanné: lit. ‘winnowed,' then

‘exhausted ' SITE

secoué comme de rain Tanné #

avoir L'esprit d, — ‘to be cross. | velours (le), * velvet :

CUS de —, trans]. ‘soft or silken lashes.' The adjective is e/outé

— ras, ‘short -nap velvet,' à very Common kind

‘venu (le Premier), ‘the first.

grained ’ |

estre (le), ‘a Quarter,’ ‘a | T'iarter's pay’

‘shañt,'

"stock," ‘a box fof alms,' ‘a

}, ‘how is, , »' Aller is use in reference to the

are you ?’ ‘improve

‘a servant-man

ike Master, like

tive

jt rt

comer,” i.e. anybody and every-| ‘a veil' (Lat. velum) ; when body

feminine, ‘a sail’ (Lat. vela) WA NOUVEAU —, ‘a new-comer.' See | avoir un — devant les yeux, ‘to have note, p. 281, 22 | a mist before one's eyes” = \ vermouth (le): a white wine | Prendre le —, ‘to take the veil,' ‘be. ‘ ’ , | come a nun ’ oo ane me © APE or , , = | Voilé, : veiled : also used in the cordial. See absinthe | ;

Se . | sense of ‘hidden from sight ’ verre (le), ‘ giass'; also used in | une voir —e, ‘a husky voice”

the sense of coche de verre, | vol (le), ‘theft’ ‘ bell-glass ” or ‘ glass cylinder ! | — avec effraction, “house-breaking ? verser, ‘to pour," ‘empty, à pay | TT Pet ven vol, ‘theft,’ and in, ‘upset," ‘ lodge,’ ‘ deposit à — d'oiseau, ‘as the crow flies” — A+ Dleines mains, ‘to lavish volupté singulière (la), ‘a 89 - : strange pleasure’ — des fonds, ‘to invest capital” | Ë = = vésicatoire (le), ‘ blister,’ : vesi- Lin ns Te = catory ; also used as an ginning to stoop'! , adjective, fafètas Vésicatoire,

sein , vue (la), ‘sight,’ ‘ view’

‘blistering plaster | Perdre quelqu'un de —, ‘to lose sight veste (la), a short, round jacket | . Of some one’

without a skirt ner à Perte de —, ‘to reason at vicaire (le) is the eurate of a à = d'ail “visibly”

parish

NB. Zecuréisthe vicar. See curé , : : - | Yatagan (le), ‘yataghan' or D —— Pr ‘ataghan,' a cutting and + , thrusting Weapon used by à vide, ‘empty à .

7igne (la), ‘ vine,’ ‘ vineyard' Mahommedan nations, having être dans les —s, ‘to be in one's cups' | no guard nor cross-piece, but Vigneron, ‘vine - dresser,’ ‘wine- | usually a large pommel grower de vignoble, ‘ vineyard ’ V'lan ! interj. ‘slap | ‘bang !' vitrine (la), ‘ glass case," ‘ shopwindow ’ Voile, when masculine, means

zinc (le), ‘zinc’ de —, p. 3 1. 16, means the counter of a wine-merchant s shop, in allusion to the metal with which it is covered #n sinqueur, ‘a great drinker