scène f. scene, stage; — de ménage family scene, row

sceptique m. skeptic

scintiller to shine, to twinkle

seau m. pail, bucket

sec, sèche dry, sharp, dried up

seconde f. second, second’s time

secoué, -e shaken; — de frissons shaking with cold

secouer to shake,. to shake off; jusqu'aux os to make one trembls all over

secourir to aid

secours m. aid, rescue; au —! help!

secousse f. jolt

séjour m. stay, sojourn

semblable (à) like, similar to semence f. sSOWIng

semer to sow, to scatter

sens m. sense, direction; dans tous les — in every direction; — dessus dessous upside down

senteur f. smell, odor sentier m. path

sentir to feel, to smell, to have an odor; se — to feel, to be in a state of

séparément separately, apart série f. series

sermonner to sermonize, to scold serpenter to wind

serrer to press, to shake (hands), to press against

serviette f. napkin

servir to serve; — de to serve as; — à to serve to

seuil m. threshold

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siècle m. century

siège m. seat; avec son — chair and all

siffler to whistle, to hiss

signe f. sign; faire — to signal

signer to sign

silencieux, -se silent, speechless

simagrée f. make-believe

singulier, -ière strange, singular

sinistre sinister

sinon que conj.—+sub;. except that

sobre temperate

sobriquet m. nickname

société f. society, club, group

sœur f. sister, nun; bonne — nun

soie f. silk

soin m. care

soir m. evening; le — in the evening

soixante sixty

soixante-douze seventy-two

soixante-treize seventy-three; sur mes — in my seventy-third year

sol m. earth, ground

soldat m. soldier; — -citoyen citizensoldier

soleil m. sun, sunshine; en plein — in full sunlight

solennel, -le solemn

solennité f. occasion

solide m. stalwart, warrior

solitaire solitary, lonely

somme f. sum; en — in short

sommeil m. sleep

sommeiller to doze

sommelier m. butler

sommet m. summit, peak

somnolence f. drowsiness, spell

son m. sound

songer to think, to dream

songeur, -se dreamy, meditative

sonnant, -e ringing, jingling

sonner to ring, to strike (of elocks), to jingle, to be announced

drowsy

sonnette f. bell

sonore sonorous, resonant

sort m. fate

sorte f. kind, sort; de — que conj.+ subj. so that, in such a way that

sortie f. exit; à la — du pays at the edge of town

sou M”. cent, penny

RE adj. and adv. sudden; suddeny

souffle m. breath, puff, gust

souffler to blow, to wheeze, to snort

souffrance f. suffering

soûl, -e tipsy, drunk

soulevé, -e lifted; — d’admiration swept off one’s feet

soulever to lift

soulier m. shoe

soupçon M”. suspicion

soupçonner to suspect

soupe f. soup, frugal meal

souper to have supper

sourd, -e deaf

sourdine f. ‘‘soft-pedal”’; en — softly

souriant, -e smiling

sourire to smile

sourire m. smile

sournois, -e sly, crafty

sou m. penny, twentieth part of a franc

sous-chef m. assistant head

soutenir to sustain, to hold up

souterrain m. Cavern

souvenir m. remembrance, memory, souvenir

souveraine f. sovereign, queen spectre m. specter, phantom squelette m. skeleton

strident, -e shrill

stupéfait, -e surprised, stupefied stupéfiant, -e astounding stupeur f. amazement, stupor sucré, -e sugared, sugary, sweet

suffoqué, -e stifled

suisse m.+ f. Swiss

suite f. series; de — over, consecutive suivant prep. following, after suivant, -e next, following suivi, -e (de) followed (by) suppliant, -e coaxing

sur on, toward

sûr, -e sure; pour — certainly suraigu, -é shrill

surhumain, -e superhuman surlendemain m. two days later surmulet m. gray mullet (fish) surnom "”. name

surprenant, -e surprising surprendre to surprise

surpris, -e surprised

sursaut m. start

svelte slender, graceful

T tabac. m. tobacco; — d’Espagne tablier m. apron [brown-colored | tache f. spot

tacher to spot, to form a spot on tâcher to try; — de savoir to try to find out

taille f. figure, waist; par la — by the waist

taillé, -e cut, trimmed

tailler to cut, to hew

se taire to be silent

talon m. heel

tambour m. drum

tandis que conj. while

tant adv. so much, so many, as much, as many; — que as long as, as much as, as often as

tantôt now, soon; sur le — a little later

taper to tap; — dans le dos to pat someone on the back; se — (dans la main) to shake hands

taquiner to tease

tard late; plus — later

tas m. heap, lot

taverne f. tavern

teinté, -e tinted, colored

tellement so

temps m. time, weather; de — en — from time to time; il y a beau — a good while ago

tenace tenacious, clinging

tenailler to torment

tender m. tender, coal-tender

tendre »v. to offer

tendre adj. tender, soft

tendresse f. tenderness; tenderly

tendu, -e strained; l’œil — staring

ténèbres f. pl. darkness '

tenir to have, to hold, to keep; se — to remain; — à to insist on; — lieu de to take the place of; promettre sans — to make but not keep a promise; ne — guêre à, not to be fond of

tentation f. temptation

tente f. tent

tenté, -e tempted

terrasse f. terrace

terme m. term; en bons —s on good terms

terminer to end, to terminate

terre f. earth, land; en — carthen?

avec —.

ware; par — on the ground; bénite holy ground terreur f. terror [by

tête f. head; en — in the lead, headed

tête-à-tête m. in privacy, by themselves

textuel, -le textual, word for word

théâtre m. theater, drama

thermomètre m. thermometer

tiens impv. of tenir to hold, come now!

tilbury m. tilbury, two-wheeled buggy

tinter to strike, to sound; faire — to strike

tirer to pull, to draw, to attract

titre m. title; — au porteur letter of credit

tituber to stagger toile f. cloth toit m. roof

tombant adj. falling; à la nuit —e at nightfall

tombe f. tomb

tombée f. fall; — du jour nightfall ton m. tone

tordre to twist, to wrench

torpeur f. torpor

tortiller to twist

torturer to torture

tôt adv. early, soon; plus — sooner; le plus — possible as soon as possible

toucher to touch; — à to reach touffu, -e leafy, thick

tour m. turn, trick; — de force gymnastic trick

tourbillon m. whirlwind tourelle f. turret tournée f. turn, round

tourner, se tourner to turn; — sur lui-même to turn quickly, to rush about; faire — to turn

tout (toute, tous, toutes) all, every, very; pas or point du — not at all; — à fait completely; — en marchant while walking

se tracasser to worry, to stew trace f. trace, footprint

train m. train; — de secours wrecktrain

traînard, -e drawling

traînée f. trail

traîner to drag, to carry along; se — to stumble along

traiter (de) to treat (as), to call

trajet m. trip, journey

tranquillement tranquilly, quietly

travail, -aux m. work; en — hard at work

travers m. breadth, side; à — across; au — de through; en — (de) across

traverser to cross

trèfle m. clover

tremblant, -e trembling trembler to tremble

trembloter to tremble, to shiver se trémousser to frisk

trempé, -e soaked, wet

tremper to dip, to soak; se — to dip, to bathe; — la soupe to mix bread with soup

trente thirty

trépidation f. jar, shaking

tressaillir to give a start, to tremble

trinquer to clink glasses

tristesse f. sadness, sorrow

troisième third

trompé, -e tricked

tromper to deceive, to muddle; se — to be mistaken

trot m. trot; au — de drawn by; au grand — at a gallop

trotter to trot; — court to take short steps

trou m. hole, depression; faire un —, fam. to make a hole (to take a nip)

troublé, -e disturbed, troubled, touched

troubler to trouble, to disturb se trouver to be

truite f. trout

tubercule m. tuber (potato)

tuer to kill

tueur m. slayer; — d'hommes mankiller

tumultueux, -se tumultuous, riotous se tut p. abs. of se taire to be silent type m. type, unusual character

U uhlan m. uhlan-(German lancer)

vache f. cow

vaciller to reel, to stagger vague f. wave, surge

vaillant, -e hearty

vaincre to conquer

vaincu, -e conquered, overcome

vaisselle f. plates and dishes; eau de — dishwater

val m. vale

valet m. farm-servant vallée f. valley vallon m. valley

valoir to be worth; — mieux to be worth more; nous valons mieux que ça we’re used to something better

vapeur f. vapor, fog

vaporeux, -se light .

varié, -e varied

vase m. vessel, dish

vase f. slimy mud

vécu p. part. of vivre to he

veille f. previous day or evening, eve veiller to watch; — sur to watch over veine f. vein

vendre to sell se venger (de) to take vengeance venir to come; — de<+inf. to have

just+p. part s’en — to come along; s’en — tomber to come tumbling down; faire — to send for

ventre m. stomach

ventru, -e corpulent, round

venu p. part of venir to come

verdâtre greenish

vérifier to verify

vérité f. truth

verre m. glass; un petit — a little glass (of liquor), a liquor glass

verrou ”. bolt

verser to pour out

vert, -e green

vertigineux, -se giddy

vertu f. virtue, power

vertueux, -se virtuous

veste f. jacket

vêtement m. garment (coat); — de nuit night covering

vêtu, -e (de) dressed (in)

veux pres. ind. of vouloir to wish, to want

vibrant, -e strident, vibrating

vice m. evil

victorieux, -se victorious

vide m. empty space, emptiness

vide empty

vider to empty

vieillard m. old man

vieille f. old woman

vieillir to grow old, to grow older, to make old

viendrez fut. of venir to come

vierge virginal, pure

vieux m. old man

vieux, vieil, vieille, vieilles adj. old

vi-f, -ve lively, living, keen

vigueur f. vigor

vigne f. vineyard

vin m. wine; — pur wine without water

vingt twenty

vint p. abs. of venir to come

vis-à-vis m. person opposite; faire — .

to be opposite

visage m. face; en plein — full in the face

vit p. abs. of voir to see

vitre f. window; — de derrière rear window

vivant m. a living person; les —s the living

vivant, -e living

vivement quickly

vivre (de) to live (on)

vivres m. pl. os, rations; deux jours de — two days” rations

v’la=voilà there is, there are

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vociférer to roar

voici prep. here is, here are, it’s this

voie f. track, highway

voilà there is, there are; — que behold; nous — repartis we were off again

voiler to veil, to enshroud

voir to see; se — appellé to be called upon

voisin m. neighbor

voisin, -e neighboring

voiture f. carriage, vehicle, cart; en — all aboard, — de charbon coal-cart

voix f. voice; à — basse in a low voice

volant m. wheel (of a machine)

vol-au-vent m. hot meat-pie

volé, -e robbed, stolen

volée f. flight; à toute — in full swing

voler to fly; — en morceaux to fly to pieces

volontiers adv. gladly, willingly voltiger to float, to hover

volupté f. pleasure, delight

vouloir to wish, to want; — bien to

be good enough to, to be willing; — dire to mean

voyage m. journey voyageur m. traveler vrille f. gimlet, drill vue f. sight, view

W wagon M”. coach, car

Y yeux m. ol. of œil eves

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