Pater : 'Our Father ' ; the Lord' s Frayer
117.6. sur la Montagne: The allusion is to the Sermon on the Mount.
VOCABULARY
Those words are omitted which are of common occurrence.
abattre, to fell. un abbé, priest ; abbot.
un abîme, abyss.
aboutir, to lead to ; end in.
abréger, to eut short, un abreuvoir, drinking-trough.
abruti, coarse, rough, degraded.
l'absinthe (/.), absinth, wormwood, bitters.
absorber, to drink.
accabler, to overwhelm, l'accaparement (m.), monopoly, cornering, un accapareur, monopolist, one who corners a commodity.
accommoder, to arrange ; re-establish order among ; prépare, accourir, to hasten up.
accrocher, to fasten, hang up.
s'accrocher, to hold on, catch
hold.
s'accroupir, to crouch, squat, accueillir, to greet, wel-
come.
acharné, fierce, pitiless.
achever, to complète, carry out.
un acrostiche, acrostic.
actuel, présent, adipeux, adipose.
admettre, to allow, admit.
une administration, board of management, s'adosser, to lean with one' s back toward.
adoucir, to soft en. aérien, aerial.
s'affaiblir, to grow weak or faint.
un affamé, a starving man.
affectueux, affectionate, kindly.
une affiche, poster, notice, affolé, in a panic.
affreux, horrible, hideous, frightful.
s'agenouiller, to kneel, un agent, policeman.
agir, to act.
s'agir de, to be a question of.
agreste, agrarian, rustic.
ahuri, bewildered.
un aide, assistant ; labourer, une aïeule, grandmother.
un aigle, eagle.
ailleurs, elsewhere.
d'ailleurs, moreover.
ainsi de suite, and so on.
un air, air, manner; le grand air, open air.
l'aisance (/.), comfort, pros-
perity, l'aise (/.), ease ; gladness.
ajouter, to add.
d'alentour, about, in the neighbourhood.
VOCABULARY
les alentours (m.), neighbourhood.
une alerte, alarm. un aliment, article of food.
s'aliter, to take to one's
bed.
l'allégresse (/.), mirth, jollity, merriment.
allez ! take my word for it !
I can tell you ! Go along !
allonger, to extend, prolong.
allons ! corne along ! go
along !
allumer, to light, kindle.
une allumette, match, une allure, gait, pace ; bearing.
s'alourdir, to grow heavy or dull.
une amande, almond ; en amande, almond-sliaped.
une amazone, amazon.
une âme, soûl.
amener, to bring ; draw.
amer, bitter.
ameubler, to furnish, amical, friendly.
s'amonceler, to be piled up.
l'amour {m.), love, amoureux, in love, lovesick ; amorous.
un amoureux, lover, un ancien, an old soldier.
une angoisse, anxiety, anguish.
une antithèse, contrast.
un apaisement, calm ; sédative or soothing quality.
apercevoir, to perceive, observe.
s'apercevoir, to notice, observe, apitoyer, to excite pity.
une apostrophe, greeting.
un appartement, flat, suite of
rooms.
un appel, call ; roU-call.
appeler, to call ; s'appeler, to be called.
apprécier, to estimate, ap-
preciate.
apprendre, to learn ; teach.
un apprenti, apprentice.
un apprentissage, apprenticeship.
appuyer, to lean ; support ;
stress, emphasize.
âpre, harsh ; fierce ; severe.
d'après, from, after, according to.
une araignée, spider.
un arbre, tree, un archipel, archipelago.
l'argot (m.), cant, slang, jargon, armorié, decorated with
armoriai bearings.
arracher, to tear ofi ; snatch ; strip ofî ; extract.
arrêter, to stop ; arrest.
une arrière-boutique, back-shop.
un as [a;s], ace.
les asperges (/.), asparagus, un assassinat, murder.
un assaut, assault.
une assiette, plate.
assigner, to indicate, assign, summon.
une association, partnership.
un associé, partner.
assombrir, to darken.
s'assombrir, to grow dark.
assommer, to fell, knock
down.
astiquer, to polish.
un astre, star, heavenly body.
un atelier, workshop ; studio, un athée, atheist.
atone, lifeless, that has lost
ail tone.
atroce, terrible, frightful.
s'attabler, to sit down to table, attacher, to fasten ; hang up.
attendri, moved ; soft,
afïectionate.
attendrir, to touch, move.
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un attendrissement, emoLion, tenderness.
attendu que, seeing that.
attention ! look out ! let us
be careful !
atténuer, to mitigate, palliate.
un attirail, apparatus, parapliernalia.
attirer, to attract.
un attrait, attraction, attrayant, attractive, une aubaine, windfall.
une aube, dawn.
une auberge, inn, tavern.
un auditeur, hearer, listener.
un auditoire, audience, une aumône, alms.
auprès de, beside, near, at, with, in comparison witli.
une aurore, dawn.
aussi (at beginning of sentence), so, therefore, accordingly.
d'autant plus que, ail the more because.
un autel, altar.
autour de, round, about.
un Auvergnat, native of Auvergne.
d'avance, beforehand.
une avant-scène, stage-box ; proscenium, un avancement, promotion.
avare, miserly.
un avare, miser, un avenir, future, un aventurier, adventurer.
aveugle, blind.
avide, greedy, eager.
un avis, opinion ; notice ; advice.
l'avoine (/.), oats.
avouer, to admit, confess.
Babel =tour de Babel, le badaud, idler, onlooker.
badigeonner, to (wliite)wash.
le bagne. See note 3 to page
se baigner, to bathe.
baiser, to kiss.
le baiser, kiss.
baisser, to lower.
se baisser, to stoop.
le bal, bail, dance ; dancinghall.
la balançoire, swing.
balayer, to sweep, sweep away.
le baliveau, staddle, a tree left standing when the wood in its neighbourhood is eut down.
ballant, swinging, hanging limply.
la balle, bullet ; bail.
le bambin, baby, young child.
le ban. See note i to page 41 .
la banalité, common-place remark or occurrence.
le banc, bench.
une banderolle, scroll, streamer.
en bandoulière, slung.
la banlieue, suburbs, outskirts.
un banqueroutier, bankrupt.
la banquette, seat, bench.
la barbe, beard.
la barbiche, goatee.
barbu, bearded,
la barrière, barrier, gâte ; part of Paris near the fortifications.
le bas-côté, aisle.
le bâtard, bastard, natural son.
le bâton, stick.
le battement, beating.
bavarder, to chat, chatter.
beau : avoir beau faire, to do in vain, to do however much.
le beau-père, step-father, father-in-law.
le bec, beak ; jet; le bec de gaz, gas-jet.
VOCABULARY
la bedaine, paunch.
bégayer, to stutter, stammer.
la béguine. See note 8 to page
le bénéfice, profit ; benefit (theatrical) .
béni, bénite, blessed, sacred, holy.
le berceau, cradle.
bercer, to rock, le berlingot. See note 8 to
page 21.
la besogne, work, job, task,
bête, stupid.
la bête, beast ; stupid person.
le biberon, feeding-bottle.
le bidon, flask.
le bien, good ; well-being ;
property ; land.
si bien que, so that, with the
resuit that.
le bien-être, comfort, wellbeing.
la bienfaisance, charity ; kind-
ness.
la bière, béer ; bier.
le bienheureux, blessed.
le billard, billiards, billiard-
table.
la bille, bail, marble.
bis, brown.
le bistouri, lancet.
bizarre, odd.
le blanc gras, white paint.
la blancheur, whiteness.
la blanchisseuse, laundress, washerwoman.
blasé, disillusioned.
la blessure, wound, injury.
bleuâtre, bluish.
la blouse, blouse, smock, over-
all.
le bock, glass of béer, boiter, to limp.
boiteux, lame, un bol, bowl.
bondé, packed, full.
le bonheur, happiness, good fortune.
le bonhomme, man, fellow.
le bord, edge, side ; shipboard.
border, to border, edge ; tuck in.
la borne, bound, limit.
borner, to limit, restrict, le bossu, hunchback.
la botte, long-boot ; bunch, bundle; botte à l'écuyère, riding-boot, top-boot.
une bouchée, mouthful.
le bouchon, cork ; gag. See
note 1 3 to page 39.
la boucle, ring ; ringlet.
boucler ses malles, to pack one's trunks.
le boudoir, lady's sitting-
room.
la boue, mud ; fig. gutter.
boueux, muddy.
la bouffée, pufi.
le bouge, hovel.
la bougie, candie, le bouillon, broth.
une boulangerie, baker's shop.
le boulet, cannon-ball.
bouleverser, to overtlirow, upset.
le bouquet, bunch, clump.
bouquiner. See note i to page 58.
le bouquineur, book-lover, patron of the old-bookstalls.
bourgeois. See note 2 to page 1 6 ; en bourgeois, in civilian dress, in ' mufti.' le bourreau, hangman, executioner, bourrer, to fiU, stufî.
la bourse, purse ; exchange.
boursouflé, puffed up, swollen.
le bout, end ; bit.
la bouteille, bottle.
le boutiquier, shop-keeper.
le bouton, button, stud ; handle.
la boutonnière, button-hole.
le boyau, bowel, gut.
la brèche, breach.
bref, short, in short.
la brindille, twig, sprig.
la brosse, brush.
brosser, to brush.
le brosseur, batman.
un brouhaha, uproar, servant.
le brouillard, fog.
le bruit, noise ; report, la brume, mist.
brun, brown.
bruyamment, noisily.
bruyant, noisy.
la bruyère, heath, heather.
la buée, steam, damp air.
la buffleterie, straps.
bucolique, rustic, agricultural.
le bureau, office ; desk.
ça va mieux ! that's better !
le cabaret, inn, tavern.
le cabas, basket (for shopping) .
le cabinet, small room ; private
room ; study.
le cabotin. See note 1 2 to page 5 1 .
cacher, to hide.
le cachet, seal. See note 8
to page 54.
le cadavre, corpse.
le cadet, younger brother.
la cadette, younger sister.
le cadre, list ; permanent
establishment.
la caisse, case ; box ; cash ; pay-desk ; cashier's office, calleux, hard, horny.
la calligraphie, good hand-
writing.
la calotte, skull-cap ; slap.
campagnard, rustic.
la campagne, campaign.
le canard, drake ; lying report. '
la cane, duck.
la candeur, ingenuousness ; simplicity of soûl, candide, frank, open, hearty.
la cantine, canteen, bar.
le canton, subdivision of the arrondissement.
la cape, cloak.
le capitaine, captain.
le caporal, corporal ; common brand of tobacco.
la capote, military overcoat.
le carambolage, cannon (at billiards).
le carcan, p. 23, 1. 29, a worthless old beast.
le carré, square.
le carreau, check ; floor ; tile ;
pane ; diamonds (cards).
carrelé, tiled ; with a stone
floor.
carrément, squarely.
se carrer, to strut.
la carrière, career ; quarry.
le carrosse, carriage.
la carte, map.
le carton, card-board box ; portfolio.
la case, compartment, box, pigeon-hole.
le casernement, quarters.
la casquette, cap.
la cathèdre, teacher's chair.
le cauchemar, nightmare.
la causette, chat, gossip.
céder, to yield, give up.
le ceinturon, belt.
le célibataire, bachelor.
la cellule, cell,
la cendre, ashes.
le cercle, club ; circle.
le cercueil, cofïin,
cérébral, of the brain, cérébral.
cerné, ringed, surrounded.
certes, assuredly.
le cerveau, brain.
VOCABULARY
le cervelas, a short, thick
sausage, le chagrin, grief, sorrow ;
leather (shagreen).
la chaire, master's desk ;
pulpit.
un châle, shawl.
le chalet, cottage, la chaleur, warmth, heat.
la chambrée, quarters, bar-
rack-room ; room full of
men.
le champignon, mushroom.
la chance, hick, fortune.
la chanson, song.
le chantier, works, yard, dockyard ; gardien du chantier,
watchman.
chantonner, to hum.
le chapelet, rosary.
le char, chariot, vehicle.
la charcuterie, méat from the
pork-butcher's.
la charge, load, burden ;
office.
charger, to load ; entrust.
se charger de, to undertake.
la charpente, carpentry, join-
ery work ; frame-work.
charretière (porte), of a size
to let a cart through.
la charrette, cart.
la chartreuse, a liqueur. See
note 4 to p. 94.
la chasse, chase, hunt ; hunt-
ing expédition, chasser, to hunt, drive ;
dismiss.
le châssis, frame.
châtier, to chastise.
chauffer, to warm, heat.
chaussé, shod.
la chaussette, sock.
le chef-d'œuvre, masterpiece.
le chef-lieu, chief town. la cheminée, fireplace, mantel-
piece.
le chenet, fire-dog.
chétif, puny, poor, weakly.
la chevelure, hair, head of
hair.
le chevet, head of the bed,
bedside ; pillow.
le cheveu, hair.
chevroter, to bleat, speak with a quiver in the voice.
la chienne de vie ! what a
dog's life !
le chiffon, rag, bit of stufï.
le chiffre, figure.
chiffonner, to rumple ;
make the worse of wear.
la chimère, chimera, fantastic
form.
le chirurgien, surgeon, le chœur, choir, chorus, le chou, cabbage, le cierge, wax-candle.
la cicatrice, scar.
le cil, eyelash.
la cime, summit.
cirer, to wax, polish.
le cireur, bootblack.
un citadin, citizen.
citer, to quote, mention,
refer to.
clair, clear; light (colour).
le claquement, cracking.
claquer, to crack ; claquer des dents, to chatter with one's teeth.
la clarté, light, brightness.
claudicant, limping.
le client, customer, patient, la clientèle, custom, customers.
cligner, to blink, wink.
clignoter, to blink.
le cloaque, sewer ; under-
world.
le clocher, steeple, spire, la clochette, little bell.
clos, closed, shut ; à nuit close, once night has fallen.
la cocarde, cockade.
le cocher, coachman, driver, la cohue, mob.
la coiffe, cap, head-dress.
coiffé (de), wearing (as headdress).
coiffer, to put on one's head.
le coin, corner, la colère, anger.
collant, tight fitting.
la collecte, collection.
coller, to stick ; (fam.) throw at, confer upon. le collet, collar.
combler, to fill up, over-
whelm.
comestible, edible, eatable.
le commandant, commander, major, comme, as, like ; often means 'a sort of,' 'as it were'; comme de juste, as was only right, in the good old way.
la commère, wife, old wife, gossip ; dowdy.
commode, convenient, comfortable.
la commode, chest of drawers.
communicatif, catching.
la compagne, companion.
la complaisance, on p. 88, 1. 3,
concession, le complice, accomplice.
comprimer, to repress.
le compte, account ; sur mon
compte, abùut myself.
le comptoir, counter ; office ;
bar.
le (la) concierge, porter, doorkeeper.
conclure, to conclude, settle.
le condamné, convict.
la conduitç, conduct.
la confiance, confidence.
confier, to entrust.
la confrérie, brotherhood, sisterhood.
confus, confused, mixed, mingled, hazy ; embarrassed.
le congé, leave, dismissal, dis-i
charge. ]
congrument, appropriately. \
la connaissance, acquaintance,!
knowledge. \
connut, got to know, becamel
acquainted with. ;
conquérir, to gain, conquer.i
consacrer, to dévote. ;
de conserve, preserved ; inl
Company. j
conserver, to préserve. ]
la considération, respect, près-]
tige, standing. ;
le consommateur, customer. |
la consommation, consump-|
tion, drink ordered andi
consumed on the pre-«
mises. |
constater, to observe, note|
or state a fact. i
contemporain, contempor- 1
ary.
contenir, to contain, re-, strain, check.
la contre-basse, double-bass.
le contre-vent, shutter.
convaincre, to convince.
les convenances, propriety ; à sa convenance, to his mind.
convenir, to agrée ; suit, convenu, agreed ; a bargain.
le convoi, procession, train, le copiste, an artist who lives by copying pictures.
coquet, coquette, dandy, j Smart, etc. See note 4 j to page 53. j
le coquillage, shell, shell-fish. \ shell-work. i
un coquin, knave, scoundrel.
le corbillard, hearse. j
le cordage, ropes. • \
la corde, rope, string. ;
la cordillère, mountain-range. \ une cornette, cornet; cap, j coif. i
la correctionnelle,z.(î. police cor- I rectionelle, police-court. \
VOCABULARY
corrompre, to corrupt.
de côté, sidelong ; aside. du côté de, in the direction of .
le coteau, slope.
la côtelette, cutlet, chop.
le cou, neck.
le couchant, west, western
sky.
en couches, in childbed.
le coude, elbow.
coudre, to sew.
couler, to flow.
la coulisse, green-room, wings.
See note 10 to page 55.
un coup, blow, stroke, kick, trick; tout à {or d'un) coup, suddenly; coup de poing, blow ; coup de feu, shot ; à coup sûr, assuredly.
courbé, bent, bowed.
la couronne, crown.
couronner, to crown, surmount.
le cours, course, class, lecture,
rate, price.
la course, race, run, walk, progress, errand.
coûteux, costly, expensive, la couturière, sempstress,
dressmaker.
le couvent, couvent, le couvert, place set for one person ; knife, fork, spoon, etc ; mettre le couvert, to set the table, la couverture, blanket, covering, cover.
couvrir, to cover.
le crachat, spittle.
la crainte, fear.
craintif, timid.
le crâne, skuU ; une crâne idée, a tip-top idea.
crasseux, filthy, sordid.
la cravache, switch.
le crépuscule, twilight.
creuser, to dig, hollow out.
un crève-cœur, heart-break.
crever, to burst, make holes in; to die (of beasts).
criard, squalling, shrill.
cribler, to riddle, la crise, crisis.
crispé, shrivelled, drawn.
croiser, to cross ; to meet and pass.
croître, to grow.
la croix, cross, le croque-mort, undertaker.
la croupe, hind-quarters.
une croûte, crust.
le croûton, big crust.
cru, raw, harsh ; crude.
la cruauté, cruelty.
la crue, flood (of rivers).
crûment, bluntly, crudely.
le cuir, leather ; cuir verni, patent leather.
cuirassé, iron-bound, armour-clad.
la cuisse, thigh.
le cuivre, copper, brass.
le cul-de-sac, blind alley.
la culotte, breeches. le cultivateur, farmer.
le curé, vicar, parish-priest,
priest.
la cuvette, bowl, basin.
daigner, to condescend, davantage, more, se débander, to become disbanded, fall into disorder, se débarrasser, to get rid (of).
se débattre, to struggle.
débile, feeble, weakly.
déborder, to overflow.
déboucher, to open, uncork.
debout, on end, upright, erect ; se tenir debout, to stand, exist.
débris, rubbish, fragments, le début, beginning, first appearance.
débuter, t o make a beginning.
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déchirer, to tear, rend, décidément, assuredly, cer-
tainly.
décider, to décide ; persuade.
décorer, to decorate ; award or attach a military décoration, se découper, to stand ont.
décrire, to describe.
décrocher, to get, obtain, lit. to unhook, pull down (an object competed for).
dédier, to dedicate.
la défaillance, weakness. la défaite, defeat.
défendre, to forbid.
le défilé, procession, filing past.
défiler, to pass along, pass
by.
définitif, final, en définitive, to sum up, to corne down to exact terms.
défoncé, eut up (of roads).
dégager, to set free ; redeem.
se dégager, to get out, become disengaged, get clear.
dégoûtant, disgusting.
se dégoûter, to become disgusted, lose taste for.
dégringoler, to tumble
down, slide down.
déguenillé, ragged.
le déjeuner, lunch, breakfast.
délayer, to dilute, wash out.
les délices (/.), delight, rapture, pleasure.
délicieusement, delightfully.
le délire, delirium.
la demande, request ; demand ; order.
démasquer, to unmask.
déménager, to remove, Ait.
en la demeure, p. 113, 1. i, in delay.
la démission, résignation, dénicher, to discover, find, pick up.
dénoncer, to denounce, be- \ tray. |
le dénouement, unravelling of | a plot, conclusion of a ] play. \
la denrée, commodity. \
la dentelle, lace. l
la dépense, expenditure. ,^
dépensier, extravagant. |
déployer, to display. ]
déposer, to lay down. !
dépouiller, to despoil, strip. :
dès, from, as early as, no ; later than. |
dès lors, from that time. ; se désennuyer, to amuse oneself.
désert, deserted, quiet, désespéré, desperate ; heart-
broken.
déshonorer, to disfigure, dis-
honour.
désormais, henceforth.
se dessiner, to stand out, be in
relief. 1
la destinée, fate, lot. \
le détenu, prisoner. j
détourner, to turn, turn j
aside. |
la dette, debt. f
le deuil, mourning, grief. |
dévaliser, to rob. |
deviner, to guess. ''
le dévot, pious or ultra-pious
person.
la dévotion, piety.
dévouer, to dévote. |
la diligence, diligence ; stage- 1
coach. I
dire que, p. 96, 1. 18, to*
think that. |
le directeur, manager. |
le discours, speech ; talk. 1
la disette, famine. |
disposer, to incline ; to set |
down, arrange; disposer!
de, to hâve at one's dis-l
posai ; se disposer (à), to|
prépare, be about to.
VOCABULARY
dissimulé, concealed.
la distraction, amusement, diversion ; absence of mind ; inattention, distraire, to distract, divert,
amuse, distrait, absent-minded, inattentive, dites donc ! I say !
le divan, sofa, couch, divan, une dizaine, ten, some ten.
le dogue, any big, fierce-looking, smooth-haired dog ; bulldog, mastiff, etc.
le doigt, finger ; montrer du
doigt, to point out.
le domaine de chasse, hunting estate.
doré, gilded.
le dortoir, dormitory, la dorure, gilt, gilding, gold
braid.
le dos, back.
le dossier. See n. 7 to p. 39.
la douane, customs.
le douanier, customs officer.
doucement, gently, softly, la douceur, sweetness ; mildness of disposition ; gratification.
doué, endowed.
douillettement, softly, cosily, comfortably.
la douleur, pain.
douloureux, painful.
douter, to doubt.
se douter, to suspect.
doux, sweet, gentle, mild, pleasant, le drap, cloth, sheet.
dresser, to draw up (a list) ; set up ; train, se dresser, to draw oneself up.
droit, right, straight, direct, upright.
le droit, right ; law ; duty.
les droites, 1. 2, p. 60, (the party of ) the right.
drôle, funny, comical.
le drôle, blackguard.
dru, thick, close ; heavy.
la duègne. See n. 3 to p. 53.
dur, hard, hardy.
durer, to last.
la dureté, hardness.
l'eau-de-vie (/.), brandy, ébaucher, to sketch, un ébéniste, cabinet-maker.
éblouissant, dazzling.
écarter, to remove, brush aside.
un échafaud, scafEold.
échanger, to exchange, échapper, to escape.
échauffant, heating.
s'échauffer, to get heated,
hot-headed.
l'échéance (/.), date when a payment falls due ; à brève échéance, within a very short time.
une échelle, ladder, scale.
un éclair, flash.
éclairer, to light, illumine, un éclat, burst ; splinter ; explosion ; brilliance. éclatant, brilliant, striking.
éclater, to burst, break out.
éclore, to hatch, come out.
l'écorce (/.), bark, s'écouler, to pass, elapse.
écraser, to crush, une écriture, writing.
un écu, shield, arms, crown (coin with shield) .
une écurie, stable.
écussonné, adorned with escutcheons, métal plates, à l'écuyère, riding (boots).
édenté, toothless.
un édifice, building, érection, effectivement, actually, as a matter of fact.
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en effet, indeed, as a matter of fact.
une effraction, house-breaking.
effrayant, terrifying, fright-
ful.
effrayer, to terrify.
effroyable, frightful.
égal, equal, ail the same.
une église, church.
l'égoïsme (m.), selfishness.
un égout, sewer, sink.
égratigner, to scratch.
une égratignure, a scratch.
s'élancer, to rush forward.
l'élévation (/.), élévation of the host (page 56, 1. 11).
élever, to bring up, rear.
un éleveur, breeder.
s'éloigner, to go away. s'émailler, to be gay, bright ; lit. to be enamelled.
un embarras, embarrassment, fix, dilemma.
embaucher, to enter on list
of employées, engage, embaumer, to exhale sweet fragrance, to perfume.
un embranchement, branch ; emb. de chemin de fef, branch-line.
embrasser, to kiss.
emmailloter, to wrap in
swaddling clothes.
emmener, to lead away,
take away.
emmitoufler, to mufïie, wrap
up.
émouvoir, to move, touch.
empanaché, decked with
plumes.
empêcher, to prevent.
une emphase, emphasis, en-
thusiasm.
une emplette, purchase.
un emploi, office ; post ; part, rôle ; capacity, empoigner, to seize, grip.
empoisonner, to poison, emporter, to carry ofî.
un emprunt, borrowing.
emprunter, to borrow.
ému, moved ; moving,
touching.
encadrer, to frame, surround, l'encens {m.), incense.
enchanté, delighted, une encoche, notch, dent, une encolure. See note 6 to page 54.
encombrer, to crowd.
endurci, hardened, une enfance, childhood.
un enfant, child ; man ; bon
enfant, good-natured.
un enfantillage, childishness.
enfantin, childish ; childlike.
un enfer, hell.
enfermer, to shut up, enclose, enfiler, to thread ; put on, s'enflammer, to catch fire.
s'enfoncer, to plunge.
enfouir, to bury, s'enfuir, to flee.
un engagé, volunteer, voluntary recruit.
engager, to induce, engage ; enter upon, s'engager, to enlist ; turn down (a street), enivré, intoxicated, enlever, to carry off, re-
move.
enluminé, coloured, illviminated.
l'ennui {m.), boredom, weariness, worry ; trouble, enroué, hoarse, un enregistrement, registratiti^ register.
une enseigne, shop-sign, sign.
un enseignement, teaching.
s'entendre, to come to an
understanding.
s'entendre à (en), to know ail about it.
VOCABULARY
entendu, understood, agreed; bien entendu, of course, un enterrement, burial.
entraînant, seductive.
entraîner, to drag olï, lead,
carry away ; train, entre-bâiller, to open a little, hold ajar, un entrepreneur, contractor.
une entreprise, venture, concern.
un entretien, maintenance ; intercourse ; conversation, entrevoir, to catch a glimpse
of.
envahir, to invade.
une envie, désire ; envy.
s'épanouir, to blossom, open out, expand.
une épargne, savings.
épargner, to save, spare, economize.
une épaule, shoulder.
un épi, ear of corn, un épicier, grocer.
une épingle, pin.
une époque, period, âge, time.
épouvantable, frightful, terrible, une épouvante, terror.
épouvanter, to strike with
terror.
éprouver, to expérience, to
feel ; to try, to test.
épuiser, to exhaust.
un équipage, carriage.
éraillé, hoarse ; frayed.
éreinté, worn out, washed
out, exhaust éd.
errer, to wander about, une escalade, climbing of walls.
un escalier, a staircase.
une espérance, hope.
essoufflé, out of breath.
essuyer, to wipe, rub out ; endure, sufïer.
un estaminet, bar, public -
bouse, un estomac, stomach.
estropier, to maim ; murder (a language).
une étable, byre, cow-house.
établir, to set up, establish.
s'établir, to settle, set up as.
un étage, story, fiât, un étalage, display, shop-front, stall.
l'étain (m.), tin, pewter.
un état, state ; condition ; position ; calling.
éteindre, to extinguish.
étinceler, to sparkle.
une étincelle, spark.
une étiquette, label, une étoile, star, un étonnement, surprise, astonishment.
étouffer, to stifle, choke.
l'étoupe (/.), tow ; stufïing (page 38, 1. 20).
étourdi, stunned ; giddy,
thoughtless.
étranger, foreign, strange.
étrangler, to strangle.
un être, being, créature, en être à, to hâve got the length of, to be at.
étroit, narrow, cramped.
une étude, study, lawyer's office ; salle d'étude, school-room.
un étui, box, case, un évangile, gospel.
éveiller, to awaken ; éveillé
en sursaut, waking up
with a start, starting up.
éventrer, to rip up, dis-
embowel.
évoquer, to call up.
exciter, to stimulate, excite, stir up.
un exemplaire, copy.
un exemple, example, copy ; par exemple, I must say ; well, I never ; upon my word ; for example, exempt de, free from ; not marked by.
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exhaler, to breathe out. s'exhaler, to arise.
exiger, to require, exact,
demand.
expédier, to dispatch, send
off.
expier, to atone.
expliquer, to explain.
exploiter, to work {trans.) ;
work unfairly, exploit, exquis, delightful, charming.
par extraordinaire, exception-
ally, contrary to custom.
fabriquer, to manufacture, se fâcher, to get angry.
d'en face, opposite.
fâché, sorry ; angry.
de faction, on guard, detailed for guard.
fade, insipid, la faiblesse, weakness.
faillir, to f ail ; faillir faire, to ail but do.
la faillite, failure, bankruptcy.
falloir, to be necessary, to be lacking.
se faner, to wither, fade, le fantassin, infantryman.
un fantôme, ghost.
la farine, fiour.
farouche, wild, timid.
le faste, pomp ; show ; splendour.
fastidieux, insipid, wearisome.
le faubourg. See n. 6 to p. 17.
le fauteuil, arm-chair. fauve, tawny, tan.
un faux-fuyant, subterfuge.
le favori, favourite.
les favoris (m.), whiskers.
la féerie, fairyland, fairy world.
feindre, to feign.
fêlé, cracked.
ferme, firm, solid ; {as adv.)
hard, properly.
féroce, fierce, savage.
la ferraille, iron, iron goods, old
iron.
le feu d'artifice, fire-works.
la feuille, leaf ; page ; sheet ; newspaper.
feuille de punitions, conduct-sheet.
le feuilleton, sériai story. See note 6 to page 55. Page 86, 1. 29, instalment, number.
le feutre, felt, felt hat.
le fiacre, cab.
ficeler, to tie with string.
le fichu, scarf.
fier, proud, haughty.
la fièvre, fever.
le fiévreux, a fever patient, se figurer, to imagine, le fil, thread ; wire.
filer, to thread ; make off.
le filet, net ; un coup de filet, a cast of the net, police raid, la fillette, little girl.
fin, délicate ; refîned ; shrewd, sly.
le flacon, bottle, phial,
flamber, to flame, burn,
'- glitter.
flamboyant. See note 4 to
page 2 1 .
flamboyer, to flame, blaze.
flâner, to saunter, idle.
le flâneur, saunterer, stroUer, idler.
flanquer (fam.), to throw, put, give, deliver.
le fléau, fiail, scourge.
la flétrissure, stain, brand,
stigma.
le fleuret, foil.
fleurir, to bloom ; adorn.
la fleuriste, florist.
le flocon, flake.
la foire, fair.
VOCABULARY
à la fois, at one and the same time.
la folie, madness.
foncé, dark (of colour).
le fonctionnaire, officiai, le fond, bottom ; depth ;
background, le fondement, foundation.
le fonds, fund, store, stock ; business.
fondre, to melt ; swoop.
le forçat, convict.
le forcené, madman.
le fossé, ditch.
le fouet, whip.
fouiller, to search ; rummage.
le four, oven, bakehouse.
le four à chaux, limekiln.
la fourche, pitclifork.
la fourmilière, ant-heap.
le fourniment. Page 68, 1. i, the whole fit-out, ail the paraphernalia.
fournir, to supply.
fourrer, to stuÊE ; put in ; shove ; un pain fourré de, etc., sandwich, la fourrure, fur.
le foyer, hearth, home, fire-
side.
le frais, cool ; prendre le frais, to enjoy the cool of the evening.
les frais (m.), expense(s).
franchement, frankly.
franchir, to step across, pass.
frangé, fringed.
frémir, to shudder.
la frénésie, frenzy, madness, frileux, chilly, sensitive to
cold.
friser, to skirt, edge, surround, form a fringe.
se friser, to curl one' s hair.
le frisson, shudder, shiver :
tremor.
frissonner, to shudder.
frivole, frivolous, trifiing.
le fromage, cheese.
le froment, wheat.
le front, forehead.
frotter, to rub, scrape, strike (a match).
fugitif, fleeting.
fuir, to flee, avoid, shun.
fulgurant, flashing.
fumant, smoking, steaming.
fumer, to smoke, steam.
le fumier, dung-heap.
funèbre, funereal.
la fureur, rage, fury, impetu-
osity.
le fusil, rifle, le fusilier, rifleman.
fuyant, fugitive.
gager, to wager, bet.
gagner, to win ; earn ; win over.
un gaillard, fellow.
galamment, politely.
la gale, mange, le galetas, garret, hovel.
le galon, stripe, badge, le galop, gallop ; au grand
galop, at full speed.
le galopin, youngster, urchin,
rascal.
le gamin, boy, urchin.
la gamine, girl, wench.
ganté, gloved.
le garçon, boy ; bachelor ;
man ; waiter.
la garde-malade, nurse, la garde-robe, wardrobe.
la gargote, eating-house.
un garnement, rascal.
garnir, to furnish, fit., supply, adorn.
la garnison, garrison, garnisonner, to be in garrison.
le gâteau, cake.
gauchement, awkwardly.
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une gaule, pôle, stick, switch.
le gazouillis, twittering, singing of birds.
geler, to freeze.
gémir, to groan.
la gendarmerie, (horse and f oot)
police, la gêne, impecuniosity, embar-
rassment.
le genre, kind, sort, genus.
les gens [m.), people, folks, gentil, nice ; delightful.
le gentilhomme, nobleman;
well-bred man.
la gérance, management, une gerbe, sheaf, bunch.
gérer, to manage, la giberne, cartridge-box.
le gigot, leg of mutton. le gilet, waistcoat.
la glace, ice, mirror.
glacer, to freeze.
glisser, to glide, slip, slide.
goguenard, given to joking, waggish.
la gorge, thuoat ; bust ; gorge.
une gorgée, gulp, swallow, mouthful.
le gosse, youngster.
le gouffre, gulf, abyss.
gourd, numb.
le goût, taste ; se prendre de goût pour, to take a liking for.
la goutte, drop ; dram.
grâce à, thanks to.
le grade, rank.
le gradé, (non-commissioned)
offtcer.
le gradin, tier.
la graisse, fat.
le Grand d'Espagne, Spanish
grandee.
la grand' garde, main-guard.
grandir, to grow up, grow.
la grand' messe, High Mass.
gras, fat, greasy, thick ; blanc gras, paint (for face) .
gratter, to scratch, scrape.
gravir, to ascend.
un gredin, blackguard.
le grelot, bell.
la grêle, bail.
grelotter, to shiver.
grignoter, to nibble.
la grille, railing, grating, grate.
grincer, to grate. gris, grey ; drunk.
la grippe, whim ; influenza ; prendre en grippe=to take a dislike to.
grommeler, to growl ;
mutter ; grumble.
gros, big ; coarse.
grossier, coarse.
grouiller, to swarm.
guérir, to cure, la guérite. See n. 2 to p. 107.
la guerre, war.
la guêtre, gaiter.
la gueule, mouth, jaws (beast).
le gueux, beggar.
le guichet, wicket ; little window (as at a pay-box).
le guignol. Punch and Judy
show, la guinguette, inn, tavern.
(Words beginning with ' h \ aspirée ' are indicated by ■ anasterisk.) j
un habit, coat, dress-coat. ]
un habitant, inhabitant. :
une habitude, habit. \
un habitué, a regular fre- \
quenter. ;
s'habituer, to get accustomed. s
♦hacher, to chop up, eut j
to pièces. 1
♦haineux, hateful. i
le ♦hâle, sunburn, tan. \
♦hâlé, sunburnt, weather- ;
beaten. ^
♦haleter, to pant, l
VOCABULARY
le ♦hanneton, may-bug.
les *hardes(/.), clothes, apparel, la *hâte, haste.
♦hâter, to hasten {trans.).
se ♦hâter, to make haste.
♦hausser, to rise (of priées).
♦heurter, to strike, knock.
le ♦hibou, owl.
l'hirondelle (/.), swallow.
*hisser, to hoist.
honnête, honest, honour-
able, respectable.
honorable, respectable, honourable.
la *honte, shame.
^honteux, ashamed.
une horloge, clock.
horrifique, hair-raising.
un hospice, workhouse ; found-
lings' home, un hôtel, hôtel ; mansion ;
public building, un hôtelier, host ; lodging-
house keeper.
un huissier-priseur, auctioneer, his assistant.
humide, moist.
une humeur, humour, illhumour.
♦hurler, to howl.
un if, yew.
ignorer, not to know, to be ignorant of .
un îlot, islet.
imberbe, beardless.
immatriculer, to enter
{trans.), to put in.
immoler, to sacrifice, immuable, unchanging, eternal.
une impériale, outside, top.
n'importe, no matter, it does not matter.
importer, to matter, be of conséquence.
importun, importunate, un-
timely.
importuner, to importune, pester, s'imposer, to become pressing, inévitable, imprévu, unforeseen.
imprimer, to print.
une imprimerie, printing-house, press.
l'impuissance (/.), impotence, impuissant, powerless.
inattendu, unexpected.
incarcéré, imprisoned.
incendier, to inflarae, set
on fire.
incliner, to tilt, slope.
un inculpé, accused.
un index, forefinger.
un individu, person, individu-
ality.
un indigène, native, indigné, angry.
l'indiscipline (/.), insubordination.
indomptable, indomit^ble.
infâme, base, scandalous,
infamous.
infime, minute.
l'infini {m.), infinité, infinity.
un infirme, a maimed or invalid
person.
un infirmier, hospital attendant, infliger, to inflict.
une infortune, misfortune.
un ingénieur, engineer.
une ingénue, a simple, artless
maiden.
une ingénuité. See note 4 to page 53un in-octavo, octavo volume, inquiétant, disquieting,
alarming.
inquiéter, to disturb.
s'inquiéter, to trouble oneself, worry une inquiétude, anxiety.
installé, settled ; pcrman ently résident.
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s'installer, to settle ; sit down.
une instruction, learning; éducation ; instruction.
l'Instruction Publique, the Education Department, une intelligence, understanding.
interdire, to forbid.
interdit, taken aback.
un intérieur, home, interior.
l'Intérieur, Home Office, interrompre, to interrupt.
intervenir, to intervene.
invalide, not strong, disabled.
un invalide, ex-service man, pensioner.
invraisemblable, improbable, irrité, angry.
isolé, alone, lone ; depending on one's own efforts, un ivrogne, drunkard.
jadis, of old, formerly, of
yore.
jaillir, to spout, burst forth.
la jambe, leg.
jaunir, to turn yellow.
le jeu, game ; play ; gambling.
joindre, to join ; add to.
joncher, to strew, litter. la joue, cheek.
jouer, to gamble ; speculate.
le jouet, toy.
jouir de, to enjoy.
le jour, day ; light ; life ; faire jour, to be da}^light ; voir le jour, to be born ; à jour, showing the daylight through, i.e.
with perforated or open work ; de jour en jour, from day to day.
joyeux, merry, joyous, gay,
cheerful.
judicieux, judicious.
juger, to judge, conclude, opine, la juive, Jewess.
la jument, mare, la jupe, skirt.
le jupon, petticoat.
jurer, to swear.
le juron, oath.
jusqu'à, even ; till.
juste, just, exact, précise ; safe ; (tout) juste, exactly, just enough and no more, justement, just, just as it happened.
le képi, military peaked cap.
le kirsch, cherry-brandy.
le labeur, toil.
laborieux. Page 113, U 5, working.
le labourage, ploughing.
lâche, base, cowardly.
lâcher, to lot go, undo, drop ; let loose ; abandon .
la lacune, gap, blank.
la laideur, ugliness.
la laine, wool.
le lainage, woollen (shawl).
la laiterie, dairy.
le lambeau, fragment, rag.
le lancier, lancer, la lanterne, street-lamp.
le lapin, rabbit ; fellow.
large, broad, wide, spacious; generous.
las, weary.
le lavoir, public washhouse ; laundry.
VOCABULARY
le lendemain, the next day.
lentement, slowly.
la lenteur, slowness, délibération.
lépreux, leprous ; unpleasant-looking.
le levant, east ; eastern sky.
la lévite, long coat. le liard, farthing.
libre, free.
la licence, licence, freedom from restraint.
lié, bound, connected; having struck up an acquaintance.
la lie de vin, wine-lees, of
that colour.
le lignard, soldier of the Une.
la ligne. Une ; fishing-rod.
le lilas, lilac.
le linge, linen.
le lingot, ingot.
la literie, bedding; bed-
clothes.
le litre, litre (measure of béer
or wine) .
le lit, bed.
la livre, pound.
la loge, lodge ; box.
le logis, lodging ; abode.
lointain, distant, remote.
le loisir, leisure.
de long en large, up and down ; tout le long, ail through, ail theway along.
la loque, rag.
lors de, at the time of.
la louche, ladle.
louer, to let ; rent ; hire.
le louis, 20-franc gold pièce.
lourd, heavy.
la loutre, otter, otter-skin.
la lueur, light, gleam, glow.
lugubrement, mournfully.
luire, to shine, gleam. luisant, glossy.
la lutte, struggle.
le lutteur, wrestler.
le luxe, luxury.
macabre, grim, gruesome,
suggestive of death.
machinalement, mechanic-
ally, absently.
mâchonner, to chew.
le maçon, mason.
maçonner, lit. to build up ;
to fix, tie up.
maculer, to soil, spot, mark.
Page 23, 1. 31, to plaster ail over.
le magot, hoard, pile.
maigre, lean, meagre, scanty, poor.
la maigreur, thinness, lean-
ness. '
le maître, master; passé maître, past master.
majestueusement, majestically.
le mal. P. 104, 1. 2, disease.
maladif, sickly, ailing.
maladroit, unskilful, awk-
ward, mâle, vigorous, manly, maie, la malédiction, curse.
le malfaiteur, evil-doer, criminal. malgré, in spite of.
le malheur, misfortune.
la malice, roguishness, archness, sly hit or allusion, malin, sly, cunning, roguish ; clever, sharp. Page 90, 1. 8, difficult, subtle.
la malle, box, trunk.
malpropre, dirty, untidy.
malsain, unhealthy.
la mamelle, breast, le manche, handle.
la manche, sleeve.
le manchon, muff.
le maniement, handling, management.
manier, to handle.
manquer, to miss, fail ; manquer à, to fail in,
to corne short of ; manquer de faire, to ail but do something.
le manteau, mantle, cloak.
le maquillage, making up, paint.
le marbre, marble, marbletop.
le maraîcher, market-gardener.
le marchand, dealer, shopkeeper.
le marchand de tabac, tobacconist.
la marchandise, merchandise.
le marché, market ; bargain.
marcher, to walk ; march ; go ; work.
le maréchal, marshal ; blacksmith.
la mariée, bride.
le marin, seaman.
la marionnette, puppet.
la maritorne. See note 3 to page 24.
marmotter, to mutter.
le marronnier, chestnut-tree.
masser, to massage ; stroke.
le matelas, mattress.
matinal, morning.
maugréer, to ourse, use bad language.
la méchanceté, spiteful talk or act ; slander.
méchant, bad, wicked, spiteful ; poor, wretched.
la mèche, wick.
méconnaissable, unrecogniz-
able.
méfiant, suspicious, distrustful.
se méfier de, to distrust, be on one's guard against.
de même que, just as.
le mémoire, bill, note, mémorandum, menacer, to threaten.
le ménage, home, household, domestic arrangements.
P. 65, 1. 10, partnership ;
faire des ménages, to go out charing.
le mendiant, beggar.
les menottes {/.), handcuiïs.
mentir, to lie, tell lies, le menton, chin,
menu, humble, unpreten-
tious, trifling, petty.
mépriser, to despise.
la mercerie, haberdashery.
le merle, blackbird.
mesquin, poor, mean, petty.
la messe, mass.
le métier, trade, profession ;
loom, frame.
mettre au jour, to bring
forth ; produce, publish
le meuble, article of furniture.
meubler, to furnish.
le meurtre, murder.
la miche, loaf.
mignon, tiny, pretty, little.
la migraine, headache.
le millier, thousand.
mince, slim ; meagre ; thin ; slight.
la mine, mien, air, appearance ; faire mine, to prétend, seem.
la mine de plomb, blacklead.
le ministère, ministry, Government department or office, ministériel, government
{adj.).
minutieux, mmute, careful.
le mioche, youngster.
miroiter, to shimmer, shine.
mis(es). Page 60, 1. 18, and elsewhere, dressed.
la mise en scène, staging, set-
ting. See n. 6 to p. 52.
la misère, poverty ; wretched-
ness ; trouble, la mitraille, machine-gun lire, modique, moderate, modest.
la moelle, marrow ; pith.
moelleux, soft: comfortable ; mellow.
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le moellon, ashlar, small hewn
stone.
les mœurs (/.), manners, cus-
toms, habits, morals.
le moineau, sparrow.
la moisson, harvest.
momentanément, for the
time being.
monologuer, to soliloquize.
montrer le poing, to shake
one's fist.
mordiller, to nibble, bite.
mordre, to bite.
mortuaire, of or connected
with death.
mou, molle, soft, weak, efïeminate.
le mouchard, police spy ;
policeman, la mouche, fly.
le mouchoir, handkerchicf.
mouiller, to wet, soak.
le moule, mould.
la moule, mussel, le moulin, mill.
le mousquetaire, musketeer.
le moyen, means.
moyen-âgeux, médiéval, mugir, to low.
la muraille, wall, walls.
naguère, recently, of late.
naïf, -ve, artless, ingenuous.
la nappe, table-cloth ; slieet
(of water).
natal, native, le naturel, disposition.
naturellement, as a matter
of course.
le naufrage, shipwreck.
navrant, harrowing.
navré, harrowed, grieved,
suffering torments of
grief.
néfaste, disastrous ; fatal ;
unlucky.
le négoce, trade, business, transaction, nettoyer, to clean.
la niaiserie, foolery, trille, le nid, nest.
les nippes (/.), clothes.
Noël (m.), Christmas.
le nœud, knot.
noircir, to blacken.
nomade, nomadic, wander-
ing.
nombreux, numerous.
la nomination, appointment.
le nommé, individual, person
named.
la nonne, nun.
notamment, especially, notably.
la note, bill.
la nourrice, nurse, fostermother ; en nourrice, at nurse, in infancy.
nourrir, to feed, keep, support, le nourrisson, babe (at the breast).
nouvel. Page 105, 1. 18, jusqu'à nouvel accident, till something else should go wrong.
la nouvelle, taie, short story ; pièce of news, nourrir, to feed, support, le noyer, walnut (wood or tree).
nu, naked, bare.
le nuage, cloud.
la nuance, shade.
la nuée, cloud, swarm.
nullement, in no wise, by no means.
la nuque, nape of the neck.
obéissant, obscur,
obedient.
dark, obscure ;
shady ; unknown ; not clear ; doubtful.
obscurcir, to dim, obscure, un obus, shell.
une occasion, bargain.
s'occuper de, to concern oneself with.
odieux, détestable, une œuvre, work.
offenser, to offend, insuit, un office, office ; service, une office, pantry.
offrir, to ofïer ; to stand (a drink) .
une oie, goose.
oisif, leisured, idle.
un oisif, idler, lounger.
ombrager, to shade.
une omoplate, shoulder-blade.
onctueux, oily, unctuous.
un onguent, ointment.
or, now ; well then.
une oraison, prayer ; oration, les ordures (/.), sweepings, filth.
une oreille, ear ; fiap.
un oreiller, pillow.
l'orgueil (m.), pride.
un orme, elm.
orner, to decorate.
une ornière, rut.
un orphelin, orphan.
un osier, willow ; wicker.
s'ossifier, to become bony, ossified.
ôter, to take off, away.
l'ouate (/.), cotton-wool.
ouf ! Oh ! (exclamation of relief) .
un outil, tool.
un ouvrier, workman.
une ouvrière, working woman, seamstress.
le paillasse, clown.
la paillasse, straw-mattress.
la paille, straw ; une chaise de paille, a rush-bottomed chair, pair, even (of numbers).
le pair, peer.
paisible, quiet, peaceable, peaceful.
le paletot-sac, sack-coat.
le palier, landing.
pâlot, rather pale, palpiter, to beat, flap.
le pan, skirt of a coat ; pièce of a wall ; p. 105, 1. 9, patch, le panneau, panel ; decorated
panel, la pantoufle, slipper.
les paperasses (/.), papers, documents, forms.
le paquet, parcel, bundle.
paraître, to appear, seem.
le parapluie, umbrella.
paré, dressed ; decked ;
adorned.
pareil, -lie, such, like,
similar, equal.
parent, related.
entre parenthèses, by the way.
parer, to adorn, deck, embellish, parry ; parer à, to meet (expenses).
paresseux, idle, lazy.
parfait, perfect.
la paroisse, parish ; parish
church.
la part, share ; side ; direction ; nulle part, nowhere ; quelque part, somewhere.
partager, to share.
particulier, peculiar ; private. la partie, part ; game.
partir, to go away ; go off ;
burst out.
parvenir, to arrive ; succeed.
le pas, pace, step ; faire les cent pas, to pace up and down.
au passage, in passing.
VOCABULARY
un passant, passer-by.
le passé, past.
se passer, to pass ; corne to
pass, happen.
se passer de, to do without.
un pâté, pie ; blot ; block of
buildings, la patère, clothes-peg.
le patron, master ; pro-
prietor ; employer, la patronne, mistress.
la paume, palm.
la paupière, eyelid.
la pauvresse, poor woman,
pauper.
le pavé, paving, roadway, Street.
paver, to pave.
le pavillon, block or wing of a building ; pavilion ; ensign.
le paysage, landscape, country-
side.
la peau, skin.
le pécheur, sinner.
le pêcheur, fisher, angler.
peindre, to paint, depict.
la peinture, painting.
la pelisse, cloak, cape, le peloton, platoon.
pendre, to hang, hang up.
pêcher, to fish; pêcher à la ligne, to fish with rod and ^- line, to angle, pénétrer, to go into, enter,
to find one's way into.
péniblement, painfully, with difficulty.
la pension, board ; boardinghouse ; pension.
percer, to pierce, make
holes in.
perdre, to lose ; ruin.
perfide, treacherous.
à perpétuité, for life.
le personnage, person ; char-
acter.
la peste, plague.
le petit nom, Christian name.
le peuplier, poplar.
phénique, carbolic.
le photographe, photographer.
la physionomie, face ; outward appearance.
piauler, to whine, cry.
la pièce, a single spécimen of almost anything ; coin ; document ; room ; play.
les pierreries (/.), precious
stones.
le piéton, foot-passenger.
le pilier, pillar.
le pilon, stump, wooden leg.
le pince-nez, eye-glasses.
le pinson, chaffinch.
la pique, pike.
piquer, to prick ; stick, le pistolet, pistol.
le pitre, clown, la pituite, cough, lit. phlegm.
la place, square ; place ; situation, plaindre, to pity.
se plaindre, to complain.
une plainte, complaint, lamentation, plaire, to please.
la plaisanterie, joke,pleasantry.
la planche, plank ; shelf ; la planche noircie, blackboard.
la planchette, shelf ; desk.
le plastron, shirt-front ; breast-
pad.
le plat, dish.
le platane, plane-tree.
la platée, dishful.
le plateau. P. 90, 1. 24, floor.
le plâtre, plaster.
pleurnicher, to whimper.
1? plomb, lead.
le plongeon, dive, plunge.
plonger, to dive ; sink ;
dip ; plunge.
ployer, to bend.
plutôt, rather.
pluvieux, rainy.
le poids, weight.
poignarder, to stab.
la poigne, grip, fist.
la poignée, handful; hand-
clasp ; handle.
le poil, hair ; coat (of animais), le poing, fist.
la pointe, point, sharp end ;
le coup de pointe, thrust.
poitrinaire, consumptive.
la poitrine, breast, chest.
polychrome, parti-coloured.
polytechnicien. See nbte 2
to page 5 1 .
ponceau, bright-red, poppycoloured, le portier, porter, gate-keeper.
la portière, door-keeper, attendant ; door (of a carriage).
poser, to place, put, pose,
lay down.
positif, positive, certain, posséder, to possess.
le pot-au-feu, beef boilcd with
vegetables ; pot.
la potence, gibbet.
le pouce, thumb ; inch.
pouffer de rire, to burst with laughter.
la poule, hen, fowl. pourpré, scarlet.
pourrir, to rot.
poursuivre, to pursue ; persécute ; prosecute.
pousser, to push ; drive ; urge ; utter ; grow.
la poussière, dust.
poussif, pursy, short-winded.
pourtant, however, y et.
le praticien, practitioner.
la pratique, practice, expérience ; custom ; customer.
prêcher, to preach.
précisément, exactly ; just
as it happens.
précieux, valuable.
prédire, to foretell, predict.
le préféré, favourite.
prendre garde, to take care, beware.
le prénom, Christian name.
préoccuper, to be on one's mind ; to absorb one's attention.
présider, to préside, préside over.
pressé, hurried ; close upon
each other.
pressentir, to hâve a foreboding.
se presser, to hurry.
le prêtre, priest.
la preuve, proof ; faire preuve
de, to show, manifest.
la prévenance, forethought, attention.
prévenir, to foresee, anticipât e. prévoir, to foresee.
la prime, premium. Page 81, 1. I, amount of the policy.
princier, princely.
la prise, pinch (of snufï).
le priseur, snufE-taker.
probe, upright.
prochain, near, neighbour-
ing, next.
proche, near, close by.
prodiguer, to lavish.
proférer, to utter.
profiter de, to take advantage of.
la proie, prey.
promener, to lead out ; take for a walk ; cast (a glance).
se promener, to go for an outing.
promettre, to promise, la promptitude, readiness.
le propos, remark, observation, talk.
propre, own, peculiar ; clean, tidy.
la propreté, cleanliness, tidi-
ness.
le propriétaire, owner.
VOCABULARY
la province, the provinces, the country of France outside Paris, provincial, provincial, countrified, homely. la pudeur, modesty, shame.
puiser, to draw (as water
from a well) ; to take.
puissant, powerful, influential.
la punition, punishment.
la qualité, quality, good quality ; position, capacity ; en sa qualité de, in his capacity of, as.
quand même, ail the same; even though.
le quart, watch, beat, le quartier, quarter, district of a town.
quelconque, any whatever, some or other, whoever he might be.
la quête, quest, search, collection, la queue, tail, pigtail ; eue ; queue, quiconque, whoever.
se quitter, to part, beseparated.
quotidien, daily.
le rabat, Ijand, frill.
racheter, to redeem.
le racleur, scraper.
radieux, beaming, gleam-
ing, glorious.
ragaillardir, to cheer up.
raide, stiff ; stark ; steep, la rampe, foot-ljghts ; balustrade ; slope, inclin ed way.
ranger, to put in order.
rapace, greedy.
rappeler, to recall.
se rappeler, to remember.
le rapport, relation, connection ; report.
rapproché, near, close, rapprocher, to bring near ;
draw near.
rare, infrequent, scanty.
ras, close-cropped ; short-
piled.
raser, to shave.
le rasoir, razor.
rasséréné, having recovered his serenity.
se rassurer, to put one's mind
at ease.
se rasseoir, to sit down again.
raté, failed, spoiled, unsuccessful.
le râtelier, rack.
le ravage. Page 51, 1. 20, success, popularity.
rayer, to streak, stripe, mark ; erase, stroke out.
le rayon, ray ; beam ; shelf.
rayonner, to radiate ; beam.
la razzia. See n. 8 to p. 26.
le rebord, ledge.
reboucler {fam.), to catch
again.
rebourrer, to refill. le rébus, picture-puzzle.
le receleur, resetter, le receveur. See note 5 to page 22.
réchauffer, to warm up
again.
rechercher, to look out for, go in search of.
le récidiviste, habituai criminal,
old offender.
le récit, récital, taie.
réclamer, to claim, demand, ask for.
la récolte, crop, harvest.
la reconnaissance, récognition, gratitude.
reconnaître, to recognize.
la récréation, play hour.
la recrue, recruit.
le recrutement, recruiting.
le recueil, collection (of songs, literary work, etc.).
reculé, remote.
reculer, to put ofï.
se reculer, to retreat, recoil.
la redingote, frock-coat (from Engl. ' riding-coat ').
redoutable, formidable, redresser, toerect, straighten.
un reflet, reflection.
regagner, to make for again, get back to.
le regard, glance ; countenance, regarder, to concern.
le régime, System ; diet ; l'ancien régime, France before 1789.
le régiment, régiment ; military service.
réglementaire, in order, régulation, according to régulations.
régler, to regulate, fix, détermine, les reins (m.), loins, back.
réjouir, to delight [irans.).
se réjouir, to rejoice.
la réjouissance, rejoicing.
relâcher, to release, relancer, to throw out ;
start, rout out.
reléguer, to relegate, con-
sign.
relever, to pick up, set up ; restore ; raise ; relieve.
reluire, to shine, glitter.
remettre, to put off.
remonter, to go back ; to go or come up again.
le rempailleur, bottomer.
le rempart, ramparts.
le remplaçant, substitute.
remplacer, to replace.
remuer, to stir. ;
renaître, to be reborn, re-^
awake. i
la rencontre, meeting ; en-î
counter. l
le rendez-vous, meeting-place ; \
• appointment. ]
rendormir, to lull to sleepl
again. {
rendre, to give back. Page j
75, 1. 26, give up. ;
se rendre, to betake oneself ; ■
surrender. \
renifler, to sniff. ;
renoncer à, to give up. '
les rentes, stocks and shares ; \
income from invested ■
funds. j
rentrer, to return, come '
(go) home. ;
renverser, to overturn, up- i
set. ^
renvoyer, to dismiss. 1
répandre, to spread ; pour ]
out. ]
le repas, meal. j
le repli, fold, recess. ]
se replier, to fall back. ]
se replonger, to relapse. j
le report, cross-reference. \
le repos, rest.
repousser, to repel ; grow i
again, •
reprendre, to résume. j
la représentation, perform- \
ance. \
répugner, to be répugnant, j
le réseau, network. j
la ressource, resource, means \
of livelihood ; sans res- \
source, irretrievably. ■
ressusciter, to resuscitate, \
bring back to life. |
le reste, remains, rest, re- <
mainder. ']
du reste, moreover, besides, by ''.
the way.
respectueux, respectful. "i
retarder, to delay.
VOCABULARY
retentir, to resound, ring, se retirer, to withdraw, retire.
le retour, retum ; de retour, back.
retracer, to depict ; call up.
la retraite, pension ; retirement ; mettre à la retraite, to pension, put on retired list.
retrousser, to turn up or
back.
retrouver, to meet, find.
la réunion, meeting, assemblage, se réunir, to meet.
réussir, to succeed ; make a success of.
le réveil, awakening.
réveiller, to awaken.
revendre, to sell over again.
revenir, to return ; revenir de, to get over, recover from ; give up.
rêver, to dream.
le réverbère, street-lamp.
la rêverie, rêverie, dream.
le revers, back, other side.
revêtir, to clothe, cover,
invest.
revoir, to meet, see again ; recall.
la revue, review ; passer en revue, to review, look over.
le rez - de - chaussée, ground-
floor.
le rhum, rum, la ribotte, debauch, ' spree.'
ricaner, to sneer.
la ride, wrinkle.
ridé, wrinkled.
le rideau, curtain.
rimer, to rhyme, make
verses.
rire, to laugh ; rire dans sa barbe, to laugh to oneself, laugh in one's sleeve.
le rire, laughter.
risible, ridiculous, laughable.
se risquer, to take the risk,
to venture.
la rivière, river, stream.
la robe de chambre, dressinggown.
rôder, to prowl, loaf.
le rôdeur, prowler, hooligan.'
rogner, to clip ; save ; economize.
le roman, novel, romance.
le romancier, novel ist.
rompre, to break, burst.
la ronde, round.
le ronflement, snore, snorting.
rose, pink.
la rose trémière, hoUyhock, la rosse, jade, worn-out hoi^se
rosser, to beat, flog.
le rôti, roast-meat.
le rouge végétal, rouge.
rougir, to redden, blush, la rouille, rust.
rouiller, to rust.
le rouleau, roU ; roller.
rouler carrosse, to keep a carriage.
la rousse (fam.), police.
rouvrir, to re-open.
roux, russet.
le ruban, ribbon.
rude, rough, unpolished.
la rue, street.
la ruelle, lane.
rugueux, wrinkled, rough.
la rupture, breach ; en rupture de ban. See notes i to page 41 and 4 to page 49.
le sable, sand.
sabler. See note 2 to page 26.
le sac, bag.
saigner, to bleed.
la saillie, projection ; faire saillie, to project, stick out.
saint, holy, saintly ; pas un saint homme, not quite a saint, saisissant, sensational, strik-
ing.
sale, dirty.
salir, to dirty, soil.
la salle, room ; hall, diningroom ; salle de police, guard-room.
le salon, drawing-room.
le saltimbanque, clown, acrobat.
saluer, to greet, bow to.
le sang, blood.
sanglant, bloody, blood -
thirsty ; bloodshot.
sanglé, buttoned up tightly.
sangloter, to sob.
la santé, health.
le sarment, vine-branch.
sauter, to leap, jump.
le saute-ruisseau, errand-bo)'.
sautiller, to skip about.
se sauver, to run away.
savant, learned, skilful.
le savant, scholar, man of
science.
le savonnage, washing with soap.
savonner, to wash and
scrub.
savoureux, tasty, fullflavoured, spicy.
le scélérat, scoundrel.
la scène, stage, scier, to saw.
le scintillement, scintillation, sculpter, to carve.
sec, sèche, dry, lean ; grat-
ing, sharp (of noise), sécher, to dry. secouer, to shake ; shock ; secouer les épaules, to shrug the shoulders.
le secours, aid, help ; donation, contribution, séculaire, age-old, ancient.
séduire, to seduce ; attract.
séduisant, attractive, seductive.
le seigle, rye.
le seigneur, lord, le séjour, sojourn, stay ; fre-
quenting.
le sel, sait.
les semailles (/.), sowing.
le semblable, fellow-being.
semer, to sow ; strew ;
sprinkle.
sensible, sensitive, deeply felt.
le sérail, seraglio, harem, lot
of women.
le sergent de ville, policeman.
une série, séries, procession, lot.
au sérieux, seriously.
un serrement, squeezing ; sinking (of the heart) .
serrer, to clasp, hold tight ; to lock up.
la serrurerie, locksmith's work.
serviable, obliging.
(se faire) servir, to give one's order and hâve it executed.
le seuil, threshold.
seul, sole, only, mère, very.
sevrer, to wean. siffler, to whistle ; hiss.
le sifflet, whistle ; song (of the blackbird).
silencieux, silent.
le sirop, syrup ; le petit coup de sirop, the drop too much.
le sobriquet, nickname.
soigneusement, carefully.
le soin, care.
soit, ail right, so be it, whether it be.
le sol, ground.
solennel, solemn, serions, grave, la solidarité, solidarity, sensé of onenessand community of interest.
VOCABULARY
solliciter, to solicit, seek, apply for ; demand attention, sombre, dark, gloomy ;
secretive.
sommairement, summarily, simply, without much formality or luxury.
le somme, nap.
la somme, sum ; en somme,
in short, on the whole.
le sommeil, sleep.
le sommelier, waiter.
somnoler, to drowse, songer, to dream, think, bear in mind.
la sonnette, bell, door-bell.
le sort, fate, lot ; tirer au
sort, to draw lots, la sortie, exit.
la soubrette. See note 2 to
page 53.
un souci, care, anxiety ;
marigold.
se soucier de, to care about,
concern oneself with.
la soucoupe, saucer ; small plate used to stand the beer-glass upon.
soudain, suddenly.
le soudard. See n. i to p. 29.
souffler, to blow ; extinguish.
le soufflet, slap in the face.
souffleter, to slap, lash.
souhaiter, to wish.
souiller, to soil, stain.
le soulagement, relief, soulager, to relieve.
soulever, to raise ; lift up, soupçonner, to suspect.
la soupe, soup ; supper ;
board.
la soupente, loft.
la soupière, soup-tureen.
le soupir, sigh.
le sourcil, eyebrovv.
sourd, deaf ; muffled ; subdued ; underhand.
sourire, to smile.
le sous-lieutenant, second lieutenant, le sous-officier, non-commis-
sioned offtcer.
le sous-pied, strap (for the
trousers).
la soutane, cassock.
soutenir, to maintain, support, souterrain, subterranean.
le souterrain, subterranean
vault.
le souvenir, memory ; re-
membrance.
se souvenir, to remember, le spectacle, show ; performance ; scène, le squelette, skeleton.
stationner, to stand, la statistique, statistics, tables
of statistics.
le stigmate, mark, stupéfait, amazed.
subit, sudden.
le sucre, sugar.
la Suède, Sweden ; gants de Suède, i.e. en peau de Suède, suédois, Swedish.
la sueur, perspiration.
suffire, to suffice.
suffisant, adéquate, la suite, train, following, sequel, continuation, resuit.
suivre, to follow.
le sujet, subject; un mauvais sujet, a bad character. superbe, haughty, proud ;
splendid.
suppliant, imploring.
le supplice, torture, forment, supplier, to implore, supprimer, to suppress, do
away with.
suprême, last.
sûr, sure, certain, surnommer, to nickname.
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le sursaut, start.
surtout, especially.
surveiller, to supervise ; watch ; look after.
la surveillance, supervision.
susceptible, capable, likely.
susdit, before-mentioned.
svelte, slender, slim.
la tabatière, snufE-box.
le tableau, picture ; table le tablier, apron.
le tabouret, stool.
tacher, to stain, spot.
tâcher, to try.
la taille, figure; waist ;
stature, se taire, to become or keep silent.
tant mieux, so much the better.
tant pis, so much the worsc.
tant que, as long as.
le tapage, noise, din ; turbulence, disorder.
tapageur, noisy ; stormy ; turbulent, la tape, pat ; blow.
taper, to knock, strike, tap,
tapisser, to cover the walls ; adorn, decorate.
la tapisserie, hangings, tapestry ; carpet.
taquiner, to tease.
tarder à, to be long in.
tarder de{tmpers.),to long to.
la tartine, slice of bread.
le tas, heap.
tatouer, to tattoo.
le taudis, hovel, garret.
teindre, to dye.
le teint, complexion.
la teinture, dye.
teinté, tinted.
la tempe, temple.
tenable, bearable.
tendre, to hold out, stretch ;
lay (snares). ténébreux, dark, sinister,
shaky.
tenir, to hold ; tenir bon, to hold out ; y tenir, to insist upon, attach importance to ; n'y pouvoir tenir, to be unable to stand it.
tenter, to tempt, try.
la tenture, hangings ; wall-
paper.
la tenue, dress ; order ; conduct.
terrasser, to knock down ; fell ; overwhelm.
se terrer, to go to earth, to bury oneself.
terreux, cadaverous.
thésauriser, to lay up treasure ; to hoard, economize.
tiède, mild, warm, tepid.
la tignasse, shock of hair, pow.
le timbre, bell ; quality (of the
voice) .
le tirage. Page 93, 1. 3, circulation, le tirailleur, sharp-shooter.
See note 10 to page 23.
tirer, to draw, pull, dérive ; page 72, 1. 19, to put in; tirer vanité de, to pride oneself upon.
le tiroir, drawer.
le titre, title.
la toile, woven fabric ; linen, canvas ; web; toile cirée, American cloth ; oilcloth.
le toit, roof.
le tombeau, tomb, grave.
la tombée, fall, le ton, tone, tint.
la tonnelle, arbour.
se tordre, to twist, writhe.
tordu, twisted, distorted, deformed.
VOCABULARY
à tort, wrongly, without
reason.
le total, total number.
touffu, tufted, bushy.
le tour, turn ; tour ; trick ; circuit ; faire le tour de, to go round ; tour à tour, by turns ; à tour de rôle, in turn.
tourner mal, to turn out badly, to go to the bad.
la Toussaint, AU Saints' Day.
tout, ail ; quite ; altogether ; tout à, page 60, 1. 6, quite absorbed in ; tout à l'heure, presently ; a short time ago, just now ; tout à (d'un) coup, suddenly ; tout à fait, quite ; tout de suite, at once, immediately.
la trace, trace ; mark ; scar.
tracer, to trace, mark,
Write out (copy).
traduire, to translate, express.
trahir, to betray. le train, speed, rate ; ongoing, mode of life, style of living ; en train, in the act ; in good form, in train, traîner, to drag, trail.
le trait, trait ; feature ; line ; stroke ; draught ; conceit.
le trajet, journey, passage,
crossing.
les travaux forcés, pénal servitude, hard labour.
à travers, through, across.
au travers de, through, through
and through.
de travers, away, wrong.
le trèfîe, trefoil ; clubs (at cards).
trémière. See note 3 to page 26.
le trémolo, trémolo, lit. a
trembling, a trill on onc note, tremper, to soak.
le trépas, death.
tressaillir, to start, be
startled.
tricher, to trick.
le tricorne, three-cornered hat.
le trimestre, quarter.
triomphal, triumphant.
la trique, bludgeon.
le trompe-l'ceil, déception. See note 4 to page 57.
trottinant, with mincing steps.
le trottoir, pavement. le trouble, disturbance ; confusion, troubler, to disturb, perturb.
la trouvaille, find.
tumultueux, noisy.
tutoyer, to thee and thou, i.e. to address familiarly.
le tuyau, tube ; pipe ; stem.
unique, sole, only.
l'urgence (/.), pressing necessity.
un usage, use, practice, custom.
user, to wear, wear out ; user de, to use.
la vache, cow.
le vagabond, vagrant, wan-
derer.
le vagabondage, vagrancy.
le valet, valet ; knave (at
cards).
la valise, bag, travelling bag.
(tirer) vanité de, to pride one-
self upon.
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se vanter, to boast.
le vase de nuit, chamber-pot.
le vaudevilliste. See note 9 to
page 54.
le veau, calf.
la veille, eve, day before ;
watch ; turn of duty.
la veillée, evening, sitting up
after the lamp is lit.
la veilleuse, night-light.
le velours, velvet.
la vendange, vintage.
venir, to corne ; venir de, to hâve just ; venir à, to happen to, to get to.
venu, that had corne, les vêpres (/.), evening service.
la vergue, yard (of ship).
vermoulu, worm-eaten.
verni, varnished, polished.
le verre, glass.
verser, to pour, la veste, jacket.
le vêtement, garment.
le vétérinaire, veterinary surgeon, une veuve, widow.
vider, to empty.
la vieillesse, old âge.
vieillir, to grow old.
la vierge, virgin.
vif, live, lively ; hot-headed.
la vigne, vine, vineyard.
vil, low, base.
vilain, ugly ; nasty ; sinister.
la ville de province, country town.
violacé, purple, violet.
virginal, maidenly, virginal.
le virtuose, artist of surpassing excellence, vitré, glazed, of glass.
vivement, quickly, smartly, sharply.
le vivier, fish-pond.
les vivres (m.), victuals.
voilà, there is, there are ; there you are ; that's it.
le voile, veil.
la voile, sail.
la voilette, lady's veil.
voiler, to veil, cover.
voir, to see ; voir le jour, to be born.
le voisinage, neighbourhood.
le vol, theft ; flight ; au vol, in
passing.
la volaille, poultry ; fowl(s).
(à la) volée, in his flight.
voler, to steal ; to fly.
le voleur, thief.
la volonté, will ; wish.
volontiers, gladly, willingly
la volupté, pleasure ; luxury ;
delight ; voluptuousness.
le voluptueux, voluptuary.
en vouloir à, to bear a grudge
or ill-will against.
la voûte, vault.
vraiment, indeed, truly.
vraisemblable, probable, vu, seeing, considering.
le yatagan, sabre used Turks, Arabs, etc.
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