livre, m., book; /., pound

livrer, to deliver up; livrer bataille^ to give battle.

logement, m,^ résidence, lodging.

loger, to lodge, quarter; to live, réside.

logique» /* logic.

loi,/., law.

loin, far; au loin^ far away, far and wide; de loin, from afar.

lohitain, m,^ distance ; e, distant, far off.

loisir, m., leisure.

long, ne, long; de long en large ^ up and down, to and fro; le long de, along.

longe, /. , tether, thong.

longer, to go along, run along.

longtemps, long, ^ long while.

longneor, /., length; traîner en longueur, to drag on slowly.

loque,/., rag, tatter.

loquet, m,, latch.

lorrain, e, of Lorraine.

lorsque, when.

loterie, /. , lottery.

louche, squint-eyed, dubious,

suspicions.

loucher, to squint.

louer, to praise.

loup, m,, wolf.

loupe,/., magnifying-glass.

lourd, e, heavy.

loutre,/., otter.

lucarne, /., dormer-window,

skylight.

lueur,/., glimmer, gleam.

lugubre, mournful, lugubrious.

lui, he; him; to him, to her;

chez lui, in bis house.

luire, luisis, lui, to shine,

glitter.

lumière,/., light.

lundi, m,, Monday.

lune, /. , moon ; demi-lune, half-

moon (fortification), lunette, /., field-glass ; plur,^

spectacles, lutter, to struggle.

M., for Monsieur, Mr.

ma,/., my.

mâcher, to chew.

mâchoire,/., jaw.

mademoiselle, miss.

madrier, m,, plank, board.

magasin, m,, storehouse, store.

magnifique, splendid, magnificent.

magot, m,, magot, ape; pile, hoard.

maigre, lean, thin.

maigrir, to grow thin.

main,/., hand.

maintenant, now, at présent.

maintenir, tins, tenu, to maintain, sustain.

maire, m., mayor.

mairie,/, city hall.

mais encore (after non seulement), but also.

maison,/, house.

VOCABULART

maiffonnette,/., small house.

maître, w., master ; maître d'armes^ fencing-master.

maîtreise,/., mistress.

majeitueux, se, majestic.

mai, maux, evil; pain, ache.

mal, badly; se trouver mal, to feel sick, faint.

malade, ill, sick.

maladie,/., illness, disease.

malgré, in spite of.

malheur, m., misfortune.

malhenreoz, se, unfortunate, unhappy.

malhonnête, dishonest; rude.

malice,/*., malicîousness, spite.

malin, malicious; arch;clever.

malsain, e, unwhoiesome, unhealthy.

malveillance, /., malevolence.

mamelle,/., breast, pap.

manche, ///., handle; /, sleeve,

manger, to eat.

maniement, m., handling, management.

manière, /., manner, fashion; //.,manners, good manners.

manivelle,/., handle, crank.

manquer, to fail, to miss; to be wanting; to be in want of.

manteau, z, m., cloak, mantle.

marais, /;/., marsh, swamp.

marauder, m. y to maraud.

maraudeur, m., marauder.

marbre, m.^ marble.

marchand, m., merchant.

marche,/, step.

marché, m,, market; bon marché^ cheap.

mardi, m,^ Tuesday.

mare,/, pond, pool.

marécageux, se, marshy.

maréchal, ///., shoeing-smith ; marshal,field-marshal; f;/â(r/chal des logis, quartermaster (cavalry).

mari, m,, husband.

marier, to marry; se marier, to

get married.

marmite,/, boiler, kettle.

marmotter, to mumble.

marquer, to mark, to stamp;

marquer le pas ^ to keep time.

marron, tn., maroon, chestnut;

habit marron, maroon coat

(color).

mars, m., Marcfa; bière de

Mars, lager-beer.

marteau, x, m., hammer.

martre,/, marten.

masque, m., mask.

masure,/, ramshackle hut.

matelas, m,, mattress.

matière,/, matter.

matin, m,, morningi forenoon;

de grand matin, early in the

morning.

maudire, maudis, maudit, to

curse.

Hauser, m., mole-catcher (Ger-

man).

mauvais, e, bad, worthless.

Hayence, Mentz.

me, me, to me.

méchanceté, /, maliciousness,

wickedness.

méchant, e, malicious, wicked,

naughty.

mèche, wick, tinder, match,

whisp; la mèche allutnée, with

lighted match, médaille,/, medal.

médecin, m., physician, doctor.

médecine,/, medicine, médicament, méfiance, /., distrust, suspicion, méfier, se, to distrust, suspect, meilleur, e, better; le meilleur,

the best.

mêlée, /, thick of the fight;

scuffle.

TOCABULABY

mdler, to mix; se mêler de^ to interfère with.

membre, fn,^ limb, member.

même, same, self; tout de mime^ ail the same; eût été de mime, would bave been the same.

même, even.

mémoire, /. , memory .

menacer, to threaten.

ménage, m,, household; pain déménage, home-madebread.

ménager, to husband; to spare; to treat gently.

ménagère,/., housewife.

mendiant, m., beggar.

mener, to lead, conduct.

mensonge, m., lie, falsehood.

mentir, to lie, tell a falsehood.

menton, m,, chin.

mennifier, ^/., joiner, carpenter.

méprit, m., contempt.

mépriser, to despise, contemn.

merci,/., mercy; thanks; Dieu mer ci ^ thank God.

mercredi, m,, Wednesday.

mère,/, mothcr.

merveillenz, te, marvellous.

vieèypl.t my.

messager, /»., messenger.

messe, /., mass; grande messe, high mass.

mesore, /, measure; à mesure que nous approchions , as we were approaching.

métier, m., trade, profession.

mets, m,, viand, dish.

mettre, mis, mis, to put; to put on; se mettre à, to begin; se mettre en colère, to get angry; se mettre en marche, to start on the march ; mettre le feu à, to set fire to; le temps s* était mis à la pluie, the weather had settled down to rain;

mettre de moitié dans, to give

a share in.

meuble, ///., pièce of furniture.

meunier, m., miUer.

meurtre, m,, murder.

meurtri, e, bruised.

mi, half; à mi-câte, half-wayup

hill.

miche,/., loaf.

midi, m,, noon, midday.

miel, f//., honey.

mien, m., my.

mienne,/, my.

mieux, better; tant mieux ^ so

much the better.

milieu, m,, middle, midst.

militaire, m,, military man,

soldier.

militaire, soldierlike, military.

mille, thousand.

millier, m,, about a thousand.

minable, wretched, misérable, mince, thin, slender.

mine, mien, appearance; /d^tV^

bonne mine, to show an un-

moved countenance.

minuit, midnight.

miroir, m., looking-glass.

miroiter, to glisten, glltter.

miséricorde,/, mercy, pity.

mitraille, /., grape-shot, can-

ister.

mitrailler, to shoot with grapeshot.

mode,/, fashîon.

modérer, to moderate.

moelle,/., marrow. mœurs,/, manners, customs.

moi, I, me.

moindre, less, smaller; le moin*

dre, the least.

moineau, z, m., sparrow.

moins, less; le moins, the least;

à moins que, unless.

mois, m,, month.

Holse, Moses. .

VOCABULART

mollir, to mould, grow

mouldy.

moisson,/., harvest.

moissonner, to reap.

moitié, y., half; à moitié cachée

half hidden.

mollet, m., calf of the leg.

mon, x^., my.

monoean, z, m., heap, pile.

monde, m., world; le monde ^

people; tout le monde ^ every-

body; beaucoup de monde ^

many people.

monnaie,/*., money,, change, monotone, monotonous.

monseigneur, m., his lordship,

his grâce, monsieur, sir, mister, montagne,/., mountain.

monté, e, mounted; officiers

montés, office rs on horse-

back.

montée,/., ascent, slope.

monter, to ascend, to mount;

monter la garde, to mount

guard.

monter à oheval, to ride on

horseback.

montre,/., watch; show-glass.

montrer, to show, montnre, /., mount, horse.

moquer, se, to mock, make fun

of.

moquerie,/., jeer, mockery.

moqueur, se, mocking, sneer-

ing.

morceau, z, m., pièce, lump, mordre, to bite.

morne, mournful.

mort,/, death; e, dead.

morue, /., codfish ; queue de

morue, swallow-tail.

mot, m., Word, mou, molle, soft, mouche,/, fly.

moucher, se, to blow one's nose.

mouchoir, m,, kerchief, hand-

kerchief.

moufle,/, mitten. mouiller, to wet, moisten.

mouilloir, /;/., water-can (to dip

the fingers in), moulin, m,, mill.

moulure,/, moulding.

mourir, mourus, mort, to die.

mousse,/, moss.

moussu, e, mossy.

moustache,/., mustache.

mouton, m., sheep; mutton.

mouvement, m,, motion; bon

mouvement, good impulse.

mouvoir, mus, mu, to move.

moyen, m., means.

moyennant, by means of.

muet, te, dumb.

mugir, to bellow, roar.

munitions, /. //., ammunition,

stores, mur, m., wall.

mûr, e, ripe, mature, murer, to wall in.

murmurer, to mutter, murmur.

musculeuz, se, muscular.

museau, z, m,, muzzle, snout.

musique,/, music; band.

nage, /, swimming; à la nage^

by swimming.

nager, to swim, float.

natf, ve, ingenuous, candid,

naïve.

naissance,/, birth.

naître, naquis, né, to be born.

nappe,/, table-cloth.

naseau, z, m., nostril.

navette, /. , shuttle ; faire la na^

vette, to go to and fro.

ne . . . pas, not; ne, . .point, not;

ne . , , que^ only, but; ne , . .

plus, no longer, not any

more; ne. , .plus , . . que, not

anything more but.

VOCABULAEY

néant, m,, nothingness.

neige, y., snow.

nerf, m,, nerve.

net, te, clean, plain, sharp.

nettoyer, to clean, scour.

nenf, ve, new; Aaâit neuf, new coat.

neutre, neutral.

neveu, m., nephew.

nez, m.f nose.

ni, nor; ni ... ni, neither, nor.

Nickel, Nicholas.

nid, m,f nest.

nier, to deny.

nivôse, fourth month of the republican year, Dec. 21- Jan. 19.

noble, m.f nobleman.

noblesse,/., nobility.

noce, y., wedding.

noir, e, black.

noircir, to blacken.

noisette,/., filbert.

nom, ;;/., name; au nom du ciel! in Heaven's name.

nombre, m., number.

nombreux, se, nu mérous.

nommer, to name, call, appoint.

non, not; no.

nord, m, y north.

nos, m. /. //. , our.

notable, m.^ leading man.

notre, m, /. j., our.

nôtre, m. f, j., ours; le nôtre ^ la nôtre,

noudel, Germ, Nudel, German macaroni (without cheese).

nouer, to tie.

nourrice,/., wet-nurse.

nourrir, to feed, to nourish.

nous, we, us.

nouveau, nouvelle, new ; du nouveau ^ something new; denou^ veau^ again.

nouvelle,/., news; tu recevras

de mes nouvelles , you will hear

from me.

noyer, m.^ walnut-tree.

noyer, to drown; se noyer, to be

drowned.

nu, e, naked, nude.

nuage, m., cloud.

nuée,/., cloud.

nuire, nuisis, nui, to do harm.

nuisible, harmful, injurious.

nuit, /., night; à la nuit tom-

bante, at nightfall.

nul, le, no; none; nulle part,

nowhere.

numéro, /;/., number.

nuque,/., nape, neck

obéir, to obey.

obéissance,/., obédience, objet, m., matter, object.

obliquer, to slant; to swerve.

obscurcir, to darken, obscure, obstiné, e, wilful, stubborn.

obtempérer, to obey.

obtenir, tins, tenu, to obtain.

obus, m,f bomb-shell.

occuper, to occupy. octroi, m,, city-toll; toll-house.

œil, yeux, m., eye; à vue cCœil,

apace.

œuf, w., ^^^,

offrir, offris, offert, to offer.

oie,/., goose.

oignon, m.^ onion; bunion.

oiseau, x, m., bird.

ombre,/., shadow, shade.

on, one, people.

onde,/, wave, billow.

ondée,/, shower.

onduler, to wave, undulate.

ongle, m,f nail.

onglée,/, hot-ache.

onze, eleven.

oppresseur, f//., oppressor.

oi^i ^''f gold.

or, now.

VOCADULARY

orago, M., tbunder-storm, tem-

pest.

ordinaire, m,, mess, ordinaire, usual, common.

ordonnance, /.. ordinance; or-

derly (an orderly) ; officier

d'ordonnance^ regimental of-

ficer. ordre, m., order, command.

oreille, /., ear; r oreille basse ^

crestfallen.

oreiller, m,^ pillow.

orge,/., barley.

orgue, m., organ.

orgneil, ^/., pride.

orgneilleoz, se, proud.

orme, m., elm-tree.

ornement, m., ornament.

orner, to adorn.

ornière,/., rut; track.

ortie,/., nettle.

08, m,t bone.

oser, to dare.

osseux, se, bony.

ôter, to take away, remove.

on, or; ou bien^ or else.

on, where.

onbli, /M., forgetting, oblivion.

oublier, to forget.

oui, yes.

outre, bcyond ; en outre ^ be-

sides.

ouverture, /., opening, aper-

ture.

ouvrage, »/., work.

ouvrier, w/., workman.

ouvrir, ouvris, ouvert, to open.

païen, ne, beathen, pagan.

paillasse,/., straw-mattress.

paille,/., straw.

pain, m., bread; pain de munition^ array-bread; pain (Cepice, gingerbread.

paisible, peaceable, calm.

paix, / , peace.

palais, m., palace, palefrenier, m,^ groom, pâleur, m., pallor.

pâlir, to turn pale, palissade, /. , paling, palisade.

pan, m,, skirt, tail.

panoarte,/., bill, placard, panier, m., basket, hamper.

pansement,/»., bandaging.dress-

ing.

panser, to bandage, to dress.

pantalon, m., trousers.

pape, »/., pope.

papier, m. y paper.

papillon, m., butterfly.

paquet, m., parcel, bundle.

par, by, through, by means of ,

in; par familles y in families;

par-dessus y over; par jour,

each day.

parade,/, parry, parrying.

paraître, parus, paru, to ap-

pear.

parapluie, m., umbrella.

parce que, because.

parcourir, courus, couru, to run,

travel over.

pardonner, to forgive, pardon, pareil, le, alike, similar; pa-

reille chose, such a thing.

pareillement, likewise ; wish

you the same. parements, m, pi., facings,cuffs.

parent, e, relative, relation, parer, to ward off.

paresse,/., sloth, laziness.

parier, to wager, bet.

parler, to talk, speak.

parmi, among.

parole./, word.

part,/, part, portion; à part,

apart; quelque part^ some-

where; de part et d'autre, on

either side.

partager, to divide, share.