ACT IV

Page 84. — 29. Dieu permis. In this curious idiom, Dieu seems purely expletive, having no syntactical relation to any other wotd. A commoner expression is; "Si c'est Dieu possible!"

Page 86. — zo. resurgissez. Resurgir is found in Larousse, but not in the Dictionnaire de l'Académie, Littcé, or the Dictionnaire général.

Page 87 — 15-22. Depuis . . . mère. This speech of Stangy is in keeping with the gênerai thesïs of the play. The apparently casual remark at the end, "comme tous aimes voire mère" — as well as the référence to the rigorous climate (page 86, Unes 7-1 1)

— is meant to accentuate the fact that Sabine is risking her mother's life by bringing her to the mountains.

' Page 88. — 16. des places. Une voilure, in the Lemerre éd.

Page 90. — î. Tropique. Louisiana is of course, strictly speaking, in the subtropics rather than the tropics; but " tropics" is sufficiently accurate for dramatic purposes. {Cf. note on page 52, Une 2;.)

Page 93. — 20. médiocrité. The French hâve often been accused by Americans (and even by thcmselves, as in É. Faguet's

— et l'horreur des responsabilités) of being too conservative, of condernning thcmselves and their children to a career of medincrity, of "vegetating," rather than risk taking a chance. Marie- Jeanne, inspired by Stangy's example, rebels against this spirit.

Page 98. — 15-16. Pour ma fille, j'ai tué ma mère! The summary of the entire play.

VOCABULARY

From this vocabulary are omitted: (r) Some words o[ common and fréquent use, e. g., père, très, unless employed in an unusual sensé; (ï) ail pronouns and numerals, except those occurring in idioms, e. g-, à trois que nous sommes; (j) adverbs formed reguiarly from their adjectives and presenting no peculiar différences in meaning; (4) ail words identical in form and meaning in French and English, e. g., flatter to flatter; (5) a few words identical in meaning and nearly identical in form, e. g., agréable, agreeable, civilisation, rivilization.

Idioms aie listed only once ; gcnerally under the verb if there is one, e. g., ne faire qu'un bond under faire; under tbe noun if there is no verb, e. g., à coup sûr under coup; if there is neitber noun nor verb, under whatever word it seems most likely tbe student would look up, e. g., à blanc under blanc.

aboutir to end, resuit; n'—

à to, at, in, on, from, for, by, of; — elle of her own; — moi it is ray turn; — vous deux between the two of you; — trois que nous gommes the three of us together

abandon m. ;

abandonner

abasourdir

abattre to <

swoop down, pounce

abonnement m. subscription abord (d 1 ) first, at first, in the

first place; tout — first of

ail abordable approachable

o abandon o astound t down; s' —

(s') to absent one-

self absolu absolute, uncompro-

mising; —ment absolutely,

entirely absorber to engross abstenir (s') to refrain absurde absurd abuser to deceive, take (un-

fair) advantage, overwork;

— de ses forces to overwork

oneself accabler to crush accaparer to monopolise accepter to accept, consent accident m. miscbance

iûq

VOCABTJLARV

acclimater to acclimate

accommoder (s') to put up accompagner to accompany accomplir to accompbsh, do,

make, carry out, take accomplissement m. act accord m. agreement, harmony accorder to grant; se faire —

to bec orne engaged accourir to run up, hasten accoutumer to accustom accuser to accuse acharner (s') to be bent upon,

inaist achat m. purchase acheter to buy achever, — de to finish acquérir to acquiie, make acquitter to pay; s' — to pay

one's debts, requite acte m. act, deed actif m. assets action /. act, influence activité/, activity actuel présent actuellement at présent adhérer to accède, acquiesce adieu m. farewell, goodbye adjoindre to join adjudication/, sale by auction admettre to admit, grant, ac-

cept as true, be capable of,

consent administration /. government

adorer to adore adresse/, address adresser to address advenir to happen adversité/, adversity affaire/, affair, business, difficulty, to-do; pi. affaire, busî-

affecter to affect

affectueux affectionate, of af-

affermir to fortify

affoler to drive mad, distract;

s' — to go mad affranchir to free affreux frightful afin de in order to agacer to tease, annoy âge m. âge; d' — aged agent m. agent, broker, bringer;

— de change broker

agir to act, be effective; s' — de to be a question of

agiter to agitate

agonie /. death agony

agoniser to be dying

agrandissement m. enlarging

agréer to accept

agrément m. charm

ah! ah! — cal oh!

ahurir to flurry, dumfound

aide/, aid

aider to help

aigu violent

ailleurs elsewhere; d' — moreover, for that matter

aimable kind, graçious

aimer to love; — d'amour really to love; — bien to be (very) fond of; — à croire tohope; — mieux to like better, prefer; aimant affectionate

ainsi so, so on, in this way; —

— que as; c'est — que and so, so then

air m.' air, appearance; en F—

vain, silly aise /. ease, comfort, c

ajourner to put off

VOCABULAHY

S /. Algeria

to plank down

st to allure, eutice

walk, path :o go, be; — au-devant to go to meet; — aux

Ophes to rame to ; — de soi-même to be □ for granted; — eu to be stationed at /-poses; — jusqu'à to i the point of (n'allez t- infinitive may be trarts-

by the colloquialism : go and); s'en — to :; allons! corne! allons t nonsense! the idea!

lis at once, 1*11 be there ice; val indeed!

. ally

r to fork over t to light '. manner, conduct

r to bring about, cause ue America me/, bitterness . friend; mou — my boy; adj. (riendly friend; chère — my

/. friendship, friend,

analogue analogous

ancien ancient, old

anéantir to prostrate

ange m. angel

Angleterre/. England

angoisse/, anguish

année /. year

anniversaire m. anniversary

annonce/, sign

annoncer to announce, make

known antichambre/, antechamber antique ancient antiquité /. antiquity anxiété /. anxiety août m. Angust apercevoir to perceive apparaître to appear, become

évident apparition/, appearauce appartement m. a pa.il ment,

appartenir to belong, be fitting, be the duty

appel m. appeal; sans — irrévocable

appeler to call, destine; en — to appeal

appétit m. appetite

appliquer (s') to strive

apport m. sbare of capital, dowry

apporter to bring

appréhender to apprebend

appréhension /. f ear

apprendre to learn, inform, tell

apprêter (s') to get ready

approcher to approach, put close; approchez- vous corne

approuver to approve appui m. support appuyer to support

VOCABULABY

âpre i «clément

après after, afterwards; —

que after après-demain day after to-

âpreté/. eagerness, violence aptitude/, capacity

ardeur/, ardor, eagerness argent m. silver, money armature/, braces, framework

armoire/, closet, cupboard

arracher to wrest, tear

arranger to arrange, settle

arrêter (a') to stop

arrière (eu) backward

arrivée/, arrivai

arriver to arrive, corne, hap-

pen; d'où arrives-tu? where

hâve you been?

artère/, artery articuler to ut ter ascendant m. ancestor aspect m. appearance aspirer to désire eagerly assaut m. assault, attack assemblée /. meeting assentiment m. consent asseoir to seat; s'— to ait

assez enough, sufficïently,

rather, pretty assimiler (s') to make one's

astreindre to bind, subject

astuce /. cunning

Athènes/. Athens

Atlantique/. Atlantic

atroce atrocious

attache/, tie

attachement m. attachaient,

affection attacher (s') to cling attaquer to attack attardé belated atteindre, — à to reach; —

jusqu'à to arrive at attendre to wait, wait for, ex-

pect; s' — I to expect attentif attentive, vigilant attifer to dress up, touch up

the dress attirer to attract attiser to inflame, stir up attitude /. attitude, position attribuer to attribute aubaine/, windfall audace/, daring, boldnesa au-dessous de below au-dessus de over au-devant de towards augmenter to iucrease aumône/, alms auprès de near, at the aide of,

towards, to, on, in the opin-

assister to aaaist; — fi to be

aussitôt immédiat cl y

présent at, witness

autant as much, just as much

associer (s') to share

autel m. altar

assombrir to darken

autographe m. autograph

assumer to take the responsi-

autoriser to authorize, warrant

bility for

autorité /. authority

assurer to assure, déclare; s' —

autour de around

to assure oneself ,make certain

autre othc-r, différent, die;

VOCABULARV

l'un et 1' — lioth; ni l'un ni t — neither; nous — s we two; omitted in translation betu/een nous or vous and following noun in apposition autrefois forraerly; d' — of

autrement otherwise, in sorae other way; bien — ■ far more

avance/, advance, loan; d' — , à 1* — beforehand

avant before, inside of; — de, en — de, — que before

avantageux advantageous

avare miserly

avenir m. future, prospects

e/. adventure, chance to hazard, expose

avertir to inforra, notify

avertissement m. notification, warning

aveu m. confession

aveugle blind

aveugler to blind

avis m. notice, letter of advice, opinion

aviser to inform, consult; s' — to bethink oneself, take into one'shead; je me suis avisé it occurred to me

avoir to hâve, bave occasion, take, receive; — l'âge to be at the âge; — l'air to look,

years old; — assez de...

pour to be . . . enough for; — besoin toneed,must; — envie to feel like; — en vue to çonsider; — faim to be hungry; — froid to be cold; — hâte to be in a hurry, hast en; — honte to be

ashamed; -r lieu to take place; — du mal to sufler; — mauvaise mine to look badly; — raison to be right; — sur les bras to hâve to support; — tant d'hypocrisie to be so hypccritical; — 'tort tobewrong; y — there to be; qu'avezvous? what is the matter withyou? il y a there is, for

avoir m. property

avouer to confess

avril m. April

babil m. prattle

badaud m. idler, saunterer

bagne m. penîtentiary

bah! bah! ah — ! theidea!

bâiller to yawn

bailleur m. provider; — de

fonds capîtalist baiser to kiss; m. m. kiss bal m. bail, dance balance/, scales balbutier to s t arrimer bande /. juapper bannir to banish banque/, bank banquier m. banker barrer to bar bas low, in a low tone base/, basis bataille/, battle battre to beat, throb, slam;

se — les flancs to make

vain efforts bavarder to chatter beau beautifut, handsome, fine,

honorable, generous beau-père m. stepfather

VOCABD1ARY

beauté/, beauty

bébé m. baby

bégayer to stammer, lisp

Belgique/. Belgium

belle-mère/, motber-in-law

bénéfice n». profit; au — de

in favor of bénir to bless, consecrate bercer to soothe besoin m. need, necessity; au

— if needa be béte/. fool

bêtise /. pièce of nonsense bien n. m. good, pleasure, happiness, pièce of property; pi.

property; adj. and adv.

good, well, very, surely, really, îndeed, much, far, quite, very much, shrewdly, of course, ail right; eh — !

well! c'est — I very well;

— de + def. art. much, raany bien-être m. welfare, comfort bienfaisant bencficent, helpful bienfait m, kind act

bientôt soon; i — goodbye

for the présent bienveillant kind bijou m. jewel billet m. note, bill blanc white, unsullied; I —

white-hot blesser to wound blessure/, wound bobo m. hurt, trifling ailment boire to drink Bois m. wood, park [the. Bais

de Boulogne, wesl of Parts) boiserie /. wainscoting bon good, kind, right, useful;

ma chère bonne my dear;

c'est — never mind bond m. bound

bonheur tu. happîness

bonhomme m. fellow

bonjour m. bow-do

bonne-maman /. grandira

bonnet m. cap

bonté /. kindness

bord m. shore

borne/, limit

borner to limit, confine

bouche/, mouth

bouder to sulk with, bear

bouger to budge, stir bouleverser to upset Boulogne-sur-Seine a suburb

of Paris bouquet m. bouquet, bunch bourdonner to buzz, hum bourgeoisie /. middle class bourreler to torture bourse/, purse; la Bourse the

Paris Stock Exchange bousculer to jostle, jar bout m. end, tip; à — de

résistance worn out; au —

des dents on the tip of the

tongue boutonnière/, buttonhole bras m. arm brasser to handle brave good bref in short brevet m. -Patent briller to shine; brillant bril-

briser to break, crush broderie/, embroidery brouillon m. scribbling paper broyer to crush, break brûlant buming, ardent brusque sudden; — ment sudbrute/, dumb animal

VOCABTJLABY

bureau m. desk, office but m. aim, object buté stubborn butin m. booty

Ça pron. that, that dodgc; «fa.

caboche/, noddle cacher to hide, couceal cachette/. biding-place; en —

cadeau m. gift

caisse /■ safe, cashier'a office

cajolerie/, coaring

calamité/, calamity

calme nt. caltn; du — I be calml

camarade m. comrade

campagne/, country

camper to make brief stays

candeur/, simplicity

capacité /. sg. and pi. capacity,

ability caprice /. caprice, whim; —

des rencontres a chance

meeting Captif m. si ave captiver to keep captive, capti-

captivité/. captivity

caractère m. character cardiaque m.f. sufferer from

heart disease caresse/, caress carrière/, career cas m. case casser to break; — la tête to

dash one's head catastrophe /. disaster, utter

cauchemar m. nightmare

cause /. cause, interest; 1 — de (ce que) because of; en

— at stake, involved causer to talk, chat

céder to yield; — la place to

make way foi cependant however, yct cercle m. group cercueil m. coffin, grave certes certainly, to be sure certifier to certify, assure certitude/, certainty cerveau m. intelligence cervelle/, brain, mind cesse/, ceaaing; sans — cease-

cesser to cease, stop

chagrin m. grief

chaîne/, chain

chair/, flcsh

chaise/, chair

châle m. shawl

chalet m. cottage

chambre/, bedroom

chance /. chance, luck; quelle

— tu as 1 how hicky you

chanceler to totter

changer to change

chanter to sîng, talk nonsense

chapeau m. bat