livre m. book

livrée / livery

livrer to leave, deliver, give up, abandon; se livrer à to give one's self up to, indulge in ; to dévote one's attention to, apply one's self to

logement m. lodging

loger to lodge, harbor, entertain ; to stop at

logis m. home, lodging; au logis at home, home

loi /. law

loin far, far off ; loin de far from ; de loin from afar

long -ne long

long m, length; le long de along, past

longtemps long, a long time; depuis longtemps long ago, long since, for a long time

lors then; lors même que even when, even if ; lors de at the time of ; depuis lors since that time; dès lors from that time

lorsque when

louer to praise

lourd -e heavy

lueur / gleam, glare, ray of light

lugubre gloomy

lui he, him, her, it ; to him, to her ; lui-même himself

lumière /. light

lundi m. Monday

lune / moon

lut see lire

BL Monsieur, Mr.

madame/, madam, Mrs., misiress

magnifique magnificent

main/ hand

maintenant now

maire m. mayor

mais but

maison / house, home, çonvent;

à la maison at home, home mattre m. master, owner, proprietor maîtresse / mistress majesté/, majesty; Sa Majesté Her

Majesty mai badly; plus mai worse; mal

à propos foolishly, wrongly; se

trouver mal to faint mal -aux m. wrong, harm, pain,

disease, grief

VOCABULARY

malade ill

malade m, and f, person ill, patient

maladie f. disease, ailment, illness

malédiction f, curse

malgré in spite of, despite

malheur m» bad lucky misfortune, woe

malhenrenaernent unfortunately

malheorenx -se unfortunate, unhappy, inaufipicious, unlucky

malhonnête dishonest

malicieux -se malicious

maltraiter to abuse, misuse, treat badly

malveillance /. ill-will, spite

manger to eat ; donner à manger to give f ood to, f eed ; salle à manger dining-room

manière f, manner, way ; de cette manière in that way; manière d'être conduct, character; de manière que, d'une manière que, in such a way that

manque m, need, lack, want

manquer to lack, want, fail, miss ; il manque there is a lack

marbre m, marble

marchand -e m, and f, merchant ' marchandise/*, merchandise, goods

marche f. match, day's joumey on f oot ; step, stair ; ouTrir la marche to lead the way, set out first

marcher to walk

mari m, husband

marier (se) to get married

marque f, mark, indication

marquer to mark, fis

matin 1». moming

matinée f. moming

mauTais -e bad, ill ; loose

maux see mal

me me

méchanceté /. unkindness, wicked-

ness méchant -e unkind, cruel, wicked,

hard-hearted mécontentement m. dissatisfaction,

displeasure médecin m. physician méditer to meditate, think about,

premeditate meilleur -e. better ; beat mélancolique melancholy, sad mêler to mix, mingle ; se mêler to

mix membre m. member, limb même same ; very ; even ; de même

likewise mémoire /. memory, remembrance menace /. menace, threat menacer to menace, threaten ménage m. housekeeping ; house-

hold mendiant -e begging mendiant -e m, and f, beggar mens j^^ mentir mensonge m. untruth, lie mentir (mentant, menti, mens, mentis) to lie mépris m. contempt mère /. mother mérite / merit, worth, désert mériter to merit, deserve merveille /. marvel, wonder, won-

derful object merveilleux -se marvelous, wonder-

ful mesure /. measure ; à mesure que

according as, in proportion as, as métier m» trade

mettre (mettant, mis, mets, mU) to put, place, put on, set, give, de- ▼ote ; mettre à to put in the way of ; mettre en jn^ement to bring to trial ; mettre à la porte to tum out of doors ; mettre à pioftt to act according to ; te mettre à to begin to; to dévote one*8 self to ; ee mettre «oz enquêtes to set about making inquiries ; se mettre à genoux to kneel ; se mettre en prières to pray ; se mettre en roote to set out; se mettre à table to seat one's self at the table, sit down to dinner

meuble m, pièce of fumiture

midi - m. noon ; south

mien -ne (le, la) mine, my own

mieux better

milieu m.' middle ; an milieu de in the middle of, in the midst of ; celui du milieu the middle one'

militaire military

militaire m. soldier

mille thousand

mine /. mien; de mauTaise mine ugly-looking

miner to undermine, waste

ministre m, minister

minute f. minute

minutieux -se minute, trifling, petty

miracle m. miracle

mirent, mis, mit, see mettre

misérable misérable, wretched

misérable m. and f. wretch

misère f. poverty, want, distress

MU* Mademoiselle, Miss

M"* Madam, Mrs.

modéré -e moderate

modeste modest

modestement modestly

modique small, scanty

moeurs f. pL morals

moi /. I, me ; moi-même mysdf

moindre (le, la) the least

moins less ; du moins, au moins, at least

mois 0». month

moisson m, harvest, harvest field

moissonneur m, reaper, harvester

moitié /. half ; à moitié half , nearly, about

moment m, moment, point ; an moment où just as, when ; être aa moment de to be on the point of

mon, ma, mes, my

monarque m, monarch

monastère m, monastery, convent

monde m. world ; people ; gens dn monde people of the world, Society people; dans le monde in Society; tout le monde eveiybody; l'usage du monde the ways of polite society

monétaire monetary

monnaie f, money, change

monsieur m, gentleman; Sir, Mr.

mont m. mountain

montagne f. mountain

monter to mount, climb, get into

montrer to show, display

moquer (se) de to make fun of, ridicule

morceau -x m* pièce

morne gloomy, tedious, dismal

mort -e dead ; see moarir

mort / death

mot m, Word

motif m. motive, cause, impulse^ reasoo

VOCABULARY

mouiller to wet, soak

mourir (mourant, mort, meurt, mourue) to die ; ee mourir to perish, be dying, be wasting away

mouton m. mutton, sheep ; pelisse de mouton sheepskin cloak

mouvant -e moving, shifting

mouvement m, motion, ' action, impulse

moyen -ne médium, average

moyen m. means

multiplié -e numerous, repeated

muni -e fumished, armed

muraille /. wall

mûrir to ripen, mature

mystérieux -se mysterious

mythologie/, mythology

nattre (naissant, né, nais, naquis)

to be bom naïvement artlessly, simply naquit see nattre natte y. mat nature /. nature; de nature well

suited naturel -le natural, usual ; unaf-

fected naturel m, naturalness ; faculty navré -e wounded, deeply troubled,

harrowed ne not; ne . . . guère hardly; ne

. . • Jamais never ; ne . . . pas

not; n'est-ce pas is it not so?

ne . • • point strong négative ; ne

• . • que only né -e bom

nécessaire necessary, indispensable nécessité /. necessity négliger to neglect, omit, leave

undone

neige / snow

nettoyer to clean, scour, cleanse,

clear Neva / Neva (nê'va) ; see map neuf nine^ nés m, nose ni nor; ni . . . ni . . . neither . . .

nor noble noble, generous ; of the no-

bility, titled ; condescending noël m, Christmas noir -e black, dark, somber nom m. name nombre m, number ; au nombre de

among; de ce nombre ambng

them nombreux -se numerous nommer to name; se nommer to

give one's name nord m, north notion /. idea notre our nourriture /. food nous we, us

nouveau -elle new, f resh ; de nouveau again nouvelle /. news novice m, novice noyer to drown nu -e naked, bare nuire (nuisant, nui, nuis, nuisis) à

to injure nuit /. night ; cette nuit last night

obéissance /. obédience

objet m, object

obligeance f. kindness

obligeant -e obliging, kind, kindly

obliger to oblige, force, compel

obscur -e obscure, low, mean

obacnrité f, obscurity, gloom, darkness

obsenration /. observation, remark, thought

observer to observe, see, notice; faire observer to call one's attention (to something)

obstacle m, obstacle, hindrance

obstiné -e obstinate, stubbom

obtenir ][obtenant, obtenu, obtiens, obtins) to obtain, win, get

Oca Oka (à-kà^); see map

occasion f. occasion, opportunity

occupation f. occupation, work

occuper to occupy, hold ; s'occuper à to be engaged with, be busied with; to share in; to perform; s'occuper de to occupy one^s self with ; to give attention to, notice ; to perform

œil, yeux, m, eye ; coup d'œil glance

œuf m, egg

œuvre m, work, task

offtce m. duty, service

of&cier m. officer, officiai

offre / offer

oifrir (offrant, offert, offre, offris) to offer, présent ; s'offrir to offer

oh oh

ombre f. shade, gloom, shadow

on, l'on, one, we, ]they, people, man

ont see avoir

onzième eleventh

opérer to work, perform

opinion f. opinion

opposer (se) à to oppose

opposition y! opposition

Opulence f, wealth

opuscule m. opuscule, short work

or but, now

or m, gold

orage m, tempest, storm

oraison /. prayer

ordinaire ordinary, usual, customary

ordinaire m. custom; à l'ordinaire

usually; à son ordinaire as was

her custom ordinairement usually, generally ordonner to order, command ordre m, order, command oreille f, ear orgueil m. pride Orient m. Orient, East orienter (s') to get one's bearings orné -e omamented, adomed ornement m. embellishment oser to dare, venture Oter to remove, take off ; to deprive on or ; ou bien or else, or better still où where, when, whîle ; (= dans, à,

sur, or vers, etc.^ + ci relative) at

which, in which, upon which;

{preceded by a préposition, oii =

which) d'où from which, whence ;

par où at which oublier to forget oui yes

outrager to outrage, insuit outre beyond, beside outrer to exaggerate ouvertement openly ouvrage m. work, kind of work * * ouvrier -ère m. and f, workman,

working woman ouvrir (ouvrant,ouvert, ouvre,ouvri8)

to open ; ouvrir la marche to lead

the way, set out first ; s'ouvrir to

express one's self ; to tell ovale m. oval

VOCABULARY

page /. page

pain m, bread

paire f, pair

paix f, peace

palais m. palace

pâleur f. pallor

pâlir to tum pale

palpiter to palpitate,. throb, beat

papier m, paper

papillon m. butterây

Pâques m, pL Easter ; les fêtes de Pâques the Easter holidays

paquet m, parcel, package

par by, through ; par jour a day

paraître (paraissant, paru, parais, parus) to appear, seem

paralytique paral3rtic

parce que because

parcourir (parcourant, parcouru, parcours, parcourus) to go through, pass through

pardon m. pardon, forgiveness

pareil -le similar, like^such

parent m. parent, relative

parfait -e perfect

parfois sometimes

Paris m. Paris

parler to speak

parmi among

paroisse f. parish

parole f, word, promise

part f, part, share ; d'autre part >^ on the other hand; faire part de to share, impart, inform, tell; prendre part à to share in, help; quelque part somewhere; de toutes parts on ail sides

partager to share, divide, partake of

parti m. course

particulier -ère particular, peculiar, marked, spécial ; private ; en particulier in private

particulièrement especially