épilogue, m., épilogue, winding

up.

épouser, to marry.

épousseter, to dust.

équipage, m., crew, équipage,

carriage.

erreur, /., error, mistake.

escabeau, m., stool, foot-stool. escampette, /., only in the

phrase: prendre de la poudre

d* — , to scamper away.

escapade, /., escapade, prank.

esclavage, m., slavery.

escorte, /., escort, convoy; sous

bonne — , under strong escort.

escouade, /., squad.

Esculape, m., Esculapius, doc-

tor, physician.

espace, m., space.

espagnol, -e, adj. and «., Span-

ish, Spaniard. (Written Espagnol when 8.) espérance, /., hope, expecta-

tion.

espérer, to hope.

espion, m., spy.

espoir, m., hope.

esprit, m.f mind, spirit, wit,

sensé; venir à 1' — , to occur.

essayer, to try.

estimable, estimable, valuable.

estimer, to esteem, estîmate;

s' — , to esteem oneself , regard

oneself.

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estomac, m.y stomach. (Pronoimced: estoma.)

Estottmelles (d' — de Constant), prominent con temporajry French writer and pacifist.

estuaire, m., estuary.

et, and.

étable, /., cattle-shed.

établir, to establish, set up; s' — , to be established, take a position, settle down, start.

étage, m., flight of stairs, story, floor (above the ground-floor).

étalage, m., goods exposed for sale, display, show-window.

état, m., state, condition; remettre en — de, to enable to, repair, make workable. (Written État when meaning the govemment of a nation.)

état-major, m., staff.

États-Unis, m. pi. y United States.

étayer, to prop, support.

été, m., summer.

éteindre, to extinguish, put out.

étendre, to stretch, stretch out; étendu, -e, lying, extensive.

étendue, /., stretch, extent.

étemel, -le, etemal.

étincelant, -e, sparkling, glittering.

étiqueter, to label.

étoffe, /., stuff, fabric, linen.

étoile, /., star, prominent actress.

étoile, -e, starry, star-spaDgled.

étonnamment, wonderfuUy.

étonner, to astonish, amaze; s* — , to be astonished, wonder, be surprised; étonnant, -e, wonderful, amazing.

étrange, strange.

étrangement, strangely.

étranger, -^re, adj. and s., strange, f oreign, stranger, foreign; à 1* — , in a f oreign coimtry, in foreign countries.

être, to be, go (in past tense) ; — à, belong to; il n'est pas, there isn't; n'est-ce pas?, isn't it?, don't you think so?, etc.; ils s'en furent, they went; j'en suis encore à, I am still (followed by présent partidple),

étroit, -e, narrow.

étroitesse, /., narrowness.

étude, /., study; directeur d' — s, director of studies.

étudiant, m., student.

européen, -ne, European.

eux, disj. pr., they, them, themselves.

eux-mêmes, pr., themselves, etc.

évacuer, to evacuate, order the inhabitants away; évacué, -e, adj, and s., evacuated, refugee.

évader (s'), to escape; évadé, -e, adj. and s., an escaped prisoner, escaped.

évaluer, to value, estimate.

évangélique, evangelical.

évasion, /., escape.

évasivement, evasively, not to the point.

événement, m., event.

éventuellement, eventually, as the case may be.

évidemment, evidently. (em pronounced as am.)

évident, -e, évident.

éviter, to avoid.

évoquer, to call forth, call up, recall.

VOCABXJLARY

exact, ~e, accurate, punctual.

exactement, exactly.

examen, m., examination; passer un — ^, to go in for an examination.

examiner, to examine.

excellent, -:e, excellent.

excentrique, eccentric.

excepté, except.

exceptionnellement, exceptionally.

excessif, -ve, excessive, exorbitant.

excursion, /., excursion, trip.

excursionniste, m., excursionist, tounst.

exécuter, to exécute; exécutant, m., musîcian.

exemple, m., example; par — , indeed, for instance, for example.

exercer, to exercise, practise; s* — , to practise, be trained.

exercice, w., exercise, drill; terrain d' — , training field, training ground.

exiger, to exact, require, demand.

existence, /., existence, life.

exister, to live, exist.

exorbitant, -e, exorbitant.

expansif, -ve, expansive, loqua- ^f cious, communicative. Il

expédier, to send, mail, hurry. /j

expérience, /., expérience, experiment; d' — , by expérience.

expirer, to expire, die.

expliquer, to explain.

exploitation, /., exploitation, profiteering, working,^ QV^r* charging.

exploreTi tQ explore.

fî

explosion, /., explosion. <^ exposer, to expose, exhibit. expressif, -ve, expressive, exprimer, to express; s* — , to be

expressed, speak.

exquis, -e, exquisite.

extase, /., ecstasy, rapture.

extérieur, -e, adj, and ?»., ex-

terior, outer, outside; à V —

de, outside of .

extraire, to extract, draw out;

extrait, -e, extracted, derived,

drawn from.

extraordinaire, extraordinary.

extraordinairement, extraordina-

rily.

extrêmement, extremely.

exubérance, /., exubérance, high

spirits.

fabricant, m., manufacturer.

fabrique, /., factory, manufacture.

fabriquer, to manufacture, make.

face, /., face, front; à la — , fuU in the face.

facile, easy; des plus — s, extremely easy.

faciliter, to facilitate, make easy.

façon, /., fashion, manner, way; de notre — , after our own way; de — à, so as to; de — satisfaisante, in a satisf actory way.

factionnaire, m., sentry, soldier on duty.

faculté, /., faculty; — de médecine, médical school.

faim, /., hunger; avoir — , to be bungry.

faire, to do, make, form, build,

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perform, cause, act, ask (a

question), carry on (trade),

give (pleasure), etc.; se — , to

be done, grow, become, be,

get; — changer, get changed;

fait-il, he says; il fait sombre,

it is dark.

fait, m., fact, deed; du — de,

owing to.

falaise, /., cliÔ.

falloir, to be necessary, need,

must, should, bave to; ou peu

s'en faut, or nearly so.

fameux, -euse, famous, great,

predous {familiar), familial, -e, of the family; esprit

— , family spirit.

familier, -ère, f amiliar.

famille, /., family.

fantassin, m., infantryman, foot-

soldier.

farce, /., joke; jouer une — à, to

play a trick.

fastueux, -euse, pompous, lux-

urious.

fatalisme, m., fatalism.

fatigue, /., fatigue, weariness.

fatiguer, to tire, tire out, weary.

faudra, see falloir, faute, /., fault, error; — de, for

lack of, in the absence of .

fauteuil, m., ann-chair.

fautif, -ve, faulty, guilty.

fauve, adj, and m., fallow, wîld

beast.

faux, fausse, false, pretended,

wTong; aussi — qu'un jeton,

as false as a brass shilling, favorable, favorable, pleasing.

fée, /., fairy.

feindre, to feîgn, prétend, félicité, /., felicity, bliss.

féliciter, to congratulate.

féminin, -e, féminine, femme, /., woman, wif e.

fémur, m., thigh-bone.

fenêtre, /., window.

fer, m.f iron.

ferme, /., farm.

fermier, m., farmer.

féroce, ferocious.

ferraille, /., old iron, scrap ircn.

ferrer, to tip with iron; voie ferrée, railway, railroad.

fertile, fertile, festin, m., feast, banquet, fête, /., festival, holiday, enter-

tainment.

feu, m., fire, fireplace, shot, pa&-

sion, beat, feuille, /., leaf .

feutre, m., felt, felt-hat.

ficher, to thrust, stick, drive in;

fiché, -e, stuck.

fidèle, adj. and s., faithful.

fier, --ère, proud, haug}ity, bold;

à fière allure, at full speed.

fierté, /., pride.

fièvre, /., fever.

fiévreusement, feverishly.

fiévreux, -euse, feverish.

figue, /., fig.

fil, m., thread. Une; — de fer,

wire. {l pronounced.) filer, to spin, file by, shoot by,

move along, scamper away.

filet, m.f net; tenderloin.

fille, /., dau^ter, girl; jeune — ,

girl, young lady.

fillette, /., young girl.

film, m.f film, fils, m.f son. fin, /., end.

fin, -e, fine, délicate, small.

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finance, /., finance, money;

moyennant — , on condition

of paying cash down, for

money.

finesse, /., refinement, delicacy,

shrewdness.

finir, to finish, end; — par (vnth

infinitive), finally.

fixation, /., fixing, fixation, hmi-

tation.

flagrant, -e, flagrant, flairer, to scent, smell.

flamand, -e, adj. and 8., Flem-

ish. (Written Flamand when

s.) flanc, m., flank, side; être sur le

— , to be tired out, exhausted, Flandre,/, (also Flandres,/. pL),

Flanders.

flâner, to stroll, lounge.

flanquer, to fiank; flanqué de,

fianked by, having on the

sides.

fleur, /., flower, pick, pink.

fleurir, to flower, blossom; fleuri,

-e, flowered, flowery.

fleuve, m., stream, river, flot, m., wave, fiood.

flûte, /., flûte.

Foch, French gênerai and Allied

commander-in-chief during the

world war.

foi, /., faith; avoir — dans, to

trust; ajouter — à, to believe.

fois, /., time; chaque — que,

every time; combien de — ,

how many times; à la — ^, at

the same time, both, at a

time.

fonction, /., function, duty.

fonctionner, to work, operate.

fond, m., bottom, badcground;

à — , .thoroughly; au — , at bottom.

fondement, m., foundation.

fonder, to found; se — , to be foimded.

fondre, to melt.

fondrière, /., quagmire.

fonds, m., stock, fund, foimdation.

fonte, /., caat-iron.

force, /., force, might, strength, niunber of ; à — de, by dint of; — soupirs, sighs without number; à toute — , in spite of everything.

forcer, to force, obUge.

forêt, /., forest, wood; la Forêt Noire, the Black Forest (a German mountainous district, east of the upper Rhine).

former, to form.

formidable, formidable.

fort, -e, adj, and adv., strong, clever, hard, very, very much, much, loud; plus — que moi, beyond my control (I cannot help it).

fortement, strongly, very.

fortune, /., fortune; faire contre mauvaise — bon cœur, to accept bad luck with a smile; moyens de — , inadéquate means, what is at hand.

fortuné, -e, fortunate.

fosse, /., pit.

fossé, m.f ditch, moat.

fou, folle, adj, and s., mad, crazy person; — rire, uncontroUable laughter.

fouiller, to dig, dig in, excavate, search.

foule, /., crowd, lot.

VôcABtriiÀftY

fourchette, /., fork.

fournée, /., ovenful, batch.

fournir, to fumish, give, make, cover.

fournisseur, m., shopkeeper, caterer.

foursome, m., foursome.

fout: on s'en — , we do not care a rap {slang).

foyer, m., hearth, fireplace, firesîde, home.

fragment, m., fragment, pièce.

frais, m. pL, expenses, expansé, fee; se mettre en — , to go to much expense, incur large expense, make extensive préparations.

frais, fndche, fresh, cool, recently made.

franc, m., franc (about 19H cents).

français, -e, adj. and s., French, Frenchman. (Written Français when «.)

France, /., France.

France (Anatole), famous contemporary French writer.

franchement, frankly.

franchir, to clear, pass over, cross, walk.

franco-suisse, Franco-Swiss.

frapper, to strike, knock.

fraternel, -le, fratemal, brother-

ly.

fraude, /., fraud, deceit; en — ,

without permission, fraudu-

lently.

frein, m., bit, bridle; ronger son

— , to champ the bit.

frénésie, /., frenzy, mad joy.

fréquemment, frequently.

' "uent, ~e, fréquent.

fréquenter, to attend, fréquent,

visit often.

frère, m., brother.

frileux, -eiise, chilly, afraid of

the cold.

fringant, -e, brisk, frisky.

frissonner, to shiver.

frit, -e, fried; pommes de terre

— es, chips.

Fritz, m., contemptuous name

for German (becauae Fritz

(Friedrich) is a very common

Christian name in Germany).

frivole, frivolous.

froid, -e, adj, and m., cold, chill.

froissé, -e, hurt, bruised.

front, m., forehead, brow; de — ,

abreast.

frontière, /.^ frontier, border, fruit, m., fruit; bourgeon à — ,

fruit-bud.

fuir, to flee, flee from.

fuite, /., flight; mettre en — , to

put into flight.

fumée, /., smoke.

ftmier, to smoke.

fumeur, m., smoker.

fumier, m., dunghill, manure.

fumoir, m., smoke-room.

fur, m. : au — et à mesure que,

as, in proportion as.

fureter, to ferret, rummage, pry.

furieux, -euse, furious, mad.

fusain, m., charcoal.

fusil, m.j gun, rifle.

fusiller, to shoot, futilité, /., futility.

gâcher, to make a mess of , spoil,

waste.

gaffe, /., blunder, faux-pas.

VOCABULABY

gagner, to gain, win, reach,

eam, repair to, go to.

gai, -e, gay, merry.

galerie, /., gallery.

galonné, -e, full of lace, with

many stripes.

galop, m., gallop.

gant, m., glove.

garçon, m., boy; — de café,

waiter.

garde, /., guard, watch.

garde-frontière, m., soldier de-

tailed to watch the frontier,

sentry.

garde-manger, m., larder, pan-

try.

garder, to guard, keep; se — de,

to take care not to.

gardien, -ne, adj. and s., guar-

dian, guard, keeper.

gare, /., station, garnir, to fumish, fit out. garnison, /., garrison.

Garonne, /., river of South

France. Bordeaux is situated

on the Garonne, gars, m., young fellow, fellow,

boy. (Pronounced: gar.) gâteau, m., cake, gâter, to spoîl.

gauche, l^t, awkward; /., left

hand; à — , sur la — , left, on

the left.

gaz, m.y gas. {z pronounced.) geler, to freeze; gelé, -e, frozen.

gendarme, m., gendarme, con-

stable, military policeman.

gendre, m., son-in-law.

général, -e, adj. and m., gênerai, généralement, generally, as a

rule.

généraliser, to generalize.

généreusement, generously.

générosité, /., generosity.

génie, m., genius, engineers' corps.

genre, m., kind, sort, form.

gens, m. pL (preceding adjective takes féminine form), people, folk; jeunes — , young men, young people.

gentil, -le, nice.

geôlier, m., jailer.

germano-suisse, German-S^iss.

gésir, to lie.

geste, m., gesture.

giroflée, /., gillyflower.

Gironde, the name of the Garonne estuary; also the name of a French department, the chief city of which is Bordeaux; La Petite Gironde, the eliief daily paper of Bordeaux.

gisaient, see gésir.

gisement, m., deposit.

glace, /., ice.

glacial, -e, icy.

glisser, to slide, slip, gUde; se — , to slip.

glouton, -ne, gluttonous.

Godesberg, a small German city on the right bank of the middle Rhine.

golf, m., golf.

gondole, /., river steamer, gondola.

gonfler, to swell, swell out.

gorge, /., throat.

gotha, m.. Gotha (type of aéroplane used by the Germans to bombard Paris).

goudronner, to tar.

gourmand, -e, greedy, gluttonous.

VOCABULABT

gourmet, m., gourmet, a good

judge of wine and cooking,

one who appréciâtes good

oooking.

goût, m,f taste.

goûter, to taste.

goutte, /., drop, goût, gouvernement, m., govemment.

gouverner, to govem.

grâce, /., grâce, charm, favor;

de bonne —, with good grâce,

with delight.

gracieux, -euse, gracious, grace-

ful, Smart, grade, m., rank.

graisse, /., grease, fat; boite à

— , grease-cap.

gramme, m., gram (TiiWtli of a

kilo) ; 500 — s, a French pound

(the French pound is a little

heavier than the English

pound).

grand, -e, adj. and s., great, tall,

big, wide, open, long, high;

pas — ^'chose, nothing much;

— 'peine, great difficulty.

Grand-Duché, m., Grand-Duchy

(ofBaden).

Grande-Bretagne, /., Great

Britain.

grandement, greatly, much.

grandeur, /., greatness, height,

sîze, grandeur, grange, /., bam.

gras, -se, fat.

gratitude, /., thankfulness.

gratter, to scratch, scrape.

gratuit, -e, gratuitous, free of

charge, grave, grave, severe, deep.

gravement, gravely.

graver, to eniErave; se — , to

be stamped, impressed, imprinted.

gravure, /., engraving.

grêle, /., bail.

grelotter, to shiver.

grenade, /., grenade, handbomb.

grenouille, /., frog.

Gretchen, /., a German gîrl (slightly contemptuous: Gretchen (Margarete) is a most common Christian name with German girls).

grièvement, grievously, serious-

ly.

griffe, /., claw.

grillagé, -e, latticed, grated.

griller, to broil, roast; faire — ,

to broil, roast.

grimace, /., grin, wry face; faire

la — , to make a wry face, grimper, to climb.

gris, -e, gray, tipsy.

grognard, m., grumbler (usually

said of Napoleon's soldiers).

gros, -se, adj, and 8., big, thick,

heavy, coarse; coûter — , to

cost very much.

grouiller, to swann, crawl, groupe, m., £px>up.

grue, /., crâne, guère, scarcely; ne . . . —,

scarcely, hardly, not much.

guérir, to heal, recover.

guérite, /., sentry-box.

guerre, /., war; conseil de — ^

court-martial, guerrier, m., warrior.

guetter, to watch, watch for.

gueide, /., mouth (of animais),

jaws, chops; Monsieur de

Belle Gueule, Mr. Fine Chops

VOCABULART

(a f ancy translation f rom the Gkrman 'Schônebeck': schân -fine; bec-bill, chops).

Guigui, m.f a very familiar and contemptuous nickname of William II (Guillaume, Guigui).

Guillaume, m., William (the name of two German emperors, William I and William

II), guise, /., manner, way; à sa — ,

in his own way.

Guiton, a pet-name for Marguerite (Margaret).

gymnase, m., gymnasîum, highschool.

gymnastique, adj. and /., gymnastîc; de — , athletic.

Ch aspîrate h)

habile, élever, skilfiil.

habileté, /., skiU, clevemess.

habillement, m., dress, clothing,

clothes.

habiller, to dress.

habitable, habitable, habitant, m., inhabitant.

habiter, to live in, dwell.

habitude, /., habit, habitué, -e, adj. and m., accus-

tomed, fréquenter, regular cus-

tomer, member, patron, habituel, customary.

'haie, /., hedge; former la — , to

Une (in two rows f ronting each

other).

'haine, /., hatred, hâte.

'haineux, -euse, hateful, spite-

fui, heinous.

'haïr, to hâte.

'Halle, big industrial city of Prussian Saxony.

'Hanovre, Hannover, German province and town.

'hanter, to haunt.

'harangue, /., harangue, address.

'hardi, -e, bold.

'haricot, m., beau.

'harpe, /., harp.

'hasard, m., hazard, chance, fortune, risk, danger; au — , at random; à tout — , in case it shoiild tum out well; par — , by chance, by any chance, peradventmre.

'hftter, to haaten, hurry; se — , to hasten, hurry.

'haussement, m., shrug.

'haut, -e, adj.f ado. and m., hi^, tall, loud, aloud, loudly, raised; en — de, au — de, on (at the) top of .

'hautbois, m., hautboy.

'haut-fourneau, m., blast-furn&iCe

'hél, ho!, ohl, hellol

hebdomadaire, weekly.

'Heidelberg, German city on the Neckar, in Baden.

'hein!, hey, whati

hélas I, alasl (s pronoimced.)

herbe, /., grass, herb.

'hérisser, to bristle; 'hérissé, -^, bristling.

héroïne, /., heroine.

'héron, m., héron.

hésiter, to hesitate.

heure, /., hour, o'clock, tîme; de bonne — , early ; tout à V — ^ in a little while, in a moment, just now, a moment ago; à P—

VOCABULABY

qu'il est, now, for the time being.

heureusement, f ortunately, hap-

piiy.

heureux, -euse, happy, fortu-

nate, lucky.

hier, yesterday.

'Highlander, m., Highlander.

'Hindenburg, German comman-

der-in-chief during the world

war.

'hissé, -e, hoisted up.

histoire, /., story, history, anecdote; — de (foUowed hy iiv-

finitivé), just to, just for the

sake of (coUoquial).

historique, historical, historic.

hiver, m., winter. ^hocher, to shake.

komme, m., man, soldier; mon

— , the man I want.

honnêteté, /., honesty.

honneur, m., honor.

honorable, honorable, hôpital, m., hospital.

'horde, /., horde, crowd.

horizon, m., horizon, horreur, /., horror.

horrible, horrible, 'hors (de), out of.

hospitalier, -ère, hospitable.

hospitalité, /., hospitality.

hostilité, /., hostility.

hôte, m., host, guest.

hôtel, m., hotel.

'houille, /., coal, soft coal.

'huit, card.f eight; — jours, a

week.

'Hulluch (ch pronounced A;), a

village of northem France,

not far from Lens.

humble, humble.

humblement, humbly.

humide, wet, damp, moîst.

'hurler, to howl.

hygiénique, hygienic, sanitary.

hymne, m., hynm, anthem.

ici, hère; — même, in this very place.

idéal, -e, adj. and s., idéal.

idée, /., idea.

identité, /., identity.

idole, /., idol.

ignorance, /., ignorance.

ignorer, to be ignorant of, not to know; ignorant, -e, ignorant.

il, ils, conj, pr,f he, it, their, they.

fle, /., island.

illusion, /., illusion.

imagination, /., imagination.

imaginer, to imagine.

imiter, to imitate.

immédiatement, immediately.

immense, immense, huge.

immodéré, -e, immoderate, excessive.

immortaliser, to immortahze.

impardonnable, unpardonable.

impartial, -e, impartial, (ti pronoimced as ci in this and the next two words.)

impatience, /., impatience.

impatienté, -e, growing impatient, out of patience.

impayable, extraordinary, killing.

impérial, -e, impérial; impériale, /., impérial (a tirft of hair under thé nether lip wrongly

VOCABULARY

considered as the characteristic of ail Frenchmen).

impérieux, -«use, imperious, pressing.

impertinent, -e, impertinent.

importer, to matter, import; n'importe, no matter; n'importe qui, any one; important, -e, important.

imposer, to impose; imposant, -e, imposing.

impossibilité, /., impossibility; dans V — de, unable to.

impossible, impossible.

impôt, m.y tax, taxation.

impraticable, impracticable, impossible.

impression, /., impression.

imprévu, -e, imforeseen, unexpected.

imprimer, to impress, press upon, print; s' — , to be stamped, impressed, priDted.

improviser, to improvise, extemporize; improvisé, -e, extempore, done without préparation; s' — agriculteur, to go in for fanning without training.

inaccoutumé, -e, imaccustomed, unusual.

inattendu, -e, unexpected.

incapable, incapable, unable.

incendie, m., fîre.

incertitude, /., uncertainty.

incessamment, incessantly, directly.

incliner, to incline, tilt.

incomparable, matchless, incomparable.

incomparablement, incomparably.

incompréhensible, incompréhensible, unintelligible.

inconnu, -e, unknown, strange.

incontestablement, undeniably.

inconvénient, m., inconvenience,

drawback.

incorporer, to incorporate, em-

body, unité, incroyable, incredible.

inculquer, to inculcate, impress.

indépendant, -e, independent.

Indes, /. pl.f India.

indifférent, -e, indiffèrent, of no

concem.

indigne, unworthy.

indiscrétion, /., indiscrétion, indispensable, indispensable, individualiste, adj. and $., indi-

vidualist, individualistic.

industrie, /., industry.

industriel, -le, adj. and m., in-

dustrial, plant-owncr.

inéptdsable, inexhaustible.

infanterie, /., infantry.

inférieur, -e, inferior.

infini, -e, infinité, infinité, /., endless number.

infirmerie, /., infirmary, sick-

room.

infirmité, /., infirmity.

influence, /., influence.

infiuenza, /., influenza, *'flu." information, /., information, informer, to infomi; s* — , to in-

quire; informé, -e, informed,

posted.

infortuné, -e, unfortunate.

infructueux, -euse, fruitless, use-

less.

ingénieur, m., engineer.

ingénieux, -euse, ingenious, cun-

ning.

VOCABULARY

inhabitable, uninhabitable.

inhospitalier, -ère, inhospitable.

inhumain, -e, inhuman.

injecter, to inject.

injonction, /., injunction, corn-

mand.

innocent, ~e, innocent, harm-

less.

inoffensif, -ve, inoffensive, harm-

less.

inonder, to flood.

inoubliable, unforgettable.

inouï, -e, unheard of .

inscrire, to inscribe, write.

Insigne, m., badge, distinctive

sign.

inspecteur, m., inspecter, installer, to start, set up.

instant, m., instant; à tous les

— s, ail the time, repeatedly;

pour V — , for the time being.

instinctivement, instinctively.

instituteur, m., schoolmaster,

grammar-school master.

institution, /., institution.

instruire, to instruct, teach; s' — ,

to instruct oheself, leam; instruit, -e, instructed, educated,

well-informed.

instrument, m., instrument, tool.

instrumentiste, m., instrumen-

talist.

insuffisamment, insufficiently,

inadequately.

insuffisant, -e, insufficîent.

insurpassable, unsurpassable.

intact, -e, intact, untouched.

{et pronounced.) intarissable, inexhaustible. .

intellectuel, -le, intellectual.

intelligenmient, cleverly, sensî-

bly.

intelligence, /., intelligence,

mind.

intense, intense, intensément, intensely.

intention, /., intention, purpose;

à V — de, for, for the sake of .

intercepter, to intercept.

interdire, to forbid, prohibit.

intéresser, to interest; s' — à, to

be interested in; intéressant,

-e, interesting.

intérêt, m., interest.

intérieur, -e, adj, and m., in-

terior, inside; à 1' — , inside.

intérieurement, inside, inwardly.

interminable, interminable, end-

less.

interminablement, intermlnably.

international, -e, international, internement, m., intemment.

interner, to intem; interné, -e,

an intemed soldier, officer or

civilian.

interpeller, to call, shout.

interprète, m., interpréter.

interrogatoire, m., questioning,

examination.

interroger, to question, intima, intimate.

intitulé, -e, entitled.

intrus, -e, w., /., intruder.

inusité, -e, unused, unaccu»-

tomed.

inutile, useless, needless.

invariablement, invariably.

inventaire, m., inventory, tak-

ing stock, inverse, adj. and m., reverse,.

contrary.

inviolable, inviolable, invitation, /., invitation, inviter, to invite, ask.

VOCABULABT

involontairement, involuntarily.

invoquer, to invoke, adduce. invraisemblable, improbable,

stupendous. (s pronounced

as in sembler.) irlandais, -e, adj. and 8., Irish,

Irishman. (Written Irlandais

when 8.) ironiquement, ironically.

irréparable, irréparable, irrésistible, irrésistible, irrespirable, unbreathable, net

respirable.

irruption, /., irruption, inroad;

faire — , to burst into, rush in.

issue, /., issue, escape, exit.

Italie, /., Italy.

italien, -ne, adj. and 8., Italian.

(Written Italien when s.) ivrogne, m., drunkard.

j', «ce je.

jacasser, to chatter.

jadis, of old, in former times.

(« pronounced.) jamais, ever, never; ne . . . — ,

never.

jambe, /., leg.

jardin, m., garden.

jardinier, m., gardener.

jaune, yellow; rire — , to laugh

on the wrong side of the

mouth.

jauni, -e, tumed yellow.

je, conj. pr., I.

jet, m., jet, spout, throwing.

jeter, to throw, cast.

jeton, m., counter.

jeu, m., game, gambling, trick.

jeune, young; — fille, girl.

jeûner, to fast.

jetmesse, /., youtH, young âge; de toute première — , quite young.

joie, /., joy; feu de — , bonfire.

joindre, to join, put together, inclose in.

joli, -e, pretty, good-looking.

jonché, -e, strewn, covered.

jonchée, /., strewed leaves.

jouer, to play; — le tout pour le tout, to stake ail.

jouet, m., toy, plaything.

joueur, -euse, m., /., player.

jouir, to enjoy {objeci is preceded by de).

jour, m., day, daylight, daytime; par — , a day; le — cù, when, the day on which; au — le — , from hand to mouth, day after day; jeter un — singulier sur, to illustrate in a most remarkable way ; un beau — , one fine day, one particular day; huit — s, a week.

journal, m., newspaper; marchand de journaux, newspaper vendor, paper boy.

journaliste, m., joumalist.

journée, /., day.

Jouy, a French village fif ty miles west from Paris.

juché, -e, perched, hoisted up.

juge, m., judge.

juger, to judge, consider.

juin, m., June.

juillet, m., July.

jupe, /., skirt.

Jura, m., Jura, mountain-chain on the Franco-Swiss border.

juron, m., oath, swear-word.

jus, m., juice.

jusque, to, up to, as far as, un-

VOCABTJLARY

til; jusqu'à, to, as far as, up to, until, even; jusqu'à présent, till now; aller jusqu'à, to go so far as to; jusqu'à ce que, until.

juste, adj. and adv.f just, faîr, exact, exactly; tout — , precisely; au — , exactly.

justice, /., justice, fair play.

justifier, to justify, explain.

Kaiser, m., the Kaiser, the German emperor; à la — , Kaiser fashion.

képi, m., képi, French military cap.

khaki, m., khaki.

kicker, to kick.

kilomètre, m., kilometer (5^ of a mile).

kommandanture, /., kommandantur, any German headquarters.

Eronprinz, m., Kronprinz, German crown-prince.

1', iised hefore on for euphony.

Vf 8ée le, la (art. or pr.),

la, see le.

là, there, hère.

labourer, to plow.

lac, m., lake.

lâcher, to loosen, let out, release, undo, let go.

là-dessus, thereupon.

la digue: digue daine (or don), a well-known burden from a French student song, without pjiy particular ipeaiiipg.

La Fayette, young Frenchman who f ought for America in the War of Independence.

laine, /., wool; en — , woolen.

laisse, /., leash.

laisser, to let, leave.

lait, m., milk.

laitier, -ère: vache laitière, milch cow.

lame, /., blade.

lamenter (se), to lament, moum.

lampe, /., lamp; — à arc, arc lamp.

lancer, to throw, hurl, cast; — une invitation, to issue an invitation; se — , to be issued.

langue, /., tongue, language.

lapin, m.y rabbit.

laquais, m., lackey, footman.

lardon, m., lardon, lardoon; Lardon, baby doll which of ten accompanies Nénette and Rintintin (q.v.).

large, adj, and m., broad, wide, great, generous, free-handed.

larme, /., tear.

lasser (se), to get tired.

latin, -e, adj. and s., Latin.

laurier-rose, m., oleander.

laver, to wash.

le, la (1' hefore vowds; les, pZ.), def. art. y the.

le, la (les, pl.\ lui, leur, indirect), conj. pr.j him, her, it, so, them, to him, to them, etc.

leçon, /., lesson.

lecture, /., reading; salle de — , reading-room.

légende, /., legend.

léger, -ère, Ught (weight), slight, thin, easy.

légion, /., légion, heaps.

VOCABULART

légionnaire, m., legîonaryi soldier of a Roman légion.

légitime, legitimate.

léguer, to bequeath.

légume, m., vegetable.

lendemain, m., following day, next day; au — de, the day after, after; du jour au — ^ suddenly.

Lens (â pronounced), city of northem France, best known from its coal-mines.

lent, -e, slow.

lentement, slowly.

lequel, laquelle (lesquels, lesquelles, pZ.), rd. and int. pr., which, who, which?, who?

les, aee le.

lettre, /., letter; papier à — , letter-paper.

leur, canj. pr., aee le; adj., their; le — , theirs.

lèvre, /., lip.

liberté, /., liberty.

libre, free.

librement, freely.

lierre, w., ivy.

lieu, m., place; avoir — , to take place; au — de, instead of.

lieue, /., league {2)4 miles).

lieutenant, m., first lieutenant; mon Lieutenant, Sir (a soldier addressîng a first lieutenant).

lièvre, m., hare.

ligne,/.. Une; le 8*™« de — , the 8th (régiment) of infantry.

ligoter, to bind, tie, fasten together.

ligue, /., league.

Lille, the largest city of northem France.

lilloiSi -e^ adj, and s., of Lille,

résident of Lille. (Written

Lillois when s.) limite, /., limit.

limousine, /., limousine, linge, m., linen, cloth; — de

corps, underwear.

liquide, adj. and m., liquid.

lire, to read.

liste, /., list.

lit, m., bed, bedstead.

litre, m., liter (about % of a

quart).

littéralement, literally.

livraison,/., delivery (of goods);

prendre — de, to reçoive

(goods).