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verser, to pour, pour f orth, qjied,

transfer, tum over.

vertigineusement, in a whirl, like

a whirlwind.

vertu, /., virtue; en — de, ac-

cording to, on the strengih of .

vessie, /., bladder.

vêtement, m., garment; pL,

clothes.

vétéran, m., vétéran, vêtir, to clothe, dress, cover.

veuf, -ve, m., /., widower, widow, viande, /., méat.

vibrer, to vibrate, quiver.

vice, m., vice, victime, /., victim.

victoire, /., victory.

vide, empty.

vider, to empty.

vie, /., life, living; de ma — , dur-

ing my whole life.

vieillard, m., old man, old peo-

pie.

vieux (vieil hefore vowéU)^ vieille,

adj, and 5., old, old man or

woman.

vif, vive, lively, keen, brisk, bright, vivid; à vive allure, at a brisk pace, quick.

vigilance, f.y watchfulness.

vigilant, -e, watchful.

vigne, /., vine, vineyard.

vigneron, m., vine-grower.

vignoble, m., vineyard.

vigoureux, -euse, vigorous.

vilain, -e, mean, dirty, nasty.

village, m., village.

villageois, -e, adj. and a., rustic, villager.

ville, /., city, town.

Villingen, small German city in the Black Forest.

vin, m.f wine.

vingt, card., twenty.

vingt-quatre, card.f twenty-four.

(t pronounced.)

violence, /., violence, force.

violent, -e, violent.

violer, to violate, infringe.

visage, m., visage, face, coimtenance.

vis-à-vis, opposite; — de, opposite.

visiblement, visibly, evidently.

visite, /., visit, call; carte de — , visiting-card.

visiter, to visit, inspect.

visiteur, -euse, m., /., visitor.

vite, quick, quickly.

vitre, /., window-pane.

vivacité, /., vivacity.

vivre, to Uve, be alive; vivant, -e, aUve, living; langue vivante, modem language; m.

pi. (vivres), victuals, food.

v'ià, famUiar for voilà.

voguer, to waft, float; faire — , to float.

VOCABTJIiAKY

voici, 'pr&p., hère is, hère are, ago, you see hère, etc.) me — , hère I am; — déjà qu'on me promène, they are akeady movmg me.

voie, /., way; dans la bonne — , on the right way, on the road to success.

voilà, prep., there is, there are, you see there, that's it, that's how; — tout, that^s ail; — pourquoi, that's why; — qui est, that is.

voilier, m., sailing-ship.

voir, to see.

voisin, -e, adj. and s., neighboring, adjoining, neighbor.

voisinage, m., neighborhood.

voix, /., voice; à — basse, in a low voice.

volée, /., flight, flock, bevy.

voler, to steal, rob.

Volga, /., large river in Russia.

volonté, /., will.

volontiers, willingly.

vorace, voracious, ravenous.

Vosges (les), m. pl.j the Vosges (chain of mountains in northeastem France; pronounced:

vôgé).

vot', slipshod pronundation of votre.

votre (vos, pZ.), poss. adj. pr., your.

vouloir, to wish, will, be willing, require, expect; — bien, be willing.

vous, conj, and disj. pr.y you, to you {sometimes expletive, ahouid not be translated at aU),

voûte, /., vault, arch.

▼oûtéj -e, vaulted.

voyage, m., voyage, joumey,

trip, traveling, travel.

voyou, m.f cad.

vrai, -e, true, real; il est — que,

it must be added that.

vraiment, truly, really.

vu, prep.f seeing, in view of, in

considération of, being given.

vue, /., view, sight; perdre de — ,

to lose sight of .

Wavrin, small town in the North

of France, wagon, m., railway-car, truck.

y, adv. and conj. pr., there, to or at, or in it; to or at, or in them, about it, to him, etc., there.

Yank, m., an American soldier.

yeux, see œil.

Y. M. C. A., ahhreviation of Young Men's Christian Association, an association most popular in France.

Yverdon, small Swiss town near the lake of Neuchâtel.

Yser, small river of Belgium, well known through the battle which took place on both sides of it in October, 1914.

Zeppelin, m.. Zeppelin, German air-ship of the rigid type.

zinc, m., zinc.

zone, /., zone, district; — des armées, army zone.

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