partie, f., game, match, portion; faire — de, to belong te
partir, v., to leave ; — d'un éclat
de rire, to burst out laughing;
à — d'aujourd'hui, from this
very day.
parvenir, v., to succeed, to rise in
the world.
pas, m., pace, step; — de clerc,
blunder; ne... — , not; ne...
— de, no, not any.
passé, m., past. passer, v., to pass ; en — par là,
to put up with it; se — , to
happen, to take place, passe-temps, m., pastime.
passion, f,, passion.
pâte, f., dough, make-up, sort,
color (blending of colors).
patience, f,, patience, patient, -e, adj., patient.
patrie, /., fatherland, country.
patrimoine, m., patrimony.
patriotique, adj., patriotic.
patte, /., paw ; faire la — de velours, ' to play Pussy Velvet-
Paw.
pauvre, adj., pooff {term of en-
dearment) dear; mon — père,
my latc father.
paver, v., to pave, pavillon, w., pavillion, lodgc.
payer, v., to pay.
pays, m., country.
paysage, m., landscape, pédagogue, m., pédagogue; faire
le — , to play the schoolmaster.
peindre, v., to paint.
peine, f., pain, difficulty, trouble;
à — , hardly, scarcely.
peinture, f., painting.
pelote, f., bail of yam; arrondir
sa —, to round out one's bail
of yam, to feathèr one's nest.
pendant, prep,, during; — que,
con},, while. pendre, v., to hang.
pendule, /., chimney clock.
pénitence, f., pénitence; mettre
en — , to punish like a child.
pensée, f,, thought.
penser, v,, to think (à, of).
pension, f„ annuity ; servir ime — ^
to allow an annuity.
pensionnaire, f,, boarding-school
girl.
pente, f., inclination, bent percer, v,, to pierce.
perche, f., pôle. 'perdre, v., to lose, to ruin; ma
tête se perd, my wits arçastray.
perdreau, m., young partrid^t ; —
rouge, partridge with red feet
and red beak.
père, m., father; — rabat-joie,
father kill-joy.
perfection, f,, perfection, péril, m., danger.
permettre, v., to permit permission, f., permission.
perpétuité, f., perpetuity; à — ,
forever.
personnage, m,, character (m a
phy) , ptrson.
personne, f., person, anybody; ne
... — , nobody.
personnel, -le, adj., personal.
persuader, v., to persuade, to con-
vince (qc. à qq., somebody of
something).
petit, -e, adj., little, small, nice,
petty.
peu (de), adv., little. few; un — ,
a little ; sous —, before long, peuh! int, pshaw!
peuple, w., people.
peur, f„ fear ; avoir — de, to fcar ;
faire — à, to frighten.
peut-être, adv,, maybe, perhaps.
phénomène, m„ phenomenon.
Philémon et Baucis, pr. n., an old
couple famous in antiquity as
the model of true conjugal
love, and granted by the gods
the privilège of dying together.
Philippe, pr. n., Philip, piano, m., piano, pied, m., foot ; à — ^ on foot.
piège, m., snare, trap.
pierre, f., stone. pilote, m., pi lot.
Pincebourde, pr. n., "Tattler,"
" Chatterbox." pinte, /., pint.
piquet, m., piquet ; un cent de — ,
at a hundred points.
piteu-:c, -se, adj,, piteous.
pitié, f., pity (de, with), misery.
place, /., place, placer, î;., to place, to învest plaindre, v,, to pity; se — , to
complain.
plaine, f., plain.
plainte, f,, complaint plaire, v,, to please; s'il vous
plaît, if you please.
plaisant, -e, adj., pleasant, funny.
plaisanter, v,, to joke.
plaisanterie, f., joke.
plaisir, w., pleasure ; j'ai — de, I
am pleased to; puisque c'est
votre bon — , since it is your
highness' pleasure.
plan, m., plan, ground; premier
— t foreground.
planter, v., to plant, to grow ly—
là, to leave in the lurch (famy).
plastron, w., plastron of a fencr
ing master, butt target.
plat, m., dish, plate, plat, -e, adj\, flat.
plein, 'Biadj., full.
pleurer, v., to wecp, to cry.
pli, w., fold.
pluie, f., rain. plume, f,, feather.
plus, adv.j more ; le — , most ; do
— , more, additional ; raison de
— , ail the more reason ; ne . . .
— , no more ; ni moi non — , nor I either ; ne . . . pas non — mon titre, not my title either ; — u»
mot! not a word more!
plusieurs, adj., several.
plutôt, adv., rather..
poche, f., pocket
poésie, f., poetry.
poète, w., poet.
poids, m., burden.
poignet, m., wrist
poing, m., fist; coup de —, cuff.
point, m., point; ne... — , not; rendre des —s, to give odds.
poirier, m., pear tree.
poli, -e, ad]\, polite.
politique, f., politics.
Pomard, pr. n., wine of Pomard (village in the Département de Côte-d'Or).
pont, m., bridge ; —s et chaussées, civil engineering ; il n'a pas de Pont, his real name spells without de Pont.
porte, f., door.
porter, v., to carry, to take; se — , to conduct one's self.
portier, m., janitor.
position, f., position.
posséder, v., to possess.
possible, adj., possible.
poste, m., post.
potage, m., soup.
pouce, m., inch.
poudre, f., powder, dust
poularde, f., pullet.
poule, f., hen ; donner la chair de — à, to make one's flesh crawl, to give one a cold shudder.
poupée, f., doll.
pour, prep., for ; with présent infinitive, in order to ; — avoir atteint, for, because of, having reached ; — que, in order that.
pourquoi, adv., what for, why.
pourtant, adv,, however, though.
pourvu que, conj., provided that.
pousser, v., to push, to q%^ on.
pouvoir, m., power.
pouvoir, V,, to be able; je peux, I can.
pratiquer, v., to practice.
précepte, m., precept, ruie.
préfecture, f., highest administrative office of a département.
premier, ord., first; first story (reached after mounting the outside steps and one flight of stairs).
prendre, v., to take, to take up; to capture; où prenez-vous cela? where did you get that (notion)? who told you so?
what makes you think so? je t'y prends, I catch you in it ; à la façon dont tu t'y prends, the way you act; — un sujet sur nature, to take a subject from nature.
préoccupation, f., préoccupation.
préparer, v., to prépare.
près (de), prep,, near; à... — ^ excepting; à peu — , nearly, pretty near; à six pouces — , within six inches, allowing for a différence of six inches.
présence, f., présence.
présent, m., présent ; à — , now.
présentement, adv,, at once.
présenter, v., to présent, to intro-
presque, adv., almost. [duce.
presser, v,, to press, to urge, to hurry.
prêt, -e, arf/., ready. donc.
prétendre, v., to prétend, to claim.
prétention, f,, prétention ; avoir — à, to prétend to.
prêter, v,, to lend, to loan, to attribute.
prétexte, m., pretext
preuve, /., proof.
prévenir, v,, to précède, to antici-
pâte, to prevent, to wam.
prier, v., to pray, to ask.
prince, w., prince, principe, w., principle.
printemps, w., spring.
prise, f., capture, hold ; lâcher — ,
to give up one*s prey. prison, f., prison, priver, v., to deprive.
privilège, w., privilège, prix, m., price; à tout — , cost
what it may.
probité, /., probity, honesty.
procédé, m., procédure; les bons
— s, skill and tact, procès, m., law suit.
procurer, v., to procure, to obtain,
to yield.
prodigalité, f,, prodigality.
prodigue, adj., prodigal; l'enfant
— , the prodigal son.
professorat, m., teaching.
profiter, v,, to profit, progresser, v., to make progress.
promenade, f., promenade, ride,
drive.
promener: se — ^, v., to take a
walk, a ride, a drive, to walk
to and fro.
promesse, f., promise, promettre, î/., to promise, ivrompt, -e, adj., prompt.
propos, m., occasion; à — , op-
portunely. appropriately, as I
just think of it; à quel — ?
what about? for what reason?
proposer, v., to propose, propre,, adj., own. [pwner.
propriétaire, m., proprietor,.
propriété, f,, property, estate, protéger, v., to protect, to patron-
ize.
protestation, f,, protestation, profession.
prouver, v., to prove.
pmdence, f., prudence; — est mère de sûreté, discrétion is the better part of valor.
prudent, -e, adj., prudent.
publi-c, -que, adj., public.
pudeur, f,, bashfulness.
puéril, -e, adj., puérile, childish.
puis, adv., then.
puiser, v., to draw, to take, to imbibe.
puisque, conj., since.
punir, V., to punish.
pur, -e, adj., pure.
pureté, f., purity.
qu' = que.
quand, adv., conj,, when; — même, even if sa.
quant à, prep., «is to.
quarante, card., forty; — six, -sept, -huit, forty-six, -seven, -eight; Tan —, "the year forty," a time that will never corne.
quart, m., fourth, quarter; — d'heure, quarter of 'an hour ; un mauvais — d'heure, a bad time.
quatorze, card., fourteen.
quatre, card., four; — vingt, eighty; — vingt-deux, eightytwo.
quatrième, ord., fourth.
que, conj., that, than, as ; pr., whom, that, which, what; qu'est-ce — , what; exclamation: why, how much, how many; ne... — , only; qu'il vienne, let him corne; quel charmant jeune homme — M.
le duc, what a charming young
man the duke is.
quel, -le, pr., what, which.
quelque, pr., some; quelqu'un,
some body; — chose, some-
thing.
querelle, f., quarrel.
quereller, v., to pick a quarrel
with.
question, f., question; faire .une
— , to ask a question, qui, pr., who, whom, which, that.
Quiberon, pr. n., a peninsula on
the south coast of Brittany;
landing and defeat of the
French émigrés (aided by the
English), 1795.
quinze, card., fifteen.
quitte, adj., discharged; en être
— pour, to get off with ; tenir
— de, to relieve of, to excuse from.
quitter, v., to leave.
quoi, pr., what ; — que, whatever ; il y aura de — faire une voie lactée, there will be enough to make a galaxy ; il y a là de — être fier, you may well be proud of that ; j'ai de — l'acheter, I hâve money enough to buy it.
quoique, conj., although.
rabais, m., rebate, discount, rabat-joie, m., wet-blanket, kill-
joy.
rabattre, v., to lower, to diminish.
raccommoder, v., to patch to-
gether, to reconcile, racheter, v., to buy back, to re-
deem, to make good, to atone
for.
raconter, v., to relate, to tell.
raisin, m., grape.
raison, f,, reason ; avoir — , to be right.
raisonnable, adj., reasonable, sensible.
ramasser, v., to pick up.
rancune, f„ grudge ; garder — à, to harbor a grudge against.
rang, m., rank, social standing.
ranger, v., to place in order; se — , to settle down, to enlist.
rapide, adj., rapid.
rappeler, v., to remind (qc. à qq., somebody of something) ; se — f to recall, to remember.
rapport, m., bearing, relation.
rapporter, v., to bring back.
rapprochement, m., reconciliation.
rapprocher, v., to bring together, to reconcile.
rare, adj., rare.
raser, v., to raze, to eut down.
rasseoir: se — 9 v., to sit down again.
rassurer, v., to re-assure; se — , to calm one's self, to take courage, to cheer up.
rat, m., rat.
rattraper: se — , v„ to get even (sur qq. de qc, with somebody for something).
ravioles: potage aux — à l'Italienne, Italian soup with eggs, cheese, and chopped herbs.
ravir, v., to charm, to delight.
rayer, v., to erase, to cross out.
rebrousser: — chemin, v., to tu m back abruptly.
recette, f., recipe.
recevoir, v., to receive.
réciter, v., to recite.
récolte, f., collection.
récompense, f,, recompense, compensation.
réconcilier, v., to reconcile, reconnaissance, f., récognition,
gratitude.
reconnaître, v,, to recognize, to
acknowledge.
recueilli, -e, adj,, gathered, contemplative, reculer, v., to recoil.
redevenir, v., to become again.
réduire, v., to reduce.
réel, -le, adj., real.
réfléchir, v., to reflect réflexion, f,, reflection.
réforme, f., reform.
refus, m., refusai.
refuser, v., to refuse.
régal, m., favorite dish.
regarder, v., to regard, to look at,
to concem.
régiment, w., régiment.
régler, v., to regulate, to settle regret, m., regret ; être au -- de,
to feel sorry for.
regretter, v., to regret reine, f., queen.
relevé, m., changing of plates,
first course, relever, v., to raisc again; se — >
to ri se again.
reliquat, w., relie, remnant remarier: se — , v,, to marry
again.
rembourser, v,, to reimburse.
remède, m., remedy.
remercier, v., to thank.
remercîment, m., thanks.
remettre, v., to remit, to hand,
to put back.
remise, f,, shed, carnage house.
remontrance, f., remonstrance.
remords, m., remorse, remplacer, v., to replace, remplir, v,, to fulfill.
rencontrer, v., to encountcr, to
meet
rendez-vous, m., appointment.
rendre, v., to render, to return, to
make. \^
renier, v,, to renouncc, to dis-
own, to forswear.
renoncer, v., to renouncc renouveler, v., to renew.
renseignement, m., information, rente, f., annual income.
rentrer, v., to reènter, to return.
réparer, v., to repair, to make
good; se — , to tum out well
again.
repasser, v., to call again.
répéter, v., to repeai répliquer, z/., to reply.
répondre, v., to answer.
réponse, f,, answer.
reposer, v., to rest, to set at rest repousser, v., to repuise.
reprendre, v., to take again, to
take back.
réprésentant, m,, représentative, réprésenter, v., to represent.
reproche, f., reproach.
reprocher, v., to reproach.
résignation, f., résignation, résistance, f., résistance.
résister, v., to resist.
résolu, -e, pple, of résoudre, set-
tled.
résolution, f., resolution, 'respectable, adj., respectable, respecter, v., to respect, respectueu-x, -se, adj., respectful.
responsable, adj., responsible (de,
for).
ressembler, v„ to resemble (à), reste, m., rest, remainder ; du — t
however, nevertheless.
rester, v,, to remain, to be left retirer: se — , v,, to retire, to
withdraw.
retomber, v., to fall back. retourner, v., to return.
réussir, v., to succeed; ça m'a bien réussi! a nice job it bas turned out 1
revanche, f., revenge, return game.
rêve, m., dream.
réveil, m., awakening.
révélation, f., révélation.
revenir, v., to come back.
revenu, w., revenue, interest, annual income.
rêver, v., to dream.
révérence, /., bow.
rêverie, f., dream.
revers, m., reverse, other side.
revoir, v., to meet, to see again; au — f good-by till we meet again.
revue, f,, review, magaziift.
Rhin, m., Rhine.
rhume, m., cold in the head.
riche, adj., rich, beautifully furnished.
Richelieu: Armand- Jean Duplessis, duc de —, 1585-1642, French cardinal and prime minister of Louis XIII.
ridicule, m., ridicule.
ridicule, adj., ridiculous.
rien, adv., nothing, anything; ne ... — y nothing ; — de bon, nothing good.
rire, m., laugh, laughter.
rire, v,, to laugh (de, at) ; se — de, to laugh at.
risette, f., childlike laugh.
rivale, f., rival.
robe, f., robe, garb.
roi, m., king.
rôle, m., rôle, character.
romain, -e, adj., Roman.
roman, m., novel, romance.
romanesque, adj., romantic.
rompre, v., to break.
rondelet, adj., nice and round;
nne somme — ^te, a nice round
sum.
rôti, m., roast rôtie, f., toast louge, adj., red.
rougir, v., to blush, rouler, v., to dupe, to mystify, to
tumble, to falL royal, -e, adj., royal, ruade, f., kick, outburst rue, f., Street.
ruine, f,, ruin.
ruiner, v., to ruin.
rustre, m., boor.
s' = se.
sa, see son.
sacré, -e, adj,, sacred.
sacrifice, m., sacrifice.
sacrifier, v., to sacrifice.
sain, -e, adj., sane, healthful, wholesome.
Saint-Georges, pr. n., (i) a legendary prince of Cappadocia, who died as a martyr under Diocletian ; the patron saint of the crusaders and of horsemen; (2) a noted French swordsman of the second half of the eighteenth century.
Saint-Germain, pr. n., a beautiful résidence portion of Paris, on the south bank of the Seine; headquarters of the aristocracy.
Saint-Martin, pr. n., St. Martin's day (Nov. iith) ; été de la — , I.ndian summer.
saisir, v,, to seize, to grasp, to comprehend.
salir, V., to tarnish, to stain.
salle, f., hall, room ; — à manger, dining-room.
Salomon, pr. n., the typical
usurer's name in comedy.
salon, m., drawing-room.
sang, m., blood.
sans, prep., without; — avoir,
without having; vous n'êtes
pas — avoir lu cela, you surely
hâve read that.
satisfaire, v., to satisfy (à), satisfait, -e, adj., satisfied.
sauce, f., gravy, sauce, sauf, prep., save, except.
sauter, v., to leap, to jump, to
stew; il s'est fait — , he blew
himself up with his ship.
sauver, v., to save. savoir, v., to know, to hâve
learned, to be able.
scandale, m., scandai.
scélérat, m., scoundrel, wretch.
