livre m. book

livrer to give over.

locataire m. and f. tenant.

loger to lodge, give rooms to.

loi f. law, statute.

loin far, distant, far off, far to seek. long, longue long; j'en savais aussi

— qu'elle, I knew just as much

(about it) as she.

longtemps long, a long time ;

falloir — , to take long.

lorgner to ogle ; to look at through

a lorgnette, lorsque when.

loup m. wolf ; à pas de — , on tip-

toe ; stealthily.

lui he, him, to him ; to her.

lumière / light.

lune / moon.

lunette f. lens ; //. spectacles,

glasses.

lyre / lyre, poet's lyre.

M. (aàâr./or monsieur), Mr.

Machiavel : Niccolô di Benardo Machiavelli, crafty statesman and political vvriter, secretary and historiographer to the republic of Florence (1469-1527). Ilis political philosophy, known as Mach-

iavelism, is a justification of the means by the end.

madame / madame, Mrs.; — la comtesse, (the) countess ; la tante de — , (Ziere) madame de Céran's aunt.

mademoiselle /. miss, young lady.

magnifique splendid, magnilicent.

Mahabharata m. Mahabharata :

very long Ilindoo epic poem or collection of epic poetry ; authorship attributol to Vyasa.

maigre lean, thin ; moins — , not so thin.

main f. hand ; avoir la — heureuse {fig. of cards or dtee), to hâve a lucky hand ; to be in luck, be lucky.

maintenant now.

mais but ; why, well ; mais non !

why no ! eh ! mais, gardez-le ! oh well, keep it !

maison /. house ; être de la — , to belong to the family.

Maistre : Joseph Marie de Maistre, French-Sardinian statesman, philosopher and writer, brother of the novelist Xavier de Maistre ; lived 1754-1821.

maître m. master, teacher ; les — s, (hère) the family.

maîtresse f. mistress.

mal badly, ill, wrong ; que c'est mal ! how wrong of you !

mal m. evil, ill, misfortune ; dire du — de, to speak ill of ; to malign ; faire — à, to hurt, pain, grieve ; ni bien ni — , neither good nor evil ; être au plus — , to be at the point of death.

malade ill ; subst. sick person, patient.

maladie / illness.

maladroit awkward, clumsy ; subst.

bungler.

mâle maie.

malgré despite, in spite of.

malheur m. misfortune, bad luck ; quel malheur ! how unfortunate !

what a bother ! what a nuisance !

malheureu-x, -se unhappy, unfortunate ; subst. malheureuse ! imprudent girl !

malin sly ; subst. intriguer, sly rogue.

malle / trunk ; défaire sa — , to unpack one's trunk.

manchette / cuff.

manger to eat.

manière f manner, kind, sort, way.

manne / manna.

manquer to miss, fail, stay away from, be lacking, be wanting ; il ne manquerait plus que cela ! that vould be the climax ! that would be the last straw !

manteau m. cloak, mantle.

marcher to walk, march ; — sur . . . (Jiersonal noun or pron.), to walk up to. . • .

mari m. husband.

mariage m. marriage.

marié #z. groom; mariée, / bride ; les nouveaux mariés, the newly married couple ; the bride and groom.

marier to marry off , marry ; se — , to get married.

marivauder to talk {or write) in the style of Marivaux {French dram-

atist and novelist, 1688- 1763) ;

to be pedantically affected ; to

euphuize; to ' marivaudize.' marque / mark, marquis m. marquis, marquise f. marchioness.

marronier m. chestnut-tree.

masque m. mask.

masque / rogue, bold-face, hypocrite, massif m. clump, thicket.

matérialiste materialistic ; Revue

— {fictitious tille), Philosophie

Review.

matière f. matter, affair, subject.

matin m. morning.

maturité /. maturity.

mauvais bad, poor.

maux m. pi. of mal, evils.

me me, to me.

méchanceté f. meanness, malice, méchant rnean, wicked.

médaillon m. locket.

médiocre médiocre.

méfier (se) to be on one's guard

(de, against) ; to beware, look out.

Meilhac : Henry Meilhac, French

dramatist, 1832-1897.

meilleur comp. of bon, better ; le — ,

the better, the best.

mélange m. mixture; pi. {lit. term),

miscellanies.

mêler to mix, mingle ; se — , to

meddle, interfère, même same, self, very, even ; de — ,

as above, likewise, also, too ; {hy-

phenated to preceding pron.), self, ménage m. household, housekeep-

ing, married couple {or life).

ménagement m. considération,

caution, kind treatment ; avec — , with care ; kindly, considerately, discreetly.

ménager to treat discreetly (or with care, considération or caution) ; to be careful not to offend.

mener to bring, lead, conduct.

mensonge m. lie.

mentionner to mention, speak.

mentir to lie.

mépris m. scorn.

mépriser to despise, scorn ; se — , to despise (scorn or hâte) oneself.

merci thanks, thankyou; no, thank you.

mère f. mother ; ma — (in direct address), mother; la — Supérieure, the Mother Superior (of a convent) ; — grand, grandmother.

mesure / measure, time, beat, tune, melody ; à — que, in proportion as ; as.

métier m, business, profession, trade.

mettre to put, place, put on, set, lay ; — à la porte, to turn out of doors ; se faire — à la porte, to hâve oneself sent out of the room ; mettez-vous là, sit down there ; se — à . . . (irifin.), to begin ; se — à . . . (subst.), to get (to work) at.

meuble m. pièce of furniture ; article ; //. furniture.

mi- (hyphenated to following ivord), half ; à mi-voix, in a low tone.

mien m. mienne / mine.

mieux comp. cf bien, better ; le — , the better, the best ; être — , to be better, be more comfortable.

mignon, -ne dainty, délicate ; a dear ; subst. darling.

migraine /. megrim (or migraine) :

a kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head ; (more gênerai) headache.

milieu m. middle, midst ; au — de, in the middle of, in the midst of, among.

mille m. thousand.

mine f. mine.

ministère m. ministry, premier's offices, department.

ministre m. minister, cabinet-minister, premier.

miroir m. mirror.

mise en scène / setting, stage setting, stage décoration.

misérable wretched ; subst. wretch.

miséricorde f. pity, mercy, pardon.

mitoyen, -ne party; mur — , party wall.

mode /. fashion, vogue ; à la — , in fashion, in style ; fashionable.

modestement modestly.

mœurs f. pi. manners, morals.

moi me, I ; et c'est — qui, (emphatic) and I ; le — , the ego ; le non , the non-ego.

moins comp. of peu, less, not so much, not so . . . ; — ... — , the less . . . the less ; — ...

mieux, the less . . . the better ; au — , du — , at least ; de — en — , less and less ; dix heures — cinq, five minutes to ten ; dix heures — le (or un) quart, a quarter to ten ; à — que, unless.

mois m. month ; six — de perdu, six months lost (or wasted).

moitié / half.

Molière : Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, immortal French dramatist (1622- 1673).

moment m. moment ; d'un — à autre, at any moment ; du — que, as soon as ; if ; since ; en (or dans) ce — , at this time ; at présent.

mon m. ma/ mes //. my.

monde m. world, company,society; au — , in the world ; du — , Company; devant le — , in company; in public ; le — entier, the whole world; tout le — , everybody; le — où l'on s'ennuie, society in which one is bored ; tiresome society.

monsieur, M. m. sir, Mr., gentleman, this gentleman ; //. messieurs, gentlemen, sirs, thèse gentlemen.

monstreu-x, -se monstrous, unparalleled.

montant. See monter.

monter to mount, go up, corne up, ascend, get in ; — en wagon, to enter the train (or railway carnage) ; robe montante, highnecked dress.

montrer to show, point to.

monument m. monument ; pi.

monuments, remains.

morceau m. pièce, stick.

mordre to bite, nibble, catch on.

morgue f. conceit, vanity, haughtiness.

mort dead ; see mourir.

mort / death.

mot m. word, remark, note ; few words ; en deux — s, in a word ; in a few words ; sans — dire, without a word ; des petits — s de rien du tout, little insignificant remarks ; bon — , witty repartee ; bonmot.

mouchoir m. handkerchief.

mourir to die ; il est mort, he is dead ; il est mort à six heures, he died at six o'clock.

moustaches ///. mustache.

mouvement m. motion, movement, animation, tendency.

moyen m. means ; (il n'y a) pas — , (it is) impossible.

muse f. muse, poetic inspiration (or genius).

Muse f. Muse, one of the Muses.

musique f. music.

Musset : Alfred de Musset, French poet, dramatist, and novelist ; his verse is fanciful, passionate, and satirical ; lived 1810-1857.

mystère m. mystery.

N naissance / birtK nanan m. anything (or something)

nice ; (c'est du) nanan ! (that's)

nice ! charming !

ne, n' not ; — ... pas ( — pas be-

fore injin.), not; — ... que,

only.

né //. of naître, born ; by birth ;

bien — , of good family.

néanmoins nevertheless.

nerveu-x, -se nervous ; nervously.

net, -te clean, clear, neat ; avoir le

cœur — , to understand (ail about

it); to clear (it) up, ease one's

mind.

neuf nine.

neuf , -ve new, newly made, unused,

unsoiled ; tout — , brand-new.

neveu m. nephew.

nez m, nose.

ni nor, not, not even ; — ... — ,

neither . . . nor; ne . . . —

. . . — , neither . . . nor ; not

. . . either ... or.

nier to deny.

noir black, dark.

nom m. name.

nombre m. number.

nombreu-x, -se numerous.

nommer to name, appoint ; j'ai

nommé Revel, I speak of Revel ;

le nommé Schopenhauer, that fellow

Schopenhauer.

non no, not.

note / note, announcement, notice ;

prendre des — s, to take notes ;

tenir la — , to strike the right

chord, hâve the right tune, be in

the right mood ; to catch on, hâve

it.

notre, //. nos our.

nôtre ours nous \ve, us, to us.

nouveau, nouvel m. nouvelle /

new.

nouvelle /. news, pièce of news ;

//. news, nuage m. cloud. nuance / shade of différence, slight

distinction, nuit / night.

nul, -le no, none.

nullité /. nullity, nethingness.

objet m. object ; le bel — (hère),

the lady-killer.

Observation f. remark, observation.

observer to observe ; s' — , to be

on one's guard, be circumspect

(prudent or sensib' Obsession f. sway, dominion, as-

cendency, obsession.

obtenir to obtain.

occasion / occasion, opportunity,

chance.

occidental west, western, occupant m. occupant, occuper to occupy, f il 1 ; s' — de, to

busy oneself witli ; be busy with,

attend to, look after.

odieu-x, -se odious, hateful.

œil, m. pi. yeux eye.

œuvre / \vork, production, offenser to offend.

Officiel : Le Journal officiel, Officiai

Gazette (officiai political sheet).

officier m. officer (of the Légion

of Ilonor).

offrir to offer, présent.

oh oh.

oiseau m. bird ; — rare, rara avis. on one, some one, we, you, they,

people; often to de translateJ by

the passive.

opérette / operetta.

Opposant m. libéral ; meinher of

the opposition ; one of the mi-

nority party.

Opposer to oppose ; s' — à, to

oppose, opposition /. libéral party ; niinor-

ity party ; opposition, or conj. now.

or m. gold.

orage m. storm.

orageu-x, -se stormy, tempestuous.

ordinaire customary, usual.

ordre m. order, command ; à vos — s, at your service.

oreille / ear.

orgueil m. haughtiness, pride.

Orient m. East, Orient.

orientaliste m. Orientalist : an authority on Eastern languages, literatures, and antiquities.

orpheline / orphan.

oser to dare, venture, make bold.

ôter to take off, take away.

Ou or ; — bien, or rather ; or.

OÙ where ; — donc ? but where ?

oh where ? — ils en sont, how far they hâve gone ; how bad things are ; what their relations are.

Oubli m. oblivion.

Oublier to forget, not to remember {or think of).

Ouf interj. denoting relief, ah !

oh !

oui yes ; mais — , why yes ; bien — (ironical), no indeed.

Oupanishas m. pi. Upanishads :

theosophic and philosophie treatises attached to the Vedas, " the first attempts at a systematic treatment of metaphysical questions."

ouvert pp. of ouvrir, open, unfolded.

ouvrage m. work, production, pièce of work.

ouvrir to open, unfold ; s' — , to open, be opened.

palimpseste m. palimpsest : parchment which has been written on twice, the first writing having been erased. The original writing has, in many cases, been partially or wholly restored by the application of chemical reagents.

pâlir to turn pale.

panier m. basket.

papier m. paper, sheet ; — rose, pink paper.

paquet m. package, bundle.

par by, by means of, with, through, in, for ; — ici, hère, this way, in this direction ; — là, by that, at that point ; there, over there, in that direction, that way ; deux fois — semaine, twice a week.

paraître to appear, seem ; il paraît, it seems, as it seems, evidently.

parbleu indeed, I wager, by Jove.

parce que because.

pardon m. pardon ; exclam. I beg your pardon, pardon me, excuse me.

pardonner to forgive, excuse, pardon.

pareil, -le such, similar, like ; un — , such a.

parent m. relative ; pi. parents, relatives.

parfait perfect.

parfaitement exactly, certainly, perfectly well, outright.

parier to bet, wager.

Paris : capital of France, on the Seine ; pop. about three millions.

parler to speak, talk ; c'est lui qui

a parlé, how he did speak ! parlons-en ! (ironicaf) that's worth speaking of !

parloir m. parlor.

parmi among.

parole f. word, speech, languagc, promise ; avoir la — , to speak, be speaking.

part / share, part, place ; autre — , elsewhere, somewhere else ; à — , aside ; de la — de, from ; je prends bien — , I share your disappointment ; I deeply sympathize with you.

partager to share.

partant hence, consequently.

parti m. party, décision, choice, match.

particulier, particulière particular, private.