livre,/, pound

livrer, to deliver up, hand over^

leave, betrav ; — bataille, to

fight a battle ; se — à, to in-

dulge in.

local, m., premises.

locataire, m., tenant logis, m,y home, loin, far ; — de, far f roni. lointain, m., distance, loisir, m.y leisure.

long, longue, long; le — de,

along ; a la longue, in course

of time, at last.

longer, to foUow.

lorrain, of Lorraine, lors, then ; — de, at the time of .

louange,/, praise.

louer, to praise.

louis, m. y twenty-franc pièce, loupe,/, lens.

lourd, heavy.

lueur,/, light, gUmmer.

lugubre, mournful, grewsome,

ghastly.

luire, to shine.

lumière,/, light ; — s, enUghten-

ment, éducation, lunettes,///., spectacles, lus, see lire.

lutte, /, struggle, contest.

lutter, to contend.

luxe, m.f luxury.

machine,/, engine.

magaBin,m .,store,establi8hment.

OLOSSARY

maigre, thin, slender.

nui^ie, f.t town hall (there is a mi^rie to each 0/ the 20 arrondissements or '* wards *** 0/ Paris),

maîtriser, to hold in check.

mal, m. y evil, barm, damage, pain, ache ; aroir — à, to sufïer f rom.

mal, ill» badly.

maladresse,/., blunden

mâle, manly.

malgré, in spite of ; — eux {fig.\ again$t the grain.

malhetir, m., misfortune, misery, woe, evil; par — , unfortunately ; — à ... 1 woe to . . . l

malbeiireasement, unfortunate-

malignement, maliciously, cyni-

cally.

malle,/., tnink.

malsain, unhealthy.

malséant, unseemly.

mander, to summon.

mangeaille,/, eatables.

manier, to handle.

manifestation,/.,demonstration,

parading.

manifeste, m., manifesto.

manquer, to miss, fail, be lack-

ing, run short, manteau, m., cloak.

maraîcher, m. y market-gardener;

jardin — , truck-patch.

maraude, /, marauding {hère:

feUhing vegetables from the

abandoned fiMs outside the

walls of Paris).

marchand, merchant, vender ; —

de Tins, saloon-keeper.

marché, m ., market, bargain, con-

tract.

marée,/, tide^

margiullier, m. y churchcsaidenmari, m., husband.

marmite,/., kettle.

marteau, #»., hammer.

massue,/, club.

matelas, m, y mattress.

matériel, m.y plant, equipment,

rolling-stock {pf railways), matin, m., morning.

maudit, tn.y accursed one.

mauYais, bad, evil, unpatriotic.

méchant, bad, ill, poor.

médecin, m., physician, doctor.

médiocre, poor, uttle, indiffèrent, médiocrement, indifferently.

mégarde; par — , inadvertently.

mélange, m., mixture.

mêler, to mingle, mix ; se — de,

to présume to. même, even, very, same ; de — ,

similarly ; en être de — , to be

also the case, mémoire, /., memory ; pour — ,

for memory*s sake, for com^

pleteness* sake.

menace,/., threat.

menacer, to threaten.

ménage, m., household; (/. ç6

= nousekeeper); housework.

ménagère,/, housewife, house-

keeper.

menée,/, intrigue, mener, to lead, carry through;

— à bien, to complète successfuUy.

meneur, m., leader.

mensonge, m., lie.

mentir, to lie, tell lies.

menu, eut small; trotter — , to

waddle along (Ht. trot with

short steps).

mépris, m., contempt.

méprise,/, blunder.

mépriser, to despise.

méridional, southern.

méridional, m. y southerner.

méritant, deserving.

méritoire, meritorious, praise-

worthy.

messager, m. y messenger.

mesure,/, measure, step, bar {of

music); — s, ^organization ; à

— que, as fast as.