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GLOSSARY

métier, m., trade, profession; gens du — , professionals.

motSy fn.f food.

mettre, to put.

meuble, m., pièce of furniture.

menle,/, millstone; — de fromage, great solid wheels of cheese.

meurtrier, murderous. [waist.

mi-corps ; jusqu' à — , up to the

midi, m. y noon ; le — , the south.

mie,yi, crumb {ofbread),

mieux, better ; au — , as well as possible ; de son — , to the best of its ability.'

milieu, m., middle ; au beau — , in the veiy middle.

militaire, m.y soldier.

mille, thousand.

millet, m. y millet-seed.

millier, m., thousand.

mince, slim, slight.

mine,/*., show, expression of face.

minime, very small, trifling.

ministère, m.y office of state; war office; cabinet (cftninisters

• ofsiate).

ministre, m. y secretary of state.

mis, see mettre.

misérable, wretched ; m., wretch.

misérablement, wretchedly.

mission, yC, mission, task.

mitraille, /., shot and shell.

mitrailleuse,/, gatling gun.

mobile, movable, flying (hospitat).

mobilier, m., set of furniture, household goods. [ionable.

mode,/., fashion ; à la^ — , fash-

moelle,/, marrow.

mœurs,///., manners.

moindre, less ; le — , the least.

moins, less ; le — , the least ; à

mois, m,y month. [ — de, unless.

moisson,/, harvest, crop.

moitié ; à — , half .

mollement, slackly.

mollesse,/, softness, self -indulgence.

monde, m. y world, socîety; tout le — , everybody ; le grand — , the best society.

montant; robe montante, high dress {ladief in continental théâtres wear low dresses in the best seats).

monter, to get on, climb on, excite, rise, go up, carry upj — la garde, to mount guard!

montre,/, watch.; show, paradeu

moquer, to mock; se — de, to make fun of.

moral,m.,(moral)courage,spirit8.

mordre, to bite.

morne, gloomy, sullen.

mot, m.y Word ; au bas — , at thé lowest estimate; gros — s, high words.

mou, molle, soft, slack.

mourir, to die.

mousse,/, froth.

mouton, tn.y sheep.

moyen, average.

mo3ren, m.y means.

moyenne,/, average.

mufle, m.y muzzle, nose.

mugissement, m.y lowing.

mulet, m.y mule.

multicolore, of many colors.

munitions,///, ammunition.

mur, m.y wall.

muraille,/, wall.

murer, to wall up.

myopie,/, short sight.

mystificateur, m.,practical joker.

nacelle,/, car (o/a balloon), naître, to be born, spring, arise.

naïveté,/, simplicity.

nappe,/, sheet.

narguer, to taunt, defy.

narquois, sly, quaint.

nature,/; en — , in kind.

naturel, m. y disposition, heart.

nayrant, heartrending.

né, see naître.

néanmoins, nevertheless.

néant, tn.^ nothing.

négociant, m.^ business man.

neige,/, snow.

nerf, m. y nerve.

net, clean, empty ; arrêter — , to

stop short; faire place — ^te,

to clear the ground.

nez, m. y nose ; rire an — , to laugh

in the face; jeter au — , to

throw in .the face, niais, foolish.

niaiserie,/., foolishness.

niche,/, kennel, hutch.

n'importel no matterl Noël,/, Christmas.

noir, black.

noirâtre, blackish.

noircir, to blacken.

noix,/, nut.

nombre, m., number ; — de, many.

nombreux, numerous.

nommer, to name, call.

non plus, neither. nonchalance,/, indolence, normand, of Normandy.

nostalgie, /, homesickness.

note, /, note, entry, paragraph.

nourrir, to f eed.

nouveauté,/, novelty.

nouvelle,/, news.

nu, naked, bare.

nuage, m.<, cloud.

nuance,/, shade(</^<?/^,touch.

nudité,/, bareness.

nue,/, cloud.

nuée,/, flock i^çf birds)^ swarm.

numéro, fw., copy {of a news-

paper^t etc), • numéroter, to number ; se ^—^ call

over the numbers.

observer, to notice ; faire remark, observe.

— . to

obus, m., shell.

occasion,/, opportunity.

odeur,/, smell.

odieux, m., odious character.

odorant, fragrant; peu — , un-

savory.

œil, m.y eye.

œuvre,/, work ; bonne — , char-

ity.

officieux, semi-official.

oie,/, goose.

oignaient, see oindre, oignon, m., onion.

oindre, to anoint, rub.

oiseau, m.^ bird.

oiseux, idle, useless.

ombre,/, shadow, ghost, faintest

touch of.

ondulation,/, wave, opérer, to carry ont.

or, m., gold.

or, now {in argument), orage, m. y storm.

oratoire, oratorical.

orchestre, m., orchestra, orches-

tra-stalls {at théâtre), ordinaire; d' — , ordinarily, gen-

.erally.

ordre, order, discipline; mettre

— à, to put to rights, stop, oreille,/, car.

orge,/, barley.

orgueil, «».. pride. [ings.

orienter (s'), to find one's bearoriginaire, native.

os, m, y bone.

oser, to dare. [là, to get out.

ôter, to take off, away ; s* — de où, where.

, oublier, to f orget.

ours, m. y bear.

outrance; à — , to the bitter end.

outre, besides; — que, in addition to the fact that. ouverture,/, opening, door.

ouvrier, «., workman.

ouvrier, working.

ouvrir, to open.

GLOSSARY

pacifique, peacefuL

paille,/, straw.

pain, m.j bread; petit — , rolL

paisible, peaceful.

paisiblement, calmly.

paître, to giaze.

paix,/., peace.

palais, m., palace.

paletot, M., overcoat.

pâlir, to turn pale. [remetfy),

panacée, /, panacea {universal

panier, m., basket.

paquet, «m., package.

par ci par là, hère and there.

parade,/ / de — , omamental.

paraître, to appear, seem.

parc, «t., park, enclosure; — à

lapins, rabbit warren.

parcourir, to travel over, vislt.

par-dessous, uàdemeath.

pardessus, m., overcoat par-dessus, above.

pareil, similar, like, of the sort,

such.

parent, «t., parente,/, relative,

relation.

parer, to adorn.

paresse,/, idleness.

parfois, at times.

parfum, m., perfume, scent.

parlementaire, w., one who is

parleying.

parlementer, to parley.

parmi, among.

parodier, to make a parody of .

parole,/, word, speech, speaking,

oratory.

parquer, to pen.

part,/, share ; de toutes — s, on,

f rom, ail sides ; à — , aside ; à

— soi, in one's own mind.

partager, to share.

parti, m., faction, party, décision,

plan; prendre son — de, to

resign one*s self to.

particulier, m , private citizen.

particulier, pecuUar, private.