scène,/, scène, stage, sceptique, sceptical
séance,/, sitting, entertainment.
sec, dry, dried.
sécher, to dry.
secouer, to shake, shake off.
secourir, to succor.
secours, m., help; troupes de — ,
auxiliary forces, séduisant, fascinating.
sein, m. y bosom.
seize, sixteen.
selon, according to.
semailles, / //., sowing.
semaine,/, week, [make believe.
semblant ; faire — , to prétend, sembler, to seem.
semer, to sow, spread, scatter.
sempiternel, eternal.
sens, m.y direction, sensible, -perceptible, painful,
sore.
sensiblement, keenly.
sentier, m., path, track. sentiment, m., feeling.
sentir, to feel, smell, be charac*
teristic of .
sérieux, m., seriousness, reality;
prendre au — , to take a serions view of.
serré, serried, close, serrement (de mains), hand-
shakes.
serrer, to squeeze, press, shake ;
se — , to be huddled, fall in,
stand shoulder to shoulder.
sert, see servir, service, m.^ service, duty ; affaire
de — , ail in the day's work.
serviette,/, towel.
servir, to serve, man {guns) ; —
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de, to do duty as; 86 — de, to
roake use of .
Veuily m.f threshold.
sévir, to prevail, rage, sevrer, to wean, deprive.
si . . . que {wùA subfuncHve)^
however . . .
sifGlement, m., hiss, whiz.
siffler, to hiss. signaler, to point out, report;
se — , to distinguish one's self, significatif, significant.
signifier, to mean.
sillonner, to plough, cross, sinécure, yi, sinécure {t. e. an em-
ployment with no real respon-
sibiliHes attached to 1/).
sinistre, ominous.
sinon, if not, except.
soindisant, so-called.
soie,/, sHk.
soigner, to tend, care for, nuise,
attend to.
soigneusement, caref uUy.
soin, m. y care.
soir, m., evening.
soirée,/*., evening performance, soit . . . soit, either ... or.
soi, m. y ground.
soldatesque, soldierly.
solde,/., pay.
soleil, m., sun, sunshine.
sombrer, to go under.
somme,/, sum.
sommeil, f»., sleep, sleepiness.
sommer, to call upon, bid.
son, m., Sound ; bran, songer, to think, remember;
judge. *
sonner, to ring, sound.
sort, m., fate.
sorte,/, kind, manner; en quelque — , so tospeak, as it were;
en — que, so that.
sortie,/, exit, saliy (from a be-
sieged city).
sou, m.i sou (= one cent), souci, m., care, concern (about).
soucier (se), to trouble one*s self.
soucieux, anxious.
soudain, sudden.
soudoyer, to pay.
souffle, m.y breath.
souffler, to blow; — à Pespé-
rance, blow hopeful {/rom the
qtiarter of hope), soufflet, m, y slap (in the face), souffrant, wounded.
souhait, m., wish.
souhaiter, to wish.
soulagement, m., relief, soulager, to relieve, be a vent to.
soûler, to intoxicate; se — , to
get drunk.
soulever, to stir up, give rise to,
rise.
soumettre, to overcome, subdue.
soupçon, m.y suspicion, soupçonneux, suspicious.
soupir, m. y sigh.
soupirer, to sigh.
souple, lithe, nimble.
sourd, deaf, dull, underhand,
stealthy (steps).
sourire, to smile.
sous, under, within.
souscription,/, subscription. soustraire (se), to escape.
soutenir, to uphold, maintain.
souvenir (se), to remember.
spectacle, m.y spectacle, show,
play (at théâtre), spirituel, bright, witty, ingénions, spirituellement, wittily.
spontané, spontaneous.
station,/, stay, visit.
stérile, barren.
stigmate, m., stigma, stamp,
brand.
su, sus, see savoir, subir, to undergo, suffer.
subsistances, / //., {stores of)
provisions, subvenir à, to meet (expenses).
suite, /, sequel, conséquence,
succession; tout de — ,atonce^
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tuer, to kill.
tuile,/, tile.
uhlan, m.f uhlan (German scout).
usage, m.t custom; d' — , cus-
tomary.
user, to wear out ; — de, to make
use of.
usine,/, factory; chef d' — ,(coal)
operator.
usurper, to usurp, to assume.
vache,/, cow.
▼ain, vain, empty, idle.
vaincre, to conquer.
▼aisseau, m. ship.
valoir, to be worth ; — mieux,
to be better ; autant vaut tout
de suite, as well [hâve it over]
at once, vanterie,/, boasting.
vaquer à, to attend to.
vareuse, /, "jumper" {sailor's
jacket).
vase,/, mud, mire, vasistas, m.^ transom ventilator.
vécu, see vivre, vedette, /, vedette (sentinel at
the outpost).
veille,/, day before.
veiller, to watch, keep watch ; —
à, to see to, veilleur, m., watchman.
velléité,/, wish, temptation.
vendre, to sell; vendu à, in the
pay of.
venir, to come ; — à, to happen
to ; — de, to hâve just ; en —
aux mains, to come to blows.
vent, m., wind ; mettre au plein
— , to ventilate, bring out.
ventre, m., stomach ; rentrer son — , to draw in one's stomach.
verbe, m., speech.
verglas, m.^ sleet.
vergogne,/, shame.
véritable, true, genuine.
vernis, m,, varnish.
vérole,// petite — , small-pox.
verser, to shed.
verso, m., back (of a skeet of
paper), YeiYQff.j warmth, fervor.
vêtement, m., gannent, clothing.
vêtir, to clothe, veuf, m.i widower.
viaduc, m.f viaduct.
viande,/, meàt.
• vibrant, impassioned.
vice, m.t vice, defect, weakness.
vide, empty.
vieillard, m., old man.
vieux, vieille, old.
vif, living, lively, bright, acute,
severe; de vive force, by main
force, ville,/, town, city; — d'eauz,
health resort, vingt, twenty.
vis, see voir; a/so vivre, visage, m., face, countenance.
vis-à-vis de, opposite, viser, to aim at.
vite, quick, fast, quickly.
vitre, of glass.
vitrine,/, shop window.
vive ... ! long live ... !
vivement, keenly.
vivre, to live.
vivres, m. />/., food.
voie, /, way, means, cbannel ;
par — oblique, indirectly ; —
ferrée, railroad.
voilà que, when loi . . .
voile, m., veil.
voir, to see; — venir, to a^nrait.
voisin, neighboring, approachin g.
voisinage, m., vicinity.
voiture,/, carnage; — découverte, open carriage.
vol, m. y flight, theft.
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TOlaille,/, poultry.
▼olée,/., flight; à la —, offhand.
▼oler, to fly, steal.
TOlièw^/, aviary {large bird-cagé),
TOlonté,/., will.
yolontierSy willingly, readily, often.
Toltiger, to hover.
voudrai, see Touloir.
vouloir, m. y will; mauvais — , ai-will.
vouloir, to wish, try, mean; be willing, acknowledge; en — à, to haveagradge against, blâme . . . for; — dire, to mean; — l^ien, to consent to.
^ai, true.
vraiment, really, indeed.
vue,/., sight.
wagon, m,y (railroad) car.
yeuKypl. ^œil, eyes.
zélé, m., zealous man.
zouaves, m. //., a corps ofFrench
troopSy originally drawn from
tfu Aîgerian colony.
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