partie/ portion, game
partir to départ, set out.
partout everywhere.
VOCABULARY
para, parut. See paraître, parvenir to arrive, attain.
parvint. See parvenir, pas: ne . . . pas not; pas de no,
not any.
pas m, step.
passage m, road, way.
passer to pass, spend.
pfttnre/. pasture, food.
paupière/ eyelid.
pays m. country.
peine/ pain, difficulty , grief ; à peine
hardly, scarcely.
pendant during; pendant que while.
pénible laborious, diâicult.
péniblement with difficulty.
pensée/, thought, idea.
penser to think.
pensi-f -ve thoughtful.
perçant -e piercing, penetrating.
perdre to lose, ruin.
père m, father.
périr to perish, be lost.
permettre to permit, allow.
personne/ person.
personnellement personally.
"^Ttàf, loss, destruction.
petit -e little, small.
peu little, few; peu à peu by de-
grees.
peuplade/ people, colony, tribe.
peuple m, people, nation.
peupler to people, populate.
peur / fear, dread; de peur que
lest, for fear that.
peut-être perhaps.
phrase/ sentence.
pic m. beak, point; & pic perpen-
dicularly ; précipitons.
pied m, f oot ; à pied on f oot.
pierre/ stone, rock.
pistolet m. pistol.
pitié/ pity.
plaideur m, pleader.
plaire to please; se plaire to be
pleased.
plaisanterie/ pleasantry, jest.
plaisir m, pleasure.
planche/ plank, board.
plate-forme/ platform.
pleurer to cry, lament.
plume/ feather.
plupart/ majority.
plus more; de plus bçsides; plus
d'une fois more than once; ne
. . . plus no longer, no more, plusieurs several.
plutôt rather; plutôt que rather
than.
poche/ pocket, poids m. weight.
poignard m. dagger.
poignée/ handful.
point: ne . . . point not, not at alL pointe/ point ; pointe du jour day-
break.
poitrine/ breast, chest.
politique political.
pomme de terre/ potato.
pont m. bridge, porte/ door.
portée / reach, extent; à portée
within reach.
porter to carry, bear; se porter to
flock, rush.
poser to lay, place, poste m. post, station, potage m, soup.
poteau m. stake, post.
poudre/ powder.
for, instead of, on account of.
pourquoi why.
ponnniyre to foUow, pursue.
pousoor to push, urge ; to utter.
pouvoir to be able ; can ; il so peut it may be ; it is possible.
pouvoir m. power.
praticable passable, performable.
pratiquer to make.
précieu-z -se precious.
précipiter to throw headlong.
premier, première first.
prendre to take, seize, accept ; prendre garde to take care.
près near, nearly.
presque almost.
pressentiment m, presentiment ; foretaste.
presser to press, be urgent.
prêt -e ready.
prêtre m. priest.
preuve/, proof.
prévenir to inform, wam.
prévoir to foresee, f oreknow.
"Snihn/. prayer.
printanier, printanière vemal, of spring.
prirent, prit Seg prendre.
prisonnier m. prisoner.
priver to deprive.
prix m. price.
procès m. triai, lawsuit.
prochain -e near.
profondeur/, depth.
projet m. project, plan.
projeter to plan, intend.
promesse/, promise.
promettre to promise.
Dxoposer to propose, offer.
propriétaire m, owner.
prostemement m. bow.
protéger to protect.
pu, put. See pouvoir, puiser to draw.
puits m. well.
qualité/ quality, rank, position.
quand when.
quart m. quarter.
quartier m, quarter.
quatre four.
que than, as; that; ne . . . que
only; pron, which, what, that;
witA sufyunctivât let.
quel -le what.
quelque some, any, few.
quelquefois sometimes.
quelqu'un, quelqu'une some one.
qui who, which, whom; ce qui
what.
quinze fifteen.
quoi what, which ; à quoi bon what
is the use.
quoique though, although.
racheter to redeem, ransom.
raffermir to harden ; se raffermir to grow hard again.
raide stiff, stark.
raidir to stiff en; se raidir to get stiff.
raison/ reason.
raisonnement m, reasoning, argument.
ramolli -e soft, sof tened.
ramollir to soften.
rançon/ ransom.
VOCABULARY
lanimer to bring back {to life\ revive.
rappeler to recall; 'se rappeler to remember.
rapport m, relation, account.
rapporter to bring back.
rapprocher to draw near; se rapprocher de to approach.
rassembler to collect.
rassurer to reassure.
ravin m, ravine.
rayonner to beam, shine, radiate.
recevoir to receive.
réchauffer to warm.
recherche/, quest, search.
reconnaissable easy to be recognized.
reconnaître to explore, recognize.
recouvrir to cover again.
recueillir to collect, compile.
reculer to draw back, retreat.
redoubler to redouble, repeat.
redoutable formidable.
redoute/, redoubt.
léel -le real.
refaire to make again, do again.
réfléchir to reflect, consider.
régner to reign, prevail.
rejoindre to rejoin.
relâcher to relax, relieve; se relâcher to become careless.
relever to raise ; se relever to get up.
remarquer to note.
remettre to give, intrust with, pay; se remettre & to begin again.
remonter to go up again.
rempart m, rampart, bulwark.
rencontre / encounter, meeting.
rencontrer to meet with, find.
rendes^ous m. meeting-place.
rendre to give bock ; se imàtm to go, report.
rengainer to sheathe.
rénitant-e obdurate.
rentrer to reënter, retum.
renverser to throw down.
renvoyer to dismiss.
reparaître to reappear.
repas m, meal.
repasser to repass, cross again.
repentir (se) to repent.
répéter to repeat.
répondre to reply, answer.
réponse / response, reply.
repos m. rest, repose.
reposer to place again ; se reposer to repose, rest.
repousser to repuise, repel.
reprendre to retake, résume, recapture.
représailles / pL revenge.
reprise /. renewing; A plusieurs reprises repeatedly.
reprit. iSi?^ reprendre.
reproche / reproach.
reprocher to reproach.
résoudre to résolve, détermine.
ressentir to feel.
resserrer to shut up, restraîn.
ressort m, jurisdiction.
ressouvenir (se) de to recoUect, recall.
restaurer to restore, revive.
reste m. remainder.
rester to remain.
retarder to delay, put ofif.
retenir to detain, keep.
retirer to draw out; se retirer to retire.
retour m. retum.
fetouner (se) to tum around.
retracer to retrace ; se retracer to
remember, call to mind.
retraite / retreat, refuge, réunir to combine, reunite ; se réunir
to meet.
réveiller to arouse from sleep ; se
réveiller to awaken.
revenir to retum.
revint. See revenir, revoir to see again.
revoir m. next meeting ; au revoir
good-by.
rez-de-chaussée, m. ground floor.
ridicule ridiculous.
lien : ne . . . rien nothing.
rieur m, laugher; jeerer.
rigueur / severity.
rire to laugh.
rire m, laughter.
risque m. risk, péril, rivage m, bank, shore.
rivière / river, stream.
rixe f. conflict, quarrel.
roche /. rock, rocher m. rock, rôle rôle, part ; à tour de rôle in
tum. rompre to break, roseau m. rééd.
rôtir to roast.
rouble m, ruble, loo kopecks (about
60 cents).
rouler to roll.
rudement violently.
ruisseau m. stream, brook.
ruse /. artifice, trick.
rusé -e sly, cunning, craf ty.
russe Russian.
Russie / Russia.
sagesse /. wisdom.
sain -e sound, safe ; sain et sauf
safe and sound.
saisir to seize, saison f, season.
salé -e salted.
salle /. hall; salle de bal ball-
room.
Salomon m. Solomon.
sang m. blood.
sanglant -e bloody, bleeding.
sans without.
santé /. health.
sapin m. fir-tree.
sau-f -ve safe.
saut m, jump, hop.
sauver to save, rescue ; se sauver
to escape.
savoir to know, know how.
se one*s self, himself, herself,
itself, themselves; to one's
self, etc.
seau m. bucket, bail, sec, sèche dry.
secourir to succor, rescue, aid.
secours m. succor, relief, secrètement secretly.
sein m. bosom.
séjour m. stay.
sel m. sait ; sel gemme rock-salt.
selle /. saddle.
selon according to.
semaine /. week; par semaine
weekly.
semblable similar, like, such.
sentier m. path.
sentiment m. feeling, sensation, sentir to feel, perçoive, smell, hâve
a smell.
VOCABULARY
■épaier to separate, divide; se séparer de to leave.
sept seven.
serment m. oath.
servir to serve ; to be usef ul ; se servir de to use ; servir de siège à to serve as a seat for.
serviteur m. servant.
senil m, threshold.
seul -e sole, alone.
sealement only ; non seulement . . .
mais encore not only . . . but also.
senlette/. dim. ^seol ail alone.
sévère strict.
si adv. so, thus ; conj. if, whether.
siège m, seat.
sien -ne (le, la) his, hers. '
siffler to whistle.
signalement m, personal description.
signe m. mark.
signer to sign ; se signer to cross one*s self.
singularité f. peculiarity.
singulier, singulière strange, odd.
sinuosité /. winding.
situé -e situated.
société /. Company.
sœur f. sister.
soi one*s self.
soif /. thirst.
soigneusement caref uUy.
soir m. evening.
soit be it so ; well ; soit . . . soit either ... or.
soixante sixty; soixante-cinq sixtyfive.
sol m. soil, ground.
soleil m, sun.
sombre dark, gloomy.
somme /. sum, amount.
sommeil m. sleepiness, sleep.
sonunet m. summit, ridge.
sommité/ top.
son, sa, ses his, her, its.
sop m. Sound.
songer to dream, think.
Sonja a tributary of the Terek.
sonnant -e ringing, sounding.
sort m, lot, fate.
sorte f. kind, sort.
sortir to come out, go out ; to take
out.
souffler to blow.
souffrir to suffer, bear.
souhaiter to wish.
souiller to soil, stain. soulager to relieve.
soulever to lift, raise up.
soumettre to submit, subject.
soumis -e submissive, subject.
soupçon m. suspicion, distrust, soupçonner to suspect, distrust.
soupçonneu-x -se suspicious.
soupir m. sigh, gasp, groan.
sourd -e deaf, hollow, rumbling.
sous under.
sous-officier m. non-commissioned
officer.
soutenir to sustain, help, bear.
souterrain m. cave, vault.
soutien m. support, soutint See soutenir, souvenir m, recollection, souvenir (se) de to remember.
souvent often.
su. See savoir, subit -e sudden.
suffir to suffice.
suffisant -e sufficient.
sttite / sequel ; dans la suite con-
sequently.
suivant according to.
suivant -e foUowing, next.
suivre to foUow, fréquent sujet m. subject, cause, sur about, over, upon.
sûr -e sure, clear.
surcroit m. increase. sûreté /. saf ety.
surpasser to surpass, excel.
surprendre to surprise, surtout above ail, especially.
surveiller to watch over, oversee.
suspect -e suspicious.
tâcher to try.
taille /. figure, shape.
tailler to eut, make (a pen).
taire (se) to keep silent.
tandis que while, whereas.
tant so much, as much, as long, so
many.
tartare of the Tartars.
taxer to charge, accuse.
Tchetchenges. Chechentsi. See
note, te, t* thee, to thee ; you, to you.
tel -le such ; un tel, une telle, such
a one.
témérité f. temerity, rashness.
témoigner to show, témoin m. witness.
temps m. time, weather; de temps.
en temps from time to time.
tendrement tenderly.
tenir to hold, keep.
tenter to tempt, try.
Terek a river in eastem Russia.
terme m. limit, end, goal.
terrain m. earth, ground.
terrasse/ terrace, roof.
ti&ntf, earth, land.
terroir m, soiL
tête/, head.
tint. ^^ tenir.
tirer to draw, pull out, discharge
(a firearm).
titre m. title, right.
toi thou, thee.
toise/, fathom.
toit m, roof.
tombée de nuit/ nightfall.
tomber to fall.
ton, ta thy, your.
ton m, tone, note, tôt soon.
totalement totally.
toucher to touch.
toujours always.
tour m. tum; à tour de rôle in
rotation.
tourment m. torment, pain, tourmenter to torment, torture, tournée/ round, circuit, tourner to tum, tum out, go
around.
tout -e, //. tous ail, whole ; tout à
coup ail of a sudden.
traduire to translate, trahir to betray. trahison/ treachery.
traîner to drag; se traîner to crawl,
creep.
traineur m. straggler.
traite/ distance, joumey.
traitement m. treatment, usage.
VOCABULARY
traiter to treat, handle.
traître m. traiter.
tranquillement quietly, calmly.
travail m. work, labor.
travers m. breadth ; & (or de) travers through, across.
traverser to cross, pass over.
treize thirteen.
trente thirty; trente^ois thirtythree; trente-cinq thirty-five.
très very.
triste sad.
trois three.
tromper to deceive.
trop too, too much.
trou m, opening, hole.
trouble m. agitation.
trouver to find; se trouver to be.
tu thou ; you.
tuer to kill, murder.
tumultueusement in crowds.
turc, turque Turkish.
un -e one, a, an.
unir to unité, usage m. usage, custom.
ustensile m. utensil.
utile useful.
va. See aller.
vaincre to conquer, overcome.
vainement vainly.
vallon m. small valley, dale.
valoir to be worth ; valoir mieux to
be better.
vanter (se) to boast.
veau m. calf.
veille/ eve of the day before.
veiller to sit up; to watch.
venir to come.
venu m, corner.
vers to, toward.
verser to shed.
verste m. verst, about two thirds
of a mile, veuve/, widow. vie/. life.
vieillard m. old man.
vieux, vieil, vieille old.
ville/ city, town.
vingt twenty.
vingtième twentieth.
violer to violate, break, visage m. isjce.
vis-à-vis opposite, face to face.
viser to aim, take aim at.
visiter to inspect, come to see.
vitesse/ swiftness.
vitre/ window-pane.
vivant -e living, alive.
vivement lively, vigorously.
vivre to live.
voilà behold ; there is, there are.
voile m. veil.
voir to see.
voisin -e neighboring, adjacent, voisin m. neighbor.
volage iîckle.
voleu-r -se thievish.
voleur m, thief.
votre your.
vôtre (le, la) yours.
vouloir to wish, be willing; vouloir
dire to mean. vous you.
voyage m. joumey.
▼oyageur m. traveler. Wologda, or Vologda a town In
yrai -e true, real. northwestem Russia.
▼u. Sge voir, ▼a considering.
vue/ sight, View; à vue in sight. 7 ^ere, there, to him, to her, to ît,
etc. ; il y a. See avoir.
yif yeux. .SV^œiL
Wladi-Caacase Vladikafkaz. See 2
note, zèle m, zeaL
