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VOCABULARY

sujet, m.f subject, matter, topic.

sujet, -te, subject.

superbe, superb, splendid.

supérieur, -e, superior, upper.

suppléer, to make up, take the place of.

supplice, m., punishment, torture.

supplier, to beseech, entreat.

support, m.f support, prop.

supporter, to bear, endure, support ; se — , to be borne.

supposer, to suppose, infer.

supprimer, to suppress, conceal.

suppôt, m,, abettor; — de, Satan, imp, limb of Satan.

sur, prep.y on, upon, over, of, in, by, about.

sûr, adv.f surely, certainly.

sûr, -e, sure, certain.

suranné -e, superanuated, out of date, old fashioned.

sûrement, surely, certainly, without doubt.

surgir, to arise, spring up.

surhumain, -e, superhuman.

surmonter, to surmount, overcome, rise above.

surnaturel -le, superhuman.

surpasser, to surpass, exceed.

surprenant, -e, surprising, astonishing.

surprendre, to surprise, overhear. [pièce.

surtout, m,, epergne, centre-

surtout, above ail, especially.

surveiller, to watch, watch over.

suspendu, -e, suspended, hung.

symétrie, /., symmetry.

sympathie,/., sympathy.

sympathique, sympathetic, congenial.

tabac, m., tobacco, snuff.

tabatière,/,, snuff-box.

tableau, m., picture, view.

tablier, m., apron.

tabouret, stool, chair, tâche,/., task, job.

tache,/., spot, stain.

tâcher, to try, endeavor.

tactique, /., tactics, stratagem,

manoeuver.

taille, /., stature, size, height,

figure.

taillé -e, eut, trimmed.

taire, to say nothing of, be

silent ; faire — , to silence, talon, m., heel.

tandis que, while, whereas.

tant, so much, so many, to such

a degree; — bien que mal,

see p, 48, n, 2; si — est que,

if one can say that ; — que,

as long as.

tante,/., aunt.

tantôt, by and by, soon,pre8ent-

tape,/., slap, tap.

tapage, m., racket, noise, tapisse, -e, adomed, decked,

covered.

tapisserie, /., tapestry, paper

hanging.

taquiner, to tease.

tard, late ; plus — , later.

tarder, to delay, be long, tardi -f, -ve, late, tardy.

tare,/., defect, blemish, tare, tasse,/., cup.

teint, m.^ color, complexion.

teinte,/., tinge, shade.

tel, -le, such, like.

tellement, so, so much.

télégraphier, to telegraph.

témoin, m., witness; prendre

à — , to call to witness.

tempérament, ^/., disposition, tempête, /., storm, tempest,

whirlwind.

temps, m.^ time, weather; de —

en — , from time to time; du

bon — , of happy days; à

trois — , see /. 7/0, ». a ; son

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beau — , his, her, their day; en — et en lieu, in its proper time and place.

ténacité; /., tenacity, persévérance.

tendre, tender, délicate.

tendre, to hold out.

tendresse,/., tenderness, love.

tenir, to keep, hold ; — à, to be anxious, set one*s heart on; — de, to rely upon, expect; il en tenait pour, he was very fond of ; — table ouverte, to keep open house; tiens, tenez, there t well 1 to be sure 1 wait I [tempting.

tenta -teur, -trice, tempter, adj,^

tentation,/., temptation.

tenue, /., bearing, dress; en grande —, seep.js, n, 2,

tenu, -e, slender, tenuous.

terme, «., quarter*s rent.

terminer, to end, conclude, finish ; se — , finish, conclude.

terrain, m., soil, land.

terrasse,/, terrace.

terre,/, earth, ground, land, estate ; bonshommes en — cuite, terra cotta figurines ; par —, on the floori à — , on the floor, to the ground, down.

terrestre, terrestrial, earthly.

terreur,/, terror, fear. .

terrine,/., earthen pan.

tête,/, head, brain, mind; faire à sa — , to do as one likes; en — à — , in a private interview, conversation; mauvaise — , wrong head; ni queue ni — , neither rhyme nor reason.

théâtre, m,y théâtre, scène.

théorie,/., theory.

tiers, m., third, third person; en — , see p. ^j*, n, j.

timide, timid, shy, bashful.

timidité, /., timidity, bashful-

tirer, to draw ; se — , to get out (of); se — d'affaire, to get

out of a difficulty.

tiroir, m., drawer.

titre, iw., title.

toile, /"., linen, canvas, — d'ara!-

gn6s, cobweb.

toilette, /., toilet, dress; en

grande — , in fuU dress.

toit, m., roof, tomber, to fall, tumble, drop,

flag.

ton, m,f tone, manner; sur tous

les — s, in every key.

tonnerre, m.y thunder.

tordre, to twist, tort, /w., wrong; avoir — , to be

wrong.

tortiller, to twist, torturer, to torture, rack.

tôt, soon, promptly; plus — ,

before, sooner.

totalement, totally, wholly.

toucher, to touch, hit.

touffu, -e, bushy, leafv.

toujours, always, ail the time.

tour, m,y turn; — de phrase

hardi, bold metaphor.

tourbillon, w., whirlwind, tor-

nado, whirl, mass.

tourbillonner, to whirl, whirl

about.

tourmenter, torment, vex; se

— , to worry oneself, be un-

easy.

tourner, to turn, turn round;

— sur moi-même, to whirl around; se — , to turn, turn around.

tournure, /., the shape, ap-

pearance. tousser, to cough, hem.

tout, adv.f wholly, entirely,

quite, altogether; — à coup,

— d'un coup, ail at once, suddenly ; — d'une pièce, stiff, upright ; — à fait, quite, wholly ; du — , at ail, not at a.ll\ — ^s^

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suite, immediately, quickly;

— au plus, at most, at best ;

— de même, ail, just the same ; — en, while.

tout, -e, tous, toutes, ail, every-

thing, everybody.

toutefois, however, still.

toux,/., cough.

train, w., train ; en — , in good

spirits, in the act.

traînant, -e, trailing.

traîner, to drag, draw, haul.

trait, m., point, feature; tout

d'un — , without taking

breath.

traité, m., treatise.

traiter, to treat, deal with ; — de,

to call, consider.

trancher, to eut.

tranquille, quiet, tranquil, un-

disturbed; soyez — , never

fear.

tranquillement, calmly, tran-

quilly.

tranquillité, /., tranquillity,

calm, peace.

transcendant, -e, transcendent, transfigurer, to transfigure.

transformer (se), to be trans-

formed.

transplanter, to transplant.

transport, /w., fit ; — au cerveau,

delirium.

transporter, to transport, carry.

travail, m., labor, process.

travailler, to work, be occupied,

excite, travers, /w., fault ; à — , through ;

de — , wrong.

traverser, to traverse, cross,

pass through.

traversin, »/., bolster.

trébucher, to stumble.

tremblant, -e, trembling, quiv-

ering.

trembler, to tremble, shake, quiver. [fidget.

trémousser, to stir; se — , to

tremper, to soak, wet through.

trente, thirty.

très, very, very much, quite.

trésor, m., treasure.

tressaillir, to start, tremble, be

agitated.

tressauter, to start, startle,

tremble, tribunal, m.f tribunal, court of

justice, tricot, m., knitting.

triomphant, -e, triumphant.

triste, sad, low-spirited, dismal,

misérable, tristesse, /., sadness, melan-

choly.

troisième, third.

tromper, to deceive; se — to

make a mistake.

trompeu-r, -se, deceptive.

tr&ner, to sit in state.

trop, too much, too many, too

well, too, exactly.

trotter, to trot, run about, run

through; me trottait par la

tête, was running through my

head.

trottiner, to jog along,trot along.

trou, iw., ho le.

troubler, to disturb, agitate; se

— , to be disturbed, agitated.

trouver, to find, think, deem;

se —, to be; se — bien, see

p. 43, n. I,; aller —, to go to.

tue-tête (à), at the top of one's

voice.

tuer, to kill.

tutélaire, tutelary, guardian,

protecting.

tuteur, m., prop.

tutoiement, m., theeing and

thouing.

tutoyer, to thee and to thou, to

address one in the second per*

son singular.

tympan, iw., drum.

type, /w., type, character.

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uni, -€, level, even.

unique, only, sole, unique, unir, (se), to unité, join.

unisson, m., unison, harmony.

univers, f»., universe.

usage, m.^ habit, custom.

user, to use, make use of.

usé, -e, wom out.

usurper, to usurp.

utile, useful.

vache,/., cow.

vain, -e, vain, useless.

vainement, vainly, in vain, valeur,/., value, worth.

valeureu-x, -se, valorous, vali-

ant, gallant.

valoir, to be worth; — mieux,

to be better ; faire — , to set ofî.

valse, /., waltz.

valser, to waltz.

valseu-r, -se, w.,/., waltzer.

vanité,/, vanity.

vaniteu-x, -se, vain, vainglori-

ous.

vanter, to boast, extol; se — ,

to boast, extol.

varier, to vary, change.

vau-Peau (à) with the current;

qui s'en allait à — , see p, 128 ^

n. I, veau, w., veal.

véhicule, f»., vehicle.

veille, /., night before, day be-

fore.

veiller, to watch.

veine,/., vein.

vélocité,/., velocity, rapidity.

velours, m,^ velvet.

vendre, to sell.

venger, to revenge, avenge; se

— , to take revenge, resent.

venir, to come, arrive; — chercher, to come for; — de, to

hâve just; en — à, to arrive

at the point of.

vent, m,, wind ; mais autant en

emportait le — , but they

might as well hâve talked td

the wind ; au — , flying in the

wind.

venu, -e, fw.,/, corner, verbe, m,, verb.

verdâtre, greenish.

véritable, real, true, genuine.

vérité,/, verity, truth.

verre, m., glass.

vers, towards.

verser, to shed.

vert, -e, green, sharp, severe, vertement, smartly, sharply.

vertige, w., vertigo; donner le

— , to make dizzy.

vertu,/, virtue, quality.

vêtement, f»., dress, clothes.

vêtir, to clothe, dress.

vibrer, to vibrate.

vicaire, »»., vicar, curate.

vice, fw., vice, imperfection, vie, /, life; de ma — , in my

lif e ; en — , alive.

vieillir, to grow old, âge.

vierge, adj.^ virgin, untrodden.

vieille,/, old woman.

vieux, vieil, vieille, old, ancient.

vi-f, -ve, alive, keen, intense,

animated, quick, sharp ; sa tête

est vive, see p. 66, n, i, vigoureu-x, -se, vigorous,

strong, determined.

vil, -e, vile, despicable, mean.

vilain, -e, nasty, ugly, horrid.

vilainement, badly, shabbily,

villainously.

ville,/, city, town.

vingt, twenty.

vingtaine,/, about twenty.

violemment, violently.

violer, to violate, break, violet, -te, violet, purple.

virilité, /., virility^ txLajûlvciRak^^

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visage, m., face.

visible, visible, obvious.

visite,/., visit, call.

vite, quickly; au plus — , as

quickly as possible, vitrail, vitraux, window, stained

glass window-pane.

vitre, /., pane of glass.

vivace, deep-rooted, perennial.

vivacité, /., ardour, vivacity,

vividness, depth.

vivant, m,y living person.

vivant, -e, alive, animated.

vivement, strongly, ardently,

eagerly, quickly, exceedingly.

vivifier, to vivify, quicken.

vivre, to live.

vocabulaire, w., vocabulary.

vœu, -X, /w., wish, désire, voici, hère is, hère are, behold,

listen.

voie,/., road, way.

voilà, therel herel behold! there

is, there are, there it is I — que,

thereupon.

voile, m.y veil.

voiler, to veil, hide, enwrap.

voir, to see; voyons, corne, now

then; voyez un peu, just

look, voire, indeed, even; — même,

and even.

voisin, -e, w.,/., neighbor.

voisin, -e, near.

voiture,/, carriage.

voix,/, voice; à haute — , aloud,

audibly.

vol, m., flight.

volage, fickle.

volatile, »*.,/, winged créature, voler, to steal, fly, hasten.

volet, m,^ shutter.

voleu-r, -se, w.,/, thief , robber ;

— de grands chemins, high-

way robber.

volonté,/, will, désire, wish.

volontiers, willingly, with plea»-

ure.

voltiger, to fly about. Ait, flutter.

volubilité,/, volubility, fluency.

voter, to vote, vpuloir, to wish, be willing, like ;

— dire, to mean; comment voulez-vous qu'elle songe à son oncle, how could she possibly think of her uncle ? en — à, to hâve a grudge against;

— bien, to be kind enough (to) ; OÙ voulez-vous en venir, what do you want to get at?

qui veut la fin veut les moyens, see p, 122^ n, i,

voûte,/, vault, canopy.

voyage, «., joumey, trip.

voyager, to^travel.

voyageu-r,'-se, w.,/, traveler.

voyageu-r, -se, fond of travel-

ing.

vrai, -e, true, right.

vraiment, truly, really, indeed.

vue,/, sight, view; à ma — , at

aight of me.

vulgaire, vulgar, common.

vulgarité, /, vulgarity, com-

monness.

y, pron,y to him, him, to her, her,

to it, it, to this, in it.

y, adv.f there, hère; il — a, there

is, there are.

yeux, m.f pi., see œil.

zèle, m., zeal; dans un jour de beau — , see p, j, n, a.