IO

VOCABULARY

sujet, m. t subject, matter, topic.

sujet, -te, subject.

superbe, superb, splendid.

supérieur, -e, superior, upper.

suppléer, to make up, take the place of.

supplice, tn., punishment, torture.

supplier, to beseech, entreat.

support, m., 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. t on, upon, over, of, in, by, about.

sûr, adv. t surely, certainly.

sûr, -e, sure, certain.

suranné, -e, superannuated, out of date, old fashioned.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. f tobacco, snuff.

tabatière,/., snuff-box.

tableau, m., picture, view.

tablier, m. t 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 y n. 2; si — est que,

if one can say that ; — que,

as long as.

tante,/., aunt.

tantôt, by and by, soon, présent-

tape,/., slap, tap.

tapage, m., racket, noise, tapissé, -e, adorned,' 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 télegraph.

témoin, m., witness; prendre

à — , to call to witness.

tempérament, m. t disposition, tempête, /., storm, tempest;

whirlwind.

temps, m., time, weather; de —

en — , f rom time to time ; du

bon — , of happv days; à

trois — , see p. i/o, n. 2; son

VOCABULARY

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! welll to besurel wait I [tempting.

tenta -te ur, -trice, tempter, adj. t

tentation,/., temptation.

tenue, /., bearing, dress; en grande — , see p. jj 9 n. 2.

tenu, -e, slender, tenuous.

ternie, m. t quarter's rent.

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

terrain, m. t soil, land.

terrasse,/., tenace.

terre,/., earth, ground, land, estate ; bonshommes en — cuite, terra cotta figurines ; par — , on the floorl 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, tn. t théâtre, scène.

théorie,/., theory.

tiers, m., third, third person; en — , see p. 2j, n. 3.

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, *»., drawer.

titre, m. t title.

toile, /., linen, canvas, — d'araignée, cobweb. toilette, /., toilet, dress; en

grande — , in full dress.

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

flag.

ton, m. y tone, manner; sur tous

les — s, in every key.

tonnerre, m., thunder.

tordre, to twist, tort, m, t 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, leafy.

toujours, always, ail the time.

tour, m. t turn; — de phrase

hardi, bold metaphor.

tourbillon, m., whirlwind, tor-

nado, whirl, mass.

tourbillonner, to whirl, whirl

about.

tourmenter, tonnent, 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.y 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 ail; — de,

VOCABULARY

suite, immediately, quickly;

— au plus, at most, at best ;

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

tout, -e, tous, toutes, ajl, every-

thing, everybody.

toutefois, however, still.

toux,/., cough.

train, /»., 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.

gtraiter, 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, m., fit ; — au cerveau,

delirium.

transporter, to transport, carry.

travail, m., labor, process.

travailler, to work, be occupied,

excite, travers, m. t fault; à — , through ;

de — , wrong.

traverser, to traverse, cross,

pass through.

traversin, m., bolster.

trébucher, to stumble.

tremblant, -e, trembling, quiv-

ering. * trembler, to tremble, shake,

quiver. [fidget.

trémousser, to s tir; 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. t tribunal, court of

justice.

tricot, **., 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.

trôner, 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, m., 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. f prop.

tutoiement, m. y theeing and

thouing.

tutoyer, to thee and to thou, to

address one in the second per

son singular.

tympan, m. t drum.

type, m. t type, character.

tyran, m., tyrant.

VOCABULARY

uni, -e, level, even.

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

unisson, m., unison, harmony.

univers, m., universe.

usage, m. t habit, custom.

user, to use, make use of.

usé, -e, worn out. usurper, to usurp.

utile, useful.

Tache,/., cow.

vain, -e, vain, useless.

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

yaleureu-x, -se, valorous, vali-

ant, gallant.

valoir, to be worth; — mieux,

to be better ; faire — , to set off .

valse,/., waltz.

valser, to waltz.

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

vanité,/., vanity.

vaniteu-x, -se, vain, vainglori-

ous.

vanter, to boast, ex toi; se — ,

to boast, extol.

varier, to vary, change.

vau-l'eau (à) with the current;

qui s'en allait à — , see p. 128,

veau, m. t veal.

véhicule, m. y vehicle.

veille, /., night before, day be-

fore.

veiller, to watch.

veine,/., vein.

vélocité,/., velocity, rapidity.

velours, m. y velvet.

vendre, to sell.

venger, to revenge, avenge; se

— , to take revenge, resent. venir, to corne, arrive; — chercher, to corne for; — de, to

hâve just; en — à, to arrive

at the point of.

vent, m. y wind; mais autant en

emportait le — , but they

might as well hâve talked to

the wind; au — , flying in the

wind.

venu, -e, »*.,/., corner, verbe, 01., 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, m., vertigo; donner le

— , to make dizzy.

vertu,/., virtue, quality.

vêtement, m. y dress, clothes.

vêtir, to clothe, dress.

vibrer, to vibrate.

vicaire, m. y vicar, curate.

vies, m.y vice, imperfection, vie,/., life; de ma — , in my

lif e ; en — , alive.

vieillir, to grow old, âge.

vierge, adj. y 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. 1.

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, manliness,

force.

VOCABULARY

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., living person.

vivant, -e, alive, animated.

vivement, strongly, ardently,

eagerly, quickly, exceedingly.

vivifier, to vivify, quicken.

vivre, to live.

vocabulaire, m., vocabulary.

vœu, -z, *»., wish, désire.

voici, hère is, hère are, behold,

listen.

voie,/., road, way.

voilà, there! hère! behold! there

is, there are, there it is ! — que,

thereupon.

voile, m. t veil.

voiler, to veil, hide, enwrap.

voir, to see; voyons, come, now

then; voyez un peu, just

look, voire, indeed, even; — même,

and even.

voisin, -e, m.,/., neighbor.

voisin, -e, near.

voiture,/., carriage.

voix,/., voice; à haute — , aloud,

audibly.

VOl, m., flight.

volage, fickle.

volatile, m.,/., winged créature.

voler, to steal, fly, hasten.

volet, m., shutter.

VOleu-r, -se, m.,/., thief , robber ;

— de grands chemins, high-

way robber.

volonté,/., will, désire, wish.

volontiers, willingly, with pleas-

ure.

voltiger, to fly about, Ait, flutter.

VOluWyté,/., volubility, fluency.

voter, to vote, vouloir, 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) ; oh voulez-vous en venir, what do you want to get at?

qui veut la fin veut les moyens, see p. 122, n. /,

VOÛte,/., vault, canopy.

voyage, m. t journey, trip.

voyager, to travel.

voyageu-r, -se, «.,/., traveler.

voyageu-r, -se, fond of travel-

ing.

vrai, -e, true, right.

vraiment, truly, really, indeed.

vue,/, sight, view; à ma — , at

sight of me.

vulgaire, vulgar, common.

vulgarité, /., vulgarity, com-

monness.

y, pron.f to him, him, to her, her,

to it, it, to this, in it.

y, adv., there, hers ; il — a, there

is, there are.

yeux, *»., pL, see œil.

zèle, m., zeal; dans un joui de beau — , see p. j, n. 2.