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emporter tine victoire, to

win a victory.

remuer, to move.

rencontrer, to encounter,

meet.

rendre, to give back, make ;

se — à, to go to.

renfoncer, to sink deeper.

renverser, to overturn.

renvoyer, to send away.

reparaître, to reappear.

repartir, to rejoin, reply.

répliquer, to reply. répondre, to answer, promise.

reprendre, to résume, continue.

reprises : ^ plusieurs — ,

several times.

réseau, le, network.

respirer, to breathe.

ressefnbler à, lo resemble,

be like.

resserrer, to conccntrate.

rester, to rest, remain, stay.

rétablir, to re-establish, set

right.

retarder, to delay.

rete7îir, to retain, hold up.

(j^) retirer, to retire, vvith-

draw.

retour: devoir du — , to

owe a return.

{se) retourîier, to turn

round.

rétrograde (adj.), to the

rear.

réîinir, to unité.

réussir, to succeed.

revenir, to return, recover.

revers, un, reverse, defeat.

revoir, to see again.

revue, la, review.

ricaner, to sneer, chuckle.

rien, nothing \ , . , de rien,

worthless . . .

rive, la, bank.

rocher, le, rock. rôder, to prowl.

rossignol, le, nightingale.

rôtir, to roast.

roue, la, wheel.

rouler, to roll, turn on.

route, la, road.

roux, ruddy.

royaume, le, kingdom.

rîiisseler, to trickle, run

down.

sable, le, sand.

sabot, le, wooden shoe,

hoof.

sac, le, sack, bag.

sage, wise, good.

saint, holy.

salon, le, drawing-room.

saluer, to salute, greet.

salut, le, safety, salvation.

safigloter, to sob.

sapeur, le, sapper.

sauter, to jump.

sauterelle, la, grasshopper.

sauvage, wild, unsociable.

sauvagerie, la, shyness.

sauver, to save.

savant, le, man of science.

savo?i, le, soap.

sculpter, to carve.

séant : mettre sur mon — ,

to make me sit up.

sécher, to dry.

secouer, to shake.

secourir, to succour, help.

scig7ieur, le, lord.

VOCABULAIRE

semblant \ faire — de^ to

prétend.

sembler^ to seem.

semelle^ la, sole of boot.

setment, /<?, oath.

serre'y tight ; — à la g07'ge,

gasping, sobbing.

serrer, to squeeze, huddle,

press.

servir, to serve, serve up ;

— à, to be useful ; — de,

to serve as.

siècle^ le, century.

siège, le, seat, siège.

siffler, to vvhistle.

silencieux, silent.

singularité, la, oddness,

peculiarity.

soie, la, silk.

soigneusetnent, carefully.

solennel, soîemn.

sombre, dark, gloomy.

somme, la, sum.

sommet, le, summit, top.

sonder, to sound, probe.

songer à, to think of.

sorcier, le, sorcerer.

sort, le, lot, fate.

de sorte que, so that.

sot, le, fool.

sou, le, halfpenny.

soudain, sudden.

souffler, to breathe, blow. souffrant, suffering, ill.

soulier, le, shoe, boot.

soumettre, to submit, sub-

due.

souper, to sup.

soupirer, to sigh.

sourcil, le, eyebrow.

sourd, deaf.

sourdement, in an under-

hand way.

sourire, to smile.

sournois, underhand, sly.

se souvenir de, to remember.

stupéfait, astonished.

succéder à, to follovv.

succofnber, to be beaten,

give in.

suffire, to be sufficient.

suffoquer, to choke.

suite, la, followers ; tout de

— , at once.

superbe, proud, splendid.

sîcpérieur, superior, head.

surhumain, superhunnan.

surnager, to corne to the

surface.

surno7nmer, to nickname.

surprendre, to surprise.

suspendre, to suspend, hang.

tabac, le, tobacco, snuff.

tabatière, la, snufF-box.

tailler, to eut, shape.

talon, le, heel.

tambour, /<?, drum, drum-

mer. tandis que, whilst, whereas.

tantôt . . . tantôt. . . , some-

times . . . sometimes . . .

tapage, le, noise, uproar.

taper, to hit.

tas, le, heap, crowd.

tellement, so much, so.

temps, le, weather.

tendre, to stretch out, hold

out.

te7iter, to attempt, try.

terrain, le, ground.

tiens ! hère ! dear me !

tirer, to drag, pull, fire.

toilette, la, dress.

toiser, to scan, look up and

down.

ton?ieau, le, tub.

VOCABULAIRE

tonner, to thunder.

tonnerre, le, thunder ; coup

de — , thunder-clap.

to7ite, la, hair eut or shaved

off.

tort^ le, wrong; avoir — ,

to be wrong.

tortiller, to twist.

toucher, to touch, hit, draw

money.

toujours, always, still, any-

way, ail the same.

tour, le, turn, trick.

tour, la, tower.

tourmtre, la, figure, appear-

ance.

traîner, to drag.

tranche, la, slice.

transporter, to carry away.

à travers, across, through.

traverser, to cross, go

through.

tressaillir, to tremble.

tricolore, three-coloured.

{se) troubler, to become con-

fused, waver.

trouer, to make holes in,

riddle.

tumulte, le, confusion.

tutoyer, to say ' thou ' to, to

be familiar with.

vaincre, to conquer.

vainqueur, le, victor.

vaisseau, le, vessel, ship.

valoir, to be worth, to gain.

veille, la, evening before.

velu, hairy.

venir de, to hâve just.

ventre, le, stomach.

véritable, real, true.

verser, to pour out.

veste, la, short coat.

vêtemefit, le y article of

clothing.

vide, empty.

vif, alive, quick, eager.

visage, le, face.

visiter, to visit, examine. vitre, la, window-pune.

vivres, les (m.), victuals.

voile, le, veil.

voile, la, sail.

voisin, le, neighbour.

voler, to rob, fly.

volo7itiers, willingly.

volte-face^ la, right-about-

tum.

voltigeur, le, light infantry-

voîite, la, vault, arch ;

clef de — , keystone.

voyotis ! corne !

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