partie, /. , part, (contracting) party
partir, to start, go away, départ, be ofï, coiue, proceed, go off (of fire-aruis).
par-urent, -ussent, -ut, see paraître
parvenais, see parvenir.
parvenir à, to attain, reacb, su<ceed.
parvenu; parviennent, parvînmes, parvint, see parvenir.
pas, m., step, puce, à — comptés, very slowly ; à — lents, slowly; — de course, quickstep.
pas. adv., no, not, not any.
passablement, tolerably.
passant, m., passer- by.
passavant, ni., gangway.
passé, past. la semaine — e , last week.
passer, to pass. pass along, or tbrougb, be considered. en passant, as (I) passed by; — à la revue devant, to pass in review before. se — , to pass, pass by, bappen, to be g->ing on. il se passa dix minutes, ten min ut' s elapsed.
patrie, /., home.
pa'te. /.. leg (of an animal).
pauvrs, poor, wretebed.
paver, to pave.
payer, to pay for.
pays, m , country, native place.
paysage, m., landsoape.
payaau, -ne, peasant, countrywcir.au.
peau, f. . skin.
peccadille, /. , peccadillo, sligbt ofEence.
peine, / , trouble, difficulty, à — , baidly, scarcely ; être e a — , to be une..sy ; donner de la — , to cause trouble, be troublesome ; se donner la — de, to take tbe trouble to, be so kind as to ; faire de la — à, to pain ; feus — à retenir un cri, î could scarcely refrain from crying out.
peiner to pain, trouble.
pencher, to bend.
pendant, during, for. — que, wliile.
pendre, to bang, suspend.
pénible, painful, difficult.
péniblement, painfully.
pensée,/., thought, idea.
penser, to tbink.
percer, to pierce, pierce tbrougb.
perdre, to lose.
perdu, lost, ruined.
père, m., fatber.
perfide, m., traitor.
permettre, to allow, permit.
perron, m., flight of stepsbefore a bouse, stoop, verandab.
Perse,/., Persia.
personne, (with ' ne ' before verb) nobody, (not) anybody.
persuader, convince.
peser, to bear upon, lie.
petit, adj., little, email, — à — , little by little, by degrees ; — -maître, dandy, n. m.
young, kitten.
peu, adv., little, few. dans — ,
sbortly ; depuis — , lately;
quelque — , somewbat, a little;
— à — , gradually, little by
little ; un — , sooiewbat, for
a short time, a bit. n. m., few.
le — de matelots, tbe few
sailors.
peur, /., fear. avoir — , to be
at'raid ; de — de, for fear of ;
faire — à, to fngbten.
peut être, perbaps.
peut, peuvent, see pouvoir, pharaon, m., faro.
piaffer, te paw (tbe ground). pièce, /. , pièce, apartment, can-
non. mettre en — s, to tear,
break, to pièces, pied, ?«., foot. à quelques — s
de nous, a few feet away ;
cinq — s de haut, five feet
tall ; sortir à — , to go out on
font : se lever en — , to rise pierre, /., stone. — à feu, flint.
piquant, sbarp, biting, cuttiug,
keen.
pire, adj., worse.
pis, adv., worse. le — , tbe
worst ; tant — , so mucb tbe
worse.
pistolet, m., pistol.
pitié. /. , pity.
place, / , place, sur — , on tbe
spot, plaindre, to pity. se — ■ , to corn-
plain.
plaire, to please. comme il voui
plaira, as you like.
plaisaient, see plaire, plaisanter, to jest, joke.
plaisanterie, /., joke. par — ,
by way of a joke.
plaît, see plaire, planche,/., board, plank.
plancher, m., âoor.
VOCABULAKY
plat, n. m , di>b, fiât side; aâj., insipid, low, mean.
plat-bord, m., gunwale.
plateau, m., tray.
plein f u II, lilled.
pleurer, to weep.
pli, >/>., Lollow.
plonger, to plunge.
la plupart, the gret'ter part,
most people.
plus, adv., more, most. de — ,
more, moreover; — de, more
tlian; de — en — , more and
more; non — , neitber; rien
de — , nothing more; ne . . .
— , no more, no longer; tout
ou — , at most.
plus . . . plus (corrélative conj.),
the more . . . the more, plusieurs, several.
plutôt, rather.
poche,/., pocket, poucb.
poids, m. , burden, weigbt.
poignard, m., dagger. se poignarder, to etab one's self.
poing, m., fist.
point, adv.. no, not, not at ail;
n. in. , point, an dernier — , in
tbe bigbest degree.
pointe,/., sbarp end.
pointu, pointed, sbarp.
poire,/., pear. — à poudre, pow-
der-born.
poisson, m. , fisb.
poitrine,/., cbest, breast, lungs.
polonais, Polisb.
pompon, m., pompon, a bail of
colored wool worn on tbe
front of a sbako.
pont, ;«., deck (of a sbip).
ponte, m., punter, a faro player
(not tbe dealer).
porte,/., gâte, door.
portée, /. , sbot. à deux — s de
canon, witbin, at a distance
of, two cannon-sbots.
portefeuille, ut., portfolio,
pocket- book.
porter, to curry, bear, wear, put.
ne — , to be, to do (of beaïtb).
porteur, m., bearer.
poser, to place, posséder, to possess. se — ', to
c> nimand one'.s teni])er. il ne
se posséda plus, be w.ts beside
liimself.
poste, n. m., position; n.f., mail,
stage-coacb.
poster to station.
postillon, m., postilion, driver, pouce, m. , tbumb, incb.
poudre,/, gunpowder.
poulet, /«., cbicken.
poupe, /., poop, stern. chambre
de — , poop-cabin.
pour, for, to. — le moins, at
least; — moi, as for me.
pourquoi, wby.
pourr a. -ais, -ait. sec pouvoir, poursuivi, poursuivit, see poursuivre, poursuivre, to pursue, continue, pourtant, however, for ail tbat.
pousser, to send fortb, put out,
utter. — un cri, to cry out;
ils poussèrent trois hourras,
tbey gave tbree cheers.
poussière, /., dust.
pouv-ais, -ait, -aient, see pouvoir, pouvoir, to be able, can, may.
le moment était on ne peut
plus favorable, the moment
was most propitious; se — , to
be possible.
pouvoir, m., power.
pouvons, see pouvoir, pratique, / , practice, practical
part.
YOCABULAKY
pratiquer, to practise.
précipitamment, avec précipitation, hurnedly, hastily.
précipiter, to hurry. se — sur (dans), to rush, or clash, at.
précisément, precisely.
prédire (part, prédit), to foretell, predict.
se prélaiser, to assume an air of dignity.
premi-er, -ère, first.
prenaient, -ait, -ant, see prendre.
prendre, to take, t-ike on, as- Bume, catch, handle, use. à tout — , upon the whole; — en grippe, to take a dislike to; — femme, to inarry; — feu, to get angry; — le parti de, to rnake up one's uiind, resign one's self to; il a pris par ce sentier, he went this way, by this path; je me sentis pris par, I felt overcome by; — part, to participate; — place, to sit down.
près (de), near, close to, almost, nearly.
présager, to forebode, portend.
présenter, to offer, iutroduce.
— ses hommages, to pay one's respects.
presque, almost, nearly.
presser, to press, urge. — la détente, to pull the trigger.
se — , to be in a hurry.
prêt, ready, in readiness. tiensloi — g, be on your guard.
prétendre, to maintain.
prétention,/., clairn.
prêter, to lend.
prévenir, to anticipate, forestall.
prévint, see prévenir.
prier, to pray, beg, bid, request.
prière,/., prayer, entaeaty.
printemps, m., spring.
prirent, pris, prit, see prendre, prise,/., capture, taking, prize
liold.
prisonnier, m., prisoner.
prix. m. , price.
prochain, uext, approaching.
proche, near.
produire, t.> produce, make.
produisait, see produire, produit, m., proceeds, yield.
se promener, to walk, go for a
walk.
promettre {part, promis), to
pr mi>e.
promptement, promptly.quickly.
prononcer, to utter.
proposition,/., proposai, propre, own.
propriétaire, m., f., landed pro-
prietor, freeholder.
propriété,/., estate.
proscrit, m., outlaw, protéger, to protect.
proue, f., prow.
province,/, country.
puis, then, afterward.
puis, pu, pus, see pouvoir, puisque, since, seeing that.
puissant, powerful.
en qualité de, as, in the capacity
of.
quand, wheu.
quart, m., quarter. ofaiev iu
— , officer of the watch quartier, m., pièce, military
quarter.
quatre, four, quatre-vingts, eighty.
que, pron., whom, that, which,
what; conj., as, how. ne...
que, only.
TOCABULAKV
quel, -le, what.
quelque, adj., some, a fevr; adv., some, about. — peu, soinewhat ; — chose, soniething ; quelqu'un, sornebody ; quelques-uns, some, a few.
quelquefois, soinetimes.
querelle, /., quarrel. chercher — ~ à, to pick a quarrel witb.
qui, Trtio, wboin, wbicb, tbat, some. — deçà, — delà, in ail directions at once.
quiconque, whoever, whoinsoever.
quitte, free, rid, even, square (witb). il n'aurait pas été si facilement — arec mol, I would not hâve let bina off so easily; vous i n voilà — , now you are rid of tbetn, or safe.
quitter, to leave, lay aside.
quoi, wbicb, what.
raccommoder, to repair.
racine,/., root.
raconter, to relate, tell, narrate.
radieux radiant.
rafraîchir, to cool, refresb.
raison, /. , reason, satisfaction.
rendre — , to give satisfaction, raisonnable, reasonable.
ramasser, to pick up.
rame,/., oar.
ramener, to take back.
ramer, to row.
rapidement, rapidly, in rapid
succession, se rappeler, to remember, recall.
rapport, m., relation.
s'en rapporter à, to refer one's
self to. s'en — au sort, to
bave recourse to drawing
lots.
rapproché, close.
se rapprocher, to corne near again
be iriends again.
rareté. /. , scarcity.
se raser, to sliave one's self.
comme ,1 était à — , as be was
sbavin r.
rassasier, to satiate.
rasseoir, to seat again.
se rassurer, to recover one's self, se rattacher, to be conuected, be
centered.
ravin, m., ravine.
rayon, m., coinb (of honey).
rebelle rebellions, rebut, m., trasb.
recevoir, to receive.
recevrait, see recevoir, rechange, m , change, fusil de
— , spare gun.
rechercher, to seek, endeavor to
obtain.
récit, m., narration, statement,
stor}\ réclamation, /., complaint, pro-
test.
réclamer, to object, protest, récolte,/., barvest.
reconnais, see reconnaître, reconnaissance,/., gratituùe, i -
connoitring party.
reconnaître, to recognize.
reconter, to tell again.
S3 recoucher, to lie down again.
recouvrer, to recover, regain.
r2couvrir, to cover again, bi>!e.
recueillir, to gatber, pick up.
reculer, to fall back.
reç -u, -us, -ut, -ût, see recevoir, redemander, to ask for again, ask
back again.
redingote,/., overcoat.
redoubler, to increase, redouble.
de coups redoublés, again and
again.
YOCABULARY
redoute,/., redoubt, sraall fort.
redouter, to fear.
se redresser, to straigbten up.
réduire, to reduce.
réduisait, see réduire.
réel, real.
réfléchir, to consider
réflexion, /., thougbt. faire — ,
to reflect.
réformé, discbarged.
refroidir, to cool, become cold.
se refuser à, to resist.
regagner, to get back, return to,
reacb again.
regarder, to look at, look upon,
consider.
reine,/., queen.
rejeter, to tbrow again, tbrow
back.
rejoignis, rejoint, see rejoindre, rejoindre, to join, overtake.
réjouir to deligbt, gladden.
relever, to lift up apain, raise.
se — , to rise again, get up
again.
remarquer, to notice, remark, se rembarquer, to engage again,
go on board again.
remercier, to tbauk.
remettre, to put on again, put
back again, deliver, give op.
— à, to put in cbarge of; on
remit les armes en faisceaux,
we stacked arms again. se — ,
to begin again, compose one's
self, recover.
remis-s, -t, see remettre, remonter, to go up apain.
rempart m., bulwark.
remplacer, to replace, rempli, full.
remplir, to fill.
remuer, to move, stir.
rencontre,/., encounter, meeting.
aller à la — de quelqu'un, to go to meet any one; il s'élança à sa — , be dasbed i'orward to meet bim.
rencontrer, to meet, meet witk.
se — , to be met witk, to be seen. jamais il ne s'est rencontré un gaillard doué d'un bonheur plus insolent, you never saw a fellow witb more impudent luck.
rendez-vous, m., place of meeting, rendezvous.
rendre, to restore, give back, pay back, deliver, give, make.
— fou (folle), to drive insane;
— raison, to give satisfaction, se — , to go.
renfermer, to confine, renoncer à, to give up.
renouveler, to renew. se — , to
be renewed.
rentrer, to return, be c o m-
pressed.
à la renverse, baekwards.
renv rser, to tbrow down.
se répandre, to sottie (tbenv
selves), to spread.
reparaître, to reappear, lepartir, to reply.
reparut, see reparaître, se repentir, to repent.
répéter, to repeat.
replier, to fold. se - — , to t'ai'
back.
répondre, to answer: reply repos, m., rest.
repoussant, forbidding, rep>-i
lnn\
repousser, to pusb away reprendre, to take again tak^
up again, return. recover te
sume, begin again représentation peri'unu.*..
YOCABULARY
M représenter, to fancv, imagine.
repri-s, -t, seo reprendre.
se reproduire, to couie again, to occur again.
reproduisait, see reproduire.
résolu, resolute.
résolu, résolus, see résoudre.
résonner, to clank.
résoudre, to résolve.
respirer, to breathe.
ressembler à, to be like, resemble.
ressort, m., spring.
restant, m., remaining one.
reste, m., remainder. au — , besides.
rester, to romain, to be left.
retarder, to defer.
retenir, to retain, keep, keep from, hold back.
retentir, to resound, ring.
retint, see retenir.
retirer, to take away, dérive, get. se — , to retire, leave.
retourner, to return. s'en — , to go back again.
retraite./., retreat.
retranchement, m., intrenchment, strongbold.
réunion,/., meeting.
réunir, to join again, unité.
réussite,/., success.
en revanche, on tbe otber band.
réveil, m., awakening.
réveiller, to awake. — en sursaut, to arouse suddenly. se — , to wake up.
révéler, reveal.
revenait, see revenir.
revenir (pari, revenu), to corne back, return, recover, get over, corne to. ce gui lui revenait, w bat he bad a rigbt to claim, wbat was coming to him.
rêver, to dream.
revers, m., back, reverse, facing
(<>f clotbes), top (of boots), reviens; revin-g, -t, see revenir, revoir, to see again, meet again.
se — , to see, to meet eacb
other again.
se révolter, to revolt, revoyons, revu, see revoir, ricaner, to cbuckle, sneer.
richesse,/., wealth.
rien, m., notbing, anytbing. —
de plus, notbing more, riei, see rire, rigueur, /., severity. à la — ,
at a pincb; tenir — à, to be
severe upon, refuse to corne
around.
riposter, to return it, to reply
readily.
rire, v., to laugb. — de bon
cœur, to bave a good laugb;
— d'un gros rire, to burst
into a borse-laugb. n. m.,
laugbter.
rivage, m., bank (of rivers).
rivière,/., river, robe,/., dress.
rocher, m., rock, de — en — ,
from rock to rock, roide (pron. raide), rigid. tomber— mort, to fall down dead.
roman, 7?;., novel.
romanesque, fanciful, romantic.
rompre, to break (off).
roue, /., wbeel.
rouge, red.
rouille, /., rust.
se rouiller, to grow rusty.
roulement, m., rolling, roll.
rouler, to revolve, turn. se — ,
to roll about.
route, /., road. en — , on th«
way.
VOCABULAKY
rue,/., street, passage.
russe, Russian.
sain, sound.
saisir, to seize, catch hold of, take. se — de, to catch Lold of.
sais, sait, see savoir.
salé, salted. chair — e, sait ineat.
salon, in., drawing-room.
saluer, to salute.
sang, m., blood.
sang-froid, m., coolness, coniposure.
•anglant, bloody, covered with blood.
sanglier, m., wild boar.
sanglot, m., sob.
sangloter, to sob.
sans, without, but for. — que (conj ), witbout.
santé. /., healtb.
satisfaire, to satisfy.
saurait, see savoir.
saut, m., jump.
sauter, to jump, hop, skip.
sauvage, m., wild tuan.
sauvagerie,/., shyness.
sauver, to save. se — , to run away.
sav-ais, -ait, see savoir.
savant, skilful
savions, *e>: savoir.
savoir, v., t<> know, know bow, bave a knowledge of. (à) savoir?, that is to say ? ; je ne sais quelle plate grossièreté, some low, offensive expression or otber ; qui ne savait que faire, wbo did not know wbat to do n. m., learning.
savoir faire, m., ability.
schako, m., shako.
scruter, to search closely.
sèchement, sharply, plainly.
second, m., mate (on board ship).
secours, m., help, relief, vinrent
merveilleusement au — de son
éloquence, aided his éloquence
wonderfully.
séduisant, tempting.
seigneur, m., lord, selon, according to.
semaine, f. , week, semblable, similar, such.
sembler, to seem. où bon leur
semblerait, wherever tliey
would think fit.
semer, to sow.
sens (pronounce final 's'), sensé,
meaning. bon — , good, or
common, sensé, sens, sent ; sentais, -ait, -ant,
see sentir, sentier, m., path.
sentir, to feel. se — , to be con-
scious of, to feel. se — pris
par, to feelovercome by.
séparer, to separate, part, se — ,
to part, sept, seven.
sérieusement, in earnest, seri-
ously.
serment, m., oath.
serré, compact, crowded.
serrer, to squeeze. — la main à
quelqu'un, to shake any one
by the band, to shake hands.
se — , to crowd.
sert, servait, see servir, serviable, obliging.
servir, to serve, qui devait — de
signal, which was to serve as
a signal. se — de. to use,
make u^e of.
serviteur, m., servant, seuil, m., threshold.
VOCABULAKÏ
»eul, al"iM-, single, only.
seulement, only, merely, just.
sévère, Bevere, stem.
•i, conj. . if. — ce n'est, except.
adv., so, bowever.
le sien, Lis.
sifflement, m., wliistling, whiz-
zin<r.
siffler, to whistle, signe, m., sitrn. faire — , to
beekon. il lui faisait — que,
lie gave Lim to uiiderstand
that.
silencieux, silent.
singulier, peculiar, odd.
sinistre, satanic, sinister.
situé, situated.
six, six.
soigneusement, carefully.
«in, m., care. avoir — de, to
takecare, seeto it that; donner des — s à, to attend, soir, m. , evening. le — , au — ,
in tue evening ; ce - — -là, on
that evening.
soirée, /. , evening, evening
party.
soixante, sixty. «oldat, m., soldier. simple — ,
p r i v a t e ; — réformé, dis-
cbarged soldier.
soleil, m., sun. au — , in tbe
sunshine.
solennel, solenin.
sombre, dark, gloomy.
sommeil, m., sleep.
sommer, to call upon, challenge.
son, sa, ses, bis, lier, its.
one's.
sonder, to sound.
en songe, in a dream.
songer, to dream, muse, think.
sort, m., lot. tirer au — , to
draw lots.
sort-aient, -ais, -ait, -ant, see sortir.
sorte, /. , sort, manner. de la — , thus, in that way; de — que, en — que, so that.
sortir (de), v., to corne from, out, to set out, émerge, départ, stick out, leave. n. m. , leaving.
sou, m., sou (worth one cent).
se soucier, to care, mind.
soucieux,, anxious, full of care.
soudainement, suddenly.
souffle. ///.. breath.
souffler, to blow (out).
soufflet, m., box on tbe ear, affront.
souffre, souffres, see souffrir.
souffrir, tu suffer.
souhaiter, to wish.
souiller, to sully.
se soulever, to rise.
soupçon, m., suspicion.
soupçonner, to suspect.
soupir, m., sigh.
soupirer, to sigh.
sourd, deaf.
sourire, v., to s m i 1 e . n. m., smile.
sous, under, below, sub.
soutenir, to support.
souvenir, n. m., remembrance, recollection, keepsake. se — (de), v. , to remember.
souvent, ofteu.
souviendras, souvint, see souvenir.
spectacle, m., sigbt.
staroste (Russian : starosta, bailiff, steward), n. «i., starost.
stylet, n. m., stiletto.
subir to undergo.
succéder (à), to follow. se — , to i'oilow one ain ther.
"VOCABULAKY
succomber, to yield.
suffire, to suffice.
suffit, see suffire,
la Suisse, Switzerland.
suit, see suivre.
cuite, /., succession, conséquence, quatre fois de — , four times in succession.
suivant, following.
suivre {part, suivi), to follow.
sujet, n. m., subject. au — de, in regard to; à ce — , about it.
supplier, to beseech.
sur, upun, on, in, towards. balle — balle, one bullet after anotber.
sûr, sure.
sûreté, / , safety.
au surplus, besides, bowever.
surprendre, to surprise, take by surprise, overtake.
sursaut, m., start. étriller en — , to awaken suddenly.
surtout, especially.
surveiller, to watcb.
survivant, m., survivor.
suspendre, to dangle, bang, SUSpond.
ev?lte, slender, élégant.
tabatière,/., snuffbox.
tableau, m., painting, picture,
