scène, tache,/., stain, blot
tafia, m., tafia (rum).
taille,/, size.
tailler, to deal (at cards).
taillis, 77i., copse, underwood.
— fourré, tbicket.
se taire, to be silent.
talon, m., beel. marcher sur les
— 8 de quelqu'un, to follow
close bebind any one.
tambour, m., drum.
tandis que, while, wbereas.
tant (de), so mucb, as mucb, so inany, so. so rnucb so. tant que, so long as; — pis, so mucb tbe worse; — bien que niai, somehow or otber.
tantôt . . . tantôt (corrclativt) conj.), uow . . . tbeu.
tapage. m., uproar.
tapagear, m , noisy fellow, roisterer.
tapis, m., rug.
tard, late.
tarder, to delay, be long, stay.
tas, m., beap, pile.
taudis, m., bovel.
teint, m., complexion.
teinte, /., bue, tint.
tel, -le, sucb. — que, sucb as.
tellement, so, in sucb a manner.
me frappa — que, ruade sucb an impression on me tbat.
témoin, m., witness.
temps, m., time, wt-atber. avec le — . in tbe course of time; en même — , at tbe same time; de — en — , from time to time; combien de — , bow long; je marchai quelque — , I walked about a bit.
ten-ais, -ant, see tenir.
tendre, to bold out.
tendresse, /. , émotion.
tenez ! look bere!
tenir, to bold, bave bold of, keep. tiens! , see bere; — rigueur à, to be severe upon; il ne tient qu'à moi, it dépends only upon me; se. — prêt, to be upon one's guard, to be ready; se — debout, to stand up.
tentation,/., temptation.
tentative./., attempt.
VOCABL'LARY
tenter, to try. — un effort, to make an attempt.
terrain, m., ground, land.
terrasser, to knock down.
terre, /.. eartb, land, ground.
à — , on tlie ground, down; mettre pied à — , to aliglit, dismount • par — , on tbe ground.
tertre, m., billock, rising ground.
tête, /., bead. baisser la — , to hang one's head; calcul de — , mental calculatinn; faire — à, to resist.
le tien, la tienne, tbine, yours.
tiens! , look bere!
tien-s, -t; tint, see tenir.
tiers, m., third.
tillac, m., deck (of a sbip).
timonier, m., belinsman.
tir, m., sbooting, sbooting-gallery, sbooting-ground.
tirailler, to sboot, skirmisb.
tirailleur, m., sbarpshooter.
tirer, to draw, pull, fire, sboot.
tirons au sort à qui le premier feu, let us draw lots to décide wbo will bave tbe first sbot; vous tirez le pistolet?, are you a good sbot witb tbe pistol?
tireur, m., inarkstnan, sbot.
toile, /. , clotb, linen-clotb, canvas, toils (in bunting).
tomber, to fall. — d'accord, to agrr j; — raide mort, to fall down dead ; pour faire — la cendre de sa pipe, to knock tbe aslies from bis pipe.
ton, ta, tes, tby, your.
ton, m., tone, voice.
tonneau, m., cask.
tonnerre, m., tbunder.
torrent, m., flood (of tears).
tort, m., wrong, îiarm, preju dice. à — , wrongly; lui fil beaucoup de — parmi nos jeunes gens, prejudiced our young nien very niucb against bira.
tortueux, tortuous.
toucher, to toucb, affect.
touffu, busby.
toujours, always, continuously, still. Fortunato ricanait — , Fortunato continued to sneer.
tour. »/., turn. — à — , byturns; c'est à mon — de, it is my turn to.
tourmenter, to grieve, torment, trouble.
tourner, to turn, turn or move around. la tête me tournait, my head wasswiuiming; se — , to turn, turn around.
tout, -e, tous, toutes, adj., ail, wbole. tait le monde, everyl.ody; toutes les fois que, as often as; tous les jours, every day.
tout, n in., everything.
tout, -e, adv. and adv. conj., wholly, quite, altbougb, for ail tbat. — à fait, quite, wbolly; — à coup, — d'un coup, suddenly, ail of a sudden; — au plus, at most; — à l'heure, just now; — de son long, at full lengtb; — en balbutiant, for ail tbat be staminered; — en faisant grande dépense, for ail tbat be spent a great deal; — e grossière qu'elle était, bowever rude it migbt be.
toutefois, nevertbeless.
tracer, to trace.
traduire, to translate.
trafiquant, m. , dealer.
trahir, to betray.
trahison , /. , treachery. faire une
— , to commit tr^ason.
se traîner, to drag one's self
along.
trait, m., stroke, feature.
traite, /. , journey, slave-trade,
trading on tlie African coas.t.
faire la — , to carry on tLe
slave-trade.
traiter, to treat.
traître, m , traitor.
tranchant, sbarp, cutting, décisive.
tranquille, calm. sois — , never
rnind, don't worry; on le laùsa
— , be was let alone.
transparent, m., transparent
paper.
traquer, to entrap, to hunt
down.
travail, m., labor.
travailler, to work.
travers, m., breadtb. au — de,
tbrougb; en — de, crosswise.
traversée,/., passage, voyage, traverser, to cross, go tbrougb.
tremblement, m., quaking.
trembler, to tremble, une trentaine,/., about tbirty.
trente, tbirty. — -deux, tbirty-
two; — -cinq, tbirty-five.
très. very.
triste, melancboly.
avec tristesse, gloomily.
trois, tbree.
troisième, tbird.
tromper, to deceive. te — , to
be rnistaken.
tronc, m., trunk, stem, tronçon, m. , stump.
trop, too, too much.
trou, m., bole.
trouble, m., confusion, troubler, to disturb, perplex.
trouer, to perforate, ruake a bole
in.
troupeau, m., flnck. trouver, to find, meet, tbink.
se — , to find one's self, be
found, to be.
tuer, to ki 11.
tut, see taire.
un -e, a, one. les — *, some.
usage, m., custom, practice,
use.
user (de), to make use of.
ustensile, m. , utensil, tool.
va, see aller.
vacance,/., vacancy.
vague,/., wave.
vaguement, vaguely.
vaincre, to conquer.
vainqueur, m , victor.
vaisseau, m., sbip, vessel.
valait, see valoir.
valoir, to be wortb. — mieux, to be wortb more, be préférable.
vanter, to brag about, extoL
vaste, vast, spacious.
vaurien, m., scamp.
vaut, see valoir.
veille, /., evening, or day before.
velours, m., velvet.
ven-aient, -ais, -ait, see venir.
vendeur, m., seller
vendre, to sell.
vendredi, m. , Friday.
se venger, to take revenge.
venir (part, venu), to corne.
faire — , to send for; — i^ bout de, to succeed ; il s'en venait, lie was comiiig along ; comme je venais de ramasser, just as
YOCAIil'LAKY
I bad picked up ; il venait de recevoir, lie liail just received.*
venons, see venir.
vent, m., wind.
ventre, m., stoinach.
vergue /., yard (of a mast).
vernir, to varnish.
verras, -a, see voir.
verre, m., gla>:s.
verr-ons, -ont, see voir.
vers, towards, to, about.
verser, to pour ont, shed.
verste, /., verst, Russian ineasure of lengt:i eontaining about two tbirds of an Englisb mile, vert, green.
vertement, skarply.
vertu, /., virtue. en — de, by
virtue of.
veste. /., round jacket.
vêtir, to clotbe, array.
Têtu, (part, of vêtir), array éd.
veuillez, please, be so kind as.
veux, see vouloir, vide, empty.
vider, to empty.
vie, f , life.
vieillard, m., old rnan.
viendr a, -ait ; viennent, vient,
see venir, vierge,/., virgin.
vieux, vieil, vieille, old.
vif, vive, allve, brisk, keen,
alert.
vilain, misérable, mean.
ville,/., town, city.
vin, m., wine.
vingt, twenty.
une vingtaine,/., a score, about
twenty.
vîmes, see voir.
vint, vinrent, see venir.
virent, see voir.
virer, to tur». — de bord, to tack about.
vis, pee oir.
visage, m., face.
viser, to aim at, take aim at.
visiter, to examine, searcb.
vit, see voir.
vite, t'ast, quickly, speedily. au plus — , as quickly as possible.
vivait, see vivre.
vivant, living, alive.
vivement, briskly, keenly, vigorously.
vivent, see vivre.
vivie, to live. vive V empereur !, long live tbe emperor! (Napoléon).
vivres, m. pi., provisions.
voici, bebold, hère is, tbis is.
le — , bere be (it) is.
voilà, it is, tbat is, tbere is, tbere are, now. — la danse qui va commencer, now tbe fun is going to begin; comme te — grandi!, l.ow tall you bave grown ! ; comme te — effrayée!, bow frightened you look!; vous en — quitte, now you are rid of them, or safe.
voile,/., sail.
voilier, m. , sailer, sbip. un fin — , a fast sailer.
voir, to see. se — , to see one anotber.
vois, see voir.
voisin, m., neigbbor.
voisinage, m., neigbborbood.
j'allais commencer mon compliment de — , I was going to
*The présent and the imperfect, indicative mood, of venir followed by de -{-an infinitive, is translatée! by the coiresponding form of to hâve followed by just + the past participle of that infinitive.
pay hitn my neighborly compliment.
voit, see voir.
voiture, /. , carriage. — publique, stage-coacb.
voix, /., voice. à — basse, in a low voice.
voler, to n'y, steal.
volontairement, wilfully.
volonté,/., v.'i\\, pi. whims.
volontiers, readfly, willingly.
vont, see aller.
?oudr-a, -ais, -ait ; voul-aient, -ait, -ez, see vouloir.
vouloir, to will, wisb, want. — dire, to mean ; qui n'avait pas voulu, who bad declined.
voulu, -us, -ut, -ût, see vouloir
voyait, -ant, -ez, see voir.
vrai, true, real, regular.
vraiment, truly, iudeed.
vu (part.), see voir.
vu (prep.), considering.
vue,/., sigbt, view.
y, adv., tbere, tbitber ; pers.
pron , at it, in it.