sink (under the weight
Page 102. — 1. pebbly. 2. mélèze, larcn-tree ; rampant, creepmg. 3. birch-trees. 4. northem. 5. wandering. 6. demesnial. 7. la rivière charrie des glaces, the river is filled with floating pièces of ice.
8. catkins, 'blossoms.' 9. cytisus; velu, hairy, thick, fibrous. 10. buds.
Page 104. — 1. vent-holes, ' chasms.' 2. deep, 'hollow.' 3. bev\ildered feeling, ' giddiness.'
Page 105. — 1. nice, ' particular.' 2. oriental. 3. country-boxes. 4 ruts. 5. champing bits. 6. the set (of horses), team. 7. attentions. 8. hâve not imagined, invented.
Page 107. — 1. pebbles, ' shingles.' 2. bottles, phials.
Page 108. — 1. clashed with one another. 2. stuffed. 3. lackered vases or furniture (^lacker is a kind of vamish of a brilliant golden colour). 4. humour. 5. consecrated vessel called remonstrance or ex-
positorium in roman catholic chnrches. 6. antique sugar-plum or comfit-boxes : drageoir, from dragée, sugar-plum ; féodaux, relating to feudaltimes. 7. apathetic. 8. tobacco-ponch. 9. vase called ciiorzMm orpyx in roman catholic churches. 10. i. e. five francs ; cent sous is a familiar expression.
Page 111. — 1. chuckling. 2. conch, a marine shell used as a horn by the negroes. 3. gusts. 4. clinging. 5. shivering. 6. buttresses, props. 7. hurling. 8. ' wood-work ' in the form of tiles.
Page 114. — 1. rigging. 2. pedestal. 3. Sillage, from the Latin sulcus. a furrow, ' track ' or mark which a ship, as it floats, leaves in the water
Page 116. — 1. it is far from being the fact. 2. trois mille huit cents livres.
Page 119. — 1. eut, shaped.
Page 122. — 1. weakness, relaxation.
Page 126. — 1. broom ; genêt épineux, thom, furze. 2. bassinet, crow-foot, butter-cup. 3. yellow wall-flowers. 4. borders. 5. primroses.
Page 127. — 1. water-lily. 2. ignés fatui. The ignis fatutts, commonlycalled Will-o'-the-wisp, Will-with-a-wisp, ox Jack-with-a-lantem, is a fiery exhalation which appears in the night, principally in marshy places.
Page 131. — 1. the coxcomb, fop, conceited man. 2. overbearing.
3. tutoie, thous ; (says thou, thee,) speaks with an improper familiarity.
4. ogles. 5. jeers, ridicules. 6. whims, ridiculous manners. 7. boasting vfit. 8. conceit. 9. heels (of shoes, boots). 10. runner, footboy. 11. creditors. 12. ill-bred.
Page 132. — 1. the whimsical man. 2. as one can wish. 3. his spleen is spiteful. 4. he excites fear, pity. 5. wild. 6. diversion. 7. vyhetted, sharpened. 8. displeases. 9. spring. 10. unwinds. 11. demoniacs. 12. overturned, 'subverted.' 13. unreasonableness. 14. excite him. 15. disordered. 16. transports, ' passion.' 17. to turn away.
Page 134. — Le fat. — 1. staramer out. 2. to propriety. 3. bas heard an unpleasant truth. 4. of doing so. 5. unknown to himself. 6. if dinner is on table. 7. of impertinence, which is not overlooked in him.
S AME PAGE. — L'homme qui n'a pas de caractère. — 1. caractère, character, temper, disposition, humour, nature, ' way of thinking,' ' opinion.'
Paoe 135. — 1. his own. 2. you can follow liis track. 3. and cannot bear to he less comfortably seated. 4. faints away. 5. is befor^ them. 6. puts himself under restraint.
Page 136. — Le gourmand. — 1. first course of dishes. 2. side-dishes. 3. removed. 4. ragoûts, extra-dishes. 5. produces a wish. 6 which is net to be deceived. 7. wherever.
Same page. — Le riche et le pauvre. — 1. fresh complexion. 2. high chest. 3. he makes the person wbo speaks to him repeat what be bas said. 4. snores. 5. corrects. 6. whicb he utters. 7. he does it badly ; be imagines himself a burden. 8. be does not coramand attention. 9. very attentive. 10. to tread uuon. 1 1. picks up by stealth. 12. crowded. 13. out of humour with. 14. indilFerently preoccupied.
Page 138. — Le pédant. — l.'I do not understand. 2. I understand still less. 3. you tbink I look weU. 4. you do not suspect it. 5. gibbsrish. 6. confused sentences. 7. you address. 8. and whisper in your ear : Be not anxious of appearing clever.
Page 139. — L'homme à prétentions. — 1. he begins to speak, and inten'upts. 2. he makes his way. 3. upon good authority.
Same Page. — 1. thèse wars. 2. unravels in the same manner. 3. he can tell the number of stairs. 4. to make himself acquainted with the familles. 5. that he had inherited that infirmity.
Page 140. — La curiosité, ou les manies. — 1. to be an amateur is not to bave. 2. to that which is in vogue.
Page 141. — Le fleuriste. — 1. 2. 3. 4. & 5. names of tuhps G. before wliich he stands till he is quite exhausted. 7. but then it is shaded, edged, unetuous. 8. eut out, scalloped.
Same page. — V amateur de prunes. — 1. a cora/jamettr in. 2. scientifically. 3. flesh, pulp. 4. some appearance. 5. stature, height.
Page 142. — Le numismate. — 1. numismatologist, i.e. one wbo is versed in, or likes medals. 2. not at ail. 3. séries. 4. defaced inscription. 5. soft, mellowness (of the figure or drawing resulting froni âge). 6. fleur, bloom, 'freshness'; coin, die, stamp: cette médaille est à fleur de cotn, that medal is perfectly preserved. 7. fiiled.
Same page. — 1. displays. 2. that ver>' few impressions of it havc been taken. 3. ail the priuts by Calot. 4. sad, hard.
Page 143. — Le bibliomane. — 1. one over-fond of bocks. 2. teach. 3. he vainly cries out, in order to revive me. 4. edge. 5 go!d stnngs. 6. tan-bouse.
Page 143. — V édificateur. — 1. the constructor, builder. 2. inhabitant of a town, master vrho employs joumeymen, ' citizen.' 3. uniuhabitable. 4. agent. 5. garret. 6. inlaid work. 7. people are incessantly knocking. 8. the master.
Page 144. — U ornithologiste. — ] . tainted \rith plague. 2. warbling.
3. uproar. 4. increase, surge, swelling. 5. shrill. 6. to pour, give ont. 7. he pays a salary. 8. tobrood. 9. overcome by. 10. crested. 11. chirps, -warbles. 12. moults.
Same page. — 1. purchases. 2. for he bas experienced.
Page 145. — 1, shaft, pôle. 2. board, plank. 3. whips. 4. backgammon. 5. dice-box. 6. balass, straw-coloured. " Balais. Sorte de rabis de couleur de vin fort paillet, ainsi nommé de Balascia, pays entre Pégu et le Bengale, d'où les premiers ont été rapportés." RoauEFORT.
I. fruit, means hère the time in the morning vshzn the fruit used to be brought in.
Page 150. — 1. eut. 2. smells. 3. collâtes. 4. barters. 5. auotioneer.
Page 153. — 1. wan, dull. 2. ungilded. 3. polecat, a sort of weazel.
4. the shade. 5. pock-fretted, speckled. 6. gimlet. 7. vrorn, ' threadbare.' 8. milleped, an insect found under legs of wood, large stones, etc.
Page 155. — 1. (and shakes your hand so heartily) that he almost dislocates your wrist. 2. to be candid with you. 3. transaction to settle. 4. attomey. 5. a man of abrupt manners, but of a benevolent heart.
Page 158. — 1. starched, stiff. 2. self-important. 3. undescribed. 4. opening. 5. jeering, deriding. 6. gait, pace, behaviour, habits. 7. coach-office. 8. horse-hair. 9. meanness. 10. deceit, 'trickery.'
II. attenpts, attacks. 12. open air. 13. smells, 'anticipâtes.' 14. farious, anxious, ' greedy ' customer. 15. puns.
Page 163. — 1. are blunted, ' weakened.' 2. in slackening, ' diminishing the rapidity of.' 3. the higher branches of philological study, logic,etc.
Page 173. — 1. you are very ignorant of the occurrences of the capital. 2. we are very stupid.
Page 176. — 1. is well established. 2. do not make a useless displav of wit. 3. confine yourself.
Page 178. — 1. alliance, union. 2. 3. & 4. dishonourable contrivances bring more knaves to misery than to fortune.
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Page 180. — 1. portmanteau. 2, bolster. 3. loft. 4. rafters.
Page 182. — 1. we orJy produce. 2. flesh-worm, ' mite,'
Page 185. — 1. dry up. 2. it is already approaching.
Same page. — 1. yet could I but avoid. 2. delusion ! 3. to grow dim. 4. there is no escape.
Page 186. — 1. plebeian. Roturier (du latin rota, roue, d'où rouler et rôle), homme porté sur le rôle des impositions ; qui n'est pas noble ; qui tient de la roture.
Page 188. — 1. withers. 2. chaff. 3. mote. 4. restless.
Page 191. — 1. cricket. 2. dawn.
Page 199. — 1. a pan for coals, a brazier. 2. clay.
Page 200. — 1. scarcity, penury. 2. agitated by grief.
Page 203. — 1 . Thou who. 2. the murderous steel. 3. dry up.
Page 204. — 1. broken down, decayed. 2. simples, ' médicinal herbs.'
Page 205. — 1. wins, entices. 2. alleviating.
Page 214. — 1. substance, summary. 2. ' calm,' smooth sea.
Page 218. — 1. he was informed. 2. either willingly, or because they were compelled. 3. intimate recollection or dévotion. 4. ' which it would perhaps never hâve routed ;' enfoncer, to break into.
Page 228. — 1. bursting its way.
Page 230. — 1. deck. 2. fragment, stump. 3. bounded over him with a single leap. 4. a pair of smith's pincers or nippers. 5. panting.
Page 233. — 1. whiled away tlie tiresomeness of. 2. and men do nothing else. 3. raising bis Toice.
Page 237. — 1. hurdles of wicker-work. 2. surplice. 3. ' padded,' quilted like a mattress. 4. weakeued.
Page 246. — 1. spent bail. 2. a Latin proverh: for our altars an nresides.
Page 256. — 1. violeutly oppress their heart. 2. stillness and repose dwell in the fields of memory! 3. powerless, insensible, apathetic : blasé, from the Greek J3\aia6s (blaisos), distorted, impotent.
Page 266. — 1. clay. 2. glaïeul, gladiolus, or sword-grass.
Page 267. — 1. reflections. 2. sickles. 3. gui (prononcez yhi), misletoe. 4. céraste (from the Greek Kêpa% (fieras) horn), horned snake ; impur, foui, unclean. 5. larvœ, spectres.
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Page 270. — 1. claiion. 2. vine-branch. 3. wedge, 'angle.' 4. prance, rear. 5. stables, ' stud.' 6. ' haft,' handle.
Page 282. — I. he was hesitating (or delaying) to become a believer in the true God.
Page 287. — 1. iron-shod.
Page 289. — 1. a doublet, a close eoat. 2. armlets. 3. nape of the neck.
Page 291. — 1. clashing. 2. pale or stake.
Page 298. — 1. smock-frock. 2. seized him by putting his arnis round his waist.
Page 305. — 1. artful. 2. chausse-trape, ca'.trop, an instrument made with four spikes, so that whichever way it falls to the ground, one of them points upwards. 3. spits, spikes. 4. amulets, charms.
Page 307. — 1. strand, or shore. 2. are seattered. 3. increase 4. funnels.
Page 310. — 1. tingling, or tinkling. 2. whirls. 3. ringing of bells, peals. 4. shrill and {fêlée, cracked) ont of tune.
Page 318. — 1. pièce. 2. kneading-trough, ' cupboard.' 3. peasants» 4. portliness. 5. fallovr (pale red or yellow).
Page 326.— 1. to fight.
Pvge 327. — l.apointedorarched window. 2. of various colours. 3. s'aarp and weak. 4. long, slender. 5. calotte, a small coif, which only covers the top of the head, worn by priests in roma» catholic countries.
Page 331. — 1. mariner's compass.
Samz page. — 1. orviétan (derived from Orvietto, a town in Italy), a quack medicine. 2. jugglers. 3. ladaud, a simpleton, a cockney. 4. felt, ' shabby hat.' 5. taste. 6. spot. 7. lower orders, rabble*.
Page 339. — 1. mortgages. 2. converted itself into immoveable or real property.
Page 343. — 1. grape-shot.
Page 349. — 1. irresolute attempts.
Page 362. — 1. in soUtarj' confinement.
" Manant. Habitant, résidant ; villageois, campagnard ; homme rustre et grossier. Ce mot est dérivé du latin mcruns.
Page 366. — 1. out-lined.
Page 372. — 1. pUed. 2. was at anchor.
Page 374. — 1. wood-work. 2. pièces of dried mortar. 3. stamp.
Page 382. — 1. tumings or windings. 2. guns, field-pieces.
Page 383. — 1. if I may say so.
Page 385. — 1. tight. 2. soft, flexible. 3. dividing in the shape of a heart. 4. to look, to put on the drag, to stop, 5. scattered.
Page 393.— 1. shining.
Page 395. — 1. whip. 2. rebound.
Page 399. — 1. crenated in the form of battlements. 2. level vn.ih the surface of the water. 3. pale, of a dead colour. 4. ornamenteii headpiece, ' nodding plumes.' 5. towing. 6. fly-boat. 7. 8. & 9. names of vessels used ia the Mediterranean. The tartane bas one mast and a three-comered sail. 10. ' handful ' ; literally, a pincb, the quantity that can be contained in two or three Angers.
Page 404. — 1. cocon, the cocoon or bail of the silk-worm- 2. vroriiout tattered vestment.
Page 407. — 1. hedges ; charmille, from charme, horn-beam or yoke elm, a tree which shoots principally from the root.
Page 408. — 1. aider. 2. ash. 3. rugged or unbewn stones. 4. cupola of tiles. 5. hemp-fields. 6. rafters. 7. quincunx or angleways. 8. rustle. 9. cbucks. 10. clay. 11. thrushes.
Page 411. — 1. poodle-dog. 2. play childish tricks.
Page 421. — 1. bave had a narrow escape. 2. without his knowledge. 3. to shoot sparrows. 4. présent and aim. 5. in fact.
Page 425. — 1. tomtits. 2. greenfinches.
Page 426. — 1. curl-papers. 2. stays. 3. drenched with perspiration.
Page 427. — 1. begone out of my bouse. 2. fit subject for the gallovvs. 3. if I may say so. 4. lest I knock you down. 5. search. 6. spies. 7. you set yourself up for a reasoner ! I will give you some of this argument about your ears. 8. stingy wretches. 9. are you troubling yourself. 10. 'box your ears,' barrette, petit bonnet, closecap ; parler à la barrette de quelqu'un, c'est-à-dire parler à quelqu'im vertement, sans le ménager. 11. whom the cap fits, let him wear iî.
Page 430. — 1. tells me to my face. 2. and in ven^ good circumstances. 3. quickly take by the forelock. 4. one's happiness or misery dépends upon it. 5. take into coasideratiou.
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Page 431. — 1. hearty, lively. 2. fine cause to complaiû, indeed! 3. constitution. 4. make some sacrifice. 5. economy of living. 6. jelly-broths. 7. peeled (barley). 8. is not so inconsiderable, but that it. 9. in which her equals indulge. 10. gamiug. 11. bave heard of. 12. ail at once. 13. noticed me. 14. for want of. 15. will set me on my feet again. 16. letters. 17. que je vous sollicite, solliciter being a transitive verb.
Page 434. — 1. for this evening. 2. is missing. 3. deduct it. 4. to put tbem in mind. 5. f rocks.
Page 436. — 1. for you take upon yourself. 2. first course. 3. sidedisbes.
Page 437. — 1. guigne, watched (guigner, de l'espagnol guimar, regarder une chose avec envie, la guetter).
Page 438. — 1. ail is over. 2. committed the deed. 3. put to the rack. 4. police-officers. 5. chief justices. 6. racks, tortures.
Page 439. — 1. of good weight. 2. sucking-pig. 3. to dress it for you. 4. clipped. 5. you caunot but know. 6. and I still bear in mind. 7. proofs. 8. lurking. 9. it you take it in that view.
Page 441. — 1. évasions. 2. a v.^ilful crime {Guet-apens, ou mieux appens, du français guet, et du latin appensus, pendu, suspendu, attaché. Bescherelle). 3. motives. 4. will soon give me satisfaction. 5. had participated. 6. my property. 7. what a jumble is this about my daughter !
Page 445. — 1. are you going to show me. 2. that I am getting myself dressed. 3. I thought I sbould never get on. 4. uutil ihey hâve brought me. 5. in proper style. 6. I bave had this printed cahco gown made for me. 7. go thus. 8. it becomes you. 9. under-waistcoat. 10. nothing can be better. 11. compositions. 12. 1 would bave you first. 13. you should not bave had it donc. 14. you must not, sir, be deceived by the uame of pupil. 15. as any that can be composed. 16. it will be better with it. 17. could enliven it a little hère and there. 18. I was taught one. 19. Jenny. 20. a strict relation to one anothei. 21. who teaches me. 22. engaged. 23. that is ail that is necessary. 24. can do nothing. 25. are occasioiiedby nothing but. 26. oversights. 27. failures. 28. has happeiied only from the want of knowing how. 29. want of harmony. 30. false step.
Page 448. — l.atreble. 2. counter-tenor. 3. bass-viol. 4. theorbo, a large lute for playing tborough-bass. 5. harp.nchoid. 6. thoroughbass. 7. treble violins.
Page 449. — 1. of fencing. 2. I showed you. 3. adversary. 4. in or out, 5. in this manner. 6. any courage. 7. tins will show of what importance we fenciug-masters must be. 8. is superior. 9. & 10. boftly, Mr. Foncer. 11. you are pretty fellows. 12. leathern stotnacher (used by fencing-masters). 13. softly. 14. will drub. 15. pray! 10. will thrash. 1 7. teach him better manners.
Page 450. — 1. what is the matter ? 2. even to abusing each other, and wishing to corne to blows. 3. can you thus give way to anger ? 4. to abuse us both. 5. ought that to make you aagry ? 6. silly pédant. 7. arrant schoolraaster (voyez la page 483, note ^). 8. viUains ! rogues !
9. the deuce take the pack-saddled ass 1 10. knaves ! beggars !
Page 452. — 1. adjusting his band. 2. which will eut them up finely. 3. the greatest désire. 4. I am vexed. 5. frightful. 6. does not take my fancy. 7. ethics. 8. morality is of no avail ; I will get in a passion as inuch as I please, when I hâve a mind. 9. natural philosophy.
10. îgnes failli. 11. uproar. 12. confusion. 13. by bringing the under jaw near to the upper. 14. pouting the lips. 15. you were making mouths. 16. you need only. 17. by striking thetip. 18. how angry I am with you i 19. so that being grazed. 20. prettily.
Page 456. — 1. trapped out thus. 2. one would think it is carnival hère. 3. the house clean. 4. gang. 5. tired out. 6. Maux, a vulgar pronunciation for beaux. 7. are very nimble-tongued. 8. loosen ail the bricks, carriaux for carreaux, see 6. 9. advantages. 10. renfort, increase in strength ; potage, soup ; ' to strengthen (or add to) the mess.' Revfort de j)otage is a common and proverbial expression. 11. would to heaven I were whipped even now. 12. you would be ail the better for it. 13. fools. 14. nonsense. 15. there ! see what comes by studying. 16. just say. 17. nonsense. 18. ought to send away. 19. fooleries. 20. loobily. 21. deuce take the hussy ! 22. managed very well. 23. with whom you hâve become infatuated. 24. he •«•ill take good care not to do so ; literally. he will not fail to fail. 25. to wheedle you.
Page 460, — 1. you are as genteelly di-essed as possible. 2. a proverbial expression, meaning, 'he talks of what gives him pleasure.' 3. put on your hat. 4. get out of debt. 5. a hundied and twenty 6. milch cow. 7. will drain you to the last farthing. 8. many persons.
Page 463. — 1. of noble birth. 2. tliey spend few words upon it. 3. shake hands, 4. are we descended from St. Louis .' 5. undcrstanc your diift. 6. but from good citizens. 7. now for slander. 8. tradesman. 9. plague take. 10. she never fails to say so. 11. they are îll.
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informed people. 12. suitable. 13. beggarly and iU-shaped. l4. silliest booby. 15. are always meddling. 16. should fail through inadvertence. 17. to play at la madame, the name of a game played by cbildren. 18. so great a lady as she is now.
Page 465. — 1. yoiir late.
Page 467. — 1. Oh unforeseen misfortune ! 2. what business had ne in that galley ? (The droll exclamation of Géronte que diable allait-d faire dans cette galère ? bas become proverbial.) 3. in the pace of a horse.
Page 473. — l.judgment. 2. lively. 3. his professors always spoke highiV to me. 4. by dint of striking the iron, ' persevering.' 5. degrees. 6. to the utmost. 7. thesis, or disputation in philosophy. 8. take the hand. 9. convolaient hère means ' flew,' but the verb convoler according to the French Academy is to marry again. 10. (is come) fresh (from collège). 11. he will always surpass you in retort.
Page 476. — 1. 'imeven.'
Page 479. — 1. will not do for you. 2. will fondle. 3. in eamest. 4. bless me !
Page 481. — 1. ignorant. 2. présent my respects. 3. interpréter.
