qui finit on ne peut mieux, which could not end better
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Words that are alike in French and English have been omitted.
à, at, to, in, with, from; — lui seul, all by himself, — Ui or au, with abandonner, abandon,
leave abattre, overthrow, down
(Jam.) y bring down abondance, abundance; en — , abundantly d'abord, at first un abordage, collision, handto-hand fighting aborder, alight, land un abrégé, summary; en — ^
briefly un abri, shelter; à V — de, under shelter of abriter, shelter absorbé, absorbed une accalmie, lull un accent, sound, tune, accent; aux — s de, at the sound of accepter, accept acclamer, acclaim, cheer une accolade, ceremonial kiss; donner V — , kiss accompagner, accompany accomplir, accomplish
un accord, agreement; d' — avec, in agreement with accourir, hasten, come running up accroupi, -e, crouching,
crouched accueillant, -e, hospitable,
affable acharné, -e, desperate, fierce s'acharner, be mad after; — à, be desperately bent on; les obus s'acharnent, the shells fall thick and fast achever, finish; — de, finish (with près, part.) racier, m. steel
acquiescer, acquiesce s'acquitter, acquit; s' — de, perform un acteur, actor l'activité,/, activity actuel, -le, present, actual actuellement, actually, at the present moment un adjudant, first sergeant adresse, address; à 1* —
de, directed at advenir, happen
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un adversaire, adversary
aérien, -ne, aerial une affaire, affair, affairs, business s'affaisser, sink down, col-
s'affaler, collapse affluer, flock in affreusement, frightfully agir, act; s»— (de), be a question of s'agiter, move about, flutter, wave; agité, -e, agitated, restless une agonie, agony; kV — , in a dying condition s'aguerrir, get inured to war, get used to hardships ahuri, -e, confused, bewildered aider, help un aigle, eagle une aigle, eagle (emblem) une aile, wing; battre de 1' — f flutter its wing d'ailleurs, besides, as a matter of fact aimable, amiable aimablement, gently aimer, like, love ainsi, thus, so; pour — dire, so to speak; — que, just as l'air, m, air, song, tune; avoir V — , look; se donner de V — , get breathing room, take a breath
aisément, easily ajouter, add une alerte, alert, alarm; — I
to armsl chaude — , bad
scare alerte, brisk, lively l'Allemagne,/. Germany allemand, -e, German aller, go; — de Pavant, go
ahead; — et retour,
round trip; allons! come;
allons donc! come now;
— i (fig')f suit; cela va encore, it is not so bad; cela va mieux, it (he, she) is better; m'irait mieux, would suit me better
allié, -e, allied; les — s, the Allies
allonger, lengthen (the range)
alors, then, so
alsatien, -ne, Alsatian l'aluminium, m, aluminum
ambitionner, have ambition for, ardently desire une ambulance, field hospital;
— automobile, motor ambulance unit
un ambulancier, field hospital attendant une ftme, soul amener, bring s'amener (fam.), come, jog along américain, -e, American l'Amérique, /. America -
^, ^, .. zed by VjOO^.
ami, -e, friend: un interprête de mes — s, an interpreter friend of mine Tamitié, /. friendship l'amour, m. love un anachorète, hermit, anchorite un ancêtre, ancestor ancien, -ne, old un ange, angd
anglais, -e, English un angle, angle, corner, turning l'Angleterre, /. England animer, animate une année, year
annoncer, announce anormal, abnormal, unusual antique, ancient, old antitétanique. See piqûre août, August
apercevoir, perceive, notice, discern; s* — de, perceive, realize aplati, -e, crouched aplatir, flatten; s' — , crouch une apothéose, apotheosis, triumph un appareil, apparatus, appliances; — photographique, camera Tapparence, /. appearance, looks; d'étrange — , strange-looking appartenir, belong un appel, roll call; personne à V — , nobody to answer the roll call
appeler, call
apprendre, learn, teach, tell, hear un apprentissage, apprenticeship apprivoiser, tame; s*—, become tame or sociable approcher (de), approach, come near; s* — (de), come near approprié, -e, appropriate,
suited to approvisionné, -e, provisioned appuyer, support; s' — ,
lean après, after; d' — , from, after, according to un arbre, tree un arc, arch Targent, m. silver, money Target, m. slang une arme, gun, weapon; also a special branch of the ser- . vice; sous les — s, under arms; présentez les —si present arms! prendre les — s, take arms une armée, army; corps d' — ,
army corps un armistice, armistice
arracher, draw, draw out, take away, wrest un arrêt, stop, stay, pause; en — , to a stop; tenir en — , halt arrêter, stop arrière, back, rear; en — $
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behind, back, at or to the rear rarrière, m, rear (milU.); à V — , at the rear; stem, aft {of a boat) une arrivé, arrival
arriver, arrive, happen s'arroger, assume arrosé, -e, sprinkled, showered with, shelled Partillerie, artillery un artiste, artist
TArtois, m. a French province un as, ace (aviation) y (one who has brought down five German machines) un aspect, aspect, look une asphyxie, suffocation un assaillant, assailant un assaut, assault; prendre d' — , take by storm, storm assez, enough, rather,
fairly assigner, assign assister (à), be present at,
see, attend assurer, assure, secure,
maintain attaché, -e, attached une attaque, attack
attaquer, attack; contr*-
— , counter attack atteindre, reach attendre, await; en attendant, meanwhile; s' — à, expect une attente, waiting
une attention, attention; — I attention I look out I atterrir, land une attestation, testimony attester, testify attirer, attract, draw, appeal to une aubaine, windfall, godsend, chance une aube, dawn ane aubépine, hawthorn
aucun, -e, no, no one; ne ... — , not any une audace, audacity, daring, boldness aadadeu-x, -se, audacious, daring, bold augmenter, increase aujourdlitdy to-day une aurore, dawn
aussi, also, as; — que, as ... as; therefore (as initial word of phrase) aussitôt, as soon as, di^
rectly, immediately austro-hongrois, -e, Aus>
tro-Hungarian autant, as much; — que, as much ... as, as well ... as, as • • • as un autel, altar
authentique, real, genuine, authentic un auto, automobile, motorcar un autobus, motorbus automatique, automatic l'automne, m. autumn
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autour, around; — de, around
autre, other; nous — s Âméricams, we Americans; l'un V — , each other; les uns les — s, one another
autrefois, formerly
autrichien, -ne, Austrian
aux, contraction of à les; le sac — obus, the bag of shells; la Halle — drapiers, the Cloth Market
avaler, swallow une avance, advance; à V — , in
advance une avancée (milU,), outpost
avancer, advance
avant, before, ahead of; en — , in front, forward; en — marche I forward march!
Tavant, m. (milit.) front line; bow (of a boat); à V — , fore (on a boat); aller de 1* — , go ahead.
See arrière
avantageusement, advantageously une avant-veille, the last day but one before
avec, with un avenir, future une aventure, adventure
avertir, inform, warn un avertissement, warning
aveugler, blind
un aviateur, aviator
un avion, aeroplane; — de chasse, chaser (mUU,)
un aviron, oar
un avis, advice, opinion; être d' — , be of an* opinion; je suis d' — f my opinion is s'aviser (de), choose, capriciously decide avoir, have; — raison, be right; — tort, be wrong; il y a, there is, there are; il y a quelques semaines, a few weeks ago; il y avait de quoi, there was reason for it; — à, have to; vous aurez à, it will be your lot to.
See air, cceur avouer, confess avril, m. April
B bahl never mind I la bcdonnette, bayonet; à la — , at the point of the bayonet; à la — I charge bayonets I — au canon I fix bayonets I 5ee canon balancer, fling, land (slang) balayer, sweep la balle, ball, bullet le ballon, balloon; — s des Vosges, the rounded summits of the Vosges mountains le ban, ban; ouvrir le — ^
begin to play (military band) le bandage, bandage, surgical dres^ng bandière : front de —, line of. battle la bandoulière, shoulderbelt, sling; en — , slung over the shoulder la bannière, banner; la — étoilée, the star-spangled banner la banquette, seat; — de tir, firing parapet (milit.) baptiser, christen barbare, barbarian la barbe, beard barbelé, -e, barbed bariolé, -e, variegated, of various colors, manycolored la barque, boat, barge le barrage, curtain fire (mUii.) bas, -se, low; — sur l'eau, low down on the water la basilique, basilica, church la bataille, battle le bataillon, battalion le bateau, boat bâti, -e, built la batterie, battery; par — I battery fire I battre, beat; — en retraite, retreat; — le terrain, sweep the ground; — de Paile, rise (like a bird in flight)
se battre, fight
battu,' -e, p.p, of battre, beaten, torn up, swept bavarois, -e. Bavarian beau, belle, beautiful, fair, fine; bel et bien, right well; avoir — , be useless, be in vain
le beffroi, belfrey belge, Belgian
la Belgique, Belgium
le berceau, cradle
le béret, cap, tam-o'-shanter
la berlue, dimness of sight; avoir la — (fam.)^ see double, have hallucinations
la besogne, task; à la — , at, to work; faire de la bonne — , do good work
le besoin, need; avoir — de, need
la bête, beast, animal; les — s, cattle
la bicoque, hovel, hut
bien, well, indeed, surely;
— du, much; — des, many; eh — I well then;
— que, although; aussi
— que, as well as; il y avait — , vous avez — dit, translate bien by it is true; adv. very; — faire les choses, not do things by halves
le bien, good
bientôt, soon; à — , in the hope of seeing you or
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hearing from you soon {at the end of a letter) le billet, biU; — bleu, banknote le biplan, biplane (aviaL) la bique, she-goat; peau de — , goatskin bis, again, encore! (in the theater) la blague (fam.)j humbug, story, joke blanc, -he, white le blé, wheat; les — s, wheat fields blesser, wound, hurt la blessure, wound
bleu, -e, blue; — de roi, light blue; — horizon, sky-blue; — , tn. rookie (milit,)y young or green soldier le blindage, armor plating se blottir, crouch, hide le bobo, small hurt
boche, German {slang, probably from Alboche used for Allemand) la Bochie {slang), Germany
boire, drink le bois, wood; de — , wooden le bol, bowl
le bombardement, bombardment bombarder, bombard, shell la bombe, bomb bon, -ne, good le bond, bound
bondé, -«, full, to the
uttermost bondir, bound, jump, leap le bonheur, happiness le bonhonune, good fellow;
les — s {the correct pi, is
les bonshommes), the
men {soldiers) le bonnet-de-police, fatigue
cap {mUit.) la bonté, kindness le bord, side, bank, border,
shore; au — de, on the
edge of; à — , on board borner, limit; se — , limit
oneself, be limited; se
— à, amount only to bosselé, -e, battered
la botte, top boot la bouche, mouth la boucle, loop, ring
boucler, buckle, ring, loop;
— la boucle, loop the loop
la boue, mud
bouger, move, stir bouilli, ~e, boiled. See cuir bouleverser, upset, turn upside down, overthrow boum I bang I le bourdon, great bell; bumblebee bourguignon, -ne, native of Burgundy la bourguignotte, French
steel helmet la bourse, purse, pocketbook le bout, end, bit, top; à —
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portant, point-blank; à — de patience, out of patience la bouteille, bottle le bouton, button le boyau, communication
trench (miliL) le brancard, stretcher le brancardier, stretcher
bearer la branche, branch le Brandebourg, Brandenburg (a Prussian province) brandebourgeois, -^, native of Brandenburg braquer, turn, direct, point (a gun)f hold steadily le bras, arm; avoir sur les — , have on hand, contend with brave, brave, good, honest, faithful; mon — , my good man la bravoure, bravery la brebis, ewe, sheep
brésilien, -ne, Brazilian la Bretagne, Brittany la bretelle, suspender, strap breton, -ne, Breton, native of Brittany la bricole (slang), trifle, nicknack brièvement, briefly briller, shine le briquet, flint and steel, tinder box briser, break
broncher, flinch le brouillard, fog la bru, daughter-in-law la bruine, drizzling rain, Scotch mist
bruissant, -e, rustling le bruit, noise
brûler, bum la brume, fog
brusque, quick, rash, rough
bruyant, -e, noisy le bûcher, stake, pyre; sur le
— , at tl\e stake le buffet, restaurant (at railroad stations)
bulgare, Bulgar, Bulgarian
burlesque, comical le butin, booty
çày here; — et là, here and
there ça, for cela, that; ç*a été, for cela a été le cabaret, tavern le cache-nez, muffler
cacher, hide; se — , hide oneself le cadavre, corpse, body, remains i le cadeau, present
cadencer, mark time; — le pas, mark time for marching le cahot, jolt la caisse, drum le caisson,ammunîtion wagon cajoler, coddle, play with
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calciné, -e, burned le calibre, caliber
califourchon: à — , astride le calme, calm, tranquillity, stillness calmement, quietly, calmly le calot, cap le camarade, comrade campagnard, -e, countrylike, rustic la campagne, country le candidat, candidate le canon, cannon, barrel {of a gun); — revolver, quick-firing gun la canonnade, cannonade le canonnier, gunner la cantine, canteen le cantonnement, billets
{milit.), cantonment cantonner, billet, be billeted {milit.)y quarter le capitaine, captain la capitale, capital le caporal, corporal la capote, coat, greatcoat (milU.) capoter, turn upside down caprideu-x, -se, capricious capti-f, -ve, captive la carapace, shell, armor le carreau, pane (of a window) la carrière, career, profession,
way, course, lists la cartouche, cartridge le cas, case; en tout — , in any case
la caserne, barracks le casque, helmet; — à pointe, spiked helmet (German); — de troupe, private soldier's helmet casqué, -e, capped la casquette, cap
casser, break; se — , break la cathédrale, cathedral la cause, cause; à — de, on
account of la cavalerie, cavalry la cave, cellar
ce, cet, cette, pi. ces, adj.
this, that, these, those (used before a proper noun to indicate contemptf sometimes admiration); pron. this, that, it; sur —, thereupon; — qui, — que, that which la ceinture, belt, band. See flanelle ceinturé, -e, belted le ceinturon, sword belt cela, that
célèbre, celebrated, famous
céleste, heavenly
celui, celle, pi, ceux,
celles, this, that, these,
those; — -d, this one;
là, that one
cent, hundried la centaine, about a hundred; — s, hundreds le cent-cinquante, shell of
150 millimeters le centre, center
jOOgle
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cependant, however, meanwhile le cercle, circle la cérémonie, ceremony cerner, surround, hem in, beset la cervelle, brain, mind chacun, -e, each, each one la chaîne, chain le chaland, barge la chambre, room, chamber;
— photographique, camera ^
le champ, field; — de bataille, battle field; en plein — , in the open field; à travers —s, across the country
la chance, luck, fortune
le change,, change; donner le — , deceive changer, change; — d'idée, change one's mind
la chanson, song
le chant, song chanter, sing, hum
le chapelet, rosary; dire le — ^ recite the rosary
la chapelle, chapel
le char, car, chariot; — d'assaut, tank {milit.)
la charge, load; charge(mi/i/.)
le chargement, load
charger, load, put on; se
— de, undertake, assume, do
charmer, charm
la chasse, hunt, chase, game
shooting le chasseur, light infantryman, rifleman {milit.) le château, castle, château châtelain, -e, master or
mistress of a château chaud, -e, warm, hot; être au — ^ be warm or comfortable; se tenir — , keep warm chaudement, hotly chauffer, warm; se — ^ warm oneself; ça chauffe dur {fig-)i it is getting liot {of fighting) le chauffeur, chauffeur, automobile driver la chaussure, footwear,
shoes le chef, chief le chemin, road, way; en — ,
on the way la cheminée, chimney, fireplace, hearth le cheminement, approach, tramping, (noise of â) procession la chemise, shirt le chêne, oak
chenu, -e, gray headed,
ancient, old cher, -ère, dear chercher, seek, look for;
aller — , fetch chèrement, dearly le cheval, horse le chevalier, knight
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les chevaux-de-frise, spiked
fences (milit.) la cheville, ankle
chez, at the house of, at,
among, home chic, elegant, gallant, chic le chocolat, chocolate le chœur, choir, chorus; en — , all at once choisir, choose, decide la chose, thing; pas grand' — , nothing much (grand' here stands for grande as in grand'route, grand'mère) Christophe, Christopher la chute, fall, falling; point de — , place to fall d, here (see celui); — dessus, above-mentioned; — ^joint, enclosed la dble, target le del, sky le dgare, dgar la dme, top, summit le dmier, crest cinquante, fifty dnquième (V*^"*«), fifth la circonstance, circumstance drconstandé, -e, minute,
detailed dré, -e, waxed, oiled; toile -e, oildoth la dsaille, shears la dtadelle, citadel la dtation, mention; — à l'ordre du jour, mention in orders
la dté, dty
dter, mention, la dvière, stretcher
dvil, -e, dvil; un —, a
dvilian; dans le — f in
dvil life dahr, -e, dear le clairon, bugle, bugler le dapotis, ripple, splashing la darté, light la classe, class ; les jeunes —s,
the new recruits (mUit.) la def, key; prendre la —
des champs, run away cligner, wink, blink; — de
l'odl, wink la clique, drums and bugles
(in a band) la cloche, bell le clocher, belfry, steeple la cloison, partition, wall le dou, nail, hobnail le cœur, heart, courage; un
bon — , a kind-hearted
person; en avoir le —
net, find out the truth la cohue, crowd, mob
coiffé, -e (after être), wear
(on one's head) le coin, corner le collectionneur, collector la colline, hill la colonne, column le combat, battle combattre, fight combien, how much, how;
— de, how much, how
many
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le comble, height, highest degree, highest pitch; pour
— de malheur, to crown the misfortune; au — de ses voeux, at the summit of one's happiness
le commandant, major la commande, control-lever {of an aeroplane) cpmmander, command,
govern comme, like, as commencer, begin comment, how le commentaire, commentary la compagnie, company, companionship; en — , together le compagnon, companion la comparaison, comparison le compartiment, compartment le or la compatriote, countryman, countrywoman complet, -ète, complete, full; au grand — , in full muster complètement, completely compléter, complete composer, compose; se — de, be composed of, be made of comprendre, understand le compte, account; recevoir son — , be done for; sur le
— de, about, concerning compter, count; — sur, depend on
le comptoir, counter
concerté, -e, concerted, planned (by several persons) in advance, preconcerted conclure, conclude le conducteur, conductor, driver conduire, drive conduit, -e, driven, conducted la confiance, feeling of security, confidence confier, trust, tell in confidence confirmer, confirm la confiture, preserve, jam
confondu, -e, intermingled le confort, comfort
confus, -e, confused, indistinct le congrès. Congress
connaître, know; y or s*y — , know about {something) conquérir, conquer la conquête, conquest la conscience, conscience, consciousness; perdre — , lose consciousness le conseil, advice conserver, keep les conserves,/, canned goods,
preserves la consigne, orders, instructions; passer la —, give orders consister (à or en), consbt in
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onstellé, -e, dotted, starred
constituer, establish, form, set up le conte, story, anecdote
contenir, contain, hold, restrain; ne plus — sa joie, be beside oneself with joy
contenter, content, satisfy; se — de, be satisfied with
conter, tell, relate
continuel, -le, continual
continuer, continue, go on; — à être, continue being
contre-attaquer, counterattack
C(mtre, against; par — , on the contrary le C(mtredit, contradiction; sans — , without contradiction, unquestionably
convaincre, convince; se — de, be convinced of, make certain of la convalescence, convalescence; en — , recovering {from sickness)
convenir (à), suit
convenu, -e, p.p, of convenir, agreed upon le convoi, convoy (miliL), procession
copieusement, plentifully le corbeau, crow, raven
cordial, -e, cordial, hearty;
— ement, cordially,
heartily
le cordon, string, lace
le cordonnier, shoemaker
la cornemuse, bagpipe
le corps, body, corps, unit (milU.); — d'armée, army corps. See santé
le cortège, procession
la corvée, fatigue party, fatigue duty
la côte, slop>e, hillside; à mi- — de, halfway up the hUl
le côté, side; à — de, close to, beside; du — de, on the side of, in the direction of, near
le coteau, small hill, hillside; à flanc de — , on the hillside
se coucher, lie down. See soleil coudre, sew
couler, flow, sink, bring down
la couleur, color; les — s, colors (flag)
le coup, blow, stroke, hit; — de dent, bite; — de feu, de fusil, shot; — de main, helping hand, surprise attack; — de rein, stiffening of the back; — de •talon, kick (backward); tout à — , suddenly; .— sur — , in quick succession; frapper à — s re-
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doublés, strike hard; faire le — de feu, shoot.
See sifflet couper, eut la cour, court; — d'honneur, main court {of a château) courbé, -e, bent le coureur, messenger, scout
courir, run le courlis, curlew la couronne, crown, wreath
couronner, crown le courrier, mail, letters; faire le — , make up the mail la courroie, strap le cours, course; au — de, in the course of, during; en — de route, during the journey la course, trip, course, errand court, -e, short, brief courtois, -e, courteous coûter, cost, be painful; coûte que coûte, at whatever cost coûteu-x, -se, costly, expensive la coutume, custom; comme de — , as usual couvert, -Oj p.p, 0/ couvrir,
covered couvrir, cover, protect; se — , cover oneself, get under cover cracher, spit le cran, pluck, nerve, courage; avoir du — , have nerve
crftnexnent, bravely, gallantly, pluckily crâner, swagger, boast le crapaud, toad le crapouillot, trench mortar,
bomb la crème, cream. See xnenfhe le créneau, loophole {milit.) le crépuscule, twilight la crête, ridge, top
creuser, dig, hollow out creu-x, -se, hollow, sunken le cri, cry crier, shout croire, believe le croiseur, cruiser la croix, cross; — de guerre, war cross crouler, crumble le cuir, leather; — bouilli,
blocked leather . le cuirassé, iron-clad (ship),
battleship le cuivre, brass, copper la culture, culture, cultivation, land under cultivation; les — s, fields la dgogne, stork
la dame, lady
se dandiner, swing (in advancing), advance with mincing steps or in a mincing manner dangereu-x, -se, dangerous
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dans, in, according to la danse, dance; la — commence, the show begins, the game is on danser, dance le dauphin, dolphin, dauphin (Mest son of the kings of France) davantage, more, further de, of, from, to, with, on, for, than, some se débarrasser (de), relieve
oneself of, get rid of se débattre, struggle débonnaire, gentle, goodnatured, easy déborder, run over, overwhelm déboucher, open, uncork, remove the cap (of a shell), come out debout, standing up, upright, up!
débusquer, dislodge, oust, drive out le début, beginning; au — ,.in the beginning décamper, decamp, march
ofif, hurry away décembre, m. December décerner, award, grant déchaîner, let loose décidé, -e, decided, settled, resolute, brave décidément, decidedly décider, decide dédsi-f, -ve, decisive déclancher, let loose, open
(firing); se —, open, break loose déclarer, declare déconcerter, disconcert le décor, setting, scenery (in
a theater) la décoration, medal
décoré, -e, decorated; être
— , receive a medal découvert, -e, p.p. of découvrir, uncovered; à — , uncovered, in the open; une route à — , a road unprotected (against possible firing) découvrir, discover, perceive, see, uncover décrire, describe dédaigner, disdain dédaigneusement, disdainfully dedans, inside; là- — , in there la défaillance, faltering,
flinching défaillant, -e, feeble, trembling défaire, undo, open, untie la défaite, defeat la défense, defense, prohibition; — de, it is forbidden to défensi-f, -ve, defensive la défensive, safeguard : se mettre sur la — , prepare to defend oneself le défilé, parade, review, marching past .^ ^ , jOOgle
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défiler, march past dégager, release, relieve le dégât, damage déguiser, disguise déjà, already le déjeuner, breakfast delà: au — de, beyond délavé, -e, soaked, discolored délicat, -e, delicate le délice, delight
délier, undo, untie le délire, delirium, frenzy délirer, be delirious; — de
joie, be mad for joy délivré, -e, freed, liberated demander, ask, require; se — , ask oneself, wonder démarrer, cast off (natU.),
begin to move off déménager, move (furniture out of a house), go away (fain.) demi,-e, half; un — siècle, half a century; — -tour, about face {milU.) la démission, resignation;
donner sa — , resign la démocratie, democracy la demoiselle, young lady démoli, -e, demolished démoralisant, -e, demoralizing dénicher, dislodge la dent, tooth; les — s serrées, with teeth set la dentelle, lace, lacework
le départ, departure; être du prochain — ^ be on the list of the next to go
dépendre, depend les dépens, cost, expense; aux — de, at the expense of
déployer, spread out, deploy; se — f spread out (milit.)
déposer, put down, lay down
deptds, since, from, for; — longtemps, for long, long ago; — un mois, for the last month le député, deputy, congressman
déranger, disturb
demi-er, -ère, last; la — ère, the last letter
dernièrement, recently se dérouler, unroll, unwind la déroute, rout, defeat; en — , routed
derrière, behind; par — , from behind
dès, from, since, immediately upon; — que, as soon as
désarmer, disarm
désastreu-x, -se, disastrous
descendre, come down, march down, bring down, shoot down
descendu, -e, p.p, of descendre, brought down, felled, killed
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désert, -e, deserted, lonely
désespérer, despair
désigner, designate, indicate, mean, denote le désir, desire, wish, expectation
désirer, desire, want, wish
désormais, henceforth
dessous, under, underneath, below; au- — de, under, below
dessus, above, on top, upon, over; au- — de,
above, upon, over; d ,
above-mentioned la destination, destination; à
— de, bound for le détail, detail, particular; en — , in detail
détruire, destroy le deuil, mourning
deux, two; tous les — ^ both le deux-cent-vingt, shell of 220 millimeters
devant, before, in front of
devenir, become; que devient ? what becomes of?
deviner, guess la devise, motto le devoir, duty
devoir, must, ought, be obliged to, have to, be going to, owe; also tr. as probably before another verb: ont dû vous annoncer, have probably informed you
dévoué, -e, devoted; votre — , faithfully yours {at the end of a letter) diabolique, devilish Dieu, God; — merci I thank
goodness! luckily différent, -e, different difficile, difficult, particular, troublesome la difficulté, difficulty digne, worthy dimanche, Sunday diminuer, lessen, diminish le diner, dinner
diplomatique, diplomatic dire, say, tell, recite; c'est-
à , that is to say; pour
ainsi — , so to speak; soi-disant, so-called, self-styled; qu'on dit (for d'après ce que l'on dit), as they say; sans rien — , in silence diriger, lead disparaître, disappear disponible, available disputer, dispute, contest la distance, distance; à — respectueuse, at a safe distance distinctement, distinctly distinguer, distinguish; se — , be distinguished, be made conspicuous les distractions, amusements,
interesting events
se distraire, amuse oneself
distribuer, distribute
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dix, ten la dizaine, about ten, half a
score le doigt, finger; toucher du — , hit upon (the truth) doit, present indicative of devoir le ou la domestique, servant le dommage, wrong, damage, harm; — que, it is a pity that le don, gift
donc, then, therefore, well then, to resume; qui — ?
whoever? after imperative, for emphasis, tirez
— 1 increase your fire, shoot faster! regardez
— ! just look!
le donateur, giver
donner, give; il m'a été donné de, it has been my privilege to; — dans, fall. in, go head foremost into, fight in; — à prévoir, make one foresee. See air, change, épée, poignée
dont, whose, of, from, on, with whom or which
dorénavant, henceforward
dormir, sleep; — à poings fermés, sleep soundly le dos, back; dans le — , from behind
double, double
doucement, quietly, gently la douceur, sweetness; la —
de vivre, the joy of living le doute, doubt
douter, doubt; se — de,
suspect dou-x, -ce, sweet douze, twelve le dragon, dragoon le drame, drama le drapeau, flag, standard le drapier, clothier; la Halle aux -s. Cloth Market dressé, -e, set up le droit, right; — des gens, peoples* rights, international law droit, -e, right, straight; tout — ; — devant soi, straight ahead la droite, right, right hand; à — J on or to the right dru, -e, thick, hard la dunette, poop, poop deck dur, -e, hard
durer, last, endure; hang heavy on one's hands (of
Feau,'/. water un éboulement, landslide s'ébranler, shake, move, go ahead échanger, exchange échapper (à), be lost to, escape the attention of; 1» — belle, have a narrow escape
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s'échapper, escape s'échauffer, become hot éclairant, -e, lighting, luminous; fusée — e, lighting rocket s'éclaircir, lighten, be thinned out éclairer, light up im édat, splinter, fragment {of a shell) ; light, luster, brilliancy éclatant, -e, bright, brilliant, remarkable, flagrant éclater, burst, break out une école, school
écoli-er, -ère, schoolboy,
schoolgirl écossais, -e, Scotch PÉcosse, /. Scotland un écot, reckoning, share of expense s'écouler, pass, elapse écouter, listen écraser, crush; s' — , be crushed s'écrier, exclaim
écrire, write s'écrouler, fall down, crumble un édifice, building Edouard, Edward effectuer, effect, perform un eflfet, effect; en — , indeed, in fact; produire un — , have an effect un e£fort, effort, exertion effrayer, frighten
un effroi, fright
effroyable, frightful égal, -e, equal, alike; c'est — , it does not matter, all the same, never mind également, also égaré, -e, lost une église, church une égratignure, scratch eh bien! now, well s'élancer, spring forward électriser, electrify, galvanize s'élever, rise, come or spring up une élite, elite, select few; d* — , picked éloigné, -e, distant, far away s'éloigner, go away, withdraw; trop — , go too far away s'embarquer, set out, get on board embarrassé, -e, embarrassed s'embourber, sink or stick in the mud, get ditched embrasser, embrace une embrasure, opening, loophole une embuscade, ambuscade embusquer, place in ambush; s' — , lie in ambush émerger, emerge
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émeut, present indicative of émouvoir
emmener, take away
émotiomiant, -e, moving
émouvant, -e, moving, touching, impressive, thrilling
émouvoir, move; s' — , be moved
empêcher, prevent un emplacement, position, location, spot
emplir, fill
employer, employ, use
emporter, carry away, take
awayj take by storm en, prep, in, into, to, within, while; pron. of it, him, her, them; adv. as; la surprise n*- sera que plus facile, the surprise will be so much the easier. See avant, route
encadrer, surround, frame, encircle une enceinte, enclosure, precincts, walls; dans 1' — , within the limits un enchantement, magic
encombrer, crowd, obstruct
encore, more, again, yet, still, even; — un, still another; — trois jours, three days more
encourager, encourage
encrasser, fill with dirt, clog, foul
endommagé, -«, damaged
endormi, -«, asleep un endroit, place, spot; au bon — f in the right place
énervé, -«, unnerved^ enervated un, une enfant, child un enfer, hell, inferno
enfin, at last
enflammé, -e, burning, on fire, in flames
enfoncer, drive in, break, pierce, sink, force into un enfouissement, burial s'enfuir, flee
engagé, -e, retained, eng^ed, enlisted; un — ^ a volunteer (milU,)
engager, begin, open (a battle); s'— , open, begin, enlist; — la conversation, enter into conversation; — son honneur, pledge one's honor un engin, tool, weapon
enjamber, climb over
enlever, take away, take out, carry away; — â, take from
ennemi, -e, enemy, hostile, opposite
ennuyer, bore, tire out, weary; s'— , be bored, tired out, wearied
énorme, enormous s'enquérir (de), inquire (about), ask
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s'enrayer, stop, jam (a gun)^ be out of gear or blocked
ensanglanté, -e, bloody un ensemble, ensemble, unity, uniformity {of action)
ensemble, together, at the same time
enseveli, -e, buried
ensuite, after, afterwards
entendre, hear, understand, mean; — parler de, hear of; s' — avec, agree with
entendu, -e, p.p. of entendre, heard, understood; a4j. knowing, clever, skilled; faire 1* — , pretend to be clever
enterrer, bury un enthousiasme, enthusiasm
enti-er, -ère, entire, whole
entonner, begin or strike up singing
entourer, surround
entraînant, -e, lively, winning, thrilling
entraîner, drag, push, carry, take away, train, drill; s' — , drill, train
entre, between, among une entrée, entrance, entry
entrefaites: sur ces — , thereupon, meanwhile
entrer, enter; — en scène, come on the stage
entrevoir, perceive, catch sight of
une entrevue, interview, meeting énumérer, enumerate un enveloppement, envelopment envers, toward une envie, envy, inclination; avoir — de, be desirous, inclined, disposed to; mourir d* — , long to or for environ, about les environs, m. surroundings une envolée, flight
envoyer, send; s* — , send
to each other épais, -se, thick s'épanouir, spread out, expand épargner, spare une épaule, shoulder une épée, sword; donner le coup d* — sur Pépaule, touch the shoulder with the sword éperdu, -e, distracted, bewildered une épicerie, grocery, grocery store épier, watch un épilogue, epilogue, conclusion (of a story) un épisode, episode, inddelit une épitaphe, epitaph une époque, time
éprouver, try, feel, experience, suffer; la Légion a été très éprouvée, the
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legion has suffered heavy losses épuiser, use up, exhaust un équipage, crew une équipe, team, gang, crew un équipement, equipment une éraflure, scratch érigé, -e, erected une escadrille, squadron escalader, jump over un escalier, stairway; des — s,
steps une escorte, escort
escorter, escort, follow une escouade, squad
s'escrimer, labor energetically, strive un espace, space TEspagne, /. Spain espérer, hope un espoir, hope un esprit, spirit, mind essayer, try
essentiel, -le, essential; 1* — , the main thing Test, m, east; à 1* — , east une estafette, estafette, messenger (milit.) établir, establish; s' — , establish oneself, be established étaler, spread out, display un état-major, staff, general
staff les États-Unis, United States éteint, -e, p.p. of éteindre, extinguished, put out, out
étendre, stretch out
étendu, -e, p.p. of étendre, stretched out, lying down
éternellement, eternally, forever
étinceler, gleam, sparkle une étoile, star
étoile, -e, starred, starry; le drapeau — , the starspangled banner
étonnant, -e, astonishing, amazing, wonderful . étcmner, astonish, surprise
étrange, strange
étrang-er, -ère, stranger, foreign, fcweigner; le troisième — , the third foreign regiment (Foreign Legion)
être, be; il m'est {before adjective) f it is ... for me; c'est à ... de, it is the turn of, it belongs to; — de, belong to; c'est que, because; — à cligner, be there winking.
See avis
étroit, -e, narrow, close un étudiant, student
européen, -ne, European
évacuer, send to the rear s'évanouir, faint away
éveillé, -e, awakcj awakened s'éveiller, wake up ' un événement, event
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