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éventuely -le, eventual,
casual, possible éyidemmenty evidently éviter, avoid exaspérer, exasperate une exception, exception; à 1* — de, with the exception of, except une exécration, curse
exécuter, execute, carry
out, perform, kill
un exemple, example; par — ,
for instance
s'exercer (à), practice, drill
exigu, -ë, scanty, slight,
small, narrow expansi-f, -ve, unreserved, outspoken, open-hearted expier, expiate expliquer, explain; s' — , understand un exploit, exploit, heroic deed explorer, explore, visit explosi-f, -ve, explosive; un — , explosive s'exposer, expose oneself, be exposed expr-ès, -«sse, express, positive, strict; — , on purpose; défense expresse d'approcher, it is strictly prohibited to come near exténuant, -e, exhausting extraire, extract, take out une extrémité, extremity un ex-voto, votive offering
fabriquer, manufacture, make la face, front, face; — à — , face to face; en — , opposite, in front of fâcher, anger; se — , become angryfacile, easy facilement, easily la façon, way, manner; d'une
— décisive, definitely la faction, guard, sentryduty; de — , en — ^ on duty, on post; prendre la — , stand guard
faiblir, weaken
faire, make, do, let, cause, order; se — tuer, get killed; se — un plaisir, take pleasure; se — à tout, get used to everything; se — attendre, keep one waiting; ne s'en — pas, not worry;
— bon ménage, get along well; — demitour, about face; — feu, fire; — honneur à, honor, be worthy of; — le mort, play possum, pretend to be dead; — parler de soi, be talked about;
— peur, frighten; — semblant, pretend; — la vendange, harvest, gather the grapes; il avait fait Charleroi, hr
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was at the battle of Charleroi. Faire is sometimes used for dire : faitil or dit-ii. For other phrases with faire see Vocabulary under the noun, adjective, or adverb connected with it in the text.
le faisceau, stack; fonner les — X, stack anns
fait, -«, p,p. of faire, done, made; c'est — , it has come to pass, it is all over; tout à — , entirely, absolutely; aussitôt — que dit, no sooner said than done le fait, fact
falloir, be necessary, must, take; s'en — , bé wanting or missing; il nous faut, we must
fameu-z, -se, famous, fine
famili-er, -ère, familiar
la famille, family; en — , in
or with one's family, at
home
le fantôme, phantom, ghost
la fatigue, fatigue, weariness
fatigué, -e, tired, wearied
faucher, mow down; fau- « chez double ! (fire a) double salvo! {milit.) se faufiler, slip through, creep, thread one's way
faut: il —, indie. 0/ falloir, it is necessary, one must;
il le — , it must be done; il — bien, naturally, of course, one has to; il — quelque chose à, . . .
needs la faute, fault, error, mistake.
5eequi fau-z, -sse, false, wrong favori, -te, favorite favorisé, -«, favored la fée, fairy
lefeld-webel {German)^ sergeant-major la felicitation, congratulation la femme, woman la fenêtre, window
ferme, firm la ferme, farm fermer, close, shut fermi-er, -ère, farmer,
farmer's wife féroce, ferocious la fête, feast, festival, celebration le feu, fire, firing; coup de — , shot; ligne de — , firing line; — d'artifice, fireworks; — à volonté {milit.), fire at will; — de saive, volley; faire — ^ fire, shoot; en . — , burning, hot le feu-follet, will-o'-the-wisp février, m. February fidèle, faithful, true fi-er, -ère, proud, fine, brave la figure, face; faire bonne
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— ^1 look well or pleasant, make a good figure figurer^ be placed le fil, thread, wire; sans
— , wireless lefil-de-fer, wire; — barbelé, barbed wire la file, file, line, procession; en (Tf à la — ^ in a line, in a file filer, spin, run along, be off.
See train la fille, girl la fillette, Uttle gurl le fils, son la fin, end finalement, finally finir, complete, finish, end, do; en — , finish with, have done with, see through; — par, hefore infinitive, tr. with finally fit, prêter, of faire, did fixe, fixed, staring, regular,
appointed fixer, fix
flairer, smell, scent flamand, -e, Flemish flambant, -e, flaming, blazing, smart; — neuf, brand-new flamber, flame, blaze, flash flamboyant, -e, flamecolored la flanune, flame le flanc, flank, side; de — , in flank (mUit.), from the
side; à — de coteau, on the hillside
la Flandre, also les — s, Flanders
la flanelle, flannel; ceinture de — f flannel band
le fléau, scourge, curse, plague
la fleur, flower, blossoming fleurdelisé, -e, decorated or flowered with lilies
le fleuve, river
le flocon, flake
la flotte, fleet; — de haute mer, high seas fleet flotter, wave, float
la foi, faith, word, honor; ma — f upon my word; — de, on the faith of
le foin, hay; les — s, haymaking
la fois, time; une — , once; à la — , at the same time; des — (fam, for il y a des — ^), sometimes, may be; huit — sur dix, eight times out of ten
lefokker, German aeroplane follement, madly foncer, drive in, attack
le fond, bottom, background; au — de, deep in; — de del, sky
la fontaine, fountain
le forçat, convict
la force, force, strength; — était de, we had to; à —
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de, by dint, by means of;
— before a noun much, many
forcer, force, oblige, force or break open la forêt, forest la formation, formation, unit;
— sanitaire, medical unit; en — de bataille, in battle array
former, form, stack {arms),
constitute, make fort, adv, very fort, -e, strong, hard; c'est — , it is strange; c'est trop — , that is too much or beyond endurance le fort, fort la forteresse, fortress
fortifier, fortify, strengthen le fortin, little fort le fossé, ditch, moat le fossoyeur, gravedigger foudroyer, strike with lightning, crush, annihilate fouetter, whip; fouette cocher I go ahead, driver!
fouiller, search la foule, crowd la fournaise, furnace la fourragère, fourragère,
honor cord (milU.) le foyer, hearth, home le fracas, noise,* roar, din,
crash la fraîcheur, coolness^ cool
les frais, m, expenses, cost; aux — de, at the expense of le franc, franc (French silver coin equal to about iç cents)
français, -«, French; à la française, {for à la manière française), in the French way
franchir, jump over, rush through, break through, overcome
franzose {German)^ French-
frapper, strike, hit, knock, rap, impress
fredonner, hum
freiner, put on the brake
frêle, frail
fréquenter, frequent, visit frequently le frère, brother; mauvais — ^ bad fellow; vieux — , old chum la fresque, fresco
frise: chevaux de — ^ spiked fences
frissonner, shiver, thrill
Fritz, a name for the German soldier
froid, -e, cold; le — , cold; avoir — , be cold
frondeu-r, -se, independent, self-willed, rebellious le front d'attaque, the front line of the enemy
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frotter, rub; se — f rub
fuir, flee la fuite, flight
fumant, -e, smoking, hot la fumée, smoke
fumer, smoke
funèbre, funereal, dismal, gloomy la furie, fury la fusée, rocket, fuse le fusil, rifle, gun; — lancegrenade, grenade-rifle la fusillade, fusillade, firing
fusiller, shoot
fuyait, imperf. of fuir
le gabier, topman, sailor gagner, gain, win, earn gai, -e, gay, cheerful gaillard, -e, lively, joUy, brisk; un fameux — , un superbe —, a fine big fellow
la gaine, sheath
lagaité, gayety, cheerfulness galant, -e, polite, courteous, gallant
le galon, stripe
le gamin, boy, urchin, youngster
le gant, glove
le garçon, boy
la garde, guard, watch, duty (miliL ^ ; monter la — , be on the watch, on guard, on duty; — à vous attention!
le garde-à-Yous, standing at attention ! prendre le — or se mettre au — stand at attention
le garde-fou, railing garder, guard, watch over, keep, retain
la gare, station; en — ^ at the station gare I look out!
se garer, get out of the way, take shelter
la garnison, garrison
le gars, boy, lad, burly fellow {pronounce gâ) gâter, spoil gauche, left; à — ^ on or to
the left gaulois, -e, Gallic (of the old French type)
le gavroche, street boy, urchin
le gaz, gas
le gendarme, policeman
(French military police)
le généralissime, generalissimo, commander-inchief
la générosité, generosity
le génie, engineers (milit.)^ genius, spirit
le genou, knee; mettre — à terre, kneel down
le genre, kind
les gens, people; — de mer, sailors gentil, -le, fine, pretty, pleasant
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gentiment, gently, in a kindly manner, prettily le geste, gesture; d'un — brusque, quickly, rashly le geyser, geyser le gibier, game gider, spout, squirt gigantesque, gigantic le gilet, vest; — de dessous, undervest git, lies; pL gisent, present of gésir, lie la glace, ice
glacer, freeze le glacis, glacis (of a fort), slope, bank glisser, slip; se — , slip, glide, creep; — un mot, whisper la gloire, glory
glorieu-z, -se, glorious gober {slang) J like goguenard, -e, jeering gothique, Gothic la gourde, canteen le goût, taste; prendre — à, take a Uking for gouverner, steer; — droit sur {with an aero plane) y fly straight towards le gouverneur, governor la grftce, grace; — à, thanks to; de bonne — , cheerfully le grade, rank grand, -e, great, large, big, tall. See chose, messe
grandiosement, magnificently grandir, grow, rise, raise, magnify; se — , rise, grow, become greater; se — de toute sa taille, rise to one's full height le grand'père, grandfather gras, -se, fat; le — du mollet, the fat of the calf gratuitement, gratuitously, for nothing, without expense grave, serious, grave grec, -que, Greek, Grecian la grenade, grenade {mUU.)\ — à main, hand grenade; — à fusil,. rifle grenade le grenadier, grenadier, grenade thrower le grenier, attic; — à foin, hay bam grièvement, grievously,
gravely, seriously gris, -e, gray la griserie, excitement, exhilaration gros, -se, big; — temps, bad weather la guêpe, wasp
guère, hardly, scarcely guéri, -e, healed, recovered la guérison, recovery; en bonne voie de — , safely recovering la guerre, war; en — , at war le guet, watch, watching
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guetter, watch, be on the lookout le guetteur, watcher, sentry guider, guide, lead Guillaume, William la guimbarde (slang), old carriage la guirlande, garland, wreath la guise, way, manner, fashion; en — de, by way of
im habit, costume, uniform; les — s gris, the graycoats (the Germans) habiter, inhabit, live (in) une habitude, habit, custom; d' — , usually, generally la haine, hate, hatred la halle, market place
la halte, halt; la ! halt 1
stop there!
Hanovre, Hanover (a Prussian province) haranguer, address le hasard, chance; à tout — , at all risks hasardeu-z, -se, dangerous, ventiirous, unsafe, risky la hâte, haste; à la — , en — ,
hastily se hâter, hasten
haut, -e, high, erect; d'en
— , from above; là ,
up there; tout — , out
loud; tout là , high
above. See lutte
le haut, height, top; du — de, from the top of; tomber de tout son — ^ fall down flat la hauteur, height; à — d'homme, the height of a man une herbe, grass
hérissé, -«, bristling, covered un héritage, heritage, inheritance héroïque, heroic le héros, hero hésiter, hesitate une heure, hour, o'clock; à V — dite, at the appointed hour; à P — , by the hour, (in) an hour; à — fixe, at regular hours, according to schedule heureusement, happily,
fortunately heureu-z, -se, happy, fortunate heurter, strike hier, yesterday hirsute, shaggy, rough une histohre, story, history hocher, toss, shake; — la
tête, shake one's head hollandais, -e, Dutch un homme, man un honneur, honor; — s de l'impression, honors of the press la honte, shame
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un hôpital, hospital; — d'éyacuation, clearing station {for the wounded) un horizon, horizon
hors, out, outside, out of;
— d'usage, out of use hôte, -sse, host, guest.
le hublot, scuttle, port holes (of a boat); tr. windows huit, eight la huitaine, eight days, week la hulotte, wood owl humain, -e, human une humanité, humanity une humeur, mood, temper; bonne or belle — , cheerfulness htmûde, wet, damp humiliant, -e, humiliating humilier, humiliate hurler, yell une hypothèse, supposition
id, here une idée, idea, mind; changer d* — , change one's mind; une riche — , a fine idea une idole, idol
ignorer, know nothing of il, he, it; there une illumination, illumination, light illustre, illustrious, famous une image, picture
imaginaire, imaginary imaginer, imagine
immobile, immovable, motionless, still
immobilisé, delayed, kept waiting, kept standing une immobilité, inaction, immobility s'impatienter, become impatient
impeccable, faultless
imperméable, waterproof
importer, be of importance, matter; n'importe, no matter, never mind
imposant, -«, imposing, impressive
impotent, -e, powerless, infirm, crippled une impression, impression, printing; de 1' — ^ of being printed
impressionnable, impressionable, impressible, sensitive
impressionnant, -e, impressive, inspiring, moving
improviste: à V — , unawares, unexpectedly
inaugurer, inaugurate, begin un inconvénient, inconvenience, drawback une indépendance, independence
indiqué, -e, indicated
individuel, -le, individual une infanterie, infantry;
^, ^, .. zed by VjOO^.
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