livre, i.,poundy franc

loger, to lodge.

VOCABULARY

logis, m., lodgingy home,

loi» f., law.

loin,/zr.

loisir, m., leisure.

long de (le), on the bank of.

longtemps, long; il y a longtemps,

iong ago, lorsque, wken, louage, m., hire; carrosse de

louage, hired carriage, louange, Upraise.

louer, to praise.

louis, m., louis {a gold coin worth

20 francs).

lu, see lire, lui, him^ her, he.

lui-même, himself; elle-même, her-

self; eux-mêmes, themselves, lundi, m., Monday,

madrigal, m., madrigal,

maigre, thin.

mail, m., mail {agame consisting in striking a bail with a long wooden ma lie t; also the place where the game was played) .

main, f., hand, quire.

maintenant, now,

maintenir, to maintain.

mais, but.

maison, f., house, famify,

maitr-e, -esse, teacher, master ; des traits de maX\x%,Jlashes ofgenius,

mal, m., «///, harm, ill, pain, cornplaint,

mal, adv., badly^ suffering.

malade, ill, suffering.

maladie, f., illness,

malfaisant, -e, mischievous.

malgré, in spite of.

malheur, m., misfortune; le malheur voulut que, ill luck would hâve it that.

malheureu-z, -se, unfortunate.

malice, f., mischief, trick.

mander, to tell,

manège, m., intrigue.

manger, to eat.

manière, f., manner, way, shape,

manquer, tofail, be in need.

manteau, m., cloak.

marais, m., swamp.

maraud, m., knave.

marchander, to bargain.

marcher, to walk.

mardi, m., Tuesday.

maréchal, m., marshal

mari, m., husband,

mariage, m., marriage,

marquer, to indicate.

mat, m., mate ; donner un mat, to checkmate,

matin, m., moming; assez matin, rather early in the morning ; il est bien matin pour elle, she is too young,

matines, f. pi., matins,

maudit, -e, wretched.

mauvais, -e, bad,

me, me, myself,

méchant, -e, wicked, poor, insipid,

médecin, m., physician.

mêlée, f., thick o/thefight.

mêler, to mix ; se mêler de, to take to; il se mêle depuis peu de faire des vers, he has lately taken to writing verses,

même, adj., same ; lui-même, ellemême, himself, herself,

même, adv., even,

mémoire, f., memory,

ménage, m., housekeeping ; le ménage de la C8Lmpa.giie, farming,

ménager, to be sparing of; se ménager, to ad cautiously,

mener, to take, convey, drive,

mentir, to tell a lie,

menton, m., chin.

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menuet, m., minuet,

mer, f., sea.

mercredi, m., Wednesday,

mère, f., mother,

mérite, m., merit.

merveille, f., wonder.

merveilleu-x, -se, marvelous,

messe, f., mass.

mesure, f., measurg,

métier, m., trade, profession,

mettre, to put; les soins de M. de R. n'avaient pas seuls mis le bon ordre, it was not the good administration of M, de R, alone that had put her affairs in such good order ; se mettre à, to begin to ; se mit à rire, began to laugh ; je me suis mise à écrire, I hâve begun to write,

meubler, tofumish.

miel, m., honey, sweetness.

mien (le), mienne (la), mine.

mieux, better ; le mieux, the best; cela sera le mieux du monde, caution will be the best strategy.

milieu, m., middle^ midst.

mille, thousand.

mine, i.^facey appearance,

minime, m., Minim monk.

minuit, m., midnight.

miraculeu-x, -se, miraculous,

mis, -e, see mettre.

misérable, misérable^ poor.

miséricorde, f., mercy; qui fait crier • miséricorde à tout le monde, which makes everybody exclaim luith wonder.

mode, f., fashion ; à la mode, welcorne in fashionable circles,

mœurs, f. pi., moralsy life.

moi, m., personality.

moi, pron., mcy I.

moins, less.

mois, m., month.

moitié, f., half; par la moitié, asunder.

mon, ma, mes, my.

monde, m., world, pevple; tout le monde, everybody.

monnaie, f., money.

monter, to ascend, mount^ embarkj step in; la colère me monta à la tête, / became red with anger.

montrer, to show.

moquer (se), to laugh^ make game.

morale, f, morality, work on moral philosophy.

mordieu! zounds!

mort, -e, see mourir.

mort, f., death.

mot, m., Word.

mourir, to die; sont mortes, are dead; se mourir, to be dying; quand on a le cœur comme je Pai, on se meurt, a heart like mine wears the body out ; mourut, died.

mousquet, m., musket.

mousse, f. , moss.

mouvement, movement; les mouvements, the uprising.

moyen, m., means.

mutin, m., mutineer.

nage (à la), by sivimming.

naï-f , -ve, unaffected.

naissance, f., birth.

naître, to be bom; naquit, was

born.

naïveté, f., simpîicity.

naquit, see naître, naturel, -le, natural; au naturel,

from nature. naufrage, m., shipwreck.

ne, not ; ne . . . que, only.

net, -te, neat, clean.

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nettoyer, to cîean.

neveu, m., nephew.

nez, m., nose.

ni, neithery nor.

nièce, f., nièce.

nier, to deny,

noce, f., wedding,

nœud, m., main point,

noir, -e, black,

nom, m., name.

nombre, m., number.

nommer, to name, call.

nonpareil, -le, matchiess ; d'un goût nonpareil,/^r/?<-/ o/its kind,

Notre-Dame, f., cathedral of Notre- Dame in Paris,

Notre-Seigneur, m., Our Lord,

nourrice, f., nurse,

nourriture, i.^food, éducation,

nous, we^ us,

nouveau, nouvel, -le, new,

nouveauté, f., novelty,

nouvelle, f., neivs, talk; qui faisait la nouvelle de S. -G., that wàs the talk of S.' G,

noyer, to drown, déluge,

nue, f., cloud,

nuit, f., night,

nuque, f., nape.

obéir, to obey,

obligé, -e, obliged,

obligeant, -e, obliging, kind,

occuper, to occupy,

œU, m., pi. yeux, eye, eyes,

office, m., divine service.

oisiveté, f., idleness,

ombre, m., omber, a game at cards.

on, one, they, people, we, y ou; on

fut, they were; qu'on le lui

donne, let her hâve it, oncle, m., uncle.

onde, f., water, onze, eleven.

Opiniâtre, obstinate,

or, m., gold.

oraison, f., oration,

ordinaire, m., letter carrier,

ordre, m., order,

oreille, f., ear,

orgueilleu-z, -se, haughty.

orner, to adorn,

oser, to dare.

ôter, to remove.

ou, conj., or,

OÙ, adv., where, when, on which.

oublier, toforget,

ouïr, to hear; j'ai ouï dire, / heard,

ouïr parler de, to hear of, ouverture, f., opening, ouvrage, m., work.

ouvrier, m., workman, ouvrir, to open.

^8Lge,m,,page.

païen, -ne, pagan,

paille, f., straw,

pain, m., bread,

pâlir, to become dim.

pâmer, to faint; pâmer de rire, nearly to die with laughter ; se pâmer, to faint,

panier, m., basket; je vous donne le dessus de tous les paniers, / give you the cream of every^ thing,

panser, to dress a wound,

pape, m., pope,

Pâques, f., Easter; pâqi^es, f. pi., paschal communion,

paquet, m., packet, parcel, mail,

par, by, through.

paraître, to appear, seem ; quoiqu'elle parût, thou^ it seemed to be,

parce que, because.

par-dessus, over.

pardonner, to for give.

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pareil, -le, alike, like it.

paresseu-z, -se, lazy,

parfait, -e, perfecL

parfaitement, perfectly,

parfumé, -e, perfumed,

parler, to speak.

parole, f., speech^ word,

part, f., part; à part, apart, in a

privait room ; nulle part, no-

where.

partage, m., divisiony dissent.

parterre, va^^flower garden, parti, m., course, décision^ match,

party; ce fut un grand parti

pour le bien, her great fortune

made her a désirable match.