‹ Selected letters of Madame de Sévigné;Chapitre 13 sur 15 · tome, m., volume, part · texte numérisé non relu

tome, m., volume, part

ton, m., tone ; vous ne doutez pas de mon ton, you do not doubt the truth ofmy words.

tort, m., wrong ; avoir grand tort, to be very wrong.

toucher, to touch, move, grieve.

toujours, ahvaySi still.

tour, m., turny walk, outline, contour; choses dites d'un tour fin, agréable, naturellement et sans affectation, délicate, pleasingy spontaneous and unaffected sayings.

tourbillon, m., whirlwind.

tourmenter, to torment, tourner, to tum.

Toussaint (la), AU Saints' Day.

tout, -e, ail, every, whole, every-

thing, every one.

tout, adv., quite, however, though;

point du tout, not at ail.

Tout-Puissant, m., Almighty, traduction, f., translation.

trahir, to betray, trahison, f., treason, train, m., retinue, train of servants,

course; C. va son train, / am

still reading C, traînant, -e, trailing, traîner, to draw, pull.

trait, m., trait, passage, flash of

éloquence, traiter, to treat, traître, m., traitor, traîtr-e, -esse, treacherous, tranquille, quiet, still.

transporter, to transport.^ enrapture, trappe, f., Trappist nionastery, travailler, to work.

travers de (au), in the midst of,

through, into.

traverser, to cross, penetrate.

tremblement, m., trembling, trembler, to tremble, trembloter, to tremble, trente, tkirty, très, very.

trésor, m., treasure, triomphant, -e, triumphant, triomphe, m., triumph.

triompher, to triumph, adorn, triste, sad,

tristesse, f., sadness, weariness.

trois, three; je VOUS le donne en

trois, I give you three chances, troisième, third, tromper, /(? deceive; se tromper, /(?

make a mistake.

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trompette, m., trumpeter,

trône, m., throne,

trop, tooy ioo much, too many,

trotter, to trot, wander.

trouver, tojind, like; se trouver, to bct to be found; je me trouve bien de, / am pleased with,

tuer, to killy bore; c'est le loisir de Livry qui vous tue, the leisure I hâve at L, enables me to bore y ou»

tuerie, f., slaughter.

va, see aller.

vais, see aller.

valet de chambre, m., valet,

valoir, to be worihy procure; cela

vaudrait mieux, it would be

better ; voilà ce que vous me

valez, this I oiue you, valoir (faire), to praise, vanter (se), to boast, vapeurs, f. pi., vapors; j'ai bien eu

des vapeurs, / hâve not been ivith-

out ailments, veille, f., eve.

veiller, to watch, veine, f., poetic vein.

vendredi, m., Friday, venir, to come ; viendra, will corne ;

viennent, come; vins, came; pour

ce que je viens de dire,y&r what

Ihavejust said, vent, m., wind.

ventre, m., belly, womb, véritable, true^ real, vérité, f., truth.

verre, m., glass, verront, see voir, vers, m., verse, vers, prep., toward, verser, to be upset.

vert, -e, green, vertu, f., virtue.

veuille, see vouloir.

veux, see vouloir.

vie, f., life,

vieillesse, f., oîd âge.

vieillir, to grow old,

vieux, vieil, vieille, old,

vif, m., vividy quick; couper dans le vif, to eut into the quick,

vilain, -e, ugly,

ville, f., town^ city,

vin, ni., wine,

vingt, twenty.

violence, f., violence; se faire violence, to overcome one^s grief,

violent, -e, unnatural, out of place,

violon, m., violin,

visage, m. y face,

viser, to aim ; elle visait aux pieds de mouche, her writing would hâve become a scrawl,

vissiez, see voir.

vite, quickly.

vivacité, f., vivacity,

vivant, -e, living^ alive,

vivement, keenfyj quickly,

vivre, to live ; vive le roi I longlive the kingl

voici, hère is, hère are; voici le jour, this is the day,

voilà, there is^ there are; voilà qui est bien difficile, that is very dificult,

voir, to see; voyez, see; vu, -e, seen; verront, will see; je vis, je voyais, / saw; il ne voulait pas que vous la vissiez, he did not wantyou to see it,

voisinage, m., neighborhood,

voix, f., voice,

volonté, f., will, wish; volontés, caprices.

votre, vos, your,

voudrait, see vouloir.

vouloir, to wish, like; je veux, / intend; qui voudrait, he who would like; je n'ai pas voulu.

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/ did not like ; il semble que mon cœur veuille se fendre par la moitié, my heart seems ready to be rent asunder ; comme vous voudrez, as you like; sans le vouloir, in spite' of myself; Dieu le veuille, God grant it; je ne trouve pas qu'elle le veuille, / find it will not allow it,

voua, you; tout à vous, ail y ours,

voûte, f., vault,

voyage, m.,journey,

vrai, -e, true; dire vrai, to tell tke truth.

vraiment, truly, indeed, vraisembablement, truly.

vue, f., viewt scenery.

y, pron., in it^ to it, to tAem, at that,

y, adv., tkere.

yeux, m. pi., eyes,

Yssel, m., a branch of tbe Rhine.

zèle, m., zeal.

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