Accordé la pipe. See Whitney's Grammar, 56, a
85. — 22. la Trappe, celebrated monastery in the department of the Orne, whose monks ** gardaient un silence perpétuel ". — 23. lui a fait voir trente-six chandelles, see stars, as f rom a blow. < Voir mille chandelles ' appears to be the more usual expression, although the number thirty-six is found also in le Mariage d* Olympe (II, 14) : <* Je ne sais pas combien [de chandelles] il y en a ; mais tout à l'heure Irma [who bas been drinking] en verra trente-six!"
86. — 9. Pourquoi noire? i.e. why not just 'bête* in the sensé of stupid} — 21. don quichottisme, useless chivalrous ■ obstinacy, From Don Quijote (cf. * voltairien ', 83, 15), hero of Cervantes' famous romance, who had a mania for righting real or imaginary wrongs, at any cost.
88. — I. à la rescousse, or ' à la recousse.' Augier prefers the first (cf. la Contagion, IV, 3). — 23. Gehlen, Adolphe Ferdinand, German chemist ( 1 775-1815), * * mourut empoisonné par du gaz hydrogène arséniqué [arsenetted hydrogen] en faisant des expériences dans son laboratoire " (Larousse). — 24. Boullay, Pierre-François-Guillaume, famous Frencb pharmacist and chemist, bom in 1777. According to Larousse hewas the first to transform alcohol into ether by means of phosphoric acid, and the first to form "éther arséniqué". There is, howcver, no mention in that article of his being burned by ether. — 25. Hennel ** lived in London . . . He was blown to pièces in 1842 by the explosion of a large quantity of fulminating mercury which he had prepared for the military use of the East India Company " (See Hermann Kopp, Geschichte der Chemie, IV, 1847, p. 323, note).
89.-8. Au Fidèle Berger . . . Prunes et mirabelles. The *au* means *at the sign of*. A 'mirabelle' is a little round yellow plum. *■ Pour des prunes ' is used in familiar language for "pour peu de chose ". — 17. Papin, Denis, French physicist (1647-1714), who first discovered the elastic force of steam. — 18. Watt, James, Scotch machinist, who perfected the steam-enginé (1736-18 19).
90. — 13. je t'en moque, slangy, PU do nothing of the kind. — 23^ il a Poreille longue, has good hearing, and ears like an ass. Hence also * étrille ' (1. 22).
91.— II. cheveux blancs. Cf 94, 14. — 14. par quatre chemins. Cf. le Post'scriptum (se. l).
92.— I. il a trouvé le moyen de liquéfier le gaz carbonique. See 98, note on Faraday.
93.— 21. quatre cents atmosphères. Sixty are now ample for the
purpose of liquefying carbonic-acid gas. — 12. Tis» prononnce the 's*.-— 24. This would be about an average pressure to-day.
94.— 18. un bouchon de paille à la sonnette. A wisp of straw tied to a horse's tail indicates that it is for sale.— 23. Un homme d'eeprlt n'anxait pas trouvé un mot But cf. 4a, 3a
98.— Faraday, Thilorier, Henry. Michael Faraday (i 791-1867), the celebrated English physidst and chemist"** Until 1823 carbonic acid was known only in the gaseous state; in this year it was condensed by Faraday to a liquid, in 1835 by Thilorier to a solid" (Kopp, C^. cii., IIIi p. 284). We can find no mention of Uervy.
VOCABULARY
abandon, fn., abandonment.
abasourdi, stunned.
abat-jouTy tn., shade (of a lamp). abattre, to knock down ; get
through; abattu, disconsolate.
abtme, w., abyss.
abondant) vie — e, of abiindance.
d'abord, first; in the first place.
aboutir, to reach an end.
s'abstenir, to abstain.
accomplir^ to accomplish.
accord, m., agreemeut; harmony;
d* — , agreed.
accorder, to grant.
accueil, m., réception.
accueillir, to receive.
acheminement, m., step.
acheter, to buy.
achever, to finish; complète.
acquéreur, m,, buyer.
actionnaire, ttt', stock- holder.
adjonction,/., addition.
admettre, to admit.
adroit, skilful.
affectueux, afiectionate.
affreux, ûightful.
agir, to act; s* — de, to be a
question of.
agréable, agreeable; attractive.
agrément, m,, pleasure.
ahuri, m., wool-gatherer; adj,, be-
wildered, aigle, m., eagle; great man.
s'aigrir, to get sour; become irri-
tated.
aiguille, /.| needle.
aiguillon, m., goad; incentive.
d'ailleurs, besides; anyway; moreover.
aimer, to love; like.
ainsi, thus.
aisance, /., easy circumstances; means.
aise,/., ease; etdj., glad.
aisé, easy.
ajourner, to put off.
ajouter, to add.
aller, to go ; become ; fit ; be (of health); allons f, corne!; welll; allons donc ! , the idea ! ; comment cela va-t-il /*, how goes it ? ; s*en — , to go away.
alors, then.
amant, «., lover.
amateur, w., /aire en — , to dabble in.
ambassade,/, embassy.
âme,/, soûl.
amertume,/, bittemess.
ami, »*., friend.
amitié,/, friendship.
amollissant enervating.
amour, m., love.
amoureux, in love.
amour-propre, m., self-love ; selfl respect.
an, m,, year.
ancêtre, m., ancestor.
ancien, old; fdrmer.
ancre,/., anchor.
âne, m., ass.
année,/., year.
VOCABULARY
anticluunbrey/.) antechamber.
apercevoir, to see ; notice; s* — , to
perceive.
aplatir, to flatten out ; discourage, aplomb, m., assurance, apothicaire, m., apothecary.
appareil, m., apparatus.
appartenir, to belong.
appeler, to call; ^n — à, toappeal
ta appliquer, to applj.
apporter, to bring; add.
apprendre, to leam ; give information to.
apprentij m., apprentice.
s'approcher de, to approach. appuyer, to iay stress or dwell
upon.
après, after.
arbre, m,, tree.
argent, m,, silver; money.
arme, /.} arm ; pièce ; cannon ;
/airâ {tirer) des — j, to fence.
arrachez, to tear away.
s'arranger de, to be satisfied to.
arrêter, to stop ; décide upon.
arriver, to arrive; get there; hap-
pen; — à^ to attain; reach.
àrséniqué, arsenicated.
artilleur, m.^ artiileryman.
s'asseoir, to sit down.
assez, enough; quite; sufiiciently.
assidu, assiduous.
assiduité,/., attention.
assister, to assist ; — ^, to be
présent at.
asticoter, to tease.
atteindre, to strike; reach.
attendre, to await; waitfdr; wait;
X* — à^ to expect.
s'attendrir, to become tender.
aucun, no; any; noone; none.
au-dessous, below.
au-dessus, above.
aujourd'hui, to-day.
aumône,/., alms.
auprès de, to; towards; by; with
respect to.
aussi, therefore; thus; too; as; also.
aussitôt, immediately.
autant, as much; as many; d* —
plus . . . que^ ail the more . . .
since.
autel, m,y altar.
auteur, m,^ author.
autour de, around.
autre, other.
autrefois, fbrmerly.
autrement, otherwise.
avaler, to swallow ; climb.
avance,/., adrance; tP — , befbre-
hand.
avant, befbre; en — .^, forward ! ;
plus — , more deeply.
avant'hier, the day before yester.
day.
avare, miserly.
avec, with.
avènement, m., advent; com-
ing.
avenir, m., future, avenu, happened; non — , a mère
nobody.
avertir, towam; notify.
avertissement, m., waming.
aveu, m., avowai.
à l'aveuglette, blindly.
avilir, to debase.
avis, m, y opinion.
avoir, to hâve ; get; ^ — , to be;
be going on ; be the trouble ; en —
poury to hâve a task dL avoué, m., attomey.
bagatelle,/., trifle.
baiser, to kiss.
baisser, to lower; strike.
bal, w.. baU.
balbutier, to stammer.
balle,/., elastic bail ; doubler la
— de^ to add to the force o£.
banc, m., bench.
banque,/, bank.
banqueroute,/, /d^iW^", to fait barbe,/, besird.
bas, in a low tone.
bfttir, to build.
battre, to beat; se —, to fight.
VOCABULARY
bavard, m,, chatterbox ; a^'., lo-
quacious.
beau, beautiful; fine.
beaucoup, much.
bec, m. y beak ; — ^<f ^az, gas-
bumer.
belle-mère,/., stèp-mother.
belliqueux, warlike.
bénéfice, m.j advantage; privilège.
Bengale, »/., Bengal;/nMf <ir -— ,
blue lights; fireworks.
bénir, to bless.
berger, m., shepherd.
besoene,/., task; work. besoui. m.f need« bête,/., beast ; — notrây pet aversion; a^'., foolish; stupid.
bêtise,/., stupidity.
bien, »*., property; adi/.^ good ;
well ; quite ; very ; much : in-
deed; âk — /, well !; être — de
sa personruy to be good-looking;
conj.y — que y although.
bienfait, m., kindness ; fsivor.
bientôt, soon.
bienveillance,/, goodwill.
billet, m, y note, blanc, white; innocent.
blanchir, to whiten; — à la chaux .^
to whitewash.
blé, tn,y wheat.
blesser, to wound.
bleu, blue.
bois, in,y wood.
boisseau, m,, busheL botte,/, box; réceptacle.
bombarde, /, old-fashioned can-
non, shooting stone cannon-balls.
bon, good; kind; foolish; mon — ,
my dear fcUow (familiar); c'est
— ^ very good.
bonheur, m., good fortune; happi-
ness.
bonhomme, m., old man ; old fel-
low.
bonjour, m., good-moming; good-
day.
bonsoir, m., good-evening. iKWité,/., çoodness.
bouche,/, mouth.
bouchon, m., wisp.
bouder, to pout; be angry with.
bougon, M./, mumbler.
bougonner, to mumble.
bouLuigère,/, baker's daughter.
bouleverser, to upset
bouquet, m., bunch.
bourgeois, m., person of the middie class.
bourgeoisie,/, — tTépée^ military middle class.
bourgeon, m., bud; shoot
bout, m., end.
bouteille,/, bottle.
brandon, tn,^ firebrand; cause of discord.
bras, m., arm.
brave, brave; worthy; fine.
brebis,/, sheep.
bref, in short; adj,^ abrupt.
bretteur, m., brawler.
brevet, m., commission.
brimborion, m., thing of little value; doll.
brin, /»., bit; spark.
briser, to break.
broder, to embroider.
brouiller, to mix up; — les cartes^ to sow dissension ; make confusion; se — aveCy toget out with; be at logger-heads with.
broyer, to grind; — du noir^ to feel very blue.
bruit, in, y noise; rumor.
brûler, to bum.
brusquement, abruptly.
but, w., goal; point; object.
ça. I say ; come ! ; Ah — .', I say ! ;
hère!
cacher, to hide; s'en — , to deny.
cacheter^ to seal.
caisse, /, cash-box; — de secours^
aid-fund.
caissier. tn,y cashier.
calomme,/, calumny; slander.
calomnier, to slander.
calorique, m,, beat
ii6
VOCABULARY
campagne, /., country ; cam-
puign ; ruettre en — , to put to
work.
canapé, m,^ sofa, cancan, m,^ gossip.
caquet, m., cackie; idle talk.
car. for.
carbonique, gaz — , carbonic-acid
gas.
Carême, m., Lent, carrière, /., career; quarry.
carrosse, m.^ carnage, carrossier, tn.^ carriage.maker.
carte,/., card.
cas, f^., case.
casque, m.» helmet casser, to break.
cause, /., case; d — ^, on ac-
count of.
causer, to cause; chat, causeuse, /., S-shaped sofa, cavalier, m.y escort célibat, w., celibacy.
célibataire, m., bachelor.
cent, a hundred.
cependant, meanwhile; however.
cercler, to hoop.
cerise, /., cherry, cerisier, w., cherry-tree.
certes, certainly.
cervelle, /., brain.
chacun, each ; each one ; every one.
chagrin, m., sorrow.
chaise, /., chair, champ, m, y field. chance, /., luck.
chandelle,/., candie, chanter, to sing.
chapeau, m., bat.
