chapitre, f»., chapter; sur ce — , on
this point.
chaque, each.
charger, to encumber; charge; di.
rect; se — de^ to take charge of ;
attend to.
chatouilleux, ticklish; touchy.
chaux,/., lime, chef, tn.^ chief; captain ; head;
superior officer.
chemin, m., roAà; grand — , hlghway ; — de fer, railroad.
cheminée,/., fireplace.
cher, dear fellow; adj,, dear.
chercher, to seek; get.
chéri, m, y darling.
cheval, m., horse; bien à — , a good horseman.
chevaleresque, chivalrous.
cheveu, m., hair.
chez, at the house of; to; in; with.
chiffonnière,/., small cabinet with drawers; chiffonnier.
chimie, /., chemistry.
chimiste, m,, cbemist
choisir, to choose.
choix, m., choice.
choquant^ offensive.
chose,/, thing.
chou, m., cabbage.
cinq, five.
cinquante^ fîfty.
cinquantaine,/, about îiSfj,
clair, clear; clearly.
claquemurer, to coop up; im-
mure.
clef,/., key; stop-cock; — à vis,
screw-threaded key.
cloche,/, bell.
clottrer, to immure, cocagne,/, abundance; luxury.
cocher, m-, coachman.
cœur, m,j heart ; spirit ; courage;
conscience.
coffret, fn,, small chest; case, coin, fn., corner.
colère, /, anger; passion, colporter, to carry from house to
house.
combien, bow much.
combler, to heap up ; make up.
comestibles, /, provisions, commander, to order.
comme, as; like; how; totit — »
ail the same.
comment, how; what commère, godmother.
communal, belonging to the township.
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commune^ /. , township.
compagne, /-t companion.
compétence,/., Une.
complaisance, /., complacency; désire to please.
complice, m,/., accomplice.
compliqué, complex.
comprendre, to understand ; include.
compromettre, to compromise.
comptant, m, , cash.
compte, m-y account; à ce — , accord îng to this.*
compter, to count; intend; count on ; — avec^ to take into considération.
comte, m,, count
conceyoir,to conceive ; understand.
conclure, to conciude.
conduire, to lead; take; se — , to take care of one's self; behave.
confier, to confide.
confiture,/., préserves; jam; — j, sweetmeats.
confus, confused.
congé, m-, leave; dismissal.
connaissance, /, acquaintance.
connaître, to be acquainted with.
conquête, /, conquest.
consentir, to consent.
conséquent, par — , consequently.
conserver, to préserve.
considération,/., réputation.
consigner, to refuse admittance.
consistance, /, stability.
consterner, to dismay.
contenir, to contain; restrain.
contraindre, to constrain ; contraint^ ill at ease.
contraire, opposite ; au — , on the contrary.
contrarier, tovex; annoy; oppose.
contrat, nt.^ contract.
contre, against.
contrôle, w., control; vérification.
convaincre, to convince.
convenance,/., propriety; fitness.
convenir, to agrée; be sui table, right; suit; en — , to admit.
coquelicot, m.» wild poppy.
coquin, m*^ rascal.
corriger, to correct.
corrompre, to corrupt; bribe.
corsage, m., bodice of a dress.
corvée, /., drudgery; task.
côté, m., side; hand; du — de^ in;
de foutre — , into the next room.
cou, w., neck.
coucheur, m., mauvais — , restless
sieeper; hard to get along with.
se couler, to sink.
coup, w., blow; — de tête, hasty
action ; tout à — , suddenly.
coupé, m. y brougham.
couper, to eut.
cour, /., court; courtship.
coureur, m., follower; hunter.
courir, to run.
cours, w., course, course,/, trip; errand.
court, short; tout — , without title.
courtois, courteous.
courtoisie, /, courtesy.
se couvrir, to put on one's
hat; couvert, laden.
cracher, to spit.
craindre, to fear.
créancier, w., creditor.
créature,/, créature; dépendant.
créer, to create.
creuser, to dig ; se — , to worry.
croire, to believe ; think.
crotté, dirty.
cynique, cynical.
daigner, to deign.
dame, /., lady; — /, why, of
course ! ; Gad 1 dans, in.
danseur, »»., partner.
davantage, more, débattre, to debate; argue; se
— , to struggle.
débonnaire, easy-going; mild.
debout, standing.
déchirer, to tear ; shatter.
décidément, decidedly.
décoration,/, scenery.
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VOCABULARY
découverte, /., discovery.
découvrir, to discover.
dédaigneux, disdainful.
dédain, m,, disdain. défaut, OT., defect; à t4>n — , you
failing.
définitif, final.
défrayer, to pay the expenses o£ dégager, to free; give off.
dégainer, to unsheath.
dégât, m. y damage, dégoûter, to disgust; dégoûté^ hard
to please.
déguiser, to disguise, dehors, outside.
déjà, already.
déjeuner, m, y breakfast; tobreak-
£ast ; aS'tu déjeuné^ ^acquot ? ,
Polly want a cracker ?
au delà de, beyond.
délicatesse,/., delicacy.
délier, to relieve of obligation, demain, to-morrow.
démangeaison, /., itching; long.
ing.
demeure,/., delay; dwelling.
demeurer, to lire ( dwell).
demi, half.
demoiselle,/., damsel ; — de corn-
pagnie^ traveling companion.
démolir, to tear down.
dénoûment, m., outcome; resuit dénuement, m., destitution.
dépasser, to go beyond.
se dépayser, to get rid of one's
country manners.
dépendre, to dépend.
dépens, m. y expansé, dépensier, extravagant, déplacé, ont of place.
déplacement, m.^ moving about. déplaire, to displease.
depuis, since.
déranger, to disturb ; upset; se — ,
to put one's self out.
dernier, last déroute,/., defeat ; rout derrière, behind.
dès, since ; — que^ as soon as.
désaccoutumer, to disaccustom.
désarçonner, to unhorse.
descendre, to get down; go down.
désespoir, tn,^ despair.
déshériter, to disinherit.
désintéressement, m., disinterestedness.
désœuvrement, m.^ idleness.
désolé, very sorry.
despote, despotic.
destin, m, y destiny.
détour, m., détour; expédient.
détracteur, m., slanderer.
détromper, to undeceive.
détruire, to destroy.
dette, /"., debt
deux, two; tous (les) — , both.
devant, before ; ahead.
devenir, to become.
deviner, to divine ; guess.
dévoiler, to unveil.
devoir, w., duty; to owe; intend; expect to; be to; ought; must; se mettre en — de^ to set about.
dévot, »*., faux —, hypocrite.
dévoué, devoted.
dévouement, tn.^ dévotion.
diable, m. y de vil; — .', the deuce !
diantre!, the deuce!
Dieu, »f.. God; mon — , why.
d^e, worthy.
dimanche, m., Sunday.
dindon, m., turkey.
dtner, m., dinner ; to dine.
dire, to say ; dis donc /, say !
se diriger, to go; move.
discuter, to discuss.
dispenser, to excuse.
disposition, />, dans les mêmes — j, similarly inclined.
disproportionné, unequal.
dissiper, to remove; dissipé^ frivolous.
distingué, distinguished.
dix, ten.
doigt, m, y finger.
domino, m.^ fancy-ball dress.
don, m, y gift; faculty.
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donc, then; pray; so.
donner, to give ; s* en — , to indulgeone's self to one's heart's content
dorénavant, henceforth.
dos, /»., back.
dot,/., dowry.
double, double ; questionable.
doucement, gently.
douceur,/., ^w— , smoothly.
douleur,/, pain ; unpleasantness.
douter, to doubt; se — , to suspect ; imagine.
douze, twelve.
droit, m., right; law ; tax; adv.^ straight ; à — ^, on the right.
drôle, m,, rascal; <Ki^,y odd; amusing.
durer, to last.
dureté,/., — j, hard words.
eau,/.» water.
échapper, to escape.
échasse,/, stilt échelle,/, ladder.
échouer, to bewrecked; miscarry.
éclat, w., splinter ; fragment.
éclatant, bright ; shining.
éclater, to burst; shatter; burst
out laughing.
école. /, school;/tf/rtf une — , to
make a blunder.
éconduire, to show out; show the
door to.
économe, economical.
écorcher, to skin ; "xoast" écouter, to listen to; listen.
écraser, to crush.
écrire, to write.
écu, rn.y crown (3 francs).
écueil, m., reef ; difficul^.
écureuil, w., squirrel.
effet, w., effect; en — , really; in-
deed; as you say; faire V — de^
to give the impression of.
effrayer, to frighten.
effroyable, frightful. égal, equai.
égard, »*., — J, delicacy.
égratignure,/., scratch.
s'élancer, to run rapidly.
élever, to bring up; raise.
éloge, w., eul^ry.
embarras, m., embarrassment.
s'embellir, to become beautiful.
embrassade,/., embrace; kiss.
embrasser, to embrace; kiss.
embrouiller, to embroil; confuse, emmener, to take away; take.
émouvoir, to move; affect empêcher, to prevent.
empiétement, m,, encroachment.
s'empresser de, to be eager to.
encore, again; still; yet; atthat.
encourir, to incur.
encre,/, ink.
endroit, w., place; à mon {notre)
— j as concems me (us).
enfance,/, childhood.
enfant, w./, child; iw., boy.
enfantillage, m., nonsense.
enfermé, shut up (as in a room).
enfin, at last; after ail; finally; in
short.
enfourcher, to bestride ; culti-
vate.
engager, to involve; carry; en-
tangle; advise; engagé^ at stake;
j' — dans^ to be bound by.
énigme,/, enigma.
enivrant, intoxicating.
enlever, to take away.
ennuyer, to bore, enseigne,/, à telles — j, asshown
by the fect.
enseigner, to teach.
ensemble, m,, thewhole; adv,^ to-
gether.
ensuite,then; and then;afterwards;
furthermore.
s'ensuivre, to resuit; ensue.
entamer, to begin.
entasser, to accumulate.
entendre, to hear ; understand ;
mean ; intend ; j' —, to understand one another; s* — à (^,
to be skilful at (in).
entonnoir, w., funnel.
VOCABULARY
entre, between.
entrée, /.y entrance.
entrer, rCy — pour rien^ to hâve nothing to do with.
entretien, m,, conversation; support.
entrevoir, to catch a glimpse of.
enveloppe,/., covering.
envelopper, to wrap; cover.
envers, towards; to.
envie,/., désire; envy.
envoyer, to send.
s'épanouir, to be joyous, radiantly happy.
épargner^ to spare.
épatde,/!» shoulder.
épaule tte, /., shoulder-strap.
épée,/., sword.
éperdument, desperately.
épouser, to marry.
S'épi '
l'éprendre de, to become enam.
oured of ; be enthusiastic
about.
équivoque, equivocal; ambiguous.
escaÛer. m, y stairs.
escapade,/., prank.
esclandre, m., scandalous row;
public quarreL esclave, w./., slave.
espace, »*., space.
espérance,/, hope; en —, in ex-
pectation.
espérer, to hope; expect.
espoir, »*., hope. esprit, tn.y wit; intelligence; mind;
sensé; Us beaux — s se rencon^
trente great minds think alike.
essuyer, to wipe; wipe away.
estimer, to consider.
étage, m., floor; story.
état, fft, , State; itre à V — de^ to
hâve reached the point of.
étendre, to extend.
étemel, everlasting.
étoffe,/., stuff.
étonner, to astonish.
étouffer, to stifle.
étourdi, thoughtless.
étourdiment, heedlessly.
étrangement, strangely.
étranglé, choked; stifled.
être, to be ; go ; ^» — , to stand; be fixed; il est de mon honneur ^ my honor demands; en — pour, to get ofï with ; stand by ; — à, to be enough to make one; belong to; il n*y est plus^ he is wool-gathering; nous y sommes^ we hâve \\\je n^y suis pas^ I am not at home; ça y est, it's done.
étreinte,/., embrace.
étriller, to curry (as a horse); to drub.
étudiant, m., student
évangile, m.. Gospel.
événement, m, y event.
éventé, faint (£tx>m exposure to the air).
tTcast^f^y faites — , excuse me.
exemple, m,, example.
exiger, to demand.
expérience,/, experiment.
explication,/, explanation.
expliquer, to explain.
exploiter, to work (as a quarry); to profit by; impose upon.
exprimer, to express.
expulser, to expel; put out.
extinction,/, loss.
fâché, sorry.
fâcher, to vex; se — , to get angry.
fâcheux, unfbrtunate; regrettable.
facile, easy; — à vivre, easy to get along with.
façon,/, manner; way.
se façonner, to improve one's sell
faiblir, to become weak.
faillite./, failure ; bankruptcy.
faim,/, hunger.
faire, to make ; do ; act ; cause; pay; arrange; put inorder;concem; work in; be (of weather); il ne ferait pas bon, \i would not be safe; ne — que de naître, to hâve just started; n* avoir que — de, to hâve no nced of ; not to
VOCABULARY
want ; se — , to happen ; se — à^ to accustom one's self to.
fait, «., fatct; act ; — s divers^ current events; tout à — , entirely; altogether; exactly; dire son
— ^, to speak one's mindto; en
— de, in the matter of ; si — /, yes indeed ! (when négative answer is expected).
falloir, to be neœssary; need; should; must
farceur, m,, joker.
fat, vain.
fatuité,/., vanity.
faubourg, m., suburb; quarter.
faute, /T, £aiult ; mistake ; — de^ for lack ot
fauteuil, m., arm-chair.
faux, false; affected.
femme,/'.) woman; wife.
fenêtre./., window.
fente,/., crack; gap.
fer, m., iron.
ferme, firmly.
fermer, to close ; lock.
fermier, m., farmer; tenant.
fête,/., festival; goodtime; party; se faire une — de^ to look forward with pleasure to.
feu, w., fire; beat; warmth; firing.
feuilleter, to tum over the pages of a book; occupations feuilletées^ trivial occupations.
fi I, pshaw ! faire — de^ to tum up one's nose at; pooh-pooh.
fidèle, faithful.
fier, proud.
se fier à, to trust in; be sure of.
fièrement, proudly ; extremely.
fierté,/., pride.
fiévreusement, feverish.
figure,/., face ; faire — , to make a showing.
se fig^er, to imagine.
filj »!., thread.
filer, to weave.
fille,/., girl; young girl; daughter.
fils, 9#., son.
fin,/, end ; adj,^ shrewd.
finir, to finish; hâve done with;
stop.
flacon, m., flask; bottle.
flair, m., scent; instinct.
flanc, »ï., side; prêter le — , to lay
one's self open.
fleuret, /»., foil.
foi,/, faith.
fois,/, time.
folie,/, madness.
fonction, /, duty.
fond, m., bottom ; background ;
end ; au — , as a matter of fact;
à double — , deeper than [she]
appears.
fondement, m., foundation.
fonder, to found.
fonds, /»., funds; basis; — d'occu.
pationy occupation to £a,ll back
upon.
fonte,/, cast-iron.
force, /, à toute — , in spite of
everything. fort, strong; very; highly; le plus
— estfaity the worst is over.
fortement, strongly.
fou, fn., madman; ac^',^ crazy;
mad.
foudroyé, struck down as by light-
ning.
fouetter, to whip ; il tiy a pas de
quoi — un chat, it's a mère trifle.
fourche,/, fork.
fourneau, 9/., stove.
fournir, to fùrnish; give.
fotunisseur, m., fiirnisher.
frais, ^.) /^w*» expenses; se mettre
en — dcj to put one's self to the
trouble o£ franc, m., 20 cents.
franchement, frankly.
franchise,/, frankness.
frapper, to strike; tap.
fr^e, m. y brother.
hingant. brisk; lively.
froid, cold; avoir — aux yeux^ to
be afraid.
froisser, to crumple; ofiend.
frotter, to rub, ^
VOCABXJLARY
fuir, toilee.
fulxninate, m., — detnercurty fui-
minating mercury.
fumer, to smoke.
futur, m., one's betiothed; fiancé;
adj,^ future.
gage, «., — j, wages; pay.
gaffer, to wager.
gai, gay.
galonné, laced.
garçon, ^M lx>y; apprentice; bachelor; fellow.
garde, /., guard; prendre — à, to look out for; prendre — de^ to take care net to; bien en — , a good swordsman.
garde-fou, m., hand-rail.
garder, to keep; retain; keep on; hâve in store.
gare,/., railroad-station.
garnement, m., scamp.
gâteau, m., cake.
gauche, left.
geler, to fréeze.
gênant, troublesome.
gendre, m., son-in-law.
gêne,/, poverty.
gêner, to disturb; se — , to hesitate ; se — aveCy to treat with respect
génie,/., genius; démon.
genou, m.» knee.
genre, m., kind; sort.
gens, m, /., people ; jeunes — , young men.
gentil, pleasant.
germain, related.
gésier, //!., gizzard.
gloser, to criticise ; comment.
glousser, to cackk^.
gonfler, to swell; fill.
goût, m., taste.
grâce,/., grâce; pardon; de — /, please do or don't ! ; — s dUiaty illusion of immtmity, peculiar to certain diseases (hère, proiessions).
|^ade,m., rank.
graduel, graduai.
graisser, to grease.
grand, tall; big; — «>, opcn air.
gras, fat; faire — , not to keep
Lent gratuit, free.
graver, to engrave; print gré, m., liking ; pleasure ; savoir
— dey to be grateful for.
grogncm, grumbling.
gros, big ; large.
grossier, coarse.
grossièreté, /., coarseness; un-
pleasant tnith.
guère, ne — , scarcely; hardly.
guerre,/, war; de banne — , fair.
gueule,/, mouth (of animais).
habiller, to dress.
habit, m., coat; suit; clothes.
habitude,/, habit s'habituer, to get used to.
hallali, m., flourish on the hom at
the death of a stag.
hasard, m., chance, hausser, to raise; shrug.
haut, out loud; aloud.
hériter de, to inherit héritier, m., heir.
heure, /., hour; tout à F — , in a
moment ; a moment ago; à la
bonne — , good ! ; welland good ! ;
de bonne — , early.
heureux, glad; happy.
hier, yesterday.
histoire,/, story.
hiver, m., winter.
homme, m., man; — dSrrMvf, man
of no importance.
honnête, honest ; honorable; up-
right; virtuous.
honte, /, shame; mauvaise —,
false shame.
honteux, ashamed; disgraceful.
hôtel, m., mansion.
houspiller, to jostle; abuse, huile,/, oil.
huit, eight; ^ jours , a week, humeur^ m,, mood; ill-humpr.
VOCABULARY
htissard, m.^ hussar.
ici, hère.
idée,/., idea; mind.
ignare, m., ignoramus.
ignorer, to be ignorant of ; not to
know.
illustre, illustrious.
illustrer, to illustrate ; make illustrious.
importer, to matter.
imprévu, unexpected.
imprimer, to impart; give.
impuissant, weak.
impunément, with impunity.
s'incliner, to bow.
inconvénient, tn,^ disadvantage;
unpleasant resuit; il n'y a pas
d* — , no reason why you should
not.
s'indigner, to take offense.
indiquer, to indicate; point out.
indiscrétion, /.» disclosure (of a
secret).
industriel, tn.^ manufacturer.
ineptie,/., absurdity.
infliger, to inflict.
information, /., prendre ses — j,
to investigate.
infructueux, fruitless.
s'ingûrer de, to take upon one's
self ta inerat, ungrateful.
injure,/, insuit.
inquaÛfiable, unqualifiable.
. inquiet, uneasy.
inquiéter, to trouble ; j'— , to be
anxious.
inscrire, to write down; mention;
être inscrit pour, to be down
for.
instruit, well-informed.
à l'insu de, without the knowl-
edge of.
intempestif, untimely.
intention,/, emphasis.
intéressé, interested (as in a pe-
cuniary sensé); concemed.
intérieur, w., home.
intérim, «., faire /' — Je, to sup-
ply the place of.
intimité,/, intimacy.
introduire, to introduce.
intronisation,/, enthronement.
inutile, useless.
invraisembable^ improbable, isolement, m., isolation.
Jacques, James.
jaloux, jealous.
jamais, never; ever.
jambe,/, leg.
jardin, w., garden.
Jean, John.
jeter, to throw; throw ofF, down,
away.
jeu, m,y game.
jeune, young.
joli, pretty; handsome; nice-look-
ing.
joue,/, cheek.
jouer, to play; — de malheur , to
play in hard luck.
jouir de, to enjoy.
joujou, »*., plaything.
jour, m., day; demi , subdued
light journal, m,, newspaper.
journée,/, day.
journellement, daily.
juchoir, m., perch.
jupe,/, skirt.
jurer, to swear.
jusqu'à, upto; until; to the point
01 ; to.
juste, exact; right; just; true; au
— , exactly.
justement, precisely.
là, there; bas\ down there; — -
dedans, in it.
lâche, m., coward; adj,, cowardly;
base.
lâcher, to let slip; let go; leave;
speak.
laid, ugly.
laisser, to leave; allow; let.
lambin, m,, ioiterer.
VOCABULARY
langue,/., tongue; language.
laquais, m,, lackey.
larigot, à tire- — , extremely.
larme,/., tear.
leçon,/., lesson; reproof.
ledit, the said.
légitime, legitimate.
léguer, to beiqueath.
lendemain, m., morrow.
leurrer, to lure; entice.
lever, to lift ; remove; j^ —, to
rise.
lèvre,/, lip.
liard, m., half-Êulhing.
liarder, to scrimp.
lien, m., bond; contract; tic.
lieu, M., place; spot.
ligne,/. Une.
liguer, to unité in a league.
linge, m., linen.
lire, to read.
lisière,/, outskirts. .
