chapitre,'//., chapter; sur ce — , on tliis point
chaque, each.
charger, to ciicumber; charge; direct ; se — de, to take charge of ; attend to.
chatouilleux, ticklish; toucby.
chaux,/, lime.
chef, w., chief; captain ; head; superior officer.
chemin, w., road; grand — , highway; — de fer, railroad.
cheminée,/, fireplace.
cher, dear feilow; adj., dear.
chercher, to scek; get.
chéri, w., darling.
cheval, w., horse; bien à ^, a good horst-man.
chevaleresque, chivalrous.
cheveu, w., hair.
chez, at the house of; to; in; with.
chiffonnière,/, small cabinet with drawers; chiffoniner.
chimie,/, chemistry.
chimiste, m., chemist.
choisir, to choose.
choix, /«., choice.
choquant, offensive.
chose, /, thing.
chou, m., cabbage.
cinq, five.
cinquante, fifty.
cinquantaine, /, about fifty.
clair, cle.ir; clearly.
claquemurer, to coop up; im-
nuire.
clef,/, key; stop-cock; — à vis,
screw-threaded key.
cloche, /., bell.
cloîtrer, to immure, cocagne,/, abundance; luxury.
cocher, >"■, coachman.
cœur, ffi., heart ; spirit ; courage;
conscience.
coffret, m., small chest; case.
coin, w-, corner.
colère, /, anger; passion.
colporter, to carry from house to
house.
combien, how much.
combler, to heap up ; make up.
comestibles, /, provisions, commander, to order.
comme, as ; like ; how ; toui — ,
ail the same.
comment, how; what.
commère, godmother.
communal, belonging to the township.
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commune, /. , township.
compagne, y"., companion.
compétence,/., line.
complaisance, f., complacency; (.les ire to please.
complice, w. /., accomplice.
compliqué, complex.
comprendre, to understand ; include.
compromettre, to compromise.
comptant, «/., cash.
compte, '«., account; h ce — , accoriliut; \o tins.
compter, to count; intend; count on ; — avec, to take into considération.
comte, w-, count.
conce voir,to conceive ; understand.
conclure, to conclude.
conduire, to lead; take; se — , to take care of one's self; behave.
confier, to confide.
confiture,/., préserves; jam; — j, sweetnieats.
confus, confused.
congé, "t., leave; dismissal.
connaissance, /, acquaintance.
connaître, to be acquainted with.
conquête, /., conquest.
consentir, to consent.
conséquent, /<"' — , 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 case.
contraire, opposite ; au — , on the contrary.
contrarier, tovex; annoy; oppose.
contrat, m., contract.
contre, against.
contrôle, w., control; vérification.
convaincre, to convince.
convenance,/, propriety; fitness.
convenir, to agrée; be suitable, right; suit; en — , to admit.
coquelicot, m., wild poppy.
coquin, w;., rascal.
corriger, to correct.
corrompre, to corrupt; bribe.
corsage, m., bodice of a dress.
corvée, /, drudgery; task.
côté, VI., side; hand; du — de. in;
de r autre — , into the next room.
cou, m., neck.
coucheur, m., mauvais — , restless
slecper; hard to get along with.
se couler, to sink.
coup, m., blow; — de tête, hasty
action; tout à — , suddenly.
coupé, in., brougham.
couper, to eut.
cour, /., court; courtship.
coureur, m., foUower; hunter.
courir, to run.
cours, m,, course, course, / , trip; errand.
court, short; tout — , without title.
courtois, courteous.
courtoisie, /, courtesy.
se couvrir, to put on one's
hat; i ouvert, laden.
cracher, to spit.
craindre, to fear.
créancier, m., 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 ; — .', \(rhy, of
course ! ; Gad !
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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VOCABULARV
découverte, /'.. discovcry.
découvrir, to discover.
dédaigneux, disdainfal.
dédain, w., disdain.
défaut, w., defect; à ton — , you
lailing.
définitif, final.
défrayer, to pay the cxpenses cf.
dégager, to free; give off.
dégainer, to unsheath.
dégât, w., damage.
dégoûter, to disgust; dégoûté, hard
to plcase.
déguiser, to disguise.
dehors, outside.
déjà, already.
déjeuner, w., breakfast; tobreak-
fast ; as-tu déjeimé, Jacquot ? ,
Polly vvant 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 live ( dwell).
demi, half.
demoiselle,/., damsel ; — du compagnie, traveling companion.
démolir, to tear down.
dénoûment, m., outcome; resuit, dénuement, w., destitution.
dépasser, to go beyond.
se dépayser, to get rid of onc's
country manners.
dépendre, to dépend.
dépens, m., expense.
dépensier, extravagant.
déplacé, <.)ut of place.
déplacement, w., 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 gtt down; go down.
désespoir, w., despair.
déshériter, to disinherit.
désintéressement, m., disinterestedness.
désœuvrement, w., idleness.
désolé, very sorry.
despote, despotic.
destin, w., destiny.
détour, w., 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, m., duty ; to owe ; intend; expect to; be to; ought; must; se mettre en — de, to set ab(jut.
dévot, w., faux — , hypocrite.
dévoué, devoteil.
dévouement, w., dévotion.
diable, m-, devil; — .', the deuce !
diantre!, the deuce!
Dieu, m-, God; mon — , why.
digne, wortliy.
dimanche, w., Sunday.
dindon, m., turkey.
dîner, /«., dinner ; to dine.
dire, to say ; dis donc .', say !
se diriger, to go; move.
discuter, to discuss.
dispenser, to excuse.
disposition, /, dans les mêmes — s, similarly inclined.
disproportionné, unetiual.
dissiper, to remove; dissipé, frivolous.
distingué, distinguished.
dix, ten.
doigt, m., finger.
domino, m. , fancy-ball dress.
don, w., gift; faculty.
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donc, then; pray; so.
donner, to give ; s'en — , to indulge one's selJf to one's heart's content.
dorénavant, henceforth.
dos, w., back.
dot,/., dowry.
double, double ; questionable.
doucement, gently.
douceur, y., en — , smoothh-.
douleur,/., pain ; unpleasantness.
douter, to doubt ; se — , to suspect ; imagine.
douze, twelve.
droit, w.. right ; law ; tax; adv..
straight ; à — e, on the right.
drôle, m., rascal ; aJj., odd; amusing.
durer, to last.
dureté,/., — s, 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;/rt?V^ une — , to
niake a blunder.
éconduire, to show out; show the
do<jr to.
économe, economical.
écorcher, to skin ; "roast." Écouter, to listen to; listen.
écraser, to crush.
écrire, to write.
écu, >'i., crown (3 francs).
écueil, w-, reef ; difficulty.
écureuil, m., squirrel.
effet, w., effect ; eti — , really; in-
deed; as you say; faire V — de,
to give the impression of.
effrayer, to frighten.
effroyable, frightful.
égal, cqual.
égard, »'-, — s, delicacy.
égratignure,/., scratch.
s'élancer, to run rapidly.
élever, to bring up; raise.
éloge, w., eulogy.
embarras, m., embarrassment.
s'embellir, to become beautifid.
embrassade,/., embrace; kiss.
embrasser, to embrace; kiss.
embrouiller, to embroii; 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; at that.
encourir, to incur.
encre,/., ink.
endroit, m., place; à vion {notre)
— , as concems me (us), enfance,/., childhood.
enfant, m.f., child; w., 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;
s' — dans, to be bound by.
énigme,/, enigma.
enivrant, intoxicating.
enlever, to take away.
ennuyer, to bore, enseigne,/, à telles — s, asshown
by the fact.
enseigner, to teach.
ensemble, ni., the whole; adv., to-
getliLT.
ensuite,then; and then;afterwards;
furthermore.
s'ensuivre, to resuit; ensue.
entamer, to begin.
entasser, to accumulate.
entendre, to hear ; understand ;
mean ; intend; s' — , to understand one anothcr; s' — à {en),
to be skilful at (in).
entonnoir, m., funnel.
VOCABULARY
entre, between.
entrée,/., entrance.
entrer, w'j' — pour ri eu, to luive iKithing to do with.
entretien, ni., 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.
épaule,/., shoulder.
épaulette, /, shoulder-strap.
épée,/, svvord.
éperdument, desperately,
épouser, to marry.
s'éprendre de, to become enamoured of ; be enthusiastic about.
équivoque, equivocal; ambiguous.
escalier, m., stairs.
escapade,/, prank.
esclandre, m., scandalous row; public quarrel.
esclave, w./, slave.
espace, w., space.
espérance,/, hope; en —, in expectation.
espérer, to hope ; expect.
espoir, m., hope.
esprit, m., wit-, intelligence; mind; sensé; /es beaux — s se rencontrent, great minds think alike.
essuyer, to wipe; wipe away.
estimer, to consider.
étage, 7n., floor; story.
état, m. , state; être à /' — de, to hâve reached the point of.
étendre, to extend.
éternel, everlasting.
étoffe,/, stuff.
étonner, to astonish.
étouffer, to stifle.
étourdi, thoughtless.
étourdiment, heedlessly.
étrangement, strangely.
étranglé, clioked; stifled.
être, to be ; go ; en — , 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 somtiies, we hâve '\i\ je n'y suis pas, I am not at home; ça y est, it's done.
étreinte,/, embrace.
étriller, to curry (as a liorse); to drub.
étudiant, m., student.
Évangile, m., Gospel.
événement, m., event.
éventé, faint (from exposure to the air).
excuse,/, /nVt'j — , 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, unfortunate; regrettable.
facile, easy; — à vivre, easy to get along with.
façon,/, manner; way.
se façonner, to improve one's self.
faiblir, to become weak.
faillite,/, failure ; bankruptcy.
faim,/, hunger.
faire, to make ; do ; act ; cause pay; arrange; put in order; con cern; work in; be (of weather) il ne ferait pas bon, it would not be safe; ne — qtie de na'itre, to hâve just started; n'avoir que — de, to hâve no need of ; not to
VOCABULARY
want ; sf — , to happen ; sf — à, to accustom one's self to.
fait, m., fact; act ; — s divers, current events; tout à — , eiitirely; altogether; exactly; dire son
— à, to speak <Mie's mindto; en
— de. in the matter of ; si — f, yes iiideed ! (when négative answer is expected).
falloir, to be necessary; need; sliould; must.
farceur, m., joker.
fat, vain.
fatuité,/., vanity.
faubourg, m., suburb; quarter.
faute, /., fault ; mistake ; — de, for lack of.
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, »t., fire; beat; warmtb; firing.
feuilleter, to turn over the pages of a book; occupations feuilletées, trivial occupations.
fi !, pshaw ! faire — de, to turn 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 figurer, to imagine.
fil, m., thread.
filer, to weave.
fille,/., girl; young girl; daughter.
fils, m-, son.
fin,/., end ; adj., shrewd.
finir, to finish; bave done with;
stop.
fiacon, m., flask; bottle.
flair, >'!., scent; instinct.
flanc, w., side; prêter U — , to lay
one's self open.
fleuret, >n., foil.
foi,/, faith. fois,/, time.
folie,/, madness.
fonction, /, duty.
fond, fn., bottom ; background ;
end ; aie — , as a matter of fact ;
à double — , deeper than [she]
appears.
fondement, >n., foundation.
fonder, to found.
fonds, m., funds; basis; — d'occu.
pation, occupation to fall back
upon.
fonte,/, cast-iron.
force, / , à toute — , in spite of
everything.
fort, stroiig; very; highly; le plus
— est fait, the worst is over.
fortement, strongly.
fou, tn., madman; adj., crazy;
niad.
foudroyé, struck down as by light-
ning.
fouetter, to whip; il n'y a pas de
quoi — uti chat, it's a meretrifle.
fourche,/, fork.
fourneau, m., stove.
fournir, to furnish ; give.
fournisseur, m., furnisher.
frais, tn. , plur. , expenses ; se mettre
en — de, to put one's self to the
trouble of.
franc, m., 20 cents.
franchement, frankly. franchise,/, frankness.
frapper, to strike; tap.
frère, ;//., brother.
fringant, brisk; lively.
froid, coid; avoir — aux yeux, to
be afraid.
froisser, to crumple; oiïend, frotter, to rqb.
VOCABULARY
fuir, fo flee.
fulminate, m., — de mercure, ful-
iiiiiiatiiig mercury.
fumer, to smoke.
futur, III., oiie's betrothed; fiancé;
udj., future.
gage,
-s, wages; pay.
gager, to wager.
gai, gay.
galonné, laced.
garçon,»'., boy; apprentice; bachelor; fellow.
garde, /., guard; prendre — à, to look out for; prendre — de, to take care not to; bien en — , a good swordsman.
garde-fou, m., hand-rail.
garder, to keep; retain; keep on; hâve in store.
gare,/., railroad-station.
garnement, w., scamp.
gâteau, w., cake.
gauche, left.
geler, to freeze.
gênant, troublesome.
gendre, w., son-in-law.
gêne,/., poverty.
gêner, to disturb; se — , to hesitate; se — avec, to treat vvith respect.
génie,/., genius; démon.
genou, m., knee.
genre, m., kind; sort.
gens, m. /., people ; jeunes — , 30ung men.
gentil, pleasant.
germain, related.
gésier, ni., gizzard.
gloser, to criticise ; comment.
glousser, to cackle.
gonfler, to swell; fill.
goût, m., taste.
grâce,/., grâce; pardon; de — f, please do or don't ! ; — j d'état, illusion of immunity, peculiar to certain diseases (hère, professions).
grade,»»., rank.
graduel, graduai.
graisser, to grease.
grand, tall; big; — air, open air.
gras, fat ; faire — , not to keep
Lent.
gratuit, free.
graver, to engrave; print.
gré, m., liking ; pleasure ; savoir
— de, to be grateful for.
grognon, grumbling.
gros, big ; large.
grossier, coarse.
grossièreté, /., coarsèness; \m-
pleasant trutli.
guère, ne — , scarcely ; liardly.
guerre,/., war; de bonne — , fair.
gueule,/, mouth (of animais).
habiller, to dress.
habit, w., coat ; suit; clothes.
habitude,/, habit.
s'habituer, to get used to.
hallali, m-, fiourish on the horn 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 h /' — , in a
moment ; a moment a go; à la
bonne — , good ! ; wel! and good ! ;
de bonne — , early.
heureux, glad; happy.
hier, yesterday.
histoire,/, story.
hiver, w., winter.
homme, m., man; — de rien, man
of no importance.
honnête, honest ; honorable; up-
right; virtuous.
honte, /, shame; mauvaise —,
false shame.
honteux, ashamed; disgracefiil.
hôtel, III-, mansion.
houspiller, to jostle; abuse, huile,/, oil.
huit, eight; — jours, a week, humeur, m., mood; ill-humor.
VOCABULARY
hussard, m., hussar.
ici, hère.
idée,/., idea; mind.
ignare, w., ii^noraimis.
ignorer, to be ignorant of; not to
know.
illustre, illustrious.
illustrer, to illustrate ; make illustrions.
importer, to matter.
imprévu, nnexpected.
imprimer, to impart; give.
impuissant, weak.
impunément, with impunity.
s'incliner, to Ixjvv.
inconvénient, >n.. disadvantage;
unpleasant rcsult; il n'y a pas
d' — , no reason why you should
not.
s'indigner, to take offense, indiquer, to indicate; point ont.
indiscrétion, /., disclosure (of a
secret).
industriel, m., manufacturer, ineptie,/., absurdity.
infliger, to inflict.
information, /., prendre ses — s,
to investigate.
infructueux, fruitless.
s'ingérer de, to take upon one's
self to.
ingrat, ungrateful.
injure,/., insuit.
inqualifiable, unqualifiable.
inquiet, uneasy.
inquiéter, to trouble ; s^ — , to be
anxious.
inscrire, to write down; mention;
être insiril 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); concerned.
intérieur, m., home.
intérim, m., faire /' — de, to sup-
ply the place of.
intimité, /., intimacy.
introduire, to introduce.
intronisation,/, enthronement.
inutile, nseless.
invraisembable, improbable.
isolement, //«., isolation.
Jacques, James.
jaloux, jealous.
jamais, never; ever.
jambe,/, leg.
jardin, /n., garden.
Jean, John.
jeter, to throw; throw off, down,
away.
jeu, m., game.
jeune, young.
joli, pretty; handsome; nice-Iook-
ing.
joue, /., cheek. jouer, to play ; — de r,ialhenr, to
play in hard luck.
jouir de, to enjoy.
joujou, m., plaything.
jour, /«., 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
of; to.
juste, exact; right; just; true; ati
— , exactly.
justement, precisely.
là, there; bas; down there; — •
dedans, in it.
lâche, w., coward; adj., cowardly;
base.
lâcher, to let slip; let go; leave;
speak.
laid, ugly.
laisser, to leave; allow; let.
lambin, m., loiterer.
VOCABULARY
langue, y., tongue; language.
laquais, /«., lackey.
larigot, à tire , extremely.
larme,/., tear.
leçon,/., lesson; reproof.
ledit, the said.
légitime, legitimate.
léguer, to bequeath.
lendemain, w., morrow.
leurrer, to lure; entice.
lever, to lift ; remove; se — , to
rise.
lèvre,/., lip.
liard, w., half-farthing.
liarder, to scrimp.
lien, >n., bond; contract; tie.
lieu, m., place; spot, ligne,/, line.
liguer, to unité in a league.
linge, m., linen.
lire, to read.
lisière,/, outskirts.
