scène, /., scène; stage

sec, dry; insipid; devoid of feel-

ing.

sèchement, dryly; shortly.

se secouer, to " brace up." secours, w., aid.

seigneur, ;;/., lord, selle, /., saddle.

semaine, /., week.

semblable, similar.

sembler, to seem.

sens, 7)1., judgment; sensé.

VOCABULARY

sentence, /.. sentence; maxim.

sentir, to feel.

sept, ^even.

série, /., séries.

sérieux, sedate.

sermonner, to preach to.

serrer, to press; fold ; shake.

service, >n., favor.

servir, to serve; — de, to serve as ;

se — Je, to niake use of.

servitude, y'., drudgery.

seuil, tn., threshold.

seul, alone; only. seulement, only; even.

si, if; yes (when no is expected);

— ... que, however . . .

siècle, m., century.

signaler, to point out.

signifier, to niean ; notify of.

simple, simple; mère, simplement, tout — , simply ;

merely.

sire, m., sire ; lord.

sobriquet, m-, nick-name.

soi-disant, pretended.

soie, /., silk.

soin, m., care; anxiety.

soir, m., evening.

soirée, /., evening.

somme, /., sum; en — , after ail ;

ail things consicJered.

songer a, to think of.

sonner, to ring.

sonnette,/., door-bell.

sorcier, w., sorcerer.

sort, m., fate.

sortie, /., departure; outburst.

sortir, to go out; départ; get out.

sot, f>t., fool ; adj., foolish ; —

comme, about as brilliant as.

sottise,/., foUy; "break." sou, m., cent.

souci, w., care; trouble; interest

in ; prendre — , to fret.

se soucier de, to concem one's self

about.

soudain, sudden.

soude,/., soda.

souffler, to blow ; inspire.

souffrance, /., suffering ; en — , pending.

souffrir, to suffer; permit; souffrant, ailing; under tlie weather.

souhait, m., wish.

souhaiter, to wish.

soulager, to comfort.

soulier, m., shoe.

souligner, to emphasize.

soupçonner, to suspect.

sourire, m., smile; to smile.

sournois, m., sly fox.

sous, under.

soutenir, to sustain.

se souvenir de, to remember.

souvent, often.

subalterne, inferior.

subir, to undergo ; put up with; endure.

suffire, to suffice.

suffisance,/., self-sufficiency.

suffisant, sufficient.

suif, »i., tallovv.

suite,/, resuit; continuity ; tout de — , immediately \ à la — de, immediately after.

suivre, to follow.

sujet, m., subject; reason.

superflu, superfluous.

supplier, to supplicate; beg.

supposer, tosicppose; présuppose.

supprimer, to suppress.

sur, upon; on.

sûr> safe; sure.

sûreté,/., safety.

surfaire, to exaggerate.

surplus, m., surplus; au — , anyway.

surprendre, to surprise,

sursis, m., delay.

surtout, ab(jve ail; especially.

ta, ta, ta; tut, tut.

tabac, m., tobacco.

tâcher de, to try to.

tactique,/, tactics.

se taire, to remain silent.

tailleur, m., tailor.

talonner, to pursue closely.

VOCABULARY

tandis que, while.

tant, so; somucli; so maiiy; so far;

— que, so long as; as much as.

tard, late.

ta ter, to feel; taste.

tel, such.

témoin, tu., witness.

temps, VI., time.

tendre, to hang; hold out.

tenir, to hold; keep; take; hâve a hold on; consider; — à, to insist upon ; be anxious to ; nurse ; attach importance to; be bent on ; eV;Y terni de, to be obliged to; qu'à cela ne tienne /, never mind ! ; tiens (tenez)!, hère!; why; well; welU; corne ! ; se — , to stand; se

— à, to keep in; s'en — là, to stop there.

tentant, tempting.

tentative,/., attempt.

terrain, m., ground.

terre, f., ground; landed prop-

erty; estate.

testament, m., will.

tête,/., head.

tiers, w., third.

tirer, to draw; s'en — , to get out

of. titre, w., title; right.

toison,/., fleece.

tomber, to fall; — 7nal, to make a

bad choice.

toque,/, small close-fitting brim-

less hat; toque, tort, m., wrong; avoir — , to be

wrong; donner tous les — s à, to

lay ail the blâme on.

tortiller, to twirl.

tôt, soon.

toucher, to concern; hâve weight

with; draw, receive (as salary);

to broach; seize; touckez-là,

shake hands; — à, to be close

to.

toujours, always; still; neverthe-

less; at any rate.

tour, /, tower; m., trip around;

mauvais — , ill turn.

tourner, to turn; — à, to bring

ab(jut.

tournure,/, look; appearance.

tout, ail ; everything ; adj., ail;

every; ad-,'., quite; very; du — .

at ail.

toutefois, however; si — , if only.

tragique, au — , in a tragic

manner.

train, w., pace ; va ton

go

on in your old wayl; en — de, in the niood to.

traîner, to lie around.

trait, !/i., — d'union, hyphen.

traité, w., treaty; agreement.

traiter, to treat; discuss.

traître, w., traitor; adj., treach-

erous.

transaction, /., compounding;

compromise.

travail, m-, work; labor.

travailler, to work; labor.

travailleur, w., worker.

travesti, mpsked.

tremblement, tn., — de terre,

earthquake.

trente-six, thirty-six.

très, very.

triste, sad.

trois, three.

tromper, to deceive ; se — , to

make a mistake; be mistaken.

trop, too; too much ; de — , in the

way.

troquer, to exchange.

trouver, to find; consider.

tuer, to kill.

tutelle,/, guardianship.

tutoiement, w., theeing and thou»

ing. tutoyer, to thee and thou.

un, one; a; an.

uniquement, solely.

user, to use up; — de, to use.

usine,/., works.

va!, I can assure you!; why.

vacarme, th., uproar.

VOCABULARY

vagabond, humeur — c, traveling

iikkkI.

valeur,/., value.

Venise,/., Venice.

valoir, to be worth; — micu.x, to

be bfttcr;/?//v — , to iiiaintain ;

défend.

vaquer à, to busy one's self with ;

tend to.

veille,/, eve.

veiller à, to look ont for ; bave an

cye to.

veine, /., vein; tire en — de, to be

in the bumor for.

vendre, to sell.

venger, to avenge.

venir, to corne; — à, to happen

to ; — de, to bave just; mal venu

de, ill-received if.

ventre, m., belly; breast. verger, m., (jrchard.

vérité, /.. trutb.

verre, m., glass.

vers, towards.

verser, to pour, vertige, w., vertigo.

veuvage, w-, widowhood.

veuve, /., widow.

vice, m., fault.

vide, empty.

vie, /. life.

vieillard, m., old man.

vieillesse, /, old âge.

vieux, w., old fellow; ad;., old.

vilain, ugly.

villageois, rustic.

ville, /, city.

vingt, twenty.

vis, /., screw.

visible, at borne.

visser, to screw.

vite, «[uickly.

vitrage, m-, window.

vitre, /, wiiidow-paiie; casser les — .f, to speak one's mind.

vivant, m., lifetime.

vivement, quickly.

vivre, to live; de tjtioi — , enougb to live on.

voici, bebold ! ; hère is, are.

voie, / , road.

voilà, bebold !; tbere is, are; that's it; tbat is; tbere you are.

voir, to see.

voisin, /«., neighbor; adj., near to.

voix, / , voice.

voler, to steal.

volontairement, voluntarily.

volonté, /, will.

volontiers, willingly.

vouloir, to wisb ; want ; try ; — dire, to mean; — bien, to be kind enougb to; consent; en — à, te bave a grudge against; aim at.

voyage, w., trip.

voyager, to travel.

voyons!, corne !

vrai, true; real.

vraiment, truly.

vraisemblance,/, probability.

yeux, m., plur. of 'oeil,' eye.

Augier, Emile