*case*, _f._, hut. *casquette*, _f._, cap, military undress cap. *casser*, to break, _un vieillard tout cassé_, a broken-down old man. *cause*, _f._, cause, motive. _à ---- de_, because of. *causer*, _v. a._, to cause; _v.n._, to chat, talk. *causerie*, _f._, chat. *caustique*, biting, caustic. *céder*, to cede, to give up, to let have. *ceinture*, _f._, belt. *cela*, that. *celui-ci (-là), celle-ci (-là), ceux-ci (-là), celles-ci (-là)*, this (that), these (those), the latter (the former). *cendre*, _or_ *cendres*, _f._, ashes. *cent*, hundred. *cépée*, _f._, tuft of shoots from the same stump. *cependant*, in the meantime, however, yet. *cervelle*, _f._, brains. *cesse*, _f._, ceasing. _sans _----, ceaselessly. *cesser*, to cease. *chacun*, every one, each. *chaîne*, _f._, chain. *chair*, _f._, meat, flesh. *chaleur*, _f._, heat. *chaloupe*,_ f._, ship's boat. *chambre*, f., room, cabin. ---- _de poupe_, poop-cabin. *champ*, _m._, field, piece of ground. _---- de bataille_, field of battle; _sur le_ ----, at once, immediately *chanceler*, to totter. *chandelier*, _m._, candlestick *chandelle*, _f._, candle. *se changer*, to be changed. *chanson*, _f._, song. *chant*, _m._, song. *chanter*, to sing, chant. *chapeau*, _m._, hat. *chaque*, each, every. *charge*, _f._, task, order. *charger*, to load, lade, command. _se ----_, to take charge, to charge one's self. *charmant*, charming, delightful. *chasse*, _f._, chase. *chat*, _m._, cat. _chatte_, she-cat. *châtaigne*, _f._, chestnut. *châtaignier*, _m._, chestnut-tree. *château*, _m._, castle, mansion. *chauffer*, to be heating. _le four chauffe pour moi_, my turn is coming. *chausser*, to wear shoes, or other footwear. *chef*, _m._, chief, commander. _en ----_, in chief; _---- de file_, front-rank man, the man in front. *chemin*, _m._, road. _par le ---- le plus direct_, by the shortest way. *cheminée*, _f._, fireplace, mantel-shelf. *cher*, dear. *chercher*, to look for, to attempt, try, get. _aller ----_, to go and fetch, to go for; _---- querelle à_, to pick a quarrel with. *chétif*, thin, puny. *cheval*, _m._ (_pl_. *chevaux*), horse. _sortir à ----_, to go out riding. *cheveux*, _m. pl._, hair. *chèvre*, _f._, goat. *chevreuil*, _m._, roe-deer. *chevrotine*, _f._, fawn, buckshot. *chez*, at, at the home of, with, among. _---- moi (lui)_, at my (his) house. _de ---- moi_, from my house. *chirurgical*, surgical. *chirurgien*, _m._, surgeon. *choisir*, to choose. *choix*, _m._, choice, option, selection. *chose*, _f._, thing, matter, affair. *chrétien*, Christian. *ciel*, _m._, sky. _vers le ----_, skyward. *cinq*, five. *une cinquantaine*, _f._, some fifty. *cinquante*, fifty. *clairière*, _f._, clearing, glade (in a forest). *clapoteux*, choppy. *claquer*, to crack. _en faisant ----_, as he cracked.