French fiction -- 19th century; Short stories, French
*douer*, to endow.
*douleur*, _f._, grief, woe.
*doute*, _m._, *douter,douteux*, doubt, to doubt, doubtful.
*douzaine*, _f._, dozen.
*douze*, twelve.
*droit*, _n.m._, right; _adj._, straight, right.
_tout ---- devant lui_, straight ahead.
*droite*, _f._, right hand.
_à notre ----_, at our right.
*drôle*, _n.m._, rogue, rascal;
_adj._, strange, funny.
*dû à*, owing to; see *devoir*.
*dur*, hard.
*durer*, to last, continue.
*eau*, _f._, water.
_---- -de-vie_, brandy.
*ébahi*, wondering, aghast.
*s'ébattre*, to take one's pleasure, _or_ ease.
*ébène*, _f._, ebony.
*éblouir*, to dazzle.
*ébranler*, to shake, disturb.
*échanger*, to exchange.
*échapper*, to escape, fall, fly.
_s'----_, to escape.
*échauffer*, to heat, to excite.
*éclairer*, to light up.
*éclat*, _m._, splinter.
*éclatant*, brilliant.
*éclater*, to burst.
_---- de rire_, to burst out laughing.
*écouter*, to listen (to).
*écoutille*, _f._, hatchway.
*s'écrier*, to exclaim.
*écrire*, to write.
*écriv-ait, -is*, see *écrire.*
*écu*, _m._, crown, an obsolete French coin.
*effacer*, to rub out.
*effectuer*, to bring about.
*effet*, _m._, effect, impression.
_en ----_, indeed.
*s'efforcer*, to exert one's self, make an effort, strive, struggle.
*effrayant*, frightful.
*effrayer*, to frighten.
*effroi*, _m._, terror, consternation.
*effroyable*, frightful to behold, horrible.
*égard*, _m._, regard, consideration.
_à cet ----_, about it, in regard to it.
*égorger*, to kill.
*eh! ah!* _---- bien!_, well!
*s'élancer*, to rush, dash.
_s'élance à mon cou_, rushes forward to embrace me.
*élever*, to raise, erect.
_s'----_, to arise, rise, ascend, go up.
*éloigné*, away, distant.
*éloigner*, to dismiss.
_s'----_, to go, _or_ move away, withdraw.
*emballer*, to pack up.
*embarcation*, _f._, small boat.
*embarrasser*, to clog, puzzle.
*embouchure*, _f._, mouth (of a river).
*embrasser*, to embrace, kiss.
_s'----_, to embrace one another.
*embrasure*, _f._, embrasure, an opening in a wall or
parapet of a fortress, through which guns are pointed and fired.
*émérite*, confirmed, experienced, old, retired.
*emmener*, to carry off, take away.
*s'emparer* (_de_), to seize, take in charge.
*empêcher*, to hinder, prevent.
_s'----_, to refrain from.
*emphase*, _f._, pomposity, emphasis.
*emplir*, to fill.
*emploi*, _m._, business, use.
*empoigner*, to seize, take into custody.
*emporter*, to carry _or_ sweep away.
_l'---- (sur)_, to prevail, get the better of.
*s'empresser*, to bestir one's self, hasten.
*en*, _prep._ (Lat. _in_), in, into, within, like, as a.
*en*, _pron._ (Lat. _inde_) (of, from, by, for, with,
about) him, her, it, some, any.
*enchaîner*, to chain.
*enchanté*, overjoyed.
*encore*, yet, still, again, once more, further, besides.
_---- une fois_, once more.
*s'endiabler*, to grow angry.
*endormi*, asleep.
*endroit*, _m._, place.
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