French fiction -- 19th century; Short stories, French
*enfant*, _m. f._, child.
_bon ----_, good fellow.
_cet éternel ---- gâté de la fortune_, that everlasting
spoiled child of fortune.
*enfin*, after all, at last, in short, finally.
*enfler*, to swell.
*enfoncer*, to drive in.
*engloutir*, to swallow up.
_s'----_, to be swallowed up.
*énigme*, _f._, enigma, riddle.
*s'enivrer*, to get intoxicated.
*enlèvement*, _m._, taking, capture.
*enlever*, to carry off, take away, take.
*énorme*, enormous.
*énormément*, enormously.
*ensuite*, then, afterwards.
*enragé*, boisterous, turbulent.
*enrager*, to grow angry.
*enroué*, hoarse.
*ensuite*, afterwards, then.
*entendre*, to hear.
_à ----_, judging from;
_ce que j'avais entendu dire_, what I had heard;
_c'est ce qu'il avait entendu dire à sa mère_, that is what
he had heard his mother say.
_bien entendu_, of course.
*enterrer*, to bury.
*entiché*, infatuated.
*entier*, entire.
*entièrement*, wholly.
*entonner*, to begin (singing).
*entourer*, to surround.
*entre*, among, between, in.
_deux d'---- nous_, two of us;
_liés ---- eux_, bound together.
*entrepont*, _m._, between decks.
*entrer*, to enter, come in, go in.
*entretenir*, to entertain.
*entretenant*, see *entretenir.*
*entrevue*, _f._, meeting.
*s'envelopper*, to wrap one's self up.
*enverrai*, see *envoyer.*
*envie*, _f._, wish.
_avoir ---- de_, to have a mind to, wish.
*environ*, about.
*environner*, to surround.
*envoie*, see *envoyer.*
*envoyer*, to send.
*épais*, thick, heavy.
*s'épargner*, to spare one's self.
*épaule*, _f._, shoulder,
_hausser les ----s_, to shrug one's shoulders.
*épaulement*, _m._, breastwork.
*épaulette*, _f._, shoulder-strap, epaulet.
*épée*, _f._, sword.
*éperon*, _m._, spur.
*épi*, _m._, ear (of grain).
*époque*, _f._, epoch.
_faire ----_, to be an event.
*épouvantable*, frightful.
*épouvanter*, to terrify.
*éprouver*, to feel, experience.
*épuisé*, exhausted.
*équipage*, _m._, crew.
*ermite*, _m._, hermit.
*errer*, to stray.
*erreur*, _f._, mistake.
*escadron*, _m._ squadron.
*esclavage*, _m._, slavery.
*esclave*, _m._, slave.
*escopette*, _f._, carbine.
*espace*, _m._, space.
*espèce*, _f._, species, kind, sort.
*espérance*, _f._, hope.
*espérer*, to hope, expect.
*espoir*, _m._, hope.
*esprit*, _m._, mind, sense, spirit, wit.
_---- fort_, sceptic.
*essai*, _m._, trial.
_faire l'---- de_, to sample, make a trial of.
*essayer*, to try.
*essuyer*, to wipe, wipe out.
*et*, and.
_----...----_, both... and.
*établir*, to set.
_s'----_, to take up a position, settle down.
*établissement*, _m._, establishment, moving in.
*état*, _m._, condition.
_en ----_, fit.
*été*, _m._, summer.
*éteignait*, see *éteindre.*
*éteindre*, to extinguish.
*éteint*, inaudible; see *éteindre.*
*étendre*, to spread, stretch out, lie dead.
*étendu*, extended.
*étendue*, _f._, extent, expanse.
*éternel*, everlasting.
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