French fiction -- 19th century; Short stories, French
*jaune*, yellow.
*jeter*, to throw, cast, fling.
_---- un coup d'oeil_, to cast a glance;
_se ----_, to throw one's self, fall upon, attack.
*jeu*, _m._, game, trick.
*jeune*, young.
*jeunesse*, _f._, youth, young people.
*joie*, _f._, joy, glee.
*joign-irent,-it*, see *joindre*.
*joindre*, to meet, overtake, come up to.
_se ----_, to meet.
*joli*, pretty, pleasing, fine.
*joue*, _f._, check.
_coucher, mettre en ----_, to aim at, take aim.
*jouer*, to play, move.
_en faisant ---- les ressorts_, as he made the springs fly back;
_---- du violon_, to play the violin.
*jouir (de)*, to enjoy.
*jour*, _m._, day, daytime, daylight.
_demi- ----_, twilight;
_tous les ----s_, every day.
*journée*, _f._, day.
*juger*, to judge.
_on juge facilement_, it is easy to see.
*juif*, Jewish.
*juin*, _m._, June.
*jurement*, _m._, oath.
*jurer*, to swear.
*jusque*, jusqu'à, to even, as far as, until.
_jusqu'à ce que_, until.
*juste*, exactly, precisely.
*là*, there.
_---- -dessus_, thereupon.
*laboureur*, _m._, farmer, plough-man.
*lâcher*, to let go.
*laisser*, to leave, let, allow, suffer.
_---- là_, to leave alone.
_se ----_, to allow one's self.
*lait*, _m._, milk.
*laitière*, giving milk.
_chèvre ----_, milch-goat.
*lame*, _f._, wave, blade (of a knife).
*lance*, _f._, lance, staff.
_---- à feu_, slow-match, squib.
*langage*, _m._, language, mode of expression.
*langue*, _f._, language, tongue.
*laquais*, _m._, lackey, footman.
*large*, broad, wide.
_de long en ----_, up and down.
*largeur*, _f._, width.
*larme*, _f._, tear.
*le, la, les*, _pron. acc._, him, her, it, them.
*lécher*, to lick.
_il se lèche tes babines_, he licks his chops.
*lecteur*, _m._, reader.
*léger*, light, slight.
*lendemain*, _m._, following day.
*lent*, slow.
*lentement*, slowly.
*lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles*, who, whom, that, which;
(_interrogatively_) which one, which.
*leur*, _possessive adj._, their;
_dative of personal pron._, (to) them.
*lever*, _v._, to lift.
_---- les yeux_, to look up.
_se ----_, to rise, get up.
_n. m._, rise, rising.
*lèvre*, _f._, lip.
_un mot piquant me vint sur les ----s_, I was on the point of
giving a sharp answer.
*lier*, to bind.
*lieu*, _m._, place.
_au ---- de_, instead of.
*lieue*, _f._, league (2-1/2 English miles).
*ligne*, _f._, line.
_officier dans la ----_, line officer, officer of the line
(infantry).
*lime*, _f._, file.
*limer*, to file.
*lire*, to read.
*lisait*, see *lire*.
*litière*, _f._, litter.
*livre*, _n. m._, book;
_n. f._, pound.
*livrer*, to deliver;
_---- bataille, un combat_, to fight a battle, to give battle.
_se ---- à_, to give one's self up to, apply one's self to.
*loin*, far, far off, a great way off.
_---- de moi!_, begone!
*loisir*, _m._, leisure.
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