*long, -ue*, _adj_, long, tedious. _---- de six pieds_, six feet long; _de ---- en_ large, up and down. _n. m._, length. _le ---- de_, along; _tout de son ----_, at full length. *longanimité*, _f._, forbearance. *longer*, to walk along. *longtemps*, long, a great while. _il y a ---- que je ne t'ai vu_, I have not seen you for a great while. *longueur*, _f._, length. _six pieds de ----_, six feet in length. *lorgner*, to ogle. *lors*, then. *lorsque*, when. *louer*, to praise. *lougre*, _m._, lugger, a two- or three-masted vessel, with quadrilateral sails hung upon yards fixed obliquely to the masts at about one-third of their length. *lourd*, heavy. *lu*, see *lire*. *lugubre*, doleful, dismal. *lui*, he, (to) him, (to) her, (to) it. *lumière*, _f._, light. *lune*, _f._, moon. *luron*, _m._, jolly fellow. *lutte*, _f._, struggle. *lutter*, to struggle. *luxe*, _m._, luxury. *machinalement*, mechanically. *maigre*, thin. *main*, _f._, hand. _mettre la ---- sur lui_, to lay hands upon him; _battre des ----s_, to clap one's hands; _à la ----_, by hand, ready. *maintes*, _pl. f._, many. *maintenant*, now. *se maintenir dans*, to keep up, continue to be. *maintien*, _m._, maintenance. *mais*, but. *maison*, _f._, house, family. _en m'offrant sa ----_, by offering me his hospitality. *maître*, _m._, master. _petit ----_, beau, dandy. *maîtresse ancre*, _f._, sheet-anchor. *mal*, _n. m._, (_pl._ *maux*), harm, misfortune. _adv._, badly, poorly, uncomfortably. *malade*, _m. f._, sick person. *maladie*, _m._, disease. *mâle*, male. *malgré*, in spite of. *malheur*, _m._, misfortune. *malheureusement*, unfortunately. *malheureu-x, -se*, _n. m. f._, unfortunate person. _adj._, unfortunate, poor. *malice*, _f._, trick. *malignement*, slyly. *malin*, _m._, shrewd person. _tu fais le ----_, you are acting the shrewd fellow. *manche*, _n. m._, handle; _n. f._, sleeve. *manège*, _m._, riding-school. *manger*, to eat. *manier*, to handle. *manière*, _f._, manner, sort. _de ---- que_, so that; _de ---- à_, so as (to); _à la ---- de_, like. *manoeuvre*, _f._, handling. *manque*, _m._, lack. *manquer*, to lack, fail, miss, be near. _Ledoux manqua tomber à la renverse_, Ledoux almost fell over backward; _et voilà que nous avons manqué de périr tous_, and now we have all come very near perishing. *manteau*, _m._, cloak, mantle. *maquis*, _m._, thicket (in Corsica). *marchand*, _m._, merchant, dealer. *marché*, _f._, march, progress. _se mettre en ----_, to start out to march. *marché*, _m._, market, bargaining. _à bon ----_, cheap(ly); _avoir bon ---- de_, to be able to make short work of. *marcher*, to march, go, walk. *mardi*, _m._, Tuesday. *mari*, _m._, husband. *marier*, to marry (off). _se ----_, to marry, be married. *marin*, _m._, seaman, sailor. *maroquin*, _m._, morocco-leather.