*marquer*, to score, mark down. *massue*, _f._, club. *mât*, _m._, mast. _le grand ----_, the main-mast. *matelas*, _m._, mattress. *matelot*, _m._, sailor (before the mast). *matière*, _f._, matter. _en ---- de_, in regard to. *matin*, _m._, morning. _le ----_, in the morning. *maudit*, cursed. *mauvais*, bad, poor. *meilleur*, better; _le ----_, best. *mélange*, _m._, mixture. *mêler*, to entangle, jumble. _se ----_, to meddle, trouble one's self. *même*, _adj._ same, very. _à l'instant ----_, that very moment. _adv._, even. *mémoire*, _f._, memory. *menaçant*, menacing. *ménage*, _m._, housekeeping, household, management. _nous le laissions faire son petit ménage à sa guise_, we let him do his little managing as he liked, we let him have his own sweet will. *ménagère*, _f._, (thrifty) housekeeper. *mener*, to carry, lead. _---- paître_, to pasture, take to pasture. *menottes*, _f._, handcuffs. *mentir*, to tell a lie. *mépris*, _m._, contempt. *mer*, _f._, sea. *mère*, _f._, mother. *mériter*, to deserve. *merveilleusement*, wonderfully. *messe*, _f._, mass. *mesure*, _f._, measure. _à ---- que_, in proportion as; _outre ----_, excessively. *mesurer*, to measure off. *met, mets*, see *mettre*. *mettre*, to put, place, set. _---- dans une carte_, to hit a playing-card; _---- au désespoir_, to vex extremely; _---- le feu à_, to set fire to; _---- à flot_, to set afloat; _---- en joue_, to aim (at), take aim; _---- la main sur_, to attack, lay hands on; _---- pied à terre_, to dismount; _il fut mis en pièces_, he was torn to pieces; _il la mit en mille pièces_, he broke it to fragments. *se mettre*, to put one's self. _---- à_, to begin; _---- en bataille_, to line up in order of battle; _---- en devoir de_, to set about; _---- en marche_, to start out to march; _---- en route_, to start; _---- à table_, to sit down at table. *meublé*, furnished. *meurt*, see *mourir*. *meurtre*, _m._, murder. *meurtri*, bruised. *miel*, _m._, honey. _rayon de ----_, honeycomb. *le mien*, *la mienne*, mine. *mieux*, better, more. *milieu*, _m._, midst. _au ---- de_, in the midst of. *mille*, _m._, a thousand. *mîmes*, see *mettre*. *mince*, thin. *mirent, mis, mit*, see *mettre*. *mitraille*, _f._, grapeshot, canister. *mode*, _f._, fashion. _être à la ----_, to be in fashion. *moi*, I, me, to me, as for me. _cet enfant est-il de ----?_, is that my child? *moindre*, _adj._, less. _le ----_, (the) least. *moins*, _adv. and n.m._, less. _le ----_, (the) least. _au ----_, _du ----_, _pour le ----_, at least. *mois*, _m._, month. *moitié*, _f._, half. _à ----_, half. *moment*, _m._, moment. _à tout ----_, at every turn. *momie*, _f._, mummy. *monde*, _m._, world. _le moins du ----_, the least bit; _tout le ----_, everybody.