French fiction -- 19th century; Short stories, French
*sembler*, to seem.
_où bon leur semblerait_, wherever they would think fit.
*semer*, to sow.
*sens* (_pronounce final 's'_), sense, meaning.
_bon ----_, good, or common, sense.
*sens, sent; sentais, -ait, -ant*, see *sentir*.
*sentier*, _m._, path.
*sentir*, to feel.
_se ----_, to be conscious of, to feel.
_se ---- prit par_, to feel overcome by.
*séparer*, to separate, part.
_se ----_, to part.
*sept*, seven.
*sérieusement*, in earnest, seriously.
*serment*, _m._, oath.
*serré*, compact, crowded.
*serrer*, to squeeze.
_---- la main à quelqu'un_, to shake any one by the hand,
to shake hands.
_se ----_, to crowd.
*sert, servait*, see *servir*.
*serviable*, obliging.
*servir*, to serve.
_qui devait ---- de signal_, which was to serve as a signal.
_se ---- de_, to use, make use of.
*serviteur*, _m._, servant.
*seuil*, _m._, threshold.
*seul*, alone, single, only.
*seulement*, only, merely, just.
*sévère*, severe, stern.
*si*, _conj._, if.
_---- ce n'est_, except.
_adv._, so, however.
*le sien*, his.
*sifflement*, _m._, whistling, whizzing.
*siffler*, to whistle.
*signe*, _m._, sign.
_faire ----_, to beckon.
_il lui faisait ---- que_, he gave him to understand that.
*silencieux*, silent.
*singulier*, peculiar, odd.
*sinistre*, satanic, sinister.
*situé*, situated.
*six*, six.
*soigneusement*, carefully.
*soin*. _m._, care.
_avoir ---- de_, to take care, see to it that;
_donner des ----s à_, to attend.
*soir*, _m._, evening.
_le ----_, _au ----_, in the evening;
_ce ---- -là_, on that evening.
*soirée*, _f._, evening, evening party.
*soixante*, sixty.
*soldat*, _m._, soldier.
_simple ----_, private;
_----réformé_, discharged soldier.
*soleil*, _m._, sun.
_au ----_, in the sunshine.
*solennel*, solemn.
*sombre*, dark, gloomy.
*sommeil*, _m._, sleep.
*sommer*, to call upon, challenge.
*son, sa, ses*, his, her, its, one's.
*sonder*, to sound.
*en songe*, in a dream.
*songer*, to dream, muse, think.
*sort*, _m._, lot.
_tirer au ----_, to draw lots.
*sort-aient, -ais, -ait, -ant*, see *sortir*.
*sorte*, _f._, sort, manner.
_de la ----_, thus, in that way;
_de ---- que, en ---- que_, so that.
*sortir (de)*, _v._, to come from, out, to set out, emerge, depart,
stick out, leave.
_n. m._, leaving.
*sou*, _m._, sou (worth one cent).
*se soucier*, to care, mind.
*soucieux*, anxious, full of care.
*soudainement*, suddenly.
*souffle*, _m._, breath.
*souffler*, to blow (out).
*soufflet*, _m._, box on the ear, affront.
*souffre, souffres*, see *souffrir*.
*souffrir*, to suffer.
*souhaiter*, to wish.
*souiller*, to sully.
*se soulever*, to rise.
*soupçon*, _m._, suspicion.
*soupçonner*, to suspect.
*soupir*, _m._, sigh.
*soupirer*, to sigh.
*sourd*, deaf.
*sourire*, _v._, to smile.
_n. m._, smile.
*sous*, under, below, sub.
*soutenir*, to support.
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