French fiction -- 19th century; Short stories, French
*souvenir*, _n. m._, remembrance, recollection, keepsake.
_se ---- (de), v._, to remember.
*souvent*, often.
*souviendras, souvint*, see *souvenir*.
*spectacle*, _m._, sight.
*staroste* (_Russian: starosta_, bailiff, steward), _n. m._, starost.
*stylet*, _n. m._, stiletto.
*subir*, to undergo.
*succéder (à)*, to follow.
_se ----_, to follow one another.
*succomber*, to yield.
*suffire*, to suffice.
*suffît*, see *suffire*.
*la Suisse*, Switzerland.
*suit*, see *suivre*.
*suite*, _f._, succession, consequence.
_quatre fois de ----_, four times in succession.
*suivant*, following.
*suivre* (_part._, *suivi*), to follow.
*sujet*, _n. m._, subject.
_au ---- de_, in regard to;
_à ce ----_, about it.
*supplier*, to beseech.
*sur*, upon, on, in, towards.
_balle ---- balle_, one bullet after another.
*sûr*, sure.
*sûreté*, _f._, safety.
*au surplus*, besides, however.
*surprendre*, to surprise, take by surprise, overtake.
*sursaut*, _m._, start.
_éveiller en ----_, to awaken suddenly.
*surtout*, especially.
*surveiller*, to watch.
*survivant*, _m._, survivor.
*suspendre*, to dangle, hang, suspend.
*svelte*, slender, elegant.
*tabatière*, _f._, snuffbox.
*tableau*, _m._, painting, picture, scene.
*tache*, _f._, stain, blot.
*tafia*, _m._, tafia (rum).
*taille*, _f._, size.
*tailler*, to deal (at cards).
*taillis*, _m._, copse, underwood.
_---- fourré_, thicket.
*se taire*, to be silent.
*talon*, _m._, heel.
_marcher sur les ----s de quelqu'un_, to follow close behind any one.
*tambour*, _m._, drum.
*tandis que*, while, whereas.
*tant (de)*, so much, as much, so many, so, so much so.
_tant que_, so long as;
_---- pis_, so much the worse;
_---- bien que mal_, somehow or other.
*tantôt... tantôt* (_correlative conj._), now... then.
*tapage*, _m._, uproar.
*tapageur*, _m._, noisy fellow, roisterer.
*tapis*, _m._, rug.
*tard*, late.
*tarder*, to delay, be long, stay.
*tas*, _m._, heap, pile.
*taudis*, _m._, hovel.
*teint*, _m._, complexion.
*teinte*, _f._, hue, tint.
*tel, -le*, such.
_---- que_, such as.
*tellement*, so, in such a manner.
_me frappa ---- que_, made such an impression on me that.
*témoin*, _m._, witness.
*temps*, _m._, time, weather.
_avec le ----_, in the course of time;
_en même ----_, at the same time;
_de ---- en ----_, from time to time;
_combien de ----_, how long;
_je marchai quelque ----_, I walked about a bit.
*ten-ais, -ant*, see *tenir*.
*tendre*, to hold out.
*tendresse*, _f._, emotion.
*tenez!* look here!
*tenir*, to hold, have hold of, keep.
_tiens!_, see here;
_---- rigueur à_, to be severe upon;
_il ne tient qu'à moi_, it depends only upon me;
_se ---- prêt_, to be upon one's guard, to be ready;
_se ---- debout_, to stand up.
*tentation*, _f._, temptation.
*tentative*, _f._, attempt.
*tenter, to try*.
_---- un effort_, to make an attempt.
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