French fiction -- 19th century; Short stories, French
*terrain*, _m._, ground, land.
*terrasser*, to knock down.
*terre*, _f._, earth, land, ground,
_à_ ----, on the ground, down;
_mettre pied à ----_, to alight, dismount.
_par ----_, on the ground.
*tertre*, _m._, hillock, rising ground.
*tête*, _f._, head.
_baisser la_ ----, to hang one's head;
_calcul de_ ----, mental calculation;
_faire ---- à_, to resist.
*le tien, la tienne*, thine, yours.
*tiens!*, look here!
*tien-s, -t, tint*, see *tenir*.
*tiers*, _m._, third.
*tillac*, _m._, deck (of a ship).
*timonier*, _m._, helmsman.
*tir*, _m._, shooting, shooting-gallery, shooting-ground.
*tirailler*, to shoot, skirmish.
*tirailleur*, _m._, sharpshooter.
*tirer*, to draw, pull, fire, shoot
_tirons au sort à qui le premier feu_, let us draw lots to
decide who will have the first shot;
_vous tirez le pistolet?_, are you a good shot with the pistol?
*tireur*, _m._, marksman, shot.
*toile*, _f._, cloth, linen-cloth, canvas, toils (in hunting).
*tomber*, to fall.
_---- d'accord_, to agree;
_---- raide mort_, to fall down dead;
_pour faire ---- la cendre de sa pipe_, to knock the ashes from his pipe.
*ton, ta, tes*, thy, your.
*ton*, _m._, tone, voice.
*tonneau*, _m._, cask.
*tonnerre*, _m._, thunder.
*torrent*, _m._, flood (of tears).
*tort*, _m._, wrong, harm, prejudice.
_à ----_, wrongly;
_lui fit beaucoup de ---- parmi nos jeunes gens_, prejudiced our
young men very much against him.
*tortueux*, tortuous.
*toucher*, to touch, affect.
*touffu*, bushy.
*toujours*, always, continuously, still.
_Fortunato ricanait ----_, Fortunato continued to sneer.
*tour*, _m._, turn.
_---- à ----_, by turns;
_c'est à mon ---- de_, it is my turn to.
*tourmenter*, to grieve, torment, trouble.
*tourner*, to turn, turn or move around,
_la tête me tournait_, my head was swimming;
_se ----_, to turn, turn around.
*tout,-e, tous, toutes*, _adj._, all, whole.
_tout le monde_, everybody;
_toutes les fois que_, as often as;
_tous les jours_, every day.
*tout*, _n. m._, everything.
*tout,-e*, _adv. and adv. conj._, wholly, quite, although, for all that.
_---- à fait_, quite, wholly;
_---- à coup, ---- d'un coup_, suddenly, all of a sudden;
_---- au plus_, at most;
_---- à l'heure_, just now;
_---- de son long_, at full length;
_---- en balbutiant_, for all that he stammered;
_---- en faisant grande dépense_, for all that he spent a great deal;
_----e grossière qu'elle était_, however rude it might be.
*toutefois*, nevertheless.
*tracer*, to trace.
*traduire*, to translate.
*trafiquant*, _m._, dealer.
*trahir*, to betray.
*trahison*, _f._, treachery.
_faire une ----_, te commit treason.
*se traîner*, to drag one's self along.
*trait*, _m._, stroke, feature.
*traite*, _f._, journey, slave-trade, trading on the African coast.
_faire la ----_, to carry on the slave-trade.
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