French fiction -- 19th century; Short stories, French
*traiter*, to treat.
*traître*, _m._, traitor.
*tranchant*, sharp, cutting, decisive.
*tranquille*, calm,
_sois ----_, never mind, don't worry;
_on le laissa ----_, he was let alone.
*transparent*, _m._, transparent paper.
*traquer*, to entrap, to hunt down.
*travail*, _m._, labor.
*travailler*, to work.
*travers*, _m._, breadth.
_au ---- de_, through;
_en ---- de_, crosswise.
*traversée*, _f._, passage, voyage.
*traverser*, to cross, go through.
*tremblement*, _m._, quaking.
*trembler*, to tremble.
*une trentaine*, _f._, about thirty.
*trente*, thirty.
_---- deux_, thirty-two;
_---- cinq_, thirty-five.
*très*, very.
*triste*, melancholy.
*avec tristesse*, gloomily.
*trois*, three.
*troisième*, third.
*tromper*, to deceive.
_se ----_, to be mistaken.
*tronc*, _m._, trunk, stem.
*tronçon*, _m._, stump.
*trop*, too, too much.
*trou*, _m_., hole.
*trouble*, _m._, confusion.
*troubler*, to disturb, perplex.
*trouer*, to perforate, make a hole in.
*troupeau*, _m._, flock.
*trouver*, to find, meet, think.
_se ----_, to find one's self, be found, to be.
*tuer*, to kill.
*tut*, see *taire*.
*un, -e*, a, one.
_les ----s_, some.
*usage*, _m._, custom, practice, use.
*user (de)*, to make use of.
*ustensile*, _m._, utensil, tool.
*va*, see *aller*.
*vacance*, _f._, vacancy.
*vague*, _f._, wave.
*vaguement*, vaguely.
*vaincre*, to conquer.
*vainqueur*, _m_, victor.
*vaisseau*, _m._, ship, vessel.
*valait*, see *valoir*.
*valoir*, to be worth.
_---- mieux_, to be worth more, be preferable.
*vanter*, to brag about, extol.
*vaste*, vast, spacious.
*vaurien*, _m._, scamp.
*vaut*, see *valoir*.
*veille*, _f._, evening, _or_ day before.
*velours*, _m._, velvet.
*ven-aient, -ais, -ait*, see *venir*.
*vendeur*, _m._, seller.
*vendre*, to sell.
*vendredi*, _m._, Friday.
*se venger*, to take revenge.
*venir* (_part._ *venu*), to come.
_faire ----_, to send for;
_---- à bout de_, to succeed;
_il s'en venait_, he was coming along;
_comme je venais de ramasser_, just as
I had picked up;
_il venait de recevoir_, he had just received[1].
[Footnote 1: The present and the imperfect, indicative mood, of
_venir_ followed by _de_ + an infinitive, is translated by
the corresponding form of _to have_ followed
by _just_ + the past participle of that infinitive.]
*venons*, see *venir*.
*vent*, _m._, wind.
*ventre*, _m._, stomach.
*vergue*, _f_., yard (of a mast).
*vernir*, to varnish.
*verr-as, -a*, see *voir*.
*verre*, _m._, glass.
*verr-ons, -ont*, see *voir*.
*vers*, towards, to, about.
*verser*, to pour out, shed.
*verste*, _f._, verst, Russian measure of length containing about
two thirds of an English mile.
*vert*, green.
*vertement*, sharply.
*vertu*, _f._, virtue.
_en ---- de_, by virtue of.
*veste*, _f._, round jacket.
*vêtir*, to clothe, array.
*vêtu*, (_part._ of *vêtir*), arrayed.
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