*veuillez*, please, be so kind as. *veux*, see *vouloir*. *vide*, empty. *vider*, to empty. *vie*, _f._, life. *vieillard*, _m._, old man. *viendr-a, -ait; viennent, vient*, see *venir*. *vierge*, _f._, virgin. *vieux, vieil, vieille*, old. *vif, vive*, alive, brisk, keen, alert. *vilain*, miserable, mean. *ville*, _f._, town, city. *vin*, _m._, wine. *vingt*, twenty. *une vingtaine*, _f._, a score, about twenty. *vîmes*, see *voir*. *vint, vinrent*, see *venir*. *virent*, see *voir.* *virer*, to turn. _---- de bord_, to tack about. *vis*, see *voir*. *visage*, _m._, face. *viser*, to aim at, take aim at. *visiter*, to examine, search. *vit*, see *voir*. *vite*, fast, quickly, speedily, _au plus ----_, as quickly as possible. *vivait*, see *vivre*. *vivant*, living, alive. *vivement*, briskly, keenly, vigorously. *vivent*, see *vivre*. *vivre*, to live. _vive l'empereur_!, long live the emperor! (Napoleon). *vivres*, _m. pl._, provisions. *voici*, behold, here is, this is. _le ----_, here he (it) is. *voilà*, it is, that is, there is, there are, now. _---- la danse qui va commencer_, now the fun is going to begin; _comme te ---- grandi!_, how tall you have grown!; _comme te ---- effrayée!_, how frightened you look!; _vous en ---- quitte_, now you are rid of them, or safe. *voile*, _f._, sail. *voilier*, _m._, sailer, ship, _un fin ----_, a fast sailer. *voir*, to see. _se ----_, to see one another. *vois*, see *voir*. *voisin*, _m._, neighbor. *voisinage*, _m._, neighborhood. _j'allais commencer mon compliment de ----_, I was going to pay him my neighborly compliment. *voit*, see *voir*. *voiture*, _f._, carriage. _---- publique_, stage-coach. *voix*, _f._, voice. _à ---- basse_, in a low voice. *voler*, to fly, steal. *volontairement*, willfully. *volonté*, _f._, will, _pl._ whims. *volontiers*, readily, willingly. *vont*, see *aller*. *voudr-a, -ais, -ait; voul-aient, -ait, -ez*, see *vouloir*. *vouloir*, to will, wish, want. _---- dire_, to mean; _qui n'avait pas voulu_, who had declined. *voul-u, -us, -ut, -ût*, see *vouloir*. *voy-ait, -ant, -ez*, see *voir*. *vrai*, true, real, regular. *vraiment*, truly, indeed. *vu* (_part._), see *voir*. *vu* (_prep._), considering. *vue*, _f._, sight, view. *y*, _adv._, there, thither; _pers. pron._, at it, in it. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Quatre contes de Prosper Mérimée by F. C. L. Van Steenderen