Part 159

=toucher=, _v.a._, to touch, to handle, to feel, to finger; to assay, to try (precious metals); to receive (money); to beat, to whip, to strike (animals); (mus.) to play; to express, to convey; to describe; (print.) to ink; to paint, to draw, to depict; to touch on, to allude to; to move, to affect; to concern, to regard; to interest, to inspire interest in. _— le_, ou _du_, _piano_; to play the piano. _— un ulcère_; (surg.) to touch an ulcer with caustic. _— ses appointements_; to receive one’s salary. _Cela ne me touche point_; that does not concern me. _— la grosse corde_; to come to, _or_ to speak upon, the main point (of an affair). _Se laisser — par les larmes de quelqu’un_; to be affected, to be moved, by any one’s tears. _— un mot_; to let drop a hint, to send word. _Je vous toucherai un mot_; I’ll drop you a line. _— le fond de la douleur possible_; (V. Hugo) to drain to the dregs the cup of human sorrow. _— un cheval_; to drive on.

_se_ =toucher=, _v.r._, to touch, to touch one another, each other, to join, to be adjoining, to meet.

=toucher=, _v.n._, to touch; to reach; to take away; to play a musical instrument; to draw near, to approach; to change, to alter; to concern, to regard, to interest; to be affected, to be moved; to drive, to drive on; (man.) to whip; to be related, to be akin; to be like; (nav.) to touch; (nav.) to ground; (nav.) to strike. _Sa maison touche à la mienne_; his house is next to mine. _— à une île_; (nav.) to touch at an island. _Touchez, cocher, allons plus vite_; drive on, coachman, faster, please! _J’y touche de la main_; I reach it with my hand. _— dans la main_; to strike hands (in concluding a bargain). _— à un certain temps_; to be very near a particular time. _Il n’osa — à la religion_; he dared not meddle with religion. _Il y a touché_; he had a hand in it. _— de près à quelqu’un_; to be nearly related to any one. _N’avoir pas l’air d’y —_; to look as if butter would not melt in one’s mouth. _Ne touchez pas à la reine!_ hands off the queen!

=toucher=, _n.m._, touch, feeling; touch (manner of playing an instrument).

=toucheur=, _n.m._, cattle drover; (print.) inking-roller.

=tou-coi=, _int._, (hunt.) lie down! down!

=toue=, _n.f._, ferry-boat, barge.

=touée=, _n.f._, (nav.) towage, towing, warping; towline. _Amarre de —_; towline. _Câble de —_; stream-cable. _Ancre de —_; kedge-anchor.

=touer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to tow, to warp.

_se_ =touer=, _v.r._, (nav.) to haul herself ahead.

=toueur=, _n.m._, towing-boat, tow-boat (on rivers).

=touffe=, _n.f._, tuft, bunch, cluster, clump; wisp (of straw, hay). _— de cheveux_; tuft of hair. _— d’arbres_; cluster of trees.

=touffer=, _v.a._, to tuft.

_se_ =touffer=, _v.r._, to bunch, to cluster.

=touffeur=, _n.f._, (fam.) stifling heat.

=touffu=, =-e=, _adj._, tufted, bushy, branchy, leafy; full, thick.

=toug=, _n.m._ _V._ =touc=.

=toujours=, _adv._, always, for ever, ever, evermore; still; nevertheless, at least. _Est-il — à Paris?_ is he still in Paris? _Se dire adieu pour —_; to bid each other adieu for ever. _— plus_; more and more. _— est-il que_; still; the fact remains that; as it is. _C’est — ça_ or _cela!_ that’s always as much, _or_ something!

=toupet=, _n.m._, tuft of hair; forelock; front, foretop; (fig.) presumption, brass, effrontery; cheek, impudence. _Avoir du —_; to have any amount of brass _or_ cheek. _Se prendre au —_; to take each other by the hair. _Quel —!_ what impudence! what effrontery! what cheek!

=toupie=, _n.f._, spinning-top, peg-top; humming-top; top; (fig.) (pers., pop.) trollop, drab. _— d’Allemagne_; humming-top. _Faire aller une —_; to spin a top.

*=toupiller=, _v.n._, to spin, to whirl about; (fam.) to do nothing but run up and down, _or_ about, the house.

*=toupillon=, _n.m._, little tuft of hair; waste branch (of an orange-tree).

=tour=, _n.f._, tower; rook, castle (at chess).

=tour=, _n.m._, turn, going round, winding; revolution; turn; circumference, circuit; trick; feat; order; manner; twist, strain; lathe; turning-box; tour, trip; valance (of bed); turn (act); tour, front, foretop (of hair). _Faire le — de_; to go round. _En un — de main_; in the twinkling of an eye; in a trice. _Faire un — de jardin_; to take a turn round, _or_ in, the garden. _Faire un —_; to take a stroll. _— de promenade_; turn, walk, stroll. _Cet arbre a dix pieds de —_; that tree is ten feet in circumference. _—s de gobelets_; juggler’s tricks, legerdemain. _Vous aurez votre —_; you will have your turn. _Faire_, _jouer_, _un mauvais — à quelqu’un_; to serve, _or_ play, any one a nasty trick. _— de reins_; twist, _or_ strain, in the back. _À chacun son —_; every dog has his day. _Chacun à son —_; every one in his turn. _— de cou_; necktie _or_ band. _— à —_; by turns. _— en l’air_; mandrel-lathe. _Fait au —_; made with a lathe, turned; extremely well made. _À — de rôle_; in turn, in succession. _Mon sang n’a fait qu’un —_; I turned deathly pale; I nearly fainted; I was thoroughly upset. _Faire ses quinze —s_; to do a hundred useless things. _Fermer à double —_; to double-lock. _Elle est faite au —_; she has a splendid figure.

*=touraille=, _n.f._, malt kiln.

=tourang-eau=, =-elle=, _n._ _adj._, of Touraine; native of Touraine.

=tourbe=, _n.f._, turf, peat; mob, vulgar herd.

=tourbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, turfy, peaty.

=tourbière=, _n.f._, peat-bog, peat-moss.

*=tourbillon=, _n.m._, whirlwind, vortex, tornado; whirlpool; eddy; hurly-burly, bustle; tourbillon (fireworks).

*=tourbillonnement=, _n.m._, whirling, eddying.

*=tourbillonner=, _v.n._, to eddy, to whirl, to wind, to curl.

=tourd=, _n.m._, =tourdelle=, _n.f._, (orni.) fieldfare, thrush; (ich.) sea fish (of the genus Labrax).

*=tourdille=, _adj._, spotty gray; dirty gray.

=tourelle=, _n.f._, turret.

=touret=, _n.m._, wheel (of a lathe); reel, drill.

=tourie=, _n.f._, carboy; (wicker) jar.

=tourière=, _n.f._, nun attendant, _or_ in attendance (at the turning-box in a nunnery).

*=tourillon=, _n.m._, trunnion; spindle, pivot (of a gate); axle, axle-tree, arbor.

=touriste=, _n.m._, tourist.

=tourlourou=, _n.m._, (pop.) foot-soldier.

=tourmaline=, _n.f._, tourmalin, turmalin.

=tourment=, _n.m._, torment, torture; anguish, pain; plague, scourge, vexation.

=tourmentant=, =-e=, _adj._, tormenting, troublesome.

=tourmente=, _n.f._, tempest, storm, hurricane, foul weather; (fig.) disturbance, turmoil.

=tourmenter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to torment, to torture, to rack; to grieve, to distress, to vex, to trouble, to plague; to harass, to annoy, to pester; to jolt; to strain (a ship); to labor hard (of a ship). _Son procès le tourmente_; his lawsuit worries him. _Que cela ne vous tourmente point_; don’t let that worry, _or_ trouble, you.

_se_ =tourmenter=, _v.r._, to toss, to tumble; to torment one’s self, to labor very hard; to be uneasy, to fret; (of wood) to warp; to be restless, agitated (of horses).

=tourmenteur=, _adj.m._, torturing, tormenting.

=tourmenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (nav., l.u.) stormy (of regions).

=tourmentin=, _n.m._, (nav.) storm-jib, fore-stay sail.

=tournage=, _n.m._, (man.) turning.

*=tournailler=, _v.n._, (fam.) to turn, to go round and round a place; to prowl, _or_ hover, round a place.

=tournant=, _n.m._, turn, turning, bend; turning-space (for a carriage); whirlpool, vortex; (fig.) indirect means. _Au — de la rue_; at the corner of the street. _À un — de la route_; at a turn of, _or_ in, the road.

=tournant=, =-e=, _adj._, turning. _Pont —_; revolving, swing-bridge. _Mouvement —_; (milit.) turning, outflanking movement, outflanking of an enemy’s position.

=tourné=, =-e=, _part._, turned; awry; sour, spoilt, nearly ripe. _Avoir l’esprit mal —_; to be cross-grained.

=tourne-à-gauche=, _n.m._, (_—_) (tech.) tap wrench.

☉=tournebride=, _n.m._, tavern, roadside inn.

=tournebroche=, _n.m._, jack, kitchen-jack, roasting-jack; turnspit.

=tournée=, _n.f._, circuit; progress, visit; round, turn, walk; journey. _Faire sa —_; to go one’s rounds. _Il est en —_; he is on his rounds; he is on circuit (of judges, barristers).

=tourne-feuillet=, _n.m._, book-marker.

=tourne-gants=, _n.m._, (_—_) glove-stick, glove-stretchers.

☉=tournelle=, _n.f._, small tower; Tournelle (criminal chamber of the Parliament of Paris); prison.

☉=tournemain=, _n.m._, trice, twinkling, instant. _En un —_; in a trice, in a twinkling. _V._ _tour de main_ under =tour=.

=tournement=, _n.m._, turning, whirling. _— de tête_; swimming in the head, giddiness.

*=tourne-oreille=, _n.m._, (_—_) (agri.) turning moldboard. _Charrue —_; turnwrist plow.

=tourne-pierre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (orni.) turn-stone.

=tourner=, _v.a._, to turn, to turn round, to wind round, to revolve, to move round, to twirl, to twirl round; to do, to translate; to construe, to interpret; to turn off; to turn up _or_ over. _— une broche_; to turn a spit. _— le dos à quelqu’un_; to turn one’s back on any one. _— ses souliers_; to wear one’s shoes on one side. _— une personne à son gré_; to manage any one as one likes, to wind any one round one’s little finger. _— tout en bien_; to put a good construction upon everything. _— tout en mal_; to put a wrong construction upon everything. _— casaque_; (fig.) to change sides, to rat. _— la conversation_; to change the subject of conversation. _— le sang à quelqu’un_; to upset any one. Faire —; to turn, to spin, to curdle. _— une chose en raillerie_; to make a jest of anything, to turn anything into ridicule. _— du latin en français_; to turn Latin into French. _Il tourne bien un vers_; he is a good hand at turning a verse.

_se_ =tourner=, _v.r._, to turn; to turn round, to turn about; to turn, to change, to become changed. _Le temps se tourne au beau_; the weather is changing to fair.

=tourner=, _v.n._, to turn, to turn round, to wheel, to revolve, to tack about; to turn out; to change; to color, to ripen; to turn up (of cards); to spoil, to curdle (of liquids); (of the tongue) to trip, to slip. _— vers_; to turn towards. _Le vent a tourné_; the wind has shifted. _Il tourne comme une girouette_; he turns like a weather-cock. _La tête me tourne_; I feel quite giddy. _La tête lui a tourné_; he lost his head. _— autour du pot_; to beat about the bush. _— du côté de quelqu’un_; to go over to any one. _Il ne sait plus de quel côté —_; he does not know which way to turn. _Cela tournera mal_; that will come to no good. _La chance a tourné_; the luck has changed; (fig.) the tables are turned. _— court_; to cut short, to make an end.

=tournerie=, _n.f._, turner’s shop.

=tournesol=, _n.m._, (bot.) turnsol, girasole, sunflower; dyer’s croton.

=tournette=, _n.f._, squirrel’s cage; cotton winder (of candle-makers); (l.u.) skein-holder.

=tourneur=, _n.m._, turner.

=tourneuse=, _n.f._, reeler, winder.

=tourne-vent=, _n.m._, (_—_) cowl (on chimneys).

=tournevire=, _n.f._, (nav.) voyol, viol (for weighing an anchor). _Garcettes de —_; nippers. _Œillets de —_; eyes of the voyol.

=tournevis= (-viss), _n.m._, turn-screw, screw-driver.

=tourniole=, _n.f._, whitlow.

=tourniquet=, _n.m._, turnstile, turnpike; roundabout; (carp.) screw-jack; sash-pulley; (nav.) roller; (surg.) tourniquet; swivel.

=tournis=, _n.m._, (vet.) sturdy, turnsick, staggers.

=tournoi=, _n.m._, tournament.

=tournoiement= _or_ =tournoîment= (-noa-mān), _n.m._, turning round, wheeling round; (vet.) sturdy, turnsick, staggers. _Un — de tête_; a swimming in the head, giddiness.

=tournois=, _adj._, of Tours. _Livre —_; livre, Tours currency, worth about 10 pence.

=tournoyer=, _v.n._, to turn round and round, to wheel round, to wind, to eddy; (fig.) to beat about the bush, to shuffle.

=tournure=, _n.f._, figure, shape; tournure, bustle (part of dress); turn, direction, course; cast; appearance; turn (of mind, style). _Avoir bonne —_; to be a good figure, to have a good figure; (fig.) to look well. _Avoir mauvaise —_; to be a bad figure, to have a bad figure; (fig.) to look bad. _Les choses commencent à prendre une mauvaise —_; things are beginning to look bad.

=tourte=, _n.f._, tart, fruit-pie; pie.

=tourteau=, _n.m._, (agri.) oil-cake; ☉a cake; (ich.) hermit-crab.

=tourtereau=, _n.m._, young turtle-dove.

=tourterelle=, _n.f._, turtle-dove.

=tourtière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, tart-dish.

=tous=, _adj.m.pl._, =toutes=, _adj.f.pl._ _V._ =tout=.

=touselle=, _n.f._, (agri.) lammas wheat.

_La_ =toussaint=, _n.f._, All Saints’ day.

=tousser=, _v.n._, to cough; to hem.

=tousserie=, _n.f._, (fam.) habitual coughing.

=tousseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, cougher.

=tout=, =-e=, _adj._, all, whole, the whole of, each, any; every; full, long; only, sole. _— le monde_; all the world, everybody. _—e la famille_; all the, _or_ the whole, family. _Tous mes livres_; all my books. _—es les fois que_; as often as, every time that. _Courir à —es jambes_; to run full speed, _or_ at the top of one’s speed. _C’est — un_; it is all the same. _— homme qui_; any man who. _Tous les jours_; every day. _Tous les deux jours_; every other day. _— le jour_; the whole day. _Tous les huit jours_; every week. _Tous les quinze jours_; every fortnight.

=tout=, _n.m._, (_touts_) whole, all, the whole; every one, every thing, chief point; only thing. _Il veut — avoir_; he wants to have all. _Est-ce là —?_ is that all? _Avez-vous — dit?_ have you said everything; have you had your say? _— bien considéré_; all things considered. _À — prendre_; on the whole; all things considered. _Il est propre à —_; he is fit for anything. _Du —_; not at all. _Comme —_; exceedingly, extremely, awfully, dreadfully, furiously, like anything. _Il n’aura rien du —_; he shall have nothing at all. _En —_; in all, upon the whole. _Voilà —_; that is all. _C’est —_; that is all. _Par-dessus —_; above all. _Point du —_; not at all. _Plusieurs —s distincts_; several distinct wholes.

=tout=, _adv._, wholly, entirely, quite, completely, thoroughly; all, for all; although, though, however. [_Tout_, _adv._, coming before an adjective or past participle beginning with a consonant, or _h_ aspirate, and qualifying a feminine noun or pronoun, is changed into _toute_; and into _toutes_, if the noun or pronoun is in the plural.] _Je suis — à vous_; I am quite at your service. _— à vous_; sincerely yours. _— à fait_; quite, wholly, entirely. _— malades qu’ils sont_; ill as they are. _—es malades qu’elles sont_; ill as they are. _Des femmes — éplorées_; women all in tears. _— nu_; stark naked. _Ces fleurs sont —es fraîches_; these flowers are quite fresh. _—e femme qu’elle est_; although she is a woman, _or_ woman though she is. _—es bonnes qu’elles sont_; however good they may be. _— prêt_; quite ready. _Parler — haut_; to speak aloud. _— comme vous voudrez_; just as you please. _— le long de la rivière_; all along the river. _— beau_, _— doux_; softly, gently, stop a bit, hold! not so fast. _— de go_; bluntly. _— de bon_; in earnest. _— à coup_; suddenly. _— d’un coup_; all on a sudden, all at once. _— au moins_; at least. _— au plus_; at the most. _— de suite_; directly. _— au long_; in detail, at full length. _— à l’heure_; just now.

=tout à fait=, _adv._, quite, wholly, entirely.

=toute-bonne=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (bot.) clary, all good; (a sort of pear).

=toute-bonté=, _n.f._, supreme goodness.

=toute-épice=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) allspice.

=toutefois= (toot-foa), _adv._, yet, nevertheless, however, still.

=toutenague= (toot-nag), _or_ =tintenague=, _n.f._, (metal.) tutenag.

=tout-ensemble=, _n.m._, (_—_) (arts) whole, tout ensemble, viewed as a whole.

=toute-présence=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) omnipresence, ubiquity.

=toute-puissance=, _n.f._, (n.p.) omnipotence, almighty power.

=toute-saine=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (bot.) tutsan.

=toute-science=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) omniscience.

=toute-table= _or_ =toutes-tables=, _n.m._, tables (backgammon).

=tou-tou=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) bow-wow, doggy.

=tout-ou-rien=, _n.m._, (_—_) (horl.) all or nothing.

=tout-puissant=, _adj.m._, =toute-puissante=, _adj.f._, Almighty, Omnipotent, all-powerful.

=tout-puissant=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) Omnipotent, Almighty.

=toux=, _n.f._, cough, coughing. _— opiniâtre_; obstinate cough. _— qui sent le sapin_ or _— de renard_; church-yard cough. _Quinte de —_ or _accès de —_; fit of coughing.

=toxicodendron=, _n.m._, (bot.) toxicodendron.

=toxicologie=, _n.f._, toxicology.

=toxique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) poison; poisonous.

=traban=, _n.m._, traban (soldier).

=trabée=, _n.f._, (Roman antiq.) trabea (toga).

☉=trac=, _n.m._, track, trace (of animals); pace of horses, mules. _Avoir le —_; (fam.) to be funky.

=traçant=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) running (of roots).

=tracas=, _n.m._, bustle, confusion, turmoil, disorder; worry, annoyance, bother; splutter. _— des affaires_; turmoil of business. _— du monde_; turmoil of the world.

=tracasser=, _v.n._, to bustle, to be busy, to be full of bustle, to stir; to meddle, to fidget.

=tracasser=, _v.a._, to plague, to trouble, to vex, to pester, to annoy.

=tracasserie= (-ka-srî), _n.f._, cavil, chicane; quarrel; bickering, broil; pester, bother, annoyance, vexation.

=tracassi-er=, =-ère=, _n._ and _adj._, caviler; troublesome person, mischief-maker; pesterer; busybody; shuffling, caviling; mischief-making; pestering, bothering, annoying.

=trace=, _n.f._, trace, track, step, footstep, print (of the foot); sign, mark, impression, vestige; remains; outline, sketch; (hunt.) trail; slot (of deer).

=tracé=, _n.m._, laying out (of ground); outline, sketch, drawing; direction; (rail) line; draught. _Faire le — de_; to lay out.

=tracelet=, _n.m._, tracer, tracing-point.

=tracement= (tras-mān), _n.m._, laying out (of grounds, roads).

=tracer=, _v.a._, to draw, to trace, to draw out, to trace out, to make out, to sketch; to lay out (grounds, roads); (fig.) to lay down, to set forth, to mark out.

=tracer=, _v.n._, (of trees) to spread their roots; to run out. _Se —_; to be traced.

=traceret=, _n.m._, tracing-point.

=traceu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, tracer.

=trachée=, _n.f._, (ent., bot.) air-vessel, trachea.

=trachée-artère=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (anat.) trachea, windpipe.

=trachéite=, _n.f._, (med.) trachitis.

=trachéotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) tracheotomy.

=trachyte=, _n.m._, (min.) trachyte.

=traçoir=, _n.m._, tracer.

=traction=, _n.f._, traction; draught; thrust (of suspension-bridges).

=traditeur=, _n.m._, (ecc. hist.) traditor.

=tradition=, _n.f._, tradition; (jur.) delivery. _— de la chose vendue_; delivery of the thing sold. _De —_; traditional.

=traditionnaire=, _n.m._, traditionary.

=traditionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, traditional, traditionary, traditive.

=traditionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, traditionally.

=traducteur=, _n.m._, translator.

=traduction=, _n.f._, translation.

=traduire= (traduisant, traduit), _v.a._, to translate, to interpret, to construe, to render; to convey, to express; to show, to betray, to indicate, to denote; (jur.) to remove, to arraign, to indict. _— facilement_, _à livre ouvert_; to translate easily, at sight.

_se_ =traduire=, _v.r._, to be translated; to be depicted, denoted; to be construed, to be interpreted, to be expressed.

=traduisible=, _adj._, translatable.

=trafic=, _n.m._, traffic, trading, trade. _Faire — de_; to deal in. _Il fait — de toute sorte de marchandises_; he traffics, _or_ trades, in all sorts of goods.

=trafiquant=, _n.m._, trafficker.

=trafiquer=, _v.n._, to traffic, to trade, to deal (in), to sell.

=tragacanthe=, _n.f._, (bot.) tragacanth.

=tragédie=, _n.f._, tragedy.

=tragédien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, (-in, -è-n), tragedian.

=tragi-comédie=, _n.f._, tragi-comedy.

=tragi-comique=, _adj._, tragi-comic, tragi-comical.

=tragique=, _adj._, tragic, tragical.

=tragique=, _n.m._, tragedy, tragic art; tragedian; tragic writer; tragicalness; tragic part _or_ side. _Prendre une chose au —_; to take a thing too seriously. _Tourner au —_; to assume a tragical appearance, to take a tragical turn, to become a tragedy.

=tragiquement= (-jik-mān), _adv._, tragically.

=trahir=, _v.a._, to betray; to disclose, to denote; to reveal, to discover; to be false to, to deceive; to disappoint. _— sa patrie_; to betray one’s country. _— le secret de quelqu’un_; to divulge, to betray any one’s secret.

_se_ =trahir=, _v.r._, to betray one’s self; to betray one another; to be denoted, to be depicted (on).

=trahison=, _n.f._, treachery, treacherousness; treason, perfidy, foul play; breach of faith, breach of trust.

*=traille=, _n.f._, ferry-boat (of a large size).

=train=, _n.m._, pace, rate; train, suite, attendants; way, manner; noise, dust; carriage, skeleton (of carriages); quarters (of a horse); train (of boats); (print.) carriage; raft; (railways) train; (railways) truck. _— d’artillerie_; train of artillery. _— de presse_; (print.) carriage. _— de bois_; raft of wood. — direct; through train. _— omnibus_; slow train. _— mixte_; mixed train. _— express_, —_rapide_; express train. _—-poste_; (_—s-—_) mail-train. _— d’aller_; down train. _— de marchandises_; goods train. _— de plaisir_; excursion train. _— de retour_; up train. _— de grande vitesse_; fast train. _— de petite vitesse_; goods train. _— de voyageurs_; passenger-train. _Mise en —_; (print.) making ready. _— de maison_; establishment. _Aller grand —_; to go at a great rate, to go very fast. _Le cocher nous a menés bon —_; the coachman drove us very fast. _Faire du —_; to make a noise, a fuss, to kick up a shindy. _L’affaire est en bon —_; the business is in a fair way. _Mettre quelqu’un en — de faire une chose_; to put any one in the way of doing a thing. _Mettre en —_; to set going, to start, to put in hand. _Tel était notre — de vie_; such was our way of living. _Il va toujours son —_; he goes on in his old way _or_ as usual. _Aller son —_; (of a thing) to have its course. _Être en —_; to be in good spirits, to be in the mood (for). _N’être pas en —_; not to be up to the mark. _Au — dont il y va_; at the rate he goes on. _Fort en —_; in high spirits, in high fettle. _Se mettre en — de faire une chose_; to prepare to do, to set about doing, a thing. _Tout d’un —_; all together. _Pas dans le —_; not up to date, of an older school. _Mener bon —_; to drive hard. _Mener grand —_; to drive at a great pace; (fig.) to live in great style. _À fond de —_; at full speed, at full gallop.

=traînage=, _n.m._, sledging, sleighing; (racing) training.

=traînant=, =-e=, _adj._, dragging, trailing, tiresome, languid. _Drapeaux —s_; trailing colors. _Style —_; heavy style. _Voix —e_; drawling voice.

=traînard=, _n.m._, loiterer, straggler, laggard.

=traînasse=, _n.f._, (bot.) fiorin; knot-grass; drag-net.

=traînasser=, _v.a._ and _n._, (fam.) to draw out, to spin out, to drag about, to delay, to protract; to be dilatory, to linger.

=traîne=, _n.f._, dragging, being dragged _or_ drawn. _Bateau à la —_; boat in tow at the stern of a ship. _Perdreaux en —_; young partridges that cannot fly; unfledged partridges.

=traîneau=, _n.m._, sledge, sleigh; trammel, drag-net, draw-net.

=traîne-buissons=, _n.m._, (orni.) hedge-sparrow.

=traînée=, _n.f._, train (of gunpowder); trail, long line (of anything spilt); (hunt.) track; (pers.) street-walker, trollop.

=traîne-malheur=, _n.m.f._, (_—_) wretch.

=traîne-potence=, _n.m._, (_—_) hang-gallows-fellow, Newgate-bird, gaol-bird, gallows-bird.

=traîner=, _v.a._, to draw, to drag, to drag along, to trail; to put off, to spin out, to draw out, to protract, to lengthen; to drawl. _— un homme en prison_; to drag a man off to prison. _Il traîne la jambe_; he drags his leg. _Cet oiseau traîne l’aile_; that bird hangs its wing. _— ses paroles_; to draw out one’s words. _— les choses en longueur_; to protract, _or_ to delay, things. _— dans la boue_; to draggle; to defame. _Laisser —_; to leave littered about.

_se_ =traîner=, _v.r._, to crawl, to creep along; to lag, to lag behind, to drag one’s self along.