Chapter 10

*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.

*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.

*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.

*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.