=Page 51.=--1. =temps=, _weather_.
2. =sous sa schlitte=; woodcutters in the Vosges sometimes bring down
their wood from the mountains on _schlittes_ which move on specially
constructed tracks. The woodcutter takes his place before the loaded
_schlitte_ and braces his feet against ties or other obstructions, much
as one would in taking a small vehicle down stairs. The woodcutter
spoken of here had lost his footing while thus bringing down a
_schlitte_, and the sled had plunged forward and crushed him under its
weight.
=Page 53.=--1. =enjamba l'échelle=, _put his foot over the step_ and
into the sleigh.
=Page 54.=--1. =Un vendredi=, _as it was Friday_. Friday was a holy day.
=Page 55.=--1. =Gleiszeller=, a wine named after the locality where it
was made.--=cachet=, _seal_, a cap of sheet lead tightly fastened over
the top of the bottle.
2. =lui lever la main du bout de son nez=, _to raise his hand with the
end of his nose_.
3. =l'ancien=, _old fellow_.
=Page 56.=--1. =rapporte moins que de prêter à gros intérêts=, _brings
back less_, that is, _does not pay so well as to lend (money) at high
interest_.
2. =Raison=, the revolutionary government had substituted the worship of
Reason for the worship of God. See Introduction, § 10.--=Maximum=, the
revolutionists had passed a law fixing maximum prices for the
necessaries of life.
=Page 57.=--1. =Wurmser=, commander of the Austrian army.
2. =A la bonne heure=, _that was well said_.
=Page 59.=--1. =il y a de ressource=, _you can accomplish something_.
2. =prenez bien garde=, "take good notice," _you may well rest assured_.
=Page 60.=--1. =travail=, possibly alluding to blind Samson's toil. See
Judges, XVI: 21.
=Page 61.=--1. =il se tenait le derrière=, _he kept backed up_.
2. =d'un coup de dent sec=, _with a single clean bite_; _sec_ modifies
the whole expression _coup de dent_.
3. =il lui faisait claquer la patte=, _he cracked (the bones in) his
paw_.
=Page 62.=--1. =qu'il fallut entendre=, _that you ought to have heard_.
2. =au coin de=, _from behind_.
3. =marquerez=, future for imperative; "mark," i.e. _put down_; he has
an account.
=Page 63.=--1. =Postthâl=, _Post Valley_; probably the place where the
stage company's barns were.
=Page 66.=--1. =n'a pas donné=, _did not take part in the battle_.
2. =Vous ne m'en diriez pas plus, que je serais déjà trop heureuse=,
_tell me no more about it, I am too happy already_.
3. =pas de charge=, _quick step_.
4. =Landau=, the French were determined to raise the siege of Landau,
and thus free their beleaguered comrades.
=Page 67.=--1. =blessé d'un coup de feu=, _suffering from a gunshot
wound_.
2. =Université=, i.e. of the University of Heidelberg in south central
Germany.
3. =on pense=, _think_, or _it is easy to imagine_.
4. =nous avons manqué d'ensemble=, _we have failed to act in concert_.
5. =il y avait de quoi=, _that was something_.
=Page 70.=--1. =Que ce soit=, _be it_.
=Page 71.=--1. =choses de la matière=, _material things_.
=Page 72.=--1. =tirés=, _drawn back_, showing the interior of the
alcove.
2. =Seigneur Dieu!= _Good heavens!_ cf. page 20, note 1.
=Page 73.=--1. =plus de=, _no more_.
=Page 74.=--1. =intérieure=, i.e. secret.
=Page 75.=--1. =ce que je vous dois de=, _what I owe you in the way of_.
2. =voir les choses en beau=, _take a more cheerful view of things_.
=Page 76.=--1. =Faïence=, _porcelain_; named after a city in Italy where
much glazed ware is made.
2. =le=, _this fact._
3. =proclamation=, cf. page 49, note 2.
=Page 77.=--1. =faisais l'école des jeunes femmes=, _taught the girls._
=Page 78.=--1. =Salut=, _our greetings to_.
=Page 79.=--1. =j'ai toujours=, _I still have_.
2. =la main retournée=, "with his hand turned back against his ear;"
i.e. with the palm turned forward and the fingers at the visor of the
cap.
=Page 80.=--1. =2e=, read: _deuxième._
2. =1re=, read: _première_.
=Page 81.=--1. =Forvertz=, cf. page 13, note 1.
2. =Convention Nationale=, see Introduction, § 10.
=Page 82.=--1. =quand je devrais tout y perdre=, _though I may be
destined to lose all by it_.
2. =vendre des régiments=, compare with the purchase of Hessian
regiments by the British government in our Revolutionary war.
=Page 83.=--1. =les paysans=, see Introduction, §§ 15-20.
=Page 84.=--1. =tonneau=, _cask_; to be filled with wood ashes from
which lye was made.
2. =Il s'agit=; _it was a question of_, or _the work consisted in_.
3. =Sans-Culottes=, lit., "without breeches" (knickerbockers), means
"ragamuffin;" it was derisively applied to some of the Revolutionists
who wore pantaloons, as small clothes were the dress of the Aristocracy.
4. =si vous partiez=, _if you went away_.
=Page 85.=--1. =on vous considère beaucoup=, _people think a great deal
of you_.
2. =les gens de bien=, _all good people_.
=Page 87.=--1. =ne ... que plus tard=, _not ... till later_.
2. =cela semblait devoir durer=, _it seemed as if that must last_.
=Page 88.=--1. =ils voient les hommes en grand=, _they see great
possibilities in mankind_.
2. =de pareilles gens=, _such people_; i.e. the Republicans.
3. =de la part de=, _from_; customary with _lettre_.
=Page 89.=--1. =se=, _one another_.
2. =allemand de Saxe=, _German of the province of Saxony_; i.e., good
German as opposed to the dialect which Fritzel heard in Anstatt.
3. =Mayence=, the German fortified city Maintz on the Rhine.
=Page 90.=--1. =Palatinat, Hundsrück=; the border country between France
and Germany. Anstatt was one of the villages in this region.
2. =en=, _as_.
3. =Trèves=, the German city Trier, on the Moselle.--=Spire=, the German
city Speyer, on the Rhine.
=Page 91.=--1. =renversé=, _who had fallen back_.
=Page 92.=--1. =anciens=, _former_.
=Page 93.=--1. =il n'y aura que la route de pénible=, _the only painful
thing will be the journey on the road_.
=Page 95.=--1. =ce qui finissait de m'abreuver d'amertume=, freely,
_what filled my cup of bitterness to the brim_.
2. =dans les siècles des siècles=, _for ever and ever_.
3. =se=, _for herself_.
=Page 96.=--1. =avaient pour deux liards=, cf. page 48, note 1.
2. =kougelreiter=: "_long cavalry pistols_," "_horse pistols_."
=Page 98.=--1. =ses connaissances=, _what he knows_.
2. =des entrailles=, _of my heart_.
=Page 100.=--1. =bois de lit=, _foot-board_.
=Page 101.=--1. =Sauf votre respect=, _with due respect_, or _begging
your pardon_.
=Page 103.=--1. =il aura demandé=, _he must have asked_.
2. =le garde forestier=, _the forester_.
3. =comme pas un contrebandier=, _as no smuggler knew it_; i.e. _better
than any smuggler_.
=Page 104.=--1. =en=, _for it_.
=Page 105.=--1. =que=, omit.
2. =Donc=, _so_.
3. =Le 8 nivôse=, _28 December_.
4. =an II=, _1793_. See Introduction, § 9.
=Page 106.=--1. =d'honnête homme=, _as an honest man_.
=Page 107.=--1. =Trois Maisons=, probably some small village on the
road.
2. =Orangerie=, probably a residence occupied by officers.
3. =Conventionnels=, _members of the Convention_, like our congressmen.
=Page 108.=--1. =nationalité=, had Dr. Wagner taken service in the
French army he would have been guilty of treason.
2. =Il écrivit ... au bout de la table=, _he went to the end of the
table and wrote_.
=Page 110.=--1. =Adjugé=, _taken_; a word used at auctions to indicate
that the bidder accepts an article at the price named.
=Page 111.=--1. =A la baïonnette=, _charge bayonets_.
2. =feu de charbonnière=, _charcoal burner's fire_; the _charbonnière_
is the place where charcoal is being made, and the allusion is to the
crackling of the fire in the big heaps of brush.
3. =La Marseillaise=, the French national hymn alluded to on page 16,
line 29, where it is not expressly named. An interesting history of this
air is given by Karl Blind in _The Nineteenth Century_ for July, 1901,
No. 283, page 93. Roget de l'Isle, the author of the song, was in
Strasburg and was asked to write words and music for a war song in honor
of the volunteers who were marching to battle from the city. He wrote
the words, for his music he adapted the Credo of the Mass from a
composition written in 1776 by Holzmann, _Kapellmeister_ to the Elector
of the Palatinate.
4. =au pas de course=, _double quick_.
5. =quitter la partie=, _to give up_.
=Page 112.=--1. =couper=, applied to the ordinary minor operations;
=trancher=, to amputations made because the injured members could not be
saved; =amputer=, to the usual amputations made to save the lives of the
wounded.
=Page 116.=--1. =il a l'air bon enfant=, _he looks like a good fellow_.
=Page 117.=--1. =1er=, read =premier=.
2. =encore=, _more_.
3. =ventre à terre=, cf. page 12, note 2.
VOCABULARY
Words identical in form and meaning in French and English, as well as a
few others the meanings of which are evident, have been purposely
omitted.
=A=
=à=, to, toward, at, in, for, with, of, by, from, on; as; about,
against.
=abaisser=, to put down, lower;
=s'--=, to lower, be lowered, stoop.
=abandonné, -e=, abandoned, left.
=abandonner=, to abandon, quit, leave, desert.
=abattre=, to beat, knock down; discourage.
=abeille=, _f._, bee.
=abolir=, to abolish, repeal.
=abonner (s')=, to subscribe (=à=, for).
=abord=, _m._, access, approach;
=d'--=, at first; besides.
=aboyer=, to bark.
=abreuver=, to water, saturate; overwhelm.
=abreuvoir=, _m._, horse-pond.
=absolu, -e=, absolute, despotic.
=absolument=, absolutely.
=accabler=, to overwhelm, load with.
=accepter=, to accept, receive.
=accompagner=, to accompany.
=accomplir=, to effect, finish, complete, perform.
=accord=, _m._, agreement;
=d'--=, harmonious, agreed.
=accrocher=, to hang (up).
=accroupi, -e=, crouching, seated.
=accuser=, to accuse.
=acheminer (s')=, to journey, proceed.
=acheter=, to buy.
=achever=, to finish; kill.
=acte=, _m._, document, certificate.
=acti-f, -ve=, active.
=action=, _f._, act; battle.
=adieu=, _m._, goodby, farewell.
=adjugé, -e=, gone! (at auctions), taken!
=admirer=, to admire.
=adopter=, to adopt.
=adresse=, _f._, address, skill; speech.
=adresser=, to address;
=s'-- à=, to address oneself to.
=affaire=, _f._, thing, affair, matter, business.
=affaisser (s')=, to sink, give way.
=affamé, -e=, famished.
=affection=, _f._, love, attachment.
=affreu-x, -se=, frightful.
=afin que=, in order that.
=âge=, _m._, age.
=agenouiller (s')=, to kneel.
=agir=, to act, do;
=il s'agit (de)=, the problem is, we must.
=agiter=, to move, disturb;
=s'--=, to move, writhe, struggle.
=aide=, _m._, helper; _f._, aid.
=aider=, to help.
=aigu, -ë=, piercing, sharp.
=aiguille=, _f._, needle;
=travaux d'--=, needlework.
=aile=, _f._, wing.
=ailleurs=, elsewhere, otherwise;
=d'--=, besides.
=aimer=, to love;
=-- mieux=, to prefer.
=aîné, -e=, elder; _m._, elder (brother, &c.).
=ainsi=, thus, so;
=-- de suite=, and so forth;
=pour -- dire=, so to speak;
=-- que=, as well as.
=air=, _m._, air;
tune, manner;
look;
=en l'--=, astir, upward;
=grand --=, open air;
=avoir l'--=, to seem, appear;
=d'un --=, in a manner;
=les yeux en l'--=, looking upward.
=aise=, _f._, ease.
=ajouter=, to add.
=alentour=, around, about;
=d'--=, neighboring.
=aligné, -e=, in a straight line.
=aligner=, to range, station.
=allée=, _f._, passageway, entry.
=Allemand=, _m._, German.
=allemand, -e=, German;
_m._, German (man);
=en --=, in German.
=Allemande=, _f._, German woman.
=Allemagne=, _f._, Germany.
=aller=, to go;
-- (+ _inf._), to be on the point of;
=s'en --=, to depart;
=-- mieux=, to be _or_ get better;
=-- de mieux en mieux=, to get better and better;
=comment va?= how is? =allons=, come! well!
=-- coucher=, to go to bed.
=allongé, -e=, elongated.
=allonger=, to stretch, quicken;
=-- se jambes=, to exert oneself;
=s'--=, to stretch.
=allumer=, to light.
=almanach=, _m._, almanac.
=alors=, then.
=alouette=, _f._, lark.
=alsacien, -ne=, Alsatian.
=Altenberg=, _name of a local hill_.
=amasser=, to heap up, amass.
=amateur=, _m._, lover, admirer.
=ambulance=, _f._, field hospital, ambulance wagon.
=âme=, _f._, soul, mind.
=amener=, to bring.
=am-er, -ère=, bitter; sad, painful.
=amertume=, _f._, bitterness; grief.
=ami=, _m._, friend.
=amical, -e=, friendly, kind.
=amour=, _m._ love;
=-- propre=, self-respect.
=amputer=, to cut off, amputate.
=amusement=, _m._, entertainment.
=amuser (s')=, to amuse oneself, have a good time.
=an=, _m._, year.
=ancien, -ne=, old, former;
=l'--=, old fellow.
=anguleu-x, -se=, angular.
=animer=, to give life, liven;
=s'--=, to cheer up, grow animated.
=année=, _f._, year.
=annoncer=, to announce, inform.
=apaiser=, to soothe, pacify, calm;
=s'--=, to be calmed, grow quiet.
=apercevoir=, to perceive, see;
=s'--=, to be aware, notice.
=apôtre=, _m._, apostle.
=apparaître=, to appear.
=appartenir=, to belong (to).
=appeler=, to call;
=s'--=, to be named, one's name is.
=appétit=, _m._, appetite.
=applaudir=, to applaud.
=apporter=, to bring.
=apprendre=, to learn, teach.
=apprêter=, to prepare.
=approche=, _f._, approach, coming.
=approcher= (_and_ =s'=), (=de=), to approach; _tr._, draw up.
=approuver=, to approve, nod assent.
=appuyé, -e=, leaning.
=appuyer=, to lay stress on;
=s'--=, to emphasize; lean (on).
=après=, after, afterward; next to.
=après-midi=, _m._, afternoon.
=à-propos=, _m._, fitness.
=aquilin, -e=, hooked, aquiline.
=arbre=, _m._, tree.
=arche=, _short for_ =marche=, forward march!
=ardoise=, _f._, slate.
=arête=, _f._, fishbone;
=en --s=, in sharp outlines.
=argent=, _m._, silver; money.
=aristocrate=, _m._, aristocrat.
=arme=, _f._, arm, weapon, gun;
=l'-- au bras=, supporting arms.
=armée=, _f._, army.
=armoire=, _f._, closet.
=arranger=, to arrange.
=arrêté, -e=, resolved upon, fixed upon.
=arrêter=, to stop;
=s'--=, to stop, stand still.
=arrière=, behind, backward;
=en --=, back(ward).
=arrivée=, _f._, coming, arrival.
=arriver=, to arrive, come, keep, have come; happen;
=en arrivant=, after arriving;
=il t'arrive de=, you chance to.
=arrondir=, to make round, round.
=assemblé, -e=, assembled.
=assemblée=, _f._, gathering; parliament.
=assembler=, to unite, collect.
=asseoir=, to set, seat;
=s'--=, to take a seat.
=assez=, enough, rather;
=bien --=, quite enough.
=assiette=, _f._, plate.
=assiettée=, _f._, plateful.
=assignat=, _m._, paper money of the French Revolution.
=assis, -e=, seated.
=assistant=, _m._, person present.
=assommer=, to knock down.
=assoupir (s')=, to grow drowsy, fall asleep.
=assurer=, to assure.
=âtre=, _m._, fireplace.
=attacher=, to fasten, tie;
=s'--=, to hold to.
=attaque=, _f._, attack.
=attaquer=, to attack.
=attelage=, _m._, team, teams.
=attendre=, to wait for, await;
=s'--=, (à), to expect, count on.
=attendri, -e=, moved, affected.
=attendrir=, to move, affect;
=s'--=, to be moved, grow tender.
=attendrissement=, _m._, tenderness; emotion.
=attenti-f, -ve=, attentive.
=attirer=, to draw, incite.
=attrape=, _f._, trap.
=attraper=, to catch, receive.
=attrister=, to make sad.
=au=, _contraction for_ =à le=, to the, &c.
=auberge=, _f._, inn.
=aubergiste=, _m._, inn-keeper.
=aucun, -e=, any; no, not any.
=audace=, _f._, boldness.
=audacieu-x, -se=, daring, imprudent.
=au-dessous (de)=, below, under; from below.
=au-dessus (de)=, above.
=augmenter=, to increase.
=aujourd'hui=, to-day.
=auparavant=, before, first.
=auprès (de)=, near by, close to, about.
=auquel=, _for_ =à lequel=.
=aussi=, also, too; so, as;
=-- que=, as ... as.
=aussitôt=, at once;
=-- que=, as soon as.
=autant=, as much;
=-- que=, as much as, as many as;
=d'-- plus que=, so much the more so.
=automne=, _m._, autumn.
=autour (de)=, around.
=autre=, other;
=l'--=, the other;
=les --s=, the others.
=autrefois=, formerly, once.
=autrement=, otherwise.
=autrichien, -ne=, Austrian.
=auxquelles=, _for_ =à lesquelles=.
=avaler=, to swallow.
=avance=, _f._, projection;
=d'--=, beforehand.
=avancer=, to advance, bring forward,
=s'--=, to proceed, get on, advance.
=avant=, _prep._, before; _adv._, forward, before;
=en --=, forward.
=avantage=, _m._, advantage, benefit.
=avant-hier=, day before yesterday.
=avant-poste=, _m._, outpost.
=avare=, _m._, miser.
=avec=, with.
=avenir=, _m._, future;
=à l'--=, in the future.
=aveugle=, _m. or f._, blind person.
=aveuglement=, _m._, blindness.
=avis=, _m._, opinion, notice.
=avoir=, to have; keep;
=-- raison=, to be right;
=-- tort=, to be wrong;
=-- l'air=, to seem;
=-- peur=, to be afraid;
=-- faim=, to be hungry;
=-- froid=, to be cold;
=-- six ans=, to be six years old;
=-- sommeil=, to be sleepy;
=-- inquiétude=, to be anxious;
=il y a=, there is, there are;
=il y a trois jours=, three days ago.
=avoir=, _m._, possessions.
=avouer=, to confess, admit.
=ayant=, _pres. act. part. of_ =avoir=.
B
=baguette=, _f._, drumstick.
=bâiller=, to yawn.
=baïonnette=, _f._, bayonet;
=à la -- =, charge bayonets.
=baiser=, _m._, kiss.
=baiser=, to kiss.
=baissé, -e=, lowered.
=baisser=, to lower;
=se --=, to stoop.
=balai=, _m._, broom.
=balancer=, to swing, flicker, move back and forth;
=se --=, to swing, flicker.
=balayer=, to sweep.
=balle=, _f._, bullet.
=bande=, _f._, band, company; string, strip.
=bandeau=, _m._, bandage.
=bandit=, _m._, robber, vagabond.
=baptême=, _m._, christening.
=baquet=, _m._, trough, tub, bucket.
=baraque=, _f._, shed, hovel.
=barbare=, savage, rude.
=barricader=, to barricade.
=barrière=, _f._, barrier.
=bas, -se=, low, here below.
=bas=, _m._, lower part; stocking;
=en --=, down stairs;
=du haut en --=, from head to foot.
=bas=, _adv._, down, low; in a low tone; with a low ceiling.
=bataille=, _f._, battle, fight;
=livrer --=, to fight a battle.
=bataillon=, _m._, battalion.
=bâtir=, to build;
=se --=, to be built.
=bâton=, _m._, staff, stick.
=battement=, _m._, beating.
=batterie=, _f._, fight; battery.
=battre=, to beat, strike;
=se --=, to fight;
=-- en retraite=, to beat a retreat.
=béant, -e=, wide open.
=beau= or =bel, belle=, beautiful; lofty, noble;
=d'une belle=, luckily;
=en --=, on the bright side.
=beaucoup=, much, a great many, very.
=bel, belle=, _see_ =beau=.
=béni, -e=, blessed.
=bénir=, to bless.
=besoin=, _m_., need, want;
=avoir --= de, to need, want;
=au --=, in case of need.
=bête=, silly, stupid.
=bête=, _f._, animal.
=bien=, _m._, good; property.
=bien=, well, quite, fully; really, of course, to be sure; else;
=eh --=, well!
=-- de=, much, many;
=ou --=, or _(emphatic)_.
=bienheureu-x, -se=, happy; _m._, happy person.
=bientôt=, soon.
=bique=, _f._, mare.
=bizarre=, odd, strange.
=blanc, -he=, white;
=vin --=, Rhine wine.
=blanchir=, to whiten, bleach.
=blessé=, -e, wounded.
=blessure=, _f._, wound, injury.
=bleu=, _m._, blue.
=bleu, -e=, blue.
=bleuâtre=, bluish.
=blond=, -e, fair, light; _m._, fair person.
=boeuf=, _m._, ox.
=boire=, to drink;
=-- un coup=, to take a drink.
=bois=, _m._, wood, forest; stick;
=de --=, wooden.
=boisé=, -e, wooded.
=boisson=, _m._, drink.
=boîte=, _f._, box, mail box.
=boiter=, to limp.
=bon, -ne=, good, favorable; à la bonne heure, good!
=bond=, _m._, leap, bound.
=bondir=, to leap.
=bonheur=, _m._, happiness, good fortune;
=avoir du --=, to be lucky.
=bonhomme=, _m._, easy going man, "easy mark."
=bonjour=, _m._, good morning.
=bonnement=, plainly, simply.
=bonnet=, _m._, cap.
=bonsoir=, _m._, good evening.
=bonté=, _f._, goodness, kindness.
=bord=, _m._, edge;
=au --=, on the edge.
=botte=, _f._, boot; bale.
=bouche=, _f._, mouth.
=boucher=, _m._, butcher.
=boucle=, _f._, buckle, curl.
=boue=, _f._, mud, mire.
=boueu-x, -se=, muddy.
=bouffée=, _f._, puff, whiff.
=bouger=, to stir, move.
=bouillir=, to boil.
=bouillon=, _m._, soup, broth;
=prendre un --=, take a dish of broth.
=boule=, _f._, ball.
=boulet=, _m._, bullet.
=bouleversement=, _m._, overthrow.
=bouleverser=, _tr._, to overthrow, distort.
=bourdonnement=, _m._, buzzing, hum, murmur.
=bourgeois=, _m._, citizen.
=bourgmestre=, _m._, burgomaster, mayor.
=bourrer=, to stuff, fill.
=bout=, _m._, end;
=au -- de=, at the edge of, on the point of;
=au -- d'un instant=, after a short delay.
=bouteille=, _f._, bottle.
=braise=, _f._, live coal.
=brancard=, _m._, litter, stretcher.
=branche=, _f._, branch, bough.
=brandir=, to swing.
=bras=, _m._, arm, shaft (of a cart);
=-- dessus=, =-- dessous=, arm in arm.
=brave=, true, honest, good, kind, noble.
=bref, brève=, short, sharp; _adv.,_ in short.
=bretelle=, _f._, suspenders.
=bride=, _f._, rein, bridle.
=brigand=, _m._, robber.
=briller=, to shine.
=brillant, -e=, bright.
=brin=, _m._, blade, sprig.
=brindille=, _f._, sprig, twig.
=brisé, -e=, broken.
=briser (se)=, to be broken.
=broche=, _f._, spit.
=broder=, to embroider.
=broderie=, _f._, embroidery.
=bruit=, _m._, noise, report, talk.
=brûler=, _tr._, to burn.
=brun=, _m._, dark person.
=brun, -e=, swarthy, dark.
=brusque=, _adj._, abrupt, gruff.
=brusquement=, _adv._, gruffly, abruptly.
=brutaliser=, to treat brutally.
=brutalité=, _f._, brutality.
=bruyère=, _f._, briar, heath.
=buanderie=, _f._, laundry.
=bûcher=, _m._, woodhouse.
=bûcheron=, _m._, woodcutter.
=buffleterie=, _f._, straps of a drum.
=buveur=, _m._, drinker.
=buvais=, _see_ boire.
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=ça=, that; now, here.
=cabaret=, _m._, wineshop, inn.
=cabaretier=, _m._, innkeeper.
=cacher=, to hide.
=cachet=, _m._, seal.
=cacheter=, to seal.
=cadavre=, _m._, corpse.
=café=, _m._, coffee.
=cafetière=, _f._, coffee pot.
=cahoter=, to jerk, jolt.
=caillé, -e=, curdled.
=caisse=, _f._, box; drum.
=caisson=, _m._, ammunition wagon.
=calme=, _m._, stillness, quiet.
=camarade=, _m._, comrade.
=camisole=, _f._, dressing gown, knit jacket.
=campagne=, _f._, field, country; campaign;
=de --=, country.
=caniche=, _m. or adj._, French poodle.
=canon=, _m._, cannon.
=canonnier=, _m._, gunner.
=capacité=, _f._, ability.
=capitaine=, _m._, captain.
=caporal=, _m._, corporal.
=car=, for, as, because.
=caractère=, _m._, character, disposition.
=carafe=, _f._, water bottle.
=caresser=, to caress.
=carré=, _m._, square.
=carte=, _f._, card, ticket; map.
=cartouche=, _f._, cartridge.
=casaquin=, _m._, short gown.
=casser=, to break.
=casserole=, _f._, saucepan.
=cassine=, _f._, hovel.
=catechisme=, _m._, catechism.
=cause=, _f._, cause, motive;
=à -- de=, because of.
=causer=, to cause, talk.
=cavalerie=, _f._, cavalry.
=cavalier=, _m._, horseman.
=cave=, _f._, cave, cellar.
=ce, cet, cette, ces=, this, that, these, those.
=ce= for =cela=, it, that, he, she, they.
=ceci=, this.
=cela=, that;
=sans --=, otherwise.
=célébrer=, to praise, celebrate.
=céleste=, heavenly.
=celui, celle, ceux, celles=, this, that, these, those.
=celui-ci, celle-ci, ceux-ci, celles-ci=, this, these.
=celui-là, celle-là, ceux-là, celles-là=, that, those; the former.
=cendre=, _f._, ashes.
=cent=, hundred.
=centaine=, _f._, a hundred.
=cependant=, however, nevertheless.
=cercle=, _m._, circle.
=cerf=, _m._, deer.
=certain, -e=, sure, positive.
=cervelle=, _f._, brain.
=cesse=, _f._, ceasing;
=sans --=, constantly.
=cesser=, to cease.
=cet, cette=, _see_ =ce=.
=ceux=, _see_ =celui=.
=chacun, -e=, each, every; each one.
=chagrin=, _m._, sorrow.
=chaîne=, _f._, chain, line.
=chair=, _f._, flesh.
=chaise=, _f._, chair.
=chambre=, _f._, room.
=champ=, _m._, field;
=aux --s=, in the fields.
=chance=, _f._, chance, good luck; opportunity.
=chandelier=, _m._, candlestick.
=chandelle=, _f._, candle.
=changement=, _m._, change.
=changer=, to alter, change.
=chanson=, _m._, song.
=chant=, _m._, song.
=chanter=, to sing, crow.
=chapeau=, _m._, hat;
=-- à cornes=, three cornered hat, cocked hat.
=chapitre=, _m._, chapter.
=chaque=, each, every.
=charbonnière=, _f._, charcoal kiln; embers.
=charge=, _f._, load, armful; onset, charge;
=à la --=, by storm.
=chargé, -e=, loaded, supplied.
=charger=, to load; charge.