frénétique frantic, wild fréquenter frequent, visit often frère m. brother frissonner shudder, tremble, shiver front m. brow, forehead fruit m. fruit, benefit, result fuir flee, desert, evade, avoid, leave fuite f. flight fumer smoke, reek funérailles f. pl. funeral rites funeste fatal, sad, melancholy, hopeless, disastrous, baneful, tragic fureur f. fury, madness furie f. fury, mad rage furieux furious, raging, in a fury gage m. pledge, token, security, assurance gagner gain, win, obtain, win over, attain to, overtake, take possession of garde f. guard garder guard, watch over, keep, preserve, maintain, reserve (à for), take care, beware; se ~ de take care not to gémir groan, sigh, repine gémissement m. groan, sigh gendre m. son-in-law gêner torture, torment (in modern French the word has lost this, its primitive force; it means now 'put to trouble,'' bother') généreux generous, noble, (very frequently in the 17th century) magnanimous génie m. genius renou m. knee gloire f. glory, reputation, pride, name, self-respect glorieusement gloriously, richly goût m. taste (de for) goûter taste, enjoy, experience gouverneur m. governor, tutor, preceptor grâce f. grace, pardon, forgiveness, mercy, thanks be; pl. thanks; rendres render thanks, give thanks (de for); de pray grand great grandeur f. grandeur graver engrave, cut, stamp gré m. will; à son at one's pleasure, as one likes grec -ecque Greek Grèce f. Greece guère: ne...~ hardly, scarcely guerre f. war guide m. guide habileté f. skill haine f. hate, hatred haïr hate, not care for, disregard hardi bold hardiesse f. boldness; ~ à tout dire unbridled outspokenness hasarder expose, risk hâter hasten haut height; sb. m. du de from above, from the top of hautain haughty hé! bien! ah well, well Hécube Hecuba hélas alas Hérodote Herodotus héroïque heroic héros m. hero hésiter hesitate heure f. hour, o'clock île f. island heureusement fortunately, happily, favorably heureux happy, glad, favorable, lucky, favoring, pleasing, successful histoire f. history, story, matter Homère Homer hommage m. homage homme m.man; de bien good man honnête honest, becoming, wellbred honneur m. honor; sans ~ disgracefully honorer to honor honte f. shame honteusement shamefully honteux ashamed horreur f. horror; faire fill with horror humain human; sb.m.mortal, man; less mankind humanité f. humanity humble humble, meek humilier humiliate, humble hymen m. marriage hyménée m. marriage ici here; jusqu'~ till now idéal ideal idée f. idea, notion, conception ignorer ignore, be ignorant of, not know illusion f. illusion illustre illustrious image f. image, picture, idea imiter imitate immédiatement immediately,at once immoler sacrifice, slay, put to death immortel immortal, everlasting imparfait imperfect, unfinished impatience f. impatience, eagerness impatient impatient, eager impeccable faultless impitoyable pitiless, inexorable implorer implore important important importer to matter; n'importe it matters not; qu'importe what matters it importune obtrusive, unpleasant, in the way; être intrude upon imprécation f. imprecation, curse impression f. impression impuissant powerless impuni unpunished imputer impute, ascribe incapable incapable, unable incertain uncertain, inconstant incertitude ƒ. uncertainty incident m. incident, detail inconséquence f. inconsistency inconstance f. inconstancy inconstant faithless indifférence f. indifference indignation f. indignation, anger indigne unworthy, base indigné indignant, angered inexorable inexorable, merciless inextricablement inextricably, inseparably infidèle faithless; sb. faithless one infidélité infidelity, faithlessness infiniment infinitely informer: s' inquire, seek to know infortune f. misfortune infortuné grief-stricken, unfortu nate ingénieux ingenious, artistic, crafty ingénuité f. ingenuousness, candor ingrat ungrateful: sb. ingrate ingratitude f. ingratitude inhumain inhuman, cruel, hardhearted; sb. heartless woman, heartless man inimitié f. enmity, hate, hostility injure f. injury, wrong, insult, out rage, taunt injuste unjust injustice f. injustice innocence f. innocence, simplicity innocent innocent inquiet uneasy, restless, bewildered, distraught inquiéter alarm, worry, disturb inquiétude ƒ. uneasiness, anxiety, trouble insensé maddened, beside one's self insolence f. insolence inspirer inspire, arouse, cause insulter insult intelligence f. intelligence, understanding interdire forbid, deny intéresser: s'~ take an interest (à in), plead intérêt m. interest, love, care; son love for him interrompre interrupt, break intrépide intrepid, fearless intrigue f. intrigue, plot inutile useless, idle inviolable inviolable invulnérable invulnerable ironie f. irony irriter irritate, incense, aggravate jadis formerly, long ago, of old jalousie f. jealousy jaloux jealous jamais ever; à ~, pour ~, forever; ne... ~ never jeter cast, throw, let fall joie f. joy, pleasure joindre join, unite, bring together jouer play; faire ~ cause to be played, stage jouet m. plaything jouir (de) enjoy, possess, take pleasure, reap the benefits of jour m. day, life (pl. life); un ~ some day; se faire ~ see light, find a way Journal des Débats one of the three or four leading newspapers of France juge m. judge juger judge, think, deem, be sure, guess, imagine jurer swear, resolve, protest jusque(s) even; jusqu'à even to, until, to; jusqu'ici till now; ~ là till then; jusqu'où how far juste just, apt loi f. law loin far loisir m. leisure long long longtemps long, a long time lorsque when louer praise, commend lueur f. light, gleam, glimmer; à la by the light lui he, him, her, to him, to her, itself (v. 120) lumière f. light; pl. intelligence; quelques-unes de vos s some of your intelligence magnanime magnanimous magnanimité ƒ. magnanimity magnifique magnificent main f. hand; à forte with violence maint many, many a maintenant now mais but, why, come maître m. master maîtresse f. mistress, lover, sweetheart majesté f. majesty mal adv. badly, amiss, with difficulty mal sb.m. woe, evil, grievance maladroit awkward, tactless malgré in spite of, despite malheur m. misfortune malheureux unfortunate, unhappy; sb. unfortunate, wretch mander write, enjoin upon, command mânes m. pl. manes, shade, spirit manière f. way, manner (de in) manifeste manifest manquer lack, be lacking, miss, fail marcher go, go on, proceed; en marchant as he went mari m. husband marquer mark, indicate, designate maudit accursed méchanceté f. wickedness, perversity méchant bad, wicked, malicious médiocre average, ordinary mélancolie f. melancholy, gloom, gloomy mood mêler mingle même even, same mémoire f. memory, recollection menace f. menace, threat menacer menace, threaten ménager spare, make the most of, treat with regard, have regard for, humor mendier beg, beg for Ménélas Menelaus mener lead, conduct mépris m. scorn, slight, disregard, contempt (de for) mépriser despise, disregard, scorn, set at naught mer f. sea; de ~s en ~s from sea to sea mère f. mother mériter merit, deserve, earn mesure f. measure; à mieux better milieu m. middle; au in the midst, among mille thousand, a thousand, many miracle m. miracle misère f. misery mobile m. motive, incentive modèle m. model, example modérer moderate, calm, restrain moderne modern modeste modest, humble, moderate mœurs f. pl. manners, customs, moral habits moi me, I moindre adj. less, smaller; le ~ the least moins adv. less; au at least, even; du at least; n'en . . . pas none the less, nevertheless; à que conj. unless mois m. month moment m. moment, instant monarchie f. monarchy monde m. world, people, society, crowd; tout le everybody monstre m. monster montrer show; se appear; ~ à mes yeux show clearly morceau m. piece, part mort adj. sb. dead mort f. death mortel adj. sb. mortal que in mot m. word proportion as, according as mesuré measured, regular, guarded mettre put, set, bring, lay, thrust; sens dessus dessous upset meurtre m. murder midi m. south mien mine mourant adj. sb. dying mourir die; faire put to death, have die moyen m. means muet dumb, silent mur m. wall muraille ƒ. wall |