._ meritorious.
merle, _m._ blackbird.
Merope, a tragedy by Voltaire (1743).
merveilleusement, _adv._ marvelously, wonderfully.
merveilleux, -euse, _adj._ wonderful, marvelous.
mes, _see_ mon.
mesdames, _see_ madame.
messe, _f._ mass.
mesure, _f._ measure, proportion; a --, in proportion or
succession as (another action takes place); en --, in time, in
proportion; a -- que, in proportion as.
mesurer, _v._ to measure.
metamorphose, _f._ metamorphosis.
meticuleux, -euse, _adj._ over-scrupulous, fastidious.
metier, _m._ trade, loom.
metre, _m._ meter (39 inches).
mette, _f._ metal (Old French).
mettre, _v._ to put, place, put on, set, put in place, take (time);
se -- a, begin, set out in; se -- en route, start; se -- en
mouvement, begin to move; se -- a table, seat oneself at table;
se -- en colere, get angry; se -- en marche, set out on the
march; se -- au jeu, get in the game; se -- en bataille, form
for battle; se -- dans tous ses atours, attire oneself in all one's
finery; -- dans, put in, hit; -- bas, take off; -- pied a
terre, dismount; -- en pieces, tear or dash to pieces; -- a la
porte, put out of doors; -- la police en l'air, stir up the
police; -- le feu, set fire; -- en fuite, set to flight.
meuble, _m._ piece of furniture, furniture, _pl._ furniture.
meubler, _v._ to furnish.
meunier, _m._ miller;
meurtre, _m._ murder.
meurtrier, _m._ murderer.
meurtrir, _v._ to bruise; avoir le coeur meurtri, to be sick
at heart.
meute, _f._ pack (of hounds, etc.).
mi, _adv. and adj._ (invariable), equally; a -- -chemin, half
way.
Michel, Michael.
midi, _m._ midday, noon, twelve o'ciock, south; Midi, _m._
South of France; les pleins midis, the midday heat.
miel, _m._ honey.
mien, -ne, _poss. adj. pr._ (usually with article), mine.
miette, _f._ crumb.
mieux, _adv._ better, more, more comfortable; tant --, so much
the better; de son --, the best he can, etc.; le --, best;
regardez --, look more closely.
mignon, -ne, _adj._ and s. darling, dainty, cunning, dear little.
migraine, _f._ sick-headache.
milice, _f._ militia.
milieu, _m._ middle, midst, middle ground, surroundings.
militaire, _adj. and m._ military, soldier.
mille, _card._ one thousand; -- et deuxieme, _ord._ thousand
and second (in this and in the next two words _ll_ is not liquid).
millier, _m._ about one thousand, thousand.
million, _m._ million.
Milon, Milo.
minaret, _m._ minaret.
minauder, _v._ to simper, mince, smirk.
minauderie, _f._ smirkin