which?, what?
quinzaine, _f._ about fifteen, fortnight.
quinze, _card._ fifteen; -- jours, two weeks.
quitte, _adj._ quit, quits, free; il n'aurait pas ete si
facilement -- avec, he would not have got off so easily with.
quitter, _v._ to quit, leave, lay aside, take off, let go; ne pas
-- des yeux, not to take the eyes off.
quoi, _int. and rel. pr._ what, which; de --, wherewith,
means, the wherewithal; -- que, whatever; je ne sais -- (de),
I don't know what, something; a -- bon?, what is the good of it?;
-- qu'il en soit (de), whatever may be, however it may be; sur
--, whereupon; -- que ce soit, anything whatsoever; comme
--, how.
quoique, _conj._ although.
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rabattre, _v._ to put down, pull down, lower.
rabbin, _m._ rabbi.
rabougrir, _v._ to stunt.
raccommoder, _v._ to mend, repair.
race, _f._ race.
racine, _f._ root.
racler, _v._ to scrape.
raconter, _v._ to tell, tell of, relate, recount.
radeau, _m._ raft, float.
radieux, -euse, _adj._ radiant.
radoter, _v._ to talk nonsense, rlave, dote.
raffinement, _m._ refinement.
rafraichir, _v._ to refresh, freshen, cool, keep cool; se --,
refresh oneself, take some refreshments.
rage, _f._ rage.
rager, _v._ to rage, storm, be furious.
rageusement, _adv._ wrathfully, fretfully.
raide, _adj._ stiff, rigid, steep.
raideur, _f._ stiffness.
raie, _f._ line, streak, part (of the hair).
raillerie, _f._ raillery, mockery.
railleur, -euse, _adj._ bantering, jesting.
railway, _m._ railway (English).
raisin, _m._ grape, grapes.
raison, _f._ reason; rendre --, to give satisfaction.
raisonnable, _adj._ reasonable.
raisonnement, _m._ reasoning.
raisonner, _v._ to reason; raisonne, -e, reasoned, rational.
raisonneur, -euse, _m., f._ reasoner.
rajeunir, _v._ to rejuvenate, make young again.
ralentir, _v._ to slacken.
rallumer, _v._ to light again.
ramasser, _v._ to pick up, gather; ramasse, -e, _adj._
thick-set, heavy.
rame, _f._ oar; a toutes rames, rowing at full speed.
rameau, _m._ bough, branch.
Rameau (Jean Phillippe), French composer and musical theorist (1683-1764).
ramener, _v._ to bring back, lead or draw back.
ramer, _v._ to row.
rampe, _f._ hand-rail, banister, railing.
ramper, _v._ to creep, crawl.
rang, _m._ rank, row.
rangee, _f._ row.
ranger, _v._ to range, arrange, draw up, put in order; se --,
draw up, draw aside; range, -e, steady, settled.
ranimer, _v._ to reanimate, revive; se --, brighten up, be
revived.
Raoul, Ralph.
rape, -e, shabby.
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