| A | B |
|---|
| les bijoux | jewelry |
| une soirée | party |
| une province/la province | all of France outside of Paris |
| fréquenter | to frequent or associate with |
| le quartier | neighborhood/quarter |
| douce (doux) | sweet/soft |
| confier quelaue chose (sa vie) à quelqu'un | to confide something in someone |
| la pudeur | modesty |
| le sourire | smile |
| un reflet | reflection |
| les appointements | salary/finances |
| épouser quelqu'un | to marry someone |
| adroit(e) | cleaver/neat |
| le goût | taste |
| la bijouterie | jewelry store |
| faux | fake |
| un(e) fonctionnaire | civil servant/government worker |
| en vogue | in style |
| une représentation | preformance |
| traîner | to drag someone somewhere |
| bon gré, mal gré | to do something against one's will |
| un divertissement | entertainment/amusement |
| supplier | to demand |
| consentir à aller | to agree to go (somewhere) |
| convenable | acceptable |
| agir | to committ an action |
| une saveur | taste/flavor in terms of food |
| on n'a pas le moyens de | to not have enough money |
| une bohémienne | gypsy |
| demeuraient (demeurer) | to live/dwell |
| enfermer | to enclose |
| savourait (savourer) | to savor |
| la jouissance (jouir de) | a profound and sensual pleasure |
| frissoner | to tremble |
| il faillit la suivre (faillir) | to fail |
| le désespoir | despair |
| une souffrance (souffrir) | physical and moral pain (to suffer) |
| hanté | haunted |
| alors que | where as |
| suffisaient (suffire) | sufficient (to suffice) |
| faire des dettes | to make debts |
| sans un sou | "without a cent" broke |
| un centime | centime (french coin) |
| il songea (songer) | to think of |
| la rancune | grudge |
| leur vue même | "the very sight of" |
| le tas de | a lot of |
| valoir (il vaut) | value |
| soigné | well groomed |
| du faux | not real fakes |
| les boulevards | large roads (in paris) |
| être honteux | to be honest |
| parler tout bas | to speak softly |
| de loin | from afar |
| gêné | embarassed |
| ne...que | only |
| la provenance | origin |
| le veuf/la veuve | widower/widow |
| d'un ton sec | unfriendly |
| aillerus | elsewhere |
| davantage | more |
| saisit (saisir) | strongl |
| un reçu | receipt |
| s'apercevoir | to appear to be |
| se tromper (de) | to loose (to get lost) |
| s'efforcer | to try hard to |
| debout | standing |
| étendre (il étendit le bras) | to spread out (he spread his arms out) |
| s'écrouler | to collapse |
| le chagrin | greif |
| réfléchir | to reflect on |
| l'avant-veille | two days ago |
| se promener de long en large | to stroll/walk with no particular destination in mind |
| se précipita | to move quickly |
| se renseigner | to be informed |
| chacun | every one, each one |
| se fâcher | to get angry |
| faire un tour | to walk around |
