iment.
expier, _v._ to expiate, atone for.
expirer, _v._ to expire, die, die away.
explication, _f._ explanation.
expliquer, _v._ to explain; s'--, explain oneself, be
explained, give an explanation.
exploiter, _v._ to exploit.
explorer, _v._ to explore.
explosion, _f._ explosion.
exposer, _v._ to expose.
exposition, _f._ exposition; Exposition de 89, Paris Exposition
of 1889.
expres, expresse, _adj. and adv._ express, on purpose; par un fait
--, on purpose, by a prearrangement.
expressement, _adv._ expressly.
expressif, -ive, _adj._ expressive.
expression, _f._ expression.
exprimer, _v._ to express.
ex-prince, _m._ ex-prince.
expulser, _v._ to expel, drive out.
exquis, -e, _adj._ exquisite.
extase, _f._ ecstasy.
extatique, _adj._ ecstatic.
extenuer, _v._ to extenuate, weaken, exhaust.
exterieur, -e, _adj._ and m. exterior, outer, outside.
exterminer, _v._ to exterminate.
extraordinaire, _adj._ extraordinary.
extravagance, _f._ extravagance, excess, wild idea.
extravagant, -e, _adj._ extravagant, wild, unreasonable.
extreme, _adj._ extreme.
extremement, _adv._ extremely.
extremite, _f._ extremity, tip.

F

f..., abbreviation for foutu.
fabliau, _m._ fabliau (humorous medieval tale).
fabricant, _m._ manufacturer.
fabrique, _f._ factory, manufacture, make; marque de --,
trade-mark.
fabriquer, _v._ to manufacture, make.
fabuleux, -euse, _adj._ fabulous.
face, _f._ face, front; en --, opposite, in presence of,
openly, squarely; en -- de, opposite, changer de --, to change
appearance.
facetie, _f._ facetiousness, joke (_t_ pronounced as _c_).
facher, _v._ to anger; se --, get angry; fache, -e, adj.
angry, sorry.
facheux, -euse, _adj._ grievous, vexatious.
facile, _adj._ easy.
facilement, _adv._ easily.
facilite, _f._ facility, ease, fluency.
facon, _f._ fashion, manner, way, composition; de -- a, so as
to; d'une -- continue, continuously.
fagot, _m._ fagot.
faible, _adj. and s._ feeble, weak, faint, weak person.
faiblement, _adv._ feebly, weakly, faintly.
faiblesse, _f._ feebleness, weakness, swoon.
Faidherbe (Louis), distinguished general of Franco-Prussian war
(1818-1889).
faignant, popular for faitneant.
faigniant, dialectic for faineant.
faillir, _v._ to rail, err, corne near; -- a l'honneur, act
dishonorably.
faillite, _f._ bankruptcy; faire --, to fail.
faim, _f._ hunger.
faineant, -e, _adj. and s._ idle, lazy fellow, do-nothing, sluggard.
faire, _v._ to do, make, form, build, perform, cau