Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 176

Le luthier de Crémone et Le trésor, 1920

47 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1Vocabulary
3absolutely ugly," 521; —
4entendre, misunderstand.
5malade, ailing, invalid.
6malgré, in spite of.
7malheur, m., unhappiness.
8malheureux, malheureuse, unhappy, unfortunate, ill-starred; "poor fellow," 430.
9malice, f., spite.
10Malte, f., Malta; chevalier de —, Knight Hospitaler, Knight of St. John.
11manche, f.; "neck" (of a violin).
12mandolin, f., mandolin.
13manger, eat.
14manier, handle, finger.
15manière, f., manner, fashion.
16manoir, m., manorial hall.
17manque, m., lack.
18manquer, be lacking in; — à, be false to; en manquant de tenue, by negligence in dress, 209.
19mansarde, f., attic room, garret.
20manteau, manteaux, m., mantle cloak.
21mantille, f., mantilla (veil with a cape).
22manuscrit, m., manuscript.
23marbre, m., marble.
24marchander, bargain over, make traffic of, T. 290.
25marché, m., bargain, market; faire bon — de, set little store by, count of little worth, T. 42.
26marcher, walk.
27maréchal, maréchaux, m., marshal.
28Marengo, Marengo (scene of a battle in Italy).
29mari, m., husband.
30marier, marry (one to another): marié, —e, married; se —, marry, get married.
31Martin, Martin.
32martyrisé, —e, tormented.
33matin, m., morning.
34maudire, curse.
35maudit, —e, accursed; see maudire.
36mauvais, —e, bad, ill, evil.
37me, my, myself, to (from) me or myself; — … le (la, les), my.
38méchant, —e, ill-natured, mischievous, 167, base, 25.
39mécontent, —e, dissatisfied, factious.
40méditation, f., meditation.
41méfiant, —e, distrustful.
42meilleur, —e, better; le (la, les) —, best.
43mêler (à), mingle (with); se —, be mingled.
44mélodique, melodious, "of melody," 489.
45Melpomène, f., Melpomene (a muse).
46même, same, even, even now; de —, in the same way, "as well," "in unison" (with the broken string), 614.

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