☉détrousseur, n.m., highwayman, robber.
détruire (détruisant, détruit), v.a., to destroy, to ruin, to pull down, to exterminate, to subvert, to do away with, to put to death, to break up. — une ville de fond en comble; to raze a town to the ground. — une armée; to overthrow an army. — la santé; to ruin the health. — radicalement; to eradicate.
se détruire, v.r., to fall to ruin, to decay; to destroy each other, to neutralize one another; to destroy one’s self, to make away with one’s self.
dette, n.f., debt, score; obligation, promise, pledge, duty. — hypothécaire; debt upon mortgage. —s actives; book-debts, assets. —s passives; debts, liabilities. —s criardes; petty debts. Contracter, faire, des —s; to contract debts, to run into debt. Être accablé, perdu, criblé, de —s; to be over head and ears in debt.
*deuil, n.m., mourning, grief, sorrow, gloom, mournful aspect; black; mourners; time of mourning. Habit de —; mourning. Grand —; deep mourning. Petit or demi —; half mourning. Personne qui mène le —; chief mourner. Voiture de —; mourning coach. Suivre le —; to be one of the mourners. Porter le —, être en —; to be in, to put on, mourning. Prendre le —; to go into mourning. Faire prendre le — à; to put into mourning. Faire son — d’une chose; to resign one’s self to the loss of anything.
deutéro-canonique, adj., deuterocanonical.
deutéronome, n.m., Deuteronomy.
deux, adj., two, both, second. — à —; two by two. — fois; twice. — fois autant; twice as much, twice as many. De — jours en — jours; every two days. De — jours l’un; every other day. Regarder quelqu’un entre — yeux; to stare at any one. Piquer des —; to clap spurs to one’s horse. Tous —; both, both together. Tous les —; both. Henri —; Henry the second. N’en faire ni un ni —; to decide at once. Maintenant à nous —; now I am ready for you; now we’ll have it out together.
deux, n.m., two; second; (cards, dice) deuce. Le — du mois; the second of the month. On peut faire cela à —; two can play at that game.
deuxième (deu-zièm), adj., second, other.