*désert*, deserted.
*désespéré*, desperate.—s, people in despair.
*désespoir*, m., despair. mettre au ——, to drive to despair, vex extremely.
*déshabituer*, to disaccustom, render unaccustomed.
*désoler*, to grieve.
*dessein*, m., plan, purpose.
*dessous*, m., under side. avoir le ——, to have the worst of it.
*dessus*, over, upon. au —— de, above; par —— (de), over; là ——, thereupon, with these words.
*destinée*, f., career.
*se détacher*, to become loosened. la redoute se détacha en noir sur, the fort stood out black against.