Madame Thérèse / Introduction and notes by Edward Manley

by Erckmann-Chatrian

paresse, f., idleness.

parfois, sometimes.

parier, to bet.

parler, to speak, talk; se parlant à lui-même, talking to himself.

parmi, among.

parole, f., word, speech, conversation; prendre la --, to take up the argument.

part, f., part, share; faire --, impart, inform; quelque --, somewhere; de la -- de, from.

partager, to share, part; se --, to be divided.

parti, m., side, part, party.

particulièrement, especially, unusually.