*détente*,érimé _f._, trigger. _presser la ----_, to pull the trigger.
*deux*, two. _tout (toutes) les_ ----, both.
*devant*, before, in front of. _tout droit ---- lui_, straight ahead (of him).
*devenir*, to become (of), turn. _je ne savait plus que ----_, I knew no longer what to turn to.
*deviendrait, deviennent*, see *devenir.
**devoir*, _m._, task. _se mettre en ---- de_, to set about (doing anything).
*devoir*, must, ought, owe. _les autres devaient donner l'assaut_, the others were to storm (the fort).
*diable*, _m._, devil, deuce. _pauvre ----_, poor fellow. _le ---- m'emporte!_, deuce take me! _ils se donnaient au ----_, they despaired.
*diane*, _f._, réveille, the beating of the drum at daybreak.
*Dieu*, _m._, God. _mon ----, oui_, dear me, yes.
*difficile*, difficult, mettlesome, sensitive.
*dire*, to say, tell, think, order. _---- adieu_, to bid good-bye; _---- à l'oreille_, to whisper (in the ear); _---- tout bas_, to say in a low voice, to whisper; _c'est-à- ----_, that is to say; _il voulait ----_, he meant; _tout fut dit_, that was the end of it; _c'est ce qu'il avait entendu ---- à sa mère_, that is what he had heard his mother say; _on le disait aussi bon ami que dangereux ennemi_, people thought him as good a friend as he was a dangerous enemy.
*diriger*, to direct, guide. _se ----_, to go towards, make for.
*dis, dis-ait, -ant, -e, -ions*, see *dire.
**disposer*, to place. _se ----_, to prepare, get ready.
*distraction*, _f._, absent-mindedness, diversion.
*donc*, accordingly, so, then, therefore.
*donner*, to give, ascribe. _---- l'assaut_, to storm (a fort); _---- le fouet à_, to whip; _---- sa démission_, to hand in one's resignation; _on pouvait lui ---- environ trente cinq ans_, one might judge him to be about thirty-five; _se ---- la peine de_, to take the trouble to, to be so kind as to.
*dont*, whose, of whom; of, _or_ with which.
*doubler*, to double. _ils doublèrent d'efforts_, they did their utmost; _il doubla ma balle_, he duplicated my shot, he hit in the same place.
*doute*, _m._, *douter,douteux*, doubt, to doubt, doubtful.
*droit*, _n.m._, right; _adj._, straight, right. _tout ---- devant lui_, straight ahead.
*droite*, _f._, right hand. _à notre ----_, at our right.