Il en est de même pour; cf. page 8, note

8. on se garde bien de, gréai care is taken not to; lit., "one guards one's self well from."

Page 9. — 1. Leroy, Robert, Bréguet, Graham, names of noted watch and clockmakers. Leroy (b. 1686) and Robert (b. 1795) were Frenchmen, Bréguet (b. 1747) was a Swiss by birth, but went to France early in life, and Graham (b. 1675) was' an Englishman.

2. ont fait faire d'immenses progrès, brought about great progress ; note idiomatic use of fait and also the plural noun.

3. on en tire . . . parti; tirer parti de is an idiom, meaning "to dérive advantage from." Hère en takes the place of de, referring to the noun in the previous clause.