n^élait point remonté. • See note to

1. n*avaU fait que hoire. Ne faire que^ followed by the infinitire withont dtf, is * to do nothing bnt.'

2, à la fois. The English idiom adds * same ; ' * at the same time»' or ' at onoe.'

20. le ecilond Sir ThomoB, Do not render the definite article here. It is prefixed to a title or description of a person when the proper name follows : e.g. le père Pierre, *■ father Peter.'

21. à qui feraU. The French and English idioms are here the same — * at who wonld make.'

22. pile ou faee. The old English for playing at heads and tails (pitch and toss) is * at cross and pile ' (jouer à croix ou à pile), 'Pile,' etymological ly connected with ^pole,' denoted the punch for stamping the arms of the prince on the reverse of a coin. The face of coins was first stamped with a cross, afterwards with the prince's head.

26. S0 trouveni mtU. Mai is here an adverb. Cf. the vulgar Englisli 'you look badly.' Translate the text 'are taken ill.'

28. moi, infatigable, Je, eta Lit 'I indefatigable, L' Bender * I am not to be tired and.'

84. je iCen pouvaiêpfuê. Lit. 'I could no more of it,' i.e, *1 could endure or " stand " no more.'

1. de quinte à $eige am. In English, one either omits ' years,' or one says ' years old.'

6. tans Be loMer. French prepositions, with the exception of en, take after them the infinitive of a verb, while English prepositions take the verbal noun in -ing. Bender, then, b> * without growing tired.'

14. onionne. Lit 'one is ringing.' Bender ' there is a ring.' 17. va vite ouvrir. French verbs of motion are followed by an

infinitiye where in English one says * go and,' ' come and,' etc. 20. qu*a8-tu de mieux. De mieux depends on que, lit ' what of

better/ i,e, ' what better.' The genitive of an adjective is required

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after n'en, personne, quelque eftoee, ee que : e.g. * nothing good,* Hen de bon ; ' somethiDg good/ quelque chose de bon ; *■ the best we have ' s= what we have of betft, ce que nou» avons de mieux,

23. fen ai encore. En, lit. 'of it,' refers yaguely to the prenons sentence, Je me repote. Gribouille's answer is a bêtiee, because /en ai encore, etc., would be the proper reply to the question whether he had any work. Put encore, * yet,' in translation, at the end of the sentence ; or say ' I have plenty for another good quarter of an hour.'

33. nouveau. This adjective is fiimiliarly used as short for nouveau (adverbial) venu, * newly come.'

34. que ce soit, etc. Lit. * that it is here at the bouse of.' This is colloquial for que ce aoit id que demeurent M., et Afme. De&nts. Say ' that this is where M. and Mme. D. live.'

36. de la part de. This phrase, lit. * from the side of,' expresses the person from whom a letter, etc., comes. Translate simply by * from : ' e.g. je viens de la part de Mme, P., ' I come from (t.e. with a Commission from) Mrs. K'

38. Monsieur. Omit in translation. Politeness is not considered ridiculous in France in any social class.

— . je iCy manquerai pas. Manquer governs a dative : e.g. manquer à son devoir, lit. * to be 'wanting in une's duty.' Render y, lit. < to it,' referring to the verb remettre in the previous sentence, by ' fail to do so.'

45. c'est-y embêtant Y has no meaning here. CTest-p is a mstio confusion between est-il and the correct est-^se, U being softened into y,

— . ça fait pitié: Ça, a contraction of eeZo, ' that,' is fomiliarly used even in speaking of persons. The text is, then, lit. ' that causes pity,' i.e. *they mnke you pity them.' Faire pitié" ia a common i'liom : e.g. les prisonniers nous faisaient pitié, *the prisoners cansetl pity to us,' i.e. *■ we pitied the prisouers.'

46. je n*y titms pas. Tenir U here use<l in the sense of 'holding out.' idiomatically 'I won*t stand it' See below, Je ne peux plus y tenir.

— . je vais, etc. The présent of aller, * to go,' joined to an infinitive, is often nsed like the English ' I am going to ' as a substitute for the future. Render je vais — and pa va, in the next line — ^by the future.

53. bat des mains. The French is lit. * claps with the hands (for

joy)/ For this instramental use of de^ of. frapper des mairu, * to clap thb hands ; ' oltiqiter du fouets ' to orack the whip ; ' jouer du piano, • to play the piano.*

Ô6. peut par fô, les petits. Instead of * not by there/ say * not that way.' Gf. par ici, " this way.' Les petits U the familiar vocative. Cf. vite, les en/ants î * * quick, you children I '

— w attendez que je ferme. See Prep, to 78, 1. 82.