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42. un si bon nomme. For the order, cf. un tel homme. Connect tin êomme with Lat. iomnus, * sleep;' but une êomme with Lat. aumma. *sum.'

43. il faimit grand Jour. Cf. il fait beau temp% «it is fine weather;' il fait frais, *U is cool/ etc. Grand is otten used in the sense of * full : ' e g. au grand air, * in the f ulJ, t'.0. open air ; ' grand Jour, * broad daylight'

48. f entendit "hennir. Hennir is the object of entendis; therefore the meaning is * 1 heard a neighing,' not * I heard him,' which would be je Ventendis.

51. je me rendis, etc. Se tendre compte is to * render an account of expenses and receipts.' Translate here by * to render one's self an account,' or * to explain to one's self.'

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72. qu€ faire. An exclamatory question, which does not expect an answer, is put in the infinitive in French. Cf. 50, 1. 42, pourquoi pas dîner f 'why not dine?' Instead of *what to do/ say *what was I to do?'

79. couples. When the pair or brace is taken at random, eouple j8 feminine. When the pair is formed by natural sélection^ eouple is masculine : e.g. un eouple (Vamis, A pair of pigeons in a nest is un couple de pigeons; in a game bag, une couple de pigeons.

85. était tapi. Cf. il 8*élait asnsy ' he Iiad (seated himself) sat down;' H était assis, *he was seated;' il ' s'était couché, *he had lain down ; * t7 était couché, * he was (laid) lying.*

92. c* était plaisir a voir. The noun plainr without an article is here^uivalent to an adjective, * delightful.'

4. fi0 . . . non plus. The negative is not infrequently doubled in French to produce, not an affirmative, but a stronger negative : e.g. ni moi non plus, * nor I (no more) either.' Cf. the use of ne with the conjunction ni : e.g. ni Vor ni la grandeur ne nous rendent heureux, * neither gold nor greatness make us happy.'

8. remontait aussi haut. The English idiom is not *to remount ' but * to go back ; ' therefore haut must be rendered as if it were loin.

16. comme un heureux de ce monde. Lit. Mike a fortunate of this world.' It may be rendered * like the fortunate mortal he was.'

21. mordiller ; •iUer is a diminutive termination, expressing : (1) diminution in force ; (2) repetition of the action : e.g. sauter, * to jump ; ' sautiller^ *■ to skip.' Cf. ' crack ' and * crackle.'