reprenant , ^ Q.oïi\ém.\xm

1. 30. zm malheureux coup de tête, ' an uniucky pièce of thoughtlessness.'

1. 33. ron. The /' is for le the delînite article. ' Von '\% generally used in préférence to o« (i) after words ending in any other vowel than e mute, (2) after the words et, si, où, qui, quoi' (Eve and Baudiss).

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1. 2. encore une condamnation. Notice that * another ' in the sensé of ' one more * is encore, not une autre. So encore une tasse de thé [and in German noch ein Glas Bier, not ein anderes Glas...'].

1. 18. il a de qui tenir, 'he inherits that.' Tenir quelque chose de quelqu'un means 'to hâve something from some one,' 'to be indebted for something to some one.'

1. 26. a manqué chavirer, * was nearly upset.' The more usual expression would be a failli chavirer ox a magique DE chavirer. Chavirer is from chap (Latin caput) and virer 'to turn,' 'to be turned head downwards,' 'to upset.'

1. 33. fête, 'name day,' is the day of tlie Saint after whom she was named.