ne fût-ce que, 'if it were only

1. 16. ett fait autant, 'does the same,' lit. ' does as much of them.'

1. 24. tu lui en voulais, 'you were angry with him,' 'had some (ill) will against him.'

1. 36. cravache. A word introduced by German soldiers from the German karbatsche, a word of Slavic origin.

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1. 15. ne redoutez rien, ' Never fear ! ' 1. 16. il s' agit de lui. See p. 9, 1. 37.

1. 36. peut-être est-ce. An implied interrogation. Notice the three constructions employed with peut-être.

(i) This one, with inversion of the verb and subject.

{2) Vous ne l'avez peut-être pas.

(3) Peut-être que vous ne l'avez pas. Other words that require inversion of the order are à peine, encore.

NOTES. 8s

toujours, aussi (so), du moins, an moins, en vain, non-seulement. Cf. P- lo, 1. 15.

1. 6. c/ûre enfant. Enfant is sometimes, as hère, féminine, in the singular, but always masculine in the plural.

1. 10. à la bonne heure, au moins..., 'that's better any way.' The origin of the phrase is to be found in the ancient belief that some hours of the day were lucky and some unlucky.