aurais. Cf. note on p

1. 12. peur que tua danse ne vienne. After verbs and phrases of fearing, craindre, avoir peur, trembler, frhnir, être inquiet, the verb in the dépendent clause is, in strict analogy with Latin, preceded by : ne to express that something will occnr, ne... pas „ ,, „ luill not occur ;

as :

// craint que je NE vienne, 'he is afraid I am coming.' \Timet ne veniam.]

Il craint que je NE vienne pas, ' he is afraid I am not coming.' [Timet ut {ne, non) veniam. '\

But when the principal sentence is négative the ne is not used as above, as :

// NE craint pas qtce je vienne, 'he is not afraid I am coming.'

Il NE cramt PAS que je vienne pas, ' he is not afraid I am not coming.'

To account for the use of the ne we must remember that, He fears I shall corne = He hopes I shall not corne = He fears lest I may come. [Fasnacht, in Macmillan's Progressive French Course, m.]

1. 13. de ne pas danser. Notice that in the case of the présent infinitive both 7ic and pas usually précède the verb.

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1. 4. rester court, ' to hâve nothing to say,' from the idea of being 'eut short.'

1. 11. phis B'un quart d^hetire. Notice the de, not plus qu'un quart d'heure. The rule is \.\iz.t plus and ??ioins must be followed by de before an object or a complément ; by que before the subject of an implied dépendent clause : zs II y avait plus de six autres qtd étaient plus forts QUE deux comme moi {ne le sont).