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1. 2. cabale. A word of Hebrew origin, meaning originally the oral explanation of the Law received by Moses on Mount Sinai and handed down from father to son. So it meant 'traditional teaching.' In the middle âges it signified (i) a secret interprétation, (2) a mysterious science of commerce with supernatural beings. From this latter sensé cornes the modem meaning of efforts to attain an end by secret means.

1. 7. ne le croyez. After a comparative used affirmatively ne must be inserted in the second clause of the sentence, as // est plus riche que je NE le croyais. For the le cf. note on p. 8, 1. 38.

1. 10. mieux encore... à titre eV ennemi. ' Even better than that... just because you were an enemy'; à titre de is a prep. and means lit. ' in quality of.' So à titre de parent, cfami, &c.

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