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14 Pour acheter, etc., because one buys. A not unfreqnent BÎgnification of pour. Cf. Molière's ** Tartuffe," Act III, Scène III. Tart. : Ah î pour être dévot, je n^en suis pas moins homme !
11 // n^en résulte pas nécessairement, ît does not of necessity follow.
13 Chez, amongsV; lit. at the honse of. From Latin and Italian casa. Chez can only be used witb persons, never with places.
18 Ce n'é'ait pas, he was not. Ce may be used for he, she, it, or they, when there is a noun substantive expressed or implied in the predicate. Ce is foUowed by the indemnité article, whereas il is not so, as, c*est un Américain, or il est Américain, he is an American.
21 A"oir descendu, When descendre is used as an active
transitive verb it is conjugated with avoir', when intransitive, with être, as : je suis descendu, I came down ; Pai descendu V escalier quatre à quatre, I came down tne staircase four steps at a time, i,e,, in haste. 25 Genêts, broom. Lat. genista. Planta genista is the origin of the English name Plantagenet.
88, 1 y^ n^y pensais plus. For penser foUowed by the dative case see note on page 10, line 5.
1 D^ailleurs, besides, not to be confounded with ailleurs, elsewhere ; they are both derived from Latin aliorsum,
8 A barbe blanche, with a white beard.
11 Aux sommets stériles, with bare tops.
12 ye m* étais fait. For être as auxiliary to reflective verba
see note on page 19, line 31.
22 Tantôt, „tantôt, at one time, at another time.
25 11 n'en était pas de même pour moi, it was not the samo
with me.
2G Trouble, 8ee note on page 8, line 28.
27 M'avait mis à bout de forces, had quite done for me. 82 J'achèterai, For the accent see note on page 6, line 20.
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19, 2 Ardemment, The ordinary rule for formîng adverbs in French is to add ment to the adjective if it terminâtes in a Yowel, or if it terminâtes in a consonant to add ment to the féminine ; in adjectives ending in ent or ant the termination entement or antement is contracted into èmment and amment, and the fîrst e of emment is pronounced like an a.
4 Ils glissaient^ they moved noiselesslj.
10 Envie^ désire.
17 C*étaitf efc. For c'était followed bj que see note on
page 4, line 22.
22 Se serait aperçu, would hâve notîced. For anxiliary être with reflective verbs see note on page 19, line ol. €0, 1 // se mit, thcre began.
7 Nous n'avions pas tardé, etc., we had not been long
before we were wet to the skin.
8 Encore, etc., still the dogs could give themselves a shake
from time to time. Bemark the position of the subject pronoun *' ils " after instead of hefove the verb, which is the case after peut être, jamais, aussi, and Bome other adverbs.
12 T* enrhumes-tu facilement ? Do you easily catch cold ?
16 Du bon, some good stuff.
25 L*on. The form Von is generally used instead of on
after si, et, and que.
26 Sans qu^ aucune s^ ouvrît. For sans que followed by the
subjonctive mood, see note on page 18, line 20. 32 Voulut bien, consented.
ftl, 9 Se trouvait, iheie w&s,
9 Miche, loaf . Etymology doubtful.
9 Gîte, resting-place. From the verb gésir, to lie, found in the tblrd person singular on tombstones : ci-gît, hère lies.
16 Gueule, an anirnaVs mouth. From Latin gula.
17 A ce soir, 1 shall remember that this evening.
18 A ce vol. For à after penser, see note on page 10, line 5.
19 Prendre, assume, put on.
21 Bottes de fougère, trusses of fem. Fougère is from Latin ^/tVar/a, a form of filix.
25 Rasées, close to his head.
26 Que le voleur. Que is hère the sîgn of the imperative
mood.
ft2, 2 Mangeant— -partagea. Note the insertion of the letter # between the g and a, to glve the g a soft Sound. 5 Les derniers mois que f avais vécu, By the rule already laid down (see note on page 34, line 29), as the govemed object (régime direct) précèdes the verb, we might hâve expected vécu to be written in the plural, vécus, but with the verbs vivre and régner, thia
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rule does not hold good : Les années que fai vécu,
not vécues; les années que ce f rince a régné, not
régnées, because vvre and régner do not directly
govem the word années, some préposition, such as
pendant, durant, being understood.
9 M\ût paru bonne, would hâve seemed good to me. The
imperfect subjonctive eût for aurait, a common
occurrence.
12 jfe me serais glissé. For auxîlîary être with reflective
verbs, see note on page 19, Une 31.
17 Ecorchés, blistered. Properly, écorcher means to remove
the skin« from Latin excorticare, ex and cortex, 33 Est-ce quHl en serait, etc., etc., would it be always so. 1 Une grange, a bam, from granum, grain.
10 II s'était approché. For être, with reflective verb, see
note on page 19, line 31.
20 Bougea, For e inserted between g and a, see note on
page 42, line 2.
