CHAPITRE VI
25 De bonne heure, early.
8 // ne lui manquait que la parole, he could do every.
thing but speak.
21 Le pittoresque, what is picturesque.
26 De les chausser, to put them on.
29 Aussi, etc. Aussi at the beginning of a sentence
has generally the meaning of "consequently." There is a peculiar construction which foÛows it, i.e. the " subject " comes first, then the " verb," and after the verb the "pronoun." Aussi mon père ne me gronda-t-il pas très sévèrement, consequently my father did not scold me very severely.
81 Devant sa devanture, in front of the window ; galonné sur les coutures, laced at the seams.
1 De la ferraille, old iron.
1 Cadenas, padlocks, from Low Latin catenacium, a form
of catena, a chain.
8 Se vendre, be sold.
11 Ferres, tipped with iron, and with iron on the heels.
23 Leur fit subir, made them undergo ; submitted them to.
^6, 1 Ébahis, stupifled. Etym. doubtful.
2 Ceci est à seule fin, the only object of this is. 4 En Italien, as an Italian.
14 Le paraître, appearance. Yerbs used as substantivei take the definite article in the masculine gender: le manger, le boire, le dormir, eating, drinking, and sleeping.
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Nous fCy pouvons rien, we cannot help ît.
De Français que fêtais ^ from being a Frencliman. D^autant fins agréable que, ail the more agreeabl« becanse.
Maintenant^ etc,^ now thai your toilet is finished]
Répéter, rehearse.
Ils ont dû travailler, ihej mnst hâve worked.
Le plus bête des deux, the greatest f ool of the two. Dispose le couvert, lay the table.
Futée. See note on page 20, line 30.
Naïveté, simplioîty. From Latin nativus, îngenuous, onsophisticated.
&9, 3 Et c'est par là précisément, and it is just becanse of that. 6 Sentiras, Bemark the nse of the future in French where
we shonld nse the présent in English.
6 Retrouver, remember to put in practise.
8 Succès. For this grave accent see note on page 32,
line 33.
11 Sous-titre, second title.
16 Artistiquement, by means of art.
19 Plus de. For plus followed by de, see note on page 3,
line 17.
24 Oublié. For ruie of past participle not changing when
it précèdes its direct object, see note on page 37,
29 Employât. For snbjnnctive after 5^11/, see note on p. 34,
50, 2 N'était pas réussi, had not been satîsfactory. Réussir
with the sensé of ' to turn out well ' is conjugated
with être, not avoir.
8 Ennuie. Verbs in yer, Buch as payer, ennuyer, Ac,
change the letter j^ înto i before an unaccented /. 13 Compare-Us. The imperative affirmative in the second
pcrson singular, and first and second person plural
takes the pronoun after it.
16 D'ailleurs. See note on page 38, line 1.
18 Cela tient à, that is the fault of .
21 Par là, See note on page 49, line 2.
24 Tout est là, that is eveiything.
83 Erreur. Abstract French nouns in eur, derived from
Latin abstract nouns in or, which are masculine,
change their gender, and become féminine, except
honneur and labeur (Lat. honor, labor) which remain
masculine.
81, 1 Tandis que, whereas. Tandis que generallj] implies some contrast ; pendant que, at the same time that. 4 Battues. For agreement of past participle with pre* ceding object, see note on page 34, line 29.
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61, 6 AlUr àf gîve way to.
8 A toute preuve, pxoof against anj irritation.
9 Qui, for celui qui»
11 Reçu. By mie of agreement of past partioiple with preceding object que, referring to leçons, plural féminine, we might hâve expeoted to see reçu in the plural féminine. The agreement is eut off bythe insertion of en,
18 Subisse, The subjunctive îs hère employed after the interrogation admets-tu. Croyez-vous qu'il vienne? do you think he will come ?
28 Quif for celui qui,
29 Gredin, beggarly rascal; from Scandinavian "grâd,"
which means "hunger." Cf. English " greed." 52, 3 // 5'a^/55mV, their business was. Cf. Latin ogi/Mr.
8 Troubla, See note on page 8, line 28.
10 A force de, by dint of.
11 Aussi, See note on page 44, line 29.
18 Se prélassait, swaggered along ; from prélat, Latin prœ~
latus, 20 Chapeau à claque, cocked hat — ^properly a hat to fold and place under tiie arm; from claque, the noise made in f olding it.
25 ^espacement, the space between each performer in the ^ procession — ^in military language, distances. 63, 1 Ebahis. See note on page 46, line 1.
9 Tours, tricks. Tour, masculine, from Italian tomOf
means a joumey, tour, trick, tuming-lathe. Tour^ féminine, from Latin turris, means a tower.
10 Que, as.
28 Poussait, uttered, gave vent to.
32 Malin, a cunning fellow.
33 Le gousset garni, a well-filled purse. Gousset is derived
from gousse, the arm-pit, in which a punse used to be carried.
8ft, 14 Archet, ûààïe hoy7 ; diminuti ve of arr.
20 Écarquillez, open wide.
33 En sourdine, in an undertone.
55, 4 Se faire servir, to let himself be waited on.
5 Ses moyens, etc., he could well afford this Inxnry.
9 En long et en large, up and down.
19 Auprès. For the accent, see note on page 82, line 88.
28 Sous toutes les faces, in ail its aspects.
29 Balourdise, stupidity ; from Italian halordo, 32 Pris de pitié, seized with pity.
C5, 1 Aura mangé, has eaten. The French future for tht English présent.
4 Le couvert était mis, the table was laid.
7 jfe me mouchai dedans, I blew my nose in it.
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66, 8 Se tordit de rire, almost split witli lausliîng. 15 Ainsi de suite, and bo on.
19 // la passa, he inserted it.
24 Un cure-dent. Words compounded with a verb are
always masculine; un porte-plume, un porte-voix, un
casse-tête^ etc.
