CHAPITRE IX
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78, 25 A trois ou quatre reprises, three or four times over.
79, % Tu as raison, you are right.
11 Au bout du compte, after ail.
18 Abasourdi, stupefied, stunned. Literally "rendereà
deaf," from sourd, deaf.
22 Bien entendu, naturally.
23 Sortira, future in French for présent tense in English.
80, 7 DHci là, in the meantime.
17 Tu auras affaire à moi, you will hâve to reckon "wîth
me; familiarly, look ont foryourself.
22 Bretelle, strap.
30 Tout compte fait, everything beîng reckoned*
81, 7 Juché, perched.
1 6 Nous tiendrait lieu, would do instead of.
19 Se trouvant, happening to be.
22 Fuir, to fly from.
29 Encore, besides. Observe the construction after encore, as with aussi and peut être, first the subject, then the verb, and then the nominative pronotm.
81 Coucher à la belle étoile, to sleep in the open air. Cf. Latin subjove.
ez, 2 Sans que. For this construction, see note on page 18, llne 29.
7 ye musèlerais, Some verbe in 1er take a grave accent on the e, others, like appeler, double the /.
11 Une livre et demie. Compare with une demi-livre, line 19. Demi preceding the substaintive does not change its gender ; if it follows the substantive it changes.
16 Ce n^ était pas trop — qu* un pain. For this construction, see note on page 4, line 22.
23 Sur mes onze sous, out of my twelve sous.
25 Or, now.
33 Assuré, bold, confident.
11 Repousser, push back, i.e, refuse to take.
12 Qu'ils n'en sauraient que faire, that they wonld not know what to do with them.
25 Cétait, etc. For this construction, see note on page 4,
line 22.
27 Gaspillé, squandered, wasted.
29 A la gamelle, out of the platter, as soldiers and sailors take theîr food.
31 Le mieux partagé, best o£f.
32 Alors que nous, etc, when we were still famibhed. 32 Sur sa part, out of his share.
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89e, 3 Plai de supph'ment, supplemcntary dish. 4 Bien qtie^ although.
8 Leur faire part^ to communicate to them.
25 Faisait la quête^ was making a collection. 31 Se serrer le ventre, tighten our waistbands — so as uot to feel the pangs of hunger so keenly.
85, 1 youcr de mauvais tours, play me tricks.
3 Serrons nos ran^s, let us close up our ranks, as soldiers,
to repuise a charge.
8 // se passait quelque chose de grave, sometliing serious
was happening.
11 A leur égard, with regard to them,
19 Une vingtahic. See note on page 9, line 20. 24 Une cervelle creuse, cmpty headed fellow.
31 Notre coucher, our night's lodging.
BB, 4 // s^ annonçait, it looked.
6 Chêtive. See note on page 66, line 23.
8 Plus le village était petit, moins, etc., the smaller tha
village the less chance we had, &c. Note the différence of the English and French construction hero, the English using the definite article before " more " and ** less," which is omitted in French.
15 Une grande taille, a commanding stature.
87, 3 Peut-être, For construction after/^«/-^/r^ see note on
page 44, line 29.
6 y^avais beau jouer, it \vas of no use my playing. Avoir
beau, to do a thing in vain.
11 A les casser, till they cracked.
21 Dressées, held up. Dresser is to set on end, from Latin
directus, straight.
88, 3 Fenesta vascia, efc, Italian patois.
6 y^entamais, I was just beginning; from Latin a^/rtwi/nare, to put one's hand to.
9 Mauvais garnement, yougood for nothîng young rascal.
From 119,110.11 garnimento, an ornament or defence; un bon garnement meant something ornamental and useful ; un mauvais garnement, the contrary.
17 Que je te fasse un procès, that I should take out a summons against you.
20 Garde champêtre, rural guard, for the defence of crops,
property, game, &c., in the rural districts.
20 Tourne les talons, be off, show me a clean pair of licels
(fam.).
23 Ce quHl en coûtait, how dear it cost, how danger ous it
was.
io ye ne me fis pas répeter, etc., I did net require to be told
twîce.
89, 6 Eût, for aurait.
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89, 19 Renvoie. Verbs în yer take an i în the place otihey before an nnaccented c.
20 D'«n coup de têtCj by a motion of his head.
00, 15 Quand il eut montré ses crocs, when he had shown hÎ3
teeth.
31 Que nous n^avionSf etc, before we had jet succeeded in
finding.
33 Tant bien que mal, as well as we could.
91, 2 Cà et làj hère and there. Note the différence of thèse
words, when accented or nnaccented ; ça^ pronoun, this or that ; la, personal pronoun, her or it. 9 En peine d^eux, embarrassed abont them.
12 Que deviendrait ma troupe ? what would become of my
troop ? Note the différence of the English and French construction with devenir.
15 Nous nous engageâmes, we entered.
17 De travers, crosswise.
21 il/af^/a5, a matrass.
29 En sentinelle, as a sentry. Sentinelle is one of three or four French words which, although designating maies, are of the féminine gender ; such are : vedette, an outpost ; recrue, a recruit.
92, 2 En rond, in a bail.
13 Oîi voulait-on que j^en eusse, where or how would one
hâve me procure them.
16 Tout en agitant, etc., ail the time that I was perpîexing
myself with thèse sad questions.
22 Le vide, empty space. Adjectives used as nouns sub-
stantives are always of the masculine gender.
93, 7 U Angélus, a prayer in honour of the mystery of the
Incarnation; it is said three times a day, in the early moming, at midday, and in the evening. The bell that summons to it is called V Angélus; the Word itself is the first word of the Latin prayer. 19 Uodorat, the sensé, power of smelling.
94, 11 Au voleur! stop thief 1 In French, cries of alarm or of
help are preceded by the préposition à ; au feu !
au secours, &g.
24 En nous rejoignant, by overtaking us. In the word
rejoindre the preAx re has not, as it usually bas, tht
sensé of 'again.* 29 Toujours, still.
29 A toutes jambes, as fast as our legs would carry us.
30 En pleine campagne, in the open country.
95, 7 // 5/ saMt^a, he ran away.
10 // y avait vol, a theft had been committed.
11 C^en était fait de, it was ail up with.
16 Comparaître, to appear as a criminal before a judge ; tt légal expression.
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95, 17 Ce ti* était paSj eic. For thîs construction see note on page 7, line 21.
24 II se feraitj etc., he woald rather take Zerbino's part
than mine.
S 6, 2 Et que, andsince. In French whatever be the adverb or conjunction that introduces a first clause ail subséquent ones will be preceded by que. Comme je n'avais pas mangé de longtemps et qaQ f avais grande faim, as I had not had anything to eat for a long time, and as I was very hungry. 4 Fait à souhait, exactly suited.
13 A merveille, marvellously well placed.
15 Sans que, etc. For this construction see note on page 18, line 29.
23 La gendarmerie, the arm of the law — as represented by Capi, who had been sent to bring him back.
25 A regret, against his will.
97, 4 Qii'il ne lui prît fantaisie, lest he should take it into his
head.
11 QiCil y avait longtemps que, that it was a long time since.
17 ye le sifflai, I whîstled to him. Siffler, from Latin
sihilo, means to whistle, or to hiss.
19 Blotti, crouched.
98, ^ Ce coquin de Zerbino, that rascally Zerbino. Coquin is
derived from coquinus, dim. of coquus, though why ** cook " should be synonymous with ** scoundrel " it îs hard to say.
7 Crier la faim, uttering cries of hunger.
10 Qui pût. The subjunctive mood is hère used because
doubt is implied.
15 A quoi, how.
21 Peut-être, etc. For construction following peut-être,
aussi, and some other adverbs, see note on page 44, line 29.
99, 1 A jouer, "Fox penser followed by à, see note on page 10,
6 Uavant, the fore-part, the stem.
11 Péniches, pinnace, any light soii of boat; Anglicé:
pinnace.
12 Pont, deck.
16 Découpures, Découpure means anything '*cut out,"
in this passage, it would mean the spaces f ormed by the omamental edge of the roof of the house-boat.
18 A Pair noble, with a noble air.
22 Rien d^efff ayant, nothing alarming. The genitive case
after rien, quelque chose, quoi, is taken from the Latin, nihilnovi, nothing new ; quidnovi, what newg»
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99, 82 Si je voulais Jouer, wish to play, indeed. The phrase is
elliptical, il would be, if expressed fully, elle me
demandait si je voulais jouer, 33 A propos, opportunely.
33 ye ne me fis pas prier, I did not wait to be asked a
second time.
100, 9 Dihiter, to deliver. Débiter properly means " to sell by
retail." 39 Répertoire, repertory, onr lîst of performances. 28 Tout en jouant, etc., without leaving où playing, and
keeping an eye on my actors.
ICI, 4 Berge, bank. From Low Latin è^r^^fl, a guard, or defence. 9 Quelque chose de maladif, eomeihmQ sickly. For quelque
chose followed by genitive see note on p. 99, line 22. IG D^ //ms />r«, doser, nearer. For grave accent on pris
see note on page 32, line 33.
18 Prenant son élan, taking a spring ; élan is also the pre-
liminary start, taken bef ore a leap.
24 Se livrer à, indulge in.
102, 19 Pourvu que je trouve à vivre, provided I can only earn
a living.
23 Qui m'inspirât. For subjunctîve after superlative, only,
and négative, see note on page 34, line 27.
28 gavais du, I had been obligea.
103, 1 Comme vous devez tous avoir faim ! How hungry you
must ail be î 8 Entrc-baillée, half open, ajar ; bailler is to yawn, and
entre -bailler, to yawn partially; entre, joined to a
verb, gives an idea of a thing done to a certain
extent, ' not entirely.* Voir is to see ; entrevoir, to
catch a glimpse of.
16 S'ils mangeaient du pain, eat bread indeed 1 See note
on page 99, line 32.
20 // s'était emparé, he had taken possession. For être as
auxiliary to verbs, conjugated reflectively, see note
on page 19, line 31.
29 Ecarquillés, wide open.
31 Aurait dû, ought to hâve.
lOft, IG Tant cette question, etc., so much did thîs question take me unawares.
105, 3 Tout ce qu'il y avait d'heureux, ^ihat good luok for me
there was.
5 Combien était généreuse, how gênerons was. Note the séparation of combien, tant, etc., from the adjeotives they qualify.
13 De me rendre, to comply.
30 La carène, the keel. Latin carîna,
106, 6 Quel plaisir que le voivî^»-^, what pleasure there was in
tms travelling. The que neeJ not be translaied.
Flift LIo«
106, 7 Chemin de halage, the towing-patli. Haler, to draw along, is cognate with the Englisli word "to haie."
10 Remous^ eddy. Remous means the water which is displaced bya boat in motion, and retnms from behind; it is derived from remoudre, to grind again.
M. Littré shews that moulinet a name given to holes in glaciers, in which the water toma in eddies, has the same origin.
13 Bordage, the gonwale.
17 Selon la rive^ along, i.e, followingthe indentations of the shore. Selon is from sub longum,
19 Tamisée^ moderated, tempered, properly "sifted," from tamiSf a sieve. Low Latin tamisitim, 107,20 Encore, etc. For construction following encore, aussi, peut-être, etc., see note on page 44, Une 29.
21 Le reprenait, reproved him.
26 Tutoiement, calling one another " thou" and "thee." The habit of adxessing members of the same family, collège and school friends, f ellow soldiers and sailors, &Q,, in the second person singular not existing in English as it does in most Europeanlangnages, there is no exact rendering of the word in English. 108, 22 Provoqué, For mie of agreement or otherwise of past participle with the direct object see note on page 37, Une 7.
25 Un martin pêcheur, a kingfisher.
109, 3 Oh si. For si with the mcaning of **yes " see note on page 10, Une 32.
12 Me reprendre, to correct me.
17 jfe ne savais trop, I hardly knew.
24 Parc, enclosure.
30 Claies, hurdles.
110, 11 Berger, a shepherd ; from Latin vervecarius he that has care of the sheep. Vervex, which by the raie o£ cognate letters "p," "b," **f,'* is the same as berbix, is the Latin for a sheep.
