CHAPITRE X
111, 19 La franchirait, would pass its threshold. 20 Poussa, uttered.
112, 1 Depuis que je me rendais, etc., ever since I had under-
stood.
2 Mépris, contempt. A substantive formed from the \tih mépriser, from mes, with an idea of detraction, and priser, to esteem. Méprise, féminine, is ** a mistake," from nuprendre.
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112, 13 En dehors du travail^ in all^zcepting Lis work.
28 Ses frais de voyage^ his travelling expenses. XX3, 2 De se rendre à^ to comply with.
6 La garet the station. Gare properly means a place on a river in which boats are sheltered, thence, by extension, a place for depositing goods on a railway, thence the station. It is derived from an Old German word waron^ to protect (Littré).
8 Ils se doutaient^ suspected. Note the différence of the meanings of douter and se douter. The former means to doubt any fact, the latter to bave an idea that it will happen.
17 En laisse t in leash, tied to a string.
20 Avertirent y wamed me. Avertir is from Latin ad and
vertOf to tum the attention towards.
21 Flairéf scented.
31 Serra, clasped me, held me tight< Serrer is from Latin
sera^ a boit.
33 Buon dt l povero caro ! (Italian patois) welcome I poor
dear little f ellow I
114, 3 Cela m'attendrit, that went to my heart.
5 Se serre vite, is easily touched.
6 Vieilli, grown old.
7 S^ était voûtée, had become bent.
11 Cela va aller mieux maintenant, 1 shall be better now.
15 Connue, For rule of agreement of past part, see note
on page 34, line 29.
20 D^ autant plus long que, ail the longer becanse.
21 Aborder, to open.
27 D^ ailleurs. See note on page 38, line 1.
29 Avait dû, must hâve.
115, 7 D^un geste, with a gesture.
13 Que j^ assistasse, that I should be présent. Note séquence of tenses,the past sabjunctive after a past indicative in the first clause.
16 Lui, i.e, to the question.
18 Va faire tes adieux, go and bid good bye.
22 Penchée, leaning. From a Low Latin form of pendere,
to hang, pendicare.
116, 12 Si doux, si aimable que paraisse.^ etc., however gentle
and amiable this child seems to be.
18 Loué, hired him out.
22 Je m^entendrai avec eux, and I will arrange matteri
with them.
27 Je vous en prie, n*est ce pas, you won*t do it, if I ask you
not to, will you ?
117, 2 A plusieurs reprises, several times.
4 M^ arrachant à, tearing myself from.
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117, 4 Étreinte^ embrace. From Latin stringere, to hold fast.
1 1 Entrecoupée, intermingled. See note on p. 103, line 8.
22 Affoler, to bé alarmed. Affoler, from à and /bt/, properly
means to render mad, and is generally used with
amour. Cette femme Va affolé, that woman made
him madly in love with her.
