CHAPITRE XII
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142, 24 La veille ^ the evening before.
27 r^/^r, to feel.
î 43. 11 Vendue, For rule of past participle see note en page 34, line 29.
18 Croisâmes i came across, met.
20 Nous donna des jambes, put vigonr into onr legs.
31 Cossue^ comfortable. The proper meaning of cossu la well fumished with cosses, bean or pea pods ; un paysan bien cossu, with rich fertile lands.
144, 1 L'on 18 put for on after the vowel in où.
3 II n*en fut pas ainsi, it was nothing of the sort.
12 De monsieur, of a fine gentleman.
16 Tout d'abord, at first.
17 Prestance, carriage, address, nppearance, from Latin
frastantia, excellence.
18 Lui en imposèrent, imposed upon him.
26 Édredon, eider down, from the Swedish eider, and dun
down.
26 Me rappliqua, etc, drew it close np to my chin.
28 Plus tu auras, etc, the warmer you are the bettcr it
will be.
145, 5 y étouffe, I am almost suffocated.
10 Rétive, restive, récalcitrant ; from Latin, restare, to resist.
17 Cuillerée. See note on page 137, line 14.
26 Avant que je fusse entré, before I had entered.
27 Une fluxion ae portrine, congestion or inflammation of
the lungs, pneumonia, plenresy.
29 Saignàt,e,xùi},9Jlier pour que, 145, 7 D^ //»5, moreover.
7 ye ne me fis, etc, I did not requîre to be told twice.
10 Je faillis suffoquer, I was very near being smothered.
12 A lunettes d'or, with gold spectacles.
14 Ne voulût pas ; craindre is followed by ne, as timco in
Latin by ne,
17 Pivoine, psBony, Latin paonia,
21 Ou bien, or certainly.
83 C*était, etc For this construction see note on page 7, Une 21.
147, 1 Ntf /«'JfliV /a^, ^/tf ., he was not easîly discouraged.
16 Acheva de décider, oompletely decided.
17 Au fait, in fact. Le cas, the case (f.f . from a médical
point of view).
22 Sans qu'il poussât. For this construction, see note on
page 18, line 2d.
25 Sinapismes (mustard poultices), Latin sinapîsmus.
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147,25 Cataplasme^ plaisters, from Greek Karà and irXicr/ia» from TrXàaatûf to apply.
26 Tisanes, diluents. Any light décoction, snch as barley-
water, etc., as given to invalids ; from Latin ptisana^ Greek vTUfâvfi, "with the word KpiQt], barley, understood, as it was generally made of " crushed barley"; •n'TÏffffu), to crush (Littré).
28 Garde malade, nurse.
82 Naguère, formerly, from ne-a-guère, î.e. il n'y a guère de temps, it is not long ago.
33 Nous jouer, etc., to play us some sly trick. 148, 1 D^une tranquillité, etc., in quite an exemplary state ol tranquility and docility.
10 Toux, féminine, from Latin titssis, cough. 14 Sucre d*orge, barley sugar.
23 Ruse, trick.
23 Bien entendu, naturally, as you may suppose*
27 Sur son séant, sitting up in his bed.
30 Suffoquer, being nearly choked.
14L9, 1 Avait dû vendre, must hâve sold.
3 // crut devoir, etc., he thought he should make an exception to this rule.
22 Quel tour de force, what a miracle that would be.
23 S!^ attarder aux, wasting time over.
27 Plein air, the open air.
28 Colla des affiches, stuck up notices, placards announcing
the exhibition.
150, 4 Coiffé d'un képi rouge, Avith a red military cap on his
head.
11 // s'agissait de, it was ail about our exhibition. 23 Renoncer à ; renoncer governs the dative case.
32 II eût pu parler, etc. {eut ior attrait), ewen if he had been
able to speak, he could not hâve expressed more clearly.
33 Qu*tl ne le faisait ; ne, hère after the comparative adverb
plus, is not to be translated into EngHsh.
151, 2 La mt'mt^M^, the pantomimic action.
9 Plus malade ! I am no longer ill I
25 II ne pouvait pas, etc., there could be no idca cf. 152, 20 V enlever à, to take you away from.
VOCABULARY
abattre, abattant, abattu, abat, abattis, vJr. to cast down ; p. 4, 1. 6., s'étaient abattus, had f allen
aboiement, n.s.m. barking
abri, n.s.m. shelter, p. 2, line 28 ; à Tabri de, beyond tbe reach of
abriter, vJr. to sbelter
accessoire, n.s.m, accessory
accomplir, accomplissant, accompli, accomplis, accomplis, vJr, to accomplish
accourait, Srd sing, imperf. from accourir, accourant, accouru, accours, accourus, v,a. to run up
accrocher, v,tr, to bang up
acheter, v.tr, to buy
acquérir, acquérant, acquis, acquiers, acquis, subj, acquière, fut, acquerrai, v.tr. to acquire
l'adosser, v, conj, refl. to lean one*8 back against
adresse n.s.f, skill, also address, place of abode
adroit, adj. dever
agneau, n,5,m. lamb
aiffu, adj, sharp
aiguille, n.s.f, needl«
ainsi, adv, so, thus
aise. If. 5./, ease
aise, adj, bien aise, very glad
ajouter, v,tr. to add
aleutoor, adv, around
aliéner, v.tr. to alienate allonger, s'allonger, v.conj,refi
to stretch onesell.
allumette, n.s.f, lucifer match alors, adv, then amas, n.s.m, heap amasser, v.tr, to coUeot, he^^p
up amende, n.s/. fine, penalty amitié, n.5.f. f riendship ; p. 2
