CHAPITRE VII
17, 6 Dtsplus simpliSt of the sîmplest deseriptîon* 10 Coiffant, putting on the cap of .
12 Orognara, an old soldier; literallj, a grombler, ai Napoléon osed to call his vétérans when in a good humour with them.
ta, 4 Pour cela, for that purpose, i.#., to wander about tha streets.
i Mi mettait volontiers la bride sur U cou, willinglj gave me my liberty ; lit., left the reins loose on mj neck. 6 0«(, when. The adverb of place où, is frequently osed for time, 8-9 Seras, verras, comprendras. In thèse three instances the future tense is used in French when in English we should employ the présent, 10 Adresse'les-moi. Observe the order of the pronouna after the imperative afi&rmative ; in ail other cases tne pronouns précède the verb, and their order is di£Ferent, the dative me preoeding the acoosative les, as : il me les donna, 12 Me serait-il possible. Observe the construction after peut'itre, the nominative -gronoxm following the verb. Compare note on aussi, page, 44, line 29. 20 Sache, Oneof the four verbs in which the 2nd sîng. ot the imperative mood is not the same as the first sing. of the présent indicative :
They are, être, which makes sois, avoir, „ aie,
savoir, „ sache,
aller, „ va,
They may be remembered by two rhymes in Rn glîg h and French:
(1) être and avoir, aller and savoir,
(2) être, to be, and aller, to go, avoir, to hâve,
and savoir to know.
27 Tu seras. 8ee note on line 8 of this page.
28 Au. For penser, followed by à, see note on page 10^
line 5.
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ta, 29 Faii. For nile of past participlo preoeding ils objeeli 866 note on pag6 37, lin6 7.
29 Enlevé à, taken away from.
19, 1 Esprit. See note on page 8, lîne 28.
4 Moi. Note the use of the disjunctiye prononn moi when
not îmmediately preoeding the yerb ît govems. 6 Était-il descendu. For nile when to conjogate descendre
wîth être, and when with avoir, see note on page 37,
Une 21.
9 Guère, scarcdly. From Old German wetgaro, ol •
Burety.
11 Accentue, intensifies.
16 Se sont engouffrées. For être as anzilîaiy to refleotÎTe
yerbs, see note on page 19, line 31.
25 Est né. Naître and mourir take the aaxiliary être.
28 Un héros. Héros has an aspirated h ; the words derived
from it: héroïne, héroïque, and héroïsme, haye an nnaspirated h.
60, 4 II est à croire, there is reason to belieye — ^I suppose.
5 Le rire. AU yerbs ased as noon substantiyes are of th«
masculine gender.
12 Venait de se lever. Venir followed bj de has the mean«
ing of, ** to haye jast ** — ^had just risen.
24 De ce qu'était Vhistoire, of what " histoiy " meant.
25 Eût, for aurait, of fréquent occurrence.
29 Tenait dans, was confiiied to.
29 Qu'enfermait Vhorizon. For yerb preceding îts sabjeol
in relatiye sentences, see note on page B, line 3. •1, 8 De quoi, wherewithal.
8 Au jour naissant, at daj break. 11 Que bordaient des vignes. For yerb preceding the sabject see note on page 3, line 3.
19 Que de maisons! What a qnantitj of honsesl 23 Les quelques petites villes, the few small towns.
26 Auprès. For this accent see note on page 32, line 3S,
30 II se produisait, there existed.
81 ye ny comprends rien, I conld not make head or tafl of it.
•a, 4 Sans qu*on vit. See note on page 18, line 29.
8 En tous sens, in ail directions.
11 Sans que je V eusse interrogé. See note on p. 18, line 29*
16 Évitent, swing ; as a yessel does at a change of tide.
20 Que de mots t How manj words I
87 ^ui s'étaient trouvées. For être as auxîliary to refleotift
yerbs see note on page 19, line 31.
80 Un public nouveau, a new audience.
•S, 8 Ailleurs, elsewhere. For ailleurs and d'ailleurs set nott
on page 38, line !•
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€9f 7 Chaneeani de quarHerSfttBJï^aig (mr qnsaierË. Changn takes the genitiye case of the thing changed : il faut changer de chemise.
17-19 Suiviy abandonné^ pris. For raie of past partie ipl«/r#ceding ils object, see note on page 87, Une 7* 30 Plus de vignes t no more vines !
S4 A perte de vue, till it wafi lost to sight
