CHAPITRE K
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78, 25 A trois ou quain reprises, three or f onr times 0Y«r.
79, 8 Tu as raison, jon are rîght.
. 11 Au bout du compte, after ail.
18 Abasourdi, stupefied, sttumed. Literally "rendarefl
deaf ,'* from sourd, deal.
22 Bien entendu, naturally.
23 Sortira, fatare in French for présent tense in English.
80, 7 DHci là, in the meantime.
17 Tu auras affidre d moi, yon wîll hâve to reokon with
me; familiarly, look ont foryourself.
22 Bretelle, %\XK<^,
80 Tout compte fait, eyerything being reckoned.
81, 7 Juché, perohed.
16 Nous tiendrait lieu, wonid do înstead 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 yerb, and then the nominative pronoim.
81 Coucher à la belle étoile, to sleep in the open air. Cf.
Latin subjove.
BZ, 2 Sans que. For this eonstraction, see note on page 18, Une 29.
7 Je musèlerais, Some verba in ter take a grave accent on the e, others, like appeler, donble the /.
11 Une livre et demie. Compare with une demi-livre. Une
19. Demi preceding the substantive does not change its gender ; if it foUows the substantive it changes. 16 Ce n^ était pas trop — qu'un pain. For this construction, see note on page 4, Une 22.
23 Sur mes onze sous, out of my twelve sous.
25 Or, now.
83 Assuré, bold, confident.
83, 11 Repousser, push back, î.«. refuse to take.
12 QuHls nUn sauraient que faire, that they wonld not
know what to do with them.
25 Cétait, etc. For this construction, see note on page 4,
Une 22.
27 Gaspillé, squandered, wasted. 2^ A la gamelle, out of the platter, as soldiers and sailori
take their food.
81 Le mieux partagé, best off.
82 Alors que nous, etc, when we were stiU famished. 82 Sur sa part, ont of his share.
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Plat d$ supplément, snpplementary dish.
Bi$n qu$^ althongh.
Leur faire part, to eommnnieate to them.
Faisait la quête, was making a collection.
Se serrer le ventre, tighten oar waistbands — so as nol
to feel the pangs of hunger so keenly.
youer de mauvais tours, play me tricks.
Serrons nos rangs, let as olose np oar ranks, as solditrs,
to repnlse a charge.
Il se passait quelque chose de grave, something serions
was happening.
A leur égard, with regard to them, Une vingtaine, See note on page 9, Une 26.
Une cervelle creuse, emptj headed fellow.
Notre coucher, oar night^s lodging.
// s^annonçait, it looked.
Chêtive, See note on page 66, Une 28.
Plus le village était petit, moins, etc., the smaller the village the less chance we had, <ftc. Note the différence of the English and French constraction hère, the English asing the definite article before " mors " and ** less," which is omitted in French.
15 Une grande taille, a commanding statare. 07» 8 Peut-être, For eonsimciion tdiet peut-être see n(Aè on page 44, Une 29.
6 y avais beau jouer, it was of no ase my playing. Avoir
beau, to do a thîng in vain.
11 A les casser, till they cracked.
21 Dressées, held np. Dresser is to set on end, from Latin directus, straight.
•S, 8 Fenesta vascia, etc, Kalian patois.
6 y'entamais, I was jast beginning; from Latin af^;»ifiî-
nare, to pat one's hand to.
8 Mauvais garnement, 70a good for nothing yoang rascal. From Italian gamimento, an omament or def ence ; un bon garnement meant something omamental and asefal ; un mauvais garnement, the contrary.
17 Que je te fasse un procès, that I shonld take out a S^im-
mons against yoa.
20 Garde champêtre, raral gaard, for the defenee of crops,
propert^; game, «fec, in the raral districts. 20 Tourne les talons, be off, show me a clean pair of heels
(fam.).
23 Ce quHl en c^Atait, how dear it cost, how dangeroas it
was.
86 Je ne me fis pas répéter, etc, X did net reqairs to be told twioe.
•9, ë Eût, tôt aurait
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89, 19 Renvoie. Verbs in yer take an t in the place otÛtêf
before an nnaccented e,
20 D*un coup de tête, bj a motion of hia head.
90, 15 Quand il eut montré s$i crocs, when he had shown hia
teeth.
81 Que nous n'avions, etc., before we had yet sacceeded in finding.
83 Tant bien que mal, as well as we eoold.
91, S Cà et là, bere and there. Note the différence of thèse
words, when accented or nnaccented ; ça, pronoon, thÎB or that ; la, personal pronoon, 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 SVendn construction with devenir.
15 Nous nous engageâmes, we entered.
17 De travers, orosswise.
21 Matelas, a matrass.
29 En sentinelle, as a sentry. Sentinelle is one of three or four French words which, althoogh designating maies, are of the féminine gender ; sudi are : vedette, an ontpost ; recrue, a recroît.
92, 2 En rond, m a bail.
13 OU voulait-on que f en eusse, where or how would ont
hâve me procure them.
16 Tout en agitant, etc., ail the time that I was perplezing
myself with thèse sad questions.
22 Le vide, empty n>ace. Adjectives used as nouns sub-
stantives are alwa^ of the masculine gender.
9S, 7 V 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.
9% 11 Au voleur! stop thief 1 In French, cries of alarm or of help are preceded by the préposition à ; au feu I au secours, &o,
84 En nous rejoignant, by overtaking us. In the word
rejoindre the prefix re has not, as it usually haa, th« sensé of 'again.' 29 Toujours, still.
29 A toutes jambes, as fast as our legs would oarry UB.
30 En pleine campagne, in the open oountry.
98t 7 II se sauva, he ran away.
10 II y avait vol, a theft had been eommitted.
11 Cen était fait de, it was ail up with.
16 Comparaître, to appear as a criminal before a judge ; Il légal expression.
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95, 17 Ci H*êtaît fast iic. For thîs oonstractîon see note on
page 7, line 21.
24 II se ferait^ etc., he would rather take Zerbino's part
th^n mine.
96, 8 Ei que, and since. In French whatever be the adverb
or conjunction that introdaces a jfirst clause ail subséquent ones will be preceded by que. Comme je n*avaispas mangé de longtemps et que f avais grande faim, as I had net had .anjthîng to eat for a long time, and as I was verj hungry.
i Fait à souhait, ezactly suited.
13 A merveille, manrellously well placed.
15 Sans que, etc. For this construction see note on page 18, line 29.
28 La gendarmerie, the arm of the law — as represented by Capî, who had been sent to bring him back.
25 A regret, against his will.
91 f 4 Qu*il ne lui frit fantaisie, lest he should take it into his head.
11 QuHl y avait longtemps que, that it was a long time since.
17 ye U sifflai, I whistled to him. Siffler, from Latin
sibilo, means to whistle, or to hiss.
19 Blotti, crouched.
9B, 4 Ce coquin de Zerbino, that rascally Zerbino. Coquin is derived irom coauinus, dim. o! coquus, thougn why ** cook " should De synonymous witn " scoundrel " it is hard to say.
7 Crier la faim, uttering cries of hunger.
10 Qui pût. The subjunctive mood is hère used becausa
ooubt is implied.
15 A quoi, how.
21 Peut-être, etc. For construction foUowing peut-être^ aussi, and some other adverbe, see note on page 44, line 29.
99, 1 A jouer. For penser followed by à, see note on page 10, line 5.
6 Vavant, the fore-part, the stem.
11 Péniches, pinnace, any light sort of boat; Anglîcé:
pinnace.
12 Pont, deck.
16 Découpures. Découpure means anythlng **oat ont,**
in this passage, it would mean the spaces f ormed by the omamental edge of the roof of Ûie house-boat.
18 A Pair noble, with a noble air.
12 Rien d'efft ayant, nothing alarming. The genitiye case after rien, quelque chose, quoi, is taken from the Latin, nihilnovi, nothing new ; quid novi, what newi.
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99, 8S Siji voulais joutr, wish to play, indeed, The phrase il
elliptical, h wonld be, if ezpressed folly, ilU mê
demandait siji voulais jouer.
83 A prof 05, opportonely.
83 y« ne me fis pas prier ^ I did not wait to be teked a
Beeond time.
100, 9 Débiter, to deliver. Débiter properly means "to sell by
retail." ]& Répertoire, repertory, oor liât of performances. 28 Tout en jouant, etc., withoat leaying off playîng, and
keeping an eye on my actors.
101, 4 B^r^^, bank. FromLow Latin 6^r^a, a goard, or defence. 9 Quelque chose de maladif, somethmg sickly. For quelque
chose followed by genitive see note on p. 99, line 22. 16 De plus près, doser, nearer. For grave accent on prU
see note on page 32, line 33.
18 Prenant son élan, taking a spring ; élan is alao the prt-
liminary start, taken before a leap.
24 Se livrer à, indulge in.
10 a, 19 Pourvu que je trouve à vivre, proyided I can only eam
a living.
23 Qui mHnspirât, For subjonctive after superlative, only,
and négative, see note on page 34, line 27.
28 y*avais dû, I had been obliged.
108, 1 Comme vous devez tous avoir faim I How hnngry yov must ail be 1 8 Entre-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 oatoh a glimpse of .
16 SHls mangeaient du pain, eat bread indeed 1 See note
on page 99, line 32.
20 II s^était emparé, he had taken possession. For être as auziliary to verbs, conjugated reflectively, see noto on page 19, line 31.
29 Écarquillés, wide open.
31 Aurait dû, ought to hâve.
lOft, 16 Tant cette question, etc., so mneh did this question tak«
me nnawares.
108, 8 Tout ce qu* il y avait d^ heureux, "^ÏL^Xgoodi look for me there was.
i Combien était généreuse, how gênerons was. Noto the séparation of combien, tant, etc, from the adjeotives they qualify.
18 De me rendre, to comply.
80 La carhte, the keel, Latin cartna.
Quel plaisir que le voyage, what pleasure there was in this travelling. The que need not be translatod.
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lOé, 7 Chemin de halagê^ the towing-path. HaUr, to dniw along, is eognate with the English word "to haie." 10 RitnouSt eddy. Remous means the water which is displaced bva boat in motion, and retonxs trom behind; it is deriyed from rtmoudu, to grînd again.
M. Lîttré shews that moulin^ a name given to holes in glaciers, in whioh the water toms in eddies, bas the same origin.
18 Bordaget the gonwale.
17 Selon la rive, along, i,e, followîngthe indentations of the shore. Selon is from sub longum.
19 Tamisée, moderated, tempered, properly " sif ted,*' from
tamis, a sieve. Low Latin tamisium.
107, 20 Encore, etc. For construction foUowing encore, aussi, peut-être, etc., see note on page 44, Une 29. 21 Le reprenait, reproved him.
26 Tutoiement, oalling one another *<thoii** and "thee." The habit of adressing members of the same f amilj, eoUe^e and school friends, f ellow soldiers and sailors, ftc, m the second person singolar not existing in English as it does in most European langnages, there is no exact rendering of the word in English.
10 S, 23 Provoqué. For mie of agreement or otherwise of past participle with the direct object see note on page 37,
25 Un martin pécheur, a kingfisher.
109, 8 Oh si. For si with the meanlng of " yes *' see note (»
page 10, line 82.
12 Me reprendre, to correct me.
17 y# ne savais trop, I hardly knew.
24 Parc, endosore.
80 Claies, hardies.
110, 11 Berger, a shepherd ; from Latin vervecarius he that has
care of the sheep. Vervex, which by the rule of
eognate letters **p," *'b,*' **f,'* is the same as berbix,
b the Latin for a sheep.
