le four chauffe pour moi, I’m going to have a bad time

32. Je fis l’esprit fort, I pretended not to be superstitious.

Page 92. — 1. Vive l’Empereur! The usual battle cry of Napoleon’s armies.

5. dais, canopy, should be clearly distinguished from English dais, ‘ raised platform.’ The word originally meant ‘ table,’ particularly a state table raised on a platform and covered by a canopy.