se joue de, — " Uses for its own ends

Page 2, line 1. des hommes. — Des is not partitive, but formed by the de acoompanying se servir ("to make use of" ) and the article that goes witb the noun " hommes" used in its fullest sensé. Gram., § 371.

1. 5. Voilà pourquoi. — "That is why." Voila ("see-there "), when accurately used, refers to what has been already mentioned or is remote ; voici ("see-here"), to what follows or is near at hand.

1, 7. se défnit, s'acquiert, s'obtient. — AU are to be rendered by the English passive: " is defined," etc. Compare, Il se vend 50 centimes la livre, "It sells for 10 cents a ponnd." Gram., § 537 (b).

,1. 14. quelque chose de fatal. — -Note that when quelque chose, rien, personne, and some other words are followed by an adjective, which ia always masculine, de must be inserted between. For a complète statement see Gram., § 613.

1. 18. Voilà Christophe Colomb. — "And so you get Christopher Columbus."