un calmant, ‘ a sédative

7. quelque chose. Quelque chose ia maso., although chose is fem.

9. marie. Il marie sa fille, ‘he marries his daughter * (as here); il se marie, ‘ he gets married;’ but il épouse une dame, etc., ‘ he marries a lady,* etc.

14. se passer, ‘go off.* But se passer de, ‘to do without.* Cf. note on p. 8, 1. 4.

16. seras. The future tense. Chameroy was not already seated, 80 the action was really future. The French, therefore, with their usual accuracy, always use the future or future perfect in such cases ; in English we use, less correctly, the présent for the French future, the perfect for the French future perfect. Translate accordingly : ‘ when you hâve sat down.*

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4. se doute, ‘ suspect.* But douter, ‘ to doubt.* Note the différence in meaning in many verbs when in the reflexive form. Cf. e. g. abuser, ‘ to deceive ’ (‘ abuse * means * deceive * in Elizabethan English) ; é abuser, ‘ to be mistaken ; * battre, ‘ to beat ; * se battre {avec), ‘ to fight ; * défier, ‘ to challenge ; ’ se défier {de), ‘ to

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mistrust ; * garder, ‘ to keep ; ’ se garder (dé), * to forbear ; * sauver, ‘ to gave ; ' se sauver, ‘ to run away/ etc. See note, p. 7, 1. 14.

5. Rapporte-t-en donc à moi, lit. ‘refer yourself then to me as regards that (en).* Donc added to an impérative adds the idea of an encouragement to that of the command. Say ‘ You may trust me for that.*

6. le rez-de-chaussée, ‘ the ground floor ’ (lit. ‘ level of Street.* Bez is derived from Lat. rasus. Cf. nez, ‘nose,* from nasus; chaussée, Lat. calciata, scil. via, ‘ paved way.’ Cf English ‘ causeway,* formed by popular etymology from chaussée). Above the rez-de-chaussée there is usually the entresol, or ‘ intermediate * story ; then the premier étage, second étage, etc.

7. boulevard Haussmann, Named after Baron Haussmann, who practically rebuilt Paris, as Prefect of the Seine under Napoléon