Hérodote : see note, p

notre dernier romancier : Tourguenieff, born at Oral in 1818, died near Paris in 1883. He is generally looked upon as one of the greatest masters of fiction. Most of his Works hâve been translated into English. The principal are Expériences of a Sportsman, Fathers and Sons, Smoke, Virgin Soil, Spring Floods.

,, 6. agiter, ' to be shaken.'

,, 15. son compte est réglé, ' he is done for.' Son affaire est faite is used in the same sensé.

,, 19. gars : the popular term, generally pronounced gâ, from which garçon cornes. In Old French gars was used as subject and garçon as object. The etymology is not certain.

,, 22. élève, niasc. and fem. , ' pupil' ; élève, fem. , ' breeding,' ' rearing. '

, , 24. de temps à autre : same meaning as de temps en temps.

,, 31. tant que tu voudras : account for the future.

76. 7. quérir, Lat. quacre^-e, is only used in the infinitive, after a

verb of motion.

,, 25. beau thème à philosophie 1 account for the omission of the article and the use of à.

,, 27. à son tour : note —

avoir trois mètres de tour, ' to be three yards round.' faire le tour de, ' to go round.'

être fait au tour, ' to be bcautifully shaped ' (lit. ' made with the lathe ').

77. 1. repartir, ' to start again,' ' to reply,' is conjugated like

partir; répartir, ' to divide,' ' to portion out,' is regular.

,, 2. à vous bien tenir, ' to mind what you are about.' ,, 12. le mort, 'deadman,' ' dummy ' (at whist) ; la mort, 'death.' psaume ; sound the /.

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