Coup de tête. — A rash, inconsiderate act

8. Il a de qui tenir. — Tenir is hère used in the sensé of to resemble, to take after, as in the phrase H tient de son père. It does not seem eas^ to render literally into Ën^lish II a de qui temr, although the sensé 18 plain, — " He takes after his mother, who, etc."

^ 9. A manqué. — Almost. Compare the famillar English expression, just missed.