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si on, net si Von, because / précèdes. See

6. ce qu'il . . . c'est, what was singular, was that; de singulier, as above, 1. 18; and c^est, idiomatic près., as heretofore.

Page 75. — i. à la promenade, may be walking, or driving, or riding. See 12, 10. en sorte que, or de sorte que, phrase : so that.

2. Est-ce que, etc. This form of question often expresses surprise: is it possible that, etc. See 20, 5.

3. se résoudre à. See 68, 5; elsewhere simply résoudre de, as p. 76, 1. 23. In this sensé, the reflexive is now more usual.

4. frère de lait, foster-brolher — according to a custom still prévalent in the fashionable society of some countries.

5. de se corriger de, to correct himsclf of : to correct his faults, the reflex

forin hcing imich Icss usual in English.

Page 76. — i. heureuse, is hère fortunate. Note 1. 10, si l'oti, and sce

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