la dernière; ordinal nurabers are thus used in French as

nouns with the def. art. ; thus— Il est venu le premier, He came Jirst.

21. du monde ; after a superlative, the English in is generally

rendered by de in French.

celle d'après, the ncd:t (or foHowing) onc.

22. esprit bas niany meanings— s^Jir/^, ghost, hreath, soûl, mind,

ïvit, etc., in which last meaning it is to be rendered hère, as the nearest approach to its peculiar sensé in French. 26. jouer de, to xiluy ; speaking of a musical instnmient— jouer du piano, de la guitare ; but jouer à, speaking of a game : jouer à Colin-maillard, to play at blind-man's-buiï ; jouer aux cartes, etc.

la dernière, lit. ' the last ;' hère— i/jc greatest.