pattes de devant, furc-paws ; thus 'roue de derrière

hind-whcel.

15. laceron, oi' laiteron, a varirty of lettuce — harc-lcttucc.

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20. 16. il attendit que; after 'attendre' que generally stands for jusqu'à ce que ; sec note to p. 3, 1. 3.

peu instruit, word for word — 'little instructed ;' but peu is often used by way of a négative prefix instead of in-, as hère — innocent.

17. vint; the subjunctive is used after jusqu'à ce que, 1. 1,

when the action is not accomplished, i.e. not yet a matter of/act ; see note to p. 3, 1. 4.

vînt se fourrer ; notice the use of the infinitive after verbs of going and coming ; in English the tvvo verbs linked by and are put in the same luood and tense.

18. fut-il ; account for the transposition of verb and subject.

19. avoir contentement, to hc gratified ; when a noun is used

with a verb to form a verbal 2->hrase, that is to say, a verb composed of two or more words, it takes no article ; thus — avoir peur = craindre, to fcar ; prendre part = participer, to sliare.

19-20. jeune étourdi de lapin ; in English a noun thus standing after another noun qualifying it, generally takes the indefinite art. ; as hère — a yoimg giddy-'pate {madcap) of a rabhit.