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dans le temps que, adverbial conj. — while

venir à ; what is the différence between venir de, venir à, and venir, without préposition, followed by an iiifmitive ?

18. se noyer, hère, not 'to drown one'sself,' but to be drowning.

portière, carriage ■ door ; notice also glaces, carriage-

windows.

20. il ordonna à . . . qu'on allât ... ; contract the two clauses into one — 'he ordered his . . . to hasten.'

24. il était venu is impersonal ; what is the real (logical) subject of the verb ?

28. quérir is a defective verb (a verb not used in ail tenses) ; it

occurs only in the infinitive, and only after aller, venir, envoyer.

29. lui fit mille caresses, say — overwhelmed him with caresses. 22. 2-3. trouver à son gré, to taice a liklng to ; see note to p. 20, 1. 26.

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