mais aussi, hut tkcn

37. 5. si elle ne se taisait (impf. of ' se taire ') ; after si ... ne

' pas ' niay be left ont.

5-6. ce n'est pas que ... ne ; instcad of the word-for-word —

' this is not that,' say — 7iot that.

7-8. rompre la tête à, idiomatic expression for to lore, to worry ; to split one's head ; to stun one's cars.