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Page 36 Une 15 — ^A défont Totre : To yonr laie.
85 20— Les oisifs : The idlers.
86 16— C'était en pleine campagne: It ms ont of the
town.
86 18 — ^La porte vitr6e : The glazed door.
86 26— La petite étonrdie : The thoughtless yoong girl.
Etourdir, to din, deafen; formerly eetourdir. It. stordiret from Lat. extorpiàUre,
87 8 — ^D*mi petit gentilhomme de campagne: Of a
oonntiy sqnire. In Ireland, sqnireen.
87 6— Madame Victoire : Her Boyal Highness Princess
Victoire. Formerly, the title of "Madame" was giren to ail the princesses of the royal blood. The word Madame^ withont any name f ollowing, was only applied to the wife of the king's brother. Bossnet, in his magnificent fanerai oration on the Dnchess of Orléans, exclaims: "Ifadama se meurt, Madeune est morte."
87 7 — ^Imi>osait aliénée. The verb imposer^ taken
actiyeiy, meana to impose, and impoaer à, means to awe. En imposer = to deoeiTe.
87 18 — ^Bongea et hors d'haleine: Flnshed and ont of toeath. Haleine, from Lat. amhèUure,
87 28— Où elles avaient été entassées : Where they had been paoked in. Un t<u, a heap. Of German origin. Neth. t<u.
87 26— Elles s'arrangeront: Well, th^ mnst make
shift.
88 7 — ^Dit-il d'mi ton d'ezcnae: Saidheinanapologetic
tone.
88 25 — Son éventail : Her fan.
88 26— A ma guise : As I like it. Vivre à sa flfwfsa, to Hwe
in one's way. Quiae, from the Qennàn, Weise.
English, wise.
88 80 — Chez tous: To yonr own room.
89 8— Mais pour faire le ménage: Bat to get oor room
ready. Faire bon tnéruige, to Utc happily
together. Ménage, oziginally maimage, Lat.
mansionaticum.
89 11 — Que madame la marqoise ne s'inqoiète pas de
moi : Yonr ladyship need not mind me.
89 14 — ^A la bonne heore : It is ail right, then. 89 29 — ^Un seul pli : A single orease. Cela ne fera pae
im pUj (fig.) there will not be the least
difficalty.
40 8--Qa'est-ce qu'il y a f What is the matter 7
40 12— Je n'en puis plus : I am done up, exhausted.
Je n'0npttis mais, I oannot help it.
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^agê 41' Un€ 19 — ^Ayaît Gxaucé : Had hearcL From Lat. eeatMorA
Exaucer is a doublet of exhausser, 42 6— Qu'il 7 prenne garde : Let him beware.
42 12 — -Puisque j'étais ta promise : Sinoe I was engaged
to you.
42 14 — Nous ne nous marierons jamais : We shall never get married. Marier, to marry, «.a. to gÎTe one's child in marriage, or to perform the ceremony of marriage. Epouser , to wed.
42 26— Ce que vous devez : What you ought to do. The verb devoirt implying ànty, is to be translated by ùught : oonveying an opinion of the writer or speaker, by must ; as Vous devez m'avoir TU, you must hâve seen me; expressing futurity, by to he ; as, Le régiment doit arriver demain, the régiment is to arrive to-moxrow.
In ail other cases, devoir =: to owe.
48 81 — ^Yers la religion de la Raison : A kind of allégorie worship whieh the faction of the Hebertists, and especially Ghaumette, tried to introduco into France (1794).
44 6— La femme n'en doit-elle plus faire autant?
Is a iivoman no longer bound to do the same f 44 8 — La lutte l'épuisait: The struggle overpowered
her.
44 23 — ^Fâchée contre moi : Angiy with. Etre fâché de,
to be sorry for.
46 80 — Je ne sais ce qui me retient d'en venir là aujourd'hui: I don't know what restrains me from doing so this very day.
46 12 — ^n ne s'agit que d'attendre : Then I bave only
to wait.
46 14— Et franchissant la haie : And clearing the hedge» 46 19<— Son chapelet: Her rosary. Ronsard, speakmg of a maiden watering Ulies, says :
** Soir et matin les arrose, Et à ses noces propose De s'en faire un chapelet.*' The chapelet de roses, a chapîot cf tctc?, p?«<*'d on the statues of the Virgin, shortly cancrtl * rosaire, or rosaiy, came later to mean a sort of chain intended for counting prayers, made ni threaded beads, which at first were mad« to resemble the ohaplets of the ^'^^"*^ (Brachdt.)
Paç« 47 Une 6— Mais «mns se heurter : But withont stumbling
against.
47 16— Dans la lande : On the heaih.
48 l*— C'était à son fojer : It was at its fireside. From
Lat. focvtë. The green-room in a théâtre is called**Le/oy0r.'* 48 10— Us font partir leurs fosîls : They ûre their gnns. 48 11 — ^Ponf ! : Bang ! A word which negroes apply to the report of fire-arms.
48 2&— -Le sentier qui tonmait: The path winding
round. liom Lat. semUariuSt der. from semita,
49 3— Tirent toat seuls ; Are the only ones that aro
firing.
49 6— Hb ont bien déjà descendu deux cents biens; They hâve, I am snre, killed at least 200 of the republican troops. The verb descendre = to hiUj is a soldierly expression. English, to hring down,
49 11 — ^Ponr se mettre en bataille : To put thernselves in battle array.
49 15 — Cachés dans les fourrés : Hidden in thickets.
19 18 — AToir affaire à quelques habiles tireurs : To hâve to deal with some orack shots. Avoir affaire dCf to stand in need of. S^attirer une affaire^ to get into a scrape. Ta/i votre affaire^ I hâve what you want. Son affaire est honnoy he is in for it.
49 80 — Ivres de joie : Mad with joy. From Lat. ébriue.
V) 12 — Sont très-bien : Are Tery comfortable.
10 20 — "Ëi en serrant les poings : Clenching his fists.
