tabac à priser : Snufï

67.3. émérite : Is used of one retired from service or of one who has seen very long service, hence : ' experienced ' ; ' fumeur émérite,' ' confirmed smoker.'

67.4. le banc : To be found in front of any house in a French village.

67.5. s'annonçait : Was holding out promise of being, looked as if it would be.

67.6. le débit : Shop. Any small retail shop is a ' débit.' The same word also means ' delivery ' applied to speech, and to commodities like water or gas.