accaparement: ' Monopoly,' ' cornering

112.4. la Convention : The Revolutionary Assembly that governed \ France from the 2oth September 1792 till October 1795. l

112. 5. rassureurs : ' Optimists,' the men who will always hâve it l that things will ' corne ail right.' |

113.1. l'ancien régime: France before the Révolution, the ! Monarchy. |

113.2. brioche: A sort of fine bread or simple cake containing ^ butter and eggs. Translate : ' If they hâve no bread, let them l eat cake.' The saying has been attributed to Marie- Antoinette, i