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la porte palissadée, #4e picket gate

Page 32. — 1. remis ‘‘d’une alarme si chaude,” recovered from such an exciting alarm ; cf. Molière’s Zartuffe, vw, 7; also p. 62, n. 2. 2. pour tout bagage, as 4er only luggage.

Page 33.— 1. Ça ne se peut pas, #ha/ is à npossible. 2. Pourquoi veux-tu, w4y should you expect.

Page 84.—1. Soixante-quinze kopecks : then about 45 cénts.

Page 35.— 1. à brûler mes vaisseaux, lit. “to burn my ships;” trans., /o burn the bridges behind me.

2. s’aplatissait.,. retentissant, gave me such a resodndiah slaÿ in the face.

Page 37.— 1. rouble... The ruble is the monetary unit of Russia and is divided into one hundréd kopecks. Its value formeriy varied from about sixty to seventy-seven cents. Since the adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, its equivalent is about fifty-one cents,

2. m'avait fait un bout de conduite, 447 accompanied me a little way.

. Page 88.— 1. j'aurai trop dormi, 7 must have slept too much. The future perfect often indicates a supposition.

mai snite thin

Page 39.—71. mettons, we wz// say.

2. In vino veritas, Latin, here is truth in wine; i.e., the truth comes out, when one is under the influence of wine.

Page 40.— 71. je m’exécute, 7 am paying up.

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