la porte palissadée, the gate in the fence

Page 32« — i. remis "d'une alarme si chaude," recovered from such an exciting alarm,

2, pour tout bagage, as her only luggage.

Page 83. — i. Ça ne se peut pas, that is impossible, 2, Pourquoi veuz-tu, why should you expect.

Page 84* — i. Soixante-quinze kopecks : then about 45 cents.

Page 85* — i. à brûler mes vaisseaux, lit., "to bum my ships;" trans., to bum the bridges behind me,

2. s'aplatissait . . . retentissant, gave me such a resounding slap in the face.

Page 87* — i. rouble... The ruble is the monetary unit of Russia and is divided into one hundred kopecks. Its value formerly 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, had accompanied me a litUe way.

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

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TtLge 89« — I. mettons, we will say,

2. In yino yeritas, Latin, there is truth in wine; Le., the truth comes out, when one is under the influence of wine.

Page 40. — I. je m'exécute, I am paying up.