reprendre, to begin again

347. se serrer le ventre dans notre hutte, to stay in the hut on an empty stomach. The phrase is often used in a figurative sensé for ' to be hard up. '

356. manège, tricks. Lit. the word means training (of horses), then a riding-school. Cheval de manège — an old wornout horse.

382. cépées, shoots. The root word *cep' = a tree stock, especially used of vine stocks.

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397. entretenir, to keep up, and then to keep up a conversation, to converse ', and so to enter tain.