passe" dix heures. See note to p

8. contre les petites fenêtres. Contre, like Engîieh 'against/ has the sensé of proximity. Opposite is en face, vis-à-vis.

14. taches de son. Lit. * bran-spots,' because 4 freckles ' are like bran.

15 tout est là. That is to say, * in my mind's eye.'

25. Washington. The formai revolt of America from England began by the Déclaration of Kights, 1774. George Washington was made Generalissimo of the new American forces.

— . voyez-vous ça. Bender by * just think of it.'

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8. Frédéric II. Frederick the Great gave the French, under Soubise, a most shanieful beating at Rosbaoh in Provinz Sachsen, 1757. See note to p. 9, 1. 4 ; also see below.

7. il ne ferait pas le gros dos. Render by 'he would not look so big.'

8 A valu. Lit. ' has been worth.' Render by ■ bas cost.'

15. la route royale. Tbe routes royales corresponded to tbe présent routes nationales, which are kept up at the expense of tbe State. Tbere are also now routes départementales, kept up by eacb département ; chemins vicinaux, kept up by eacb commune.

30. de grises. Cf. otber pbrases wbere tbe adjective agrées with sorne féminine noun of indefinite meaning ; e.g. voir de drôles, recommencer de plus belle, jouer la belle (tbe conqueror). For tbe meaning grises, cf. faire grise mine à, = faire mauvaise mine à.

12. sur la cour. Understand qui donnait before thèse words. 22. les cheveux me dressaient sur la tête. Dresser is, in thia

pbrase only, used intrausitively. Me is dat. See note to p. 11, 1. 7.

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13. tant de loups courent le pays. Adverbs of quantity, when followed by de witb a plural noun eitber expressed or in tbougbt, are équivalent to a collective noun and require the verb in tbe plural ; e.g. combien voudraient être h votre place. Tbe intransitive courir is used transitively : (1) courir le cerf; (2) in tbe sensé of parcourir, courir les rues, le pays, le monde ; (3) courir le risque.

16. toute déchirée. To please tbe ear tbe adverb tout is Bpoken and written as if it were a féminine adjective, when it qualifies a féminine adjective or participle beginning witb a consonant or aspirated h.

20. les coups de vent Render coups by 4 gusts.' See note to p. 24, 1. 23.

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1. de nos jours. Translate ' in our time.' Cf. partir de nuit% 'to start at nigbt,' or 'in tbe nigbt.' Cf. also de bonne heure, de mon temps, etc.

20. quelque chose oV extraordinaire. See note to p. 6, 1. 26.

25. recurer. This verb, rarely used, has the same meaning as curer, which strictly means ' to clean ouf (something hollow, e.g. a well, a ditch). Eender by * to scour.' In similar cases, use laver-

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15. j'approchais de. Do not render de after verbs and adjectives of * nearness,' which, in French, always take this préposition; e.g. ce village voisin de la frontière.