les primes. Render by * the bounty

32. arrêtaient. This verb ia transitive, though the object is not expressed.

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3. pendre. This verb is transitive, and une douzaine is its object. In English the verb * hang ' must hère be put in the passive, and •dozen* must be made the object of the verb 4see.'

— . bien. Eender by 'fully a dozen.'

4. la guerre de Sept ans. The Seven Years' War began in 1756. France combined with Austria and Prussia against Frédéric IL, the Great, of Prussia, whose only ally was England.

9. chacun se représente. The indicative, représente, has hère a potential meaning, * can represent/

— . l'ancien régime. There is no English équivalent for this phrase, which is commonly used to dénote the 'old political System* before the French Révolution.