être médecin. See note to p

28. tZ s'est déjà fait recevoir bachelier. Lit « ne has already had

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hïmseîf received bachelor.' The baccalauréat, or de?ree of B.A., B.Sc, etc. (French, bachelier es lettres, bachelier es sciences), is conferred by the différent Facultés of French University towns upon both résident and non-resident students after a wriiten and oral examination. Faculté, properly the body of teachers, is also used for the colleeres where lectures are delivered. The Freuch de^reed are: (1) baccalauréat; (2) licence; (3) doctorat.

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5. et que. The conjunction que stands for quand: for que serves as a repeating conjunction in the place of ail others. Thus: 'if . . . and if is si . . . et que (with subjunctive).

7. les poussins. M What, ail my pretty chickens ! " — Macbeth, Act IV., Scène 3.

8. tout du long. Render by 4at full length.' «To fall at full length' is tomber de tout son long.