respire, long for

Page 153. — i. prenez garde de faire, mind you don^t have ; take care not to have.

2. maravédis (from the Moorish). The maravedi was the smallest denomination of Spanish money, varying in value from a little less to a little more than half an English farthing or quarter of a United States cent. As a copper coin it circulated till the end of the i8th century.

3. carte blanche, unrestricted power to act or decide. Specifically^ a paper duly authenticated with signature, etc., and intrusted to a person to be filled up at his discretion.

Page 154. — i. coups de langue, slanders; lança son trait, had a fling {at me).