bon coup, good piece of work ; job

3. chef-d'œuvre. Before he could be received a master in his craft, a candidate had to make his chef-d'œuvre or masterpiece. Pronounced chè-deu-vr (^» as in scul^.

Page 25. — i. coup d'essai, /rj/ attempt,

2. à mes trousses, at my heels. Trousses^ a sort of baggy knee-brteches formerly w^orn by pages.

3. dont je me serais fort mal trouvé, which would have been thezvorse for me.

4. joignis, approached ; joindre, in this sense, is to approach a person to engage him in conversation.