à faire valoir, to assert, to enforce

Page 20. — I. grand-chose, much. Grand"* chose, grand'' mere,

grand peur, etc. are survivais of Old French, in which grand had but one form in the singular. The addition of the apostrophe by grammarians, although erroneous, has been sanctioned by usage.

2. en ménageant les propriétés et les personnes, by sparing îife and property.