L'addition, the biîl, a synonyni of carte, or note
Page 51. — 1. Patron, a rather inélégant word for proprietor.
Pagre 52. — i. Vous direz; the use of the future in giving commands is common, and is less abrupt than the imperative.
Pag'e 53. — i. Se ficher de is équivalent to se moquer de.
2. Forêt de Bondy, a forest 6 miles north-east of Paris, which bas had a bad réputation on account of the deeds of violence committed there in ancient times. It is now a delightful place of resort, but the name remains in the language as the synonym of a dangerous spot. — The que which follows is redundant. It serves to connect the real subject with the grammatical one c\ which introduces the phrase.
Page 57. — i. Commissaire, the commissary of police, a subordinate of the Pré/et de Police, whose authority extends ail over Paris. It is customary, as a mark of politeness, to place Monsieur before titles.
Page 58. — i. Il poussait des montres, ivatches grew in umbrellas ; il is an impersonal subject.
2. Il se sera; the use of this tense may dénote supposition or probability. See page ii, note 7.
Page 59. — I. Un coup d'épaule, PU hclp you out.
Page 60. — I. Voyons; he is provoked by the unexpected reply of Champbourcy, and sharply calls him to order.
2. Convoi, the train ; the word is no longer used in the sensé of passenger train.
Page 61. — I. Commune, Uans\2iie paris/i, or township. France is divided into 87 départements, each of which is irregularly sùbdivided into arrondissements, cantons and communes. The departments were formed in 1790, to replace the 32 old provinces which composed France.
2. Pays; distinguish between this word, which is local, and patrie, which means the whole country.
3. J'en ignore . . , I know tiothitig at ail with regard to ....
Page 62. — i. V autorité ; we use the plural in English in this concrète sensé.
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Pa^ro itïi. — i. Déjeuner de bourgeois, ////.f /.( ;/<> ordinary lundi. The bourgeois is tiisi pcrson of the middle-class, the tradesinan, as distingiiislied f rom the aristocrats and from the popular mass. De and a noiiii are t(]uivaleiit to an adjective.
