comme, 'as it were

1. 21. rentrée, 'drawn in,' 'retreating'; it is the participle ( = élant rentrée) of a neuter verb of motion. E.B. 185. The meaning is shown by the geometrical term 'reentrant angle,' i.e. an angle greater than two right angles, and therefore pointing into the polygon of which it forms part.

1. 24. bien, rendered in English by a little stress on 'shall.'

1. 28. fori, used just as we use 'strong,' of proficiency in a subject. There is a phrase un fort-en- thèmes, often applied by idle boys to those who do their school-work regularly.