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69. Cependant ou sentait . . . cœur, * Yet you could see that there was some deep sentiment attached to it,* lit. * that this held (had a grip on) his heart.'

71. et ne y^nlant . . . étsdt, ' and wishing to be no more than what he was,* lit. *to \i%only {ne . . . que) what he was.*

76. qui souvent . . . noire, 'that often from bluish, its usual colour, turned black.'

78. faroucbe, *fierce.* Farouche also means * shy,* * timid.*

80. ravalent eu grande amitié, ' had the greatest liking for him.' Compare English *to hold in high esteem.* Amitié does not in this idiom imply so close an intimacy as ' friendship.*

Sx. campagne, ' campaign. * Campagne also means ' the country' as opposed to * the town.*

87. tirailleurs, *skirmishers,* from tirer^ *to shoot,' on which the suffix aille is grafted, which generally adds a diminutive and depreciative sensé. Thus, tirer ^ act. = * to pull * ; tirailler^ act. = *topullabout*; neut. =(l) *to shoot badly'; (2) 'toskirmish,' i,e, *to shoot irregulavly.* Cova^diXe ferraille, f., = *bits of iron* {fer, m.). J^/^/aï7/tf=* flunkeydom' {valet, m., a footman). Mangeaille, f. , of food for animais, or, in a bad sensé, for men {manger ^ m., food).

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88. de se prendre . . . loi, 'of a hand-to-hand fight/ lit. * of taking them (the enemy) body to body.*

92. BOUS l'Empire, ùe, under Napoléon i., Emperor 1804- 1S15 (Waterloo).

que l'on ne savait . . . l'expliquer, * that people were at a loss to account for it.* Lit. *that {que corrélative oî si preceding) one {on, in old French ont, from Latin *homo,*' which accounts for the présence of the definite article le) did not know how to explain it (this knowledge) to one's-self.'

94. hautes relations, *high connections' {i.e. connections with people in the highest circles of society and politics), * of very old standing.*