actuel, * of the day,* * fashionable just now

200. On la donne . . . légèrement, *It is nowadays too cheaply given to everybody ; we should take great care not to admire inconsiderately.*

203. L'admiration . . . corruptrice, 'Admiration iscorrupt and Works corruption.' Captain Renaud may be right in stating that admiration generally spoils those who receive it ; but his first statement, that admiration is generally interested and corrupt, must be taken with diffidence.

203. On doit bien faire . . . bruit, ' We should do our duty for our own sakes, and not to make a noise in the world.* Bruit — (i) * noise' (generally); (2) *rumour,* 'report' (usually in a bad sensé).

21 1. Je l'ai mise . • . cher, ' I bave put it into practice every day of my life, but I hâve paid dearly for it.' Lit. * It bas cost me dear to do so. N.B. en^ which enters into countless idioms, sometimes meaning * about it,' sometimes merely added to mark the figurative and idiomatic use of a verb ; e,g. Venir = * to come * ; en venir aux mains =^ * to come to blows.*