un fait quelconque, anyfact whatever

léé. — 9. certain jeune fou, a certain young fool. Note the omission of the article in French.

10. à tort et à travers, right and left,Mt random. Lit, 'wrong and across.'

13. nez à nez, face toface. It is obvions hère, as often, that

a literal, word-for-word rendering of French idioms must be avoided in English.