à brûle-pourpoint, "point-blank

24. Le monde officiel se forme, " The officiai world is improving." 7«~6. il n'en menait pas large, " he was not proud." In the

language of the riding-school, aller large is said of a spirited horse

that describes an extensive circle.

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2S. oonmiTinard, a man of the Commune, thé rebel goyernment of Paris at tlie time of tlie Franco-Prussian war.