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4. An leyer du rideau, as the curtain rises ; lever^ properly an infinitive, is used hère as a noun.

5. lui échappe des mains, slips from his hands; in French the possessive is often expressed by a conjunctive personal pronoun, indirect object (hère lui) and the definite article (hère les in des),

6. Tu trayailles bien, toi ! " You are hard at work I " The disjunctive pronoun 'toi is used hère for emphasis.

7. cette fabrique de castagnettes, lit., <'this castanet factory"; castanets are shells made of ivory or wood, and are used in beating

time to dancing or music. The broken crockery looked like castanets.

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2. On ne casse, the indemnité on often refers to the person speaking.