effjrés, 'scared

1. 32. on entend battre ses tambours, 'its drums are heard beating"; for on en entend les tambours battre ; ses refers to the possessor la tête de colonne hère conside,red as a person. The article le, la, les with the pronoun en is generally used (for its, thcir) instead of the possessive adj. son, sa, ses, etc. when the possessor, not being a person, is not the subject of the sentence, except when a préposition précèdes ; e. g. Cette ville est grande, Yen admire les rues. But : Cette ville a ses beautés ; j'admire la grandeur de ses rues.

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1. 36. voici les giboulées quicommeiucnt, 'the hail-storm is beginning'. 1. 38. un boulet renverse, 'a cannon-ball knocks down'; boitUl='3. cannon-bair, balle — 'a. buUet'.

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1.1. f espère bien lui faire perdre, 'I trust I shall make him lose'. Note the dat. of the person {lui) after faire perdre, because perdre has

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a direct object. This is ahvays the case with faire, 7'oir, entettdre, laisser in combination with an infinitive ; e.g. Je le lui ai fait prendre ; nous le lui avons entendu dire.

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1. 4. encore un vieux de Far niée du Rltin, 'one more of the oH soldiers of the army of the Rhine'; i.e. who had served under Moreau vhile he was in command of the army of the Rhine.