motus, 'mum', i. e. don't ask for that

1. 37. qu'est-ce que tu demandes de, 'what will you take for'.

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1. 5. vu Pétat du foîirniment, 'considering the poverty of my wardrobe'; the past participles vu, attendu ( = considermg), excepté { = e\Q,e^t, save),/aw/ ( = over), are used as prépositions and consequently do not agrée with the subst.

1. 23. viirliflores, 'dandies', i.e. (colloquially) 'swells'.

1. 25. remplumés, 'set up again', lit. 're-stuffed with feathers'.

1. 27. une et indivisible, 'one and indivisible'; atitle which was then applied to the Republic.

1. 28. c'est le citoyen François //...' it is citizen Francis II (Emperor of Austria) who treats'.

1. 38. débâcle, 'discomfiture'; lit. 'a break up (of ice)',der.from bâcler, 'to bar', ' fasten with a vvooden bar' [baculus), whence Lat. bacidare, and Fr. bâcler.

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