xin puissant protecteur, a powerful patron. The masculine

ia hère used ironically.

8. qui va x>Eurtir, wh>o is dbout to^ just going to, set out, aller,

immedUitely followed by a verb of action, has generally the sensé of — to he ahoiU, tobe on the point of.

sur l'heure, this very howt, al once.

9. vouloir bien ; lit to be well willing ; to he good eïumgh to,

to kvndly consent.

se charcrer; lit to load herself; to tdke upon herself, to undertdke.

11. Elle ferait mieux . . . d'être ; lit she would do better to be ; U were better she toere.