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7, 12 il cet égard, in that respect. IT. * Par égard pow moi/ for my sake. — * U faut . avoir égard i la faiblesse humaine,' one mnst make allow ance for hnman weakness.
22 Les empêchements quHls mettaient à son dépar< étaient de natwre à, eto., the objections the^ raised against her departore were calcolatec to, etc.
B^ Z U se présentait une diffi>culté d*wne OMtre natwre Constme : ' une difficulté d'une autre nature se présentait.' Cf. p. 7, 1. 8.
7 D'avare part, on the other hand. IT. ' De part ei part,' right through. * Un coup d'épée I( perça de part en part,' he was run througl the body with the thrust of a sword.
11 Bemettre son départ^ to postpone her departure ir. * Se remettre,' to recover. < Se remettre bien avec quelqu'un,' to be reconciled with a person.
19 Passer pour un esprit fort, to pass for a freethinker.
24 Lui faisaient raccomnu>der leurs hahits^ gave him their olothes to mend. ir. * Faire entrer, faire sortir une personne,' tp show a person in, out.
34 8*y déciderait, would consent (* y ' = to it) . 9, 4 8e chargea de son linge mouillé, loaded himself with her wet linen. ir. The verb * se charger ' is often used in a ôguratiYe sensé : * Je me charge de Je faire,' I undertake (or) I take upoh me to do it.
7 Bimiigrées grimaces. IT. The etym. of that word is uncertaîn ; Brachet dérives it from O. Fr.
* Si m'agrée,' so ii pleases me. It might as well be connected with Lat. ^simius' or
* fiimulacra.'
13 Chemin faisant, on the way.
15 Sv^liçLue,. pétition, from Lat. ' supplicare,' to
entreat.
17 Ne savobitpas écrire, could not wrîte. Bee p. 4, 1. 29. 22 8e proposant de mettre à profit ce conseil, intend-
ing to ti;rn that advice to aocoont. ir. * Faire
da profit,' to be profitable.
PageLine 9, 23 Dèê le lendemain^ no later ihan the nozt day.
31 Ne,,, que, but, only.
lOf 1 Toute la société se mit d rire au» dépens du taillev/r, aJl the company burst out laugliing ai the tailor's expansé, ir. Collective nouns, BTich as company, ministry, govemment, etc., always take the verb in the singnlar iu French.
7 Elle s^empressa de eonsulterf she lost no time in
Consulting.
17 Ses parents furent eha/rmés de lui voir reprendre sa gaieté naturelle, her parents were very glad to see her resnme her usnal cheerfulness.
ir* Notice the idiomatio nse of the dative 'loi/ instead of the accusative *la.' This construction, whioh is of fréquent occurrence in the best writers, is indefensible logically. 28 Tl lui avait parlé avec Irusqu^rie, he had been speaking roughly to her.
11, 19 Dans le premier mouvement d'humeur, in the first heat of temper.
26 Le long du chemin, along the road. V, * Le long
de ton échine je grimperai premièrement,' I will first climb up along your back. (La Fontaine.)
27 Bon père serra le passe-port, her father locked up
the passport.
28 HardeSf clothes, wearîng apparel. ir. The word
* hardes * is now growing obsolète, and hardly used at ail except in officiai documents, or in a contemptuous sensé: *])e vieilles hardes,' old clothes.
30 Qui luipa/rut de bon augwre, which, in her opinion, forebode well.
12} 19 S^ammsaÀt parfois d chercher des pronostics de Townir, sometimes diverted herself by seeking, etc. ir. * Je m'amuse souvent à regarder dès cartes de géographie,' I often divert myself by looking at maps.
32 ^U évitait cependant d^evdr éprendre quelque chose
le Zundi,yet sheayoidedundertaking anytiiing
