Se rendre à la cour- Se rendre here = a^/cr. So
Il se î endit à son poste. Me went to his post. Nous nous rendîmes à Montréal, etc. Note, however, that it often means ‘ to give up,’ ‘ to give in.’ Je ne puis plus marcher, je me rends, I can walk no further, I give up.
17. — Palais-Royal- A palace in the centre of Paris, built by Cardinal Richelieu, 1621-1636, and bequeathed by him to Louis XIII. Corning into the King’s possession, it changed its naine from Palais-Cardinal to Palais- Royal, a name by which it is still known. It is to-day not only a palace, but contains the Théâtre Français, home of the classic draina, as well as shops, cafés, and restaurants of world-wide réputation.
24.— Le coupe par tranches. ‘In slices.’ Of. tomber par lambeaux, fall in shreds ; couper par morceaux, eut iu pièces.
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Pag'e. Line. ^
51. 24.— Elle fait à merveille. A im,er veille = très bien, par-
faitement. ‘ Remarkably well. ’
28 —Penser à tout autre chose. Autre chose, something else, like quelque chose, something, is masculine. Parlons autre chose, Let -us speak of something else. Vous avez autre chose à faire, You hâve something else to do. Tout autre chose, something quite different.