J’entends. Entendre Yiere^voidoir dire=io mean

Qu’entendez-vous par étudier. What do you mean by (the Word) study ? What do you caU studying ?

7.— Commencer — par dire. Note the force of par with the inhnitive after commencer. II., 243. Two other

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constructions are met with. (1) Commenter de, to indicate an action or state that will continue : Il a commencé de

hâtir sa maison. He has begun building bis bouse. (In tbis sense commencer à is sometimes employed). (2) Commencer à, to indicate an action or state in wbicb tbere will be progress or increase. Cet enfant commence à lire, Tbis child is beginning to read.

44. 8. — Cet article. Article is used as in Eng. = article : les

articles dimi traité (treaty), d'un journal (newspaper). Note tbat in tbe sentence, Je veux bien lui prêter le livre, mais le lui donner c'est un autre article, tbe concluding pbrase=‘ is quite anotber matter.’ Here, bowever,

‘ clause ’ or ‘ article ’ would scarcely do. Eender ; ‘ tbis (particular) point.’