Eût, 'had-' Sembler sometimes takes the subj«»tctive
1. 11. Ou son couvert, etc. , ' where her place was set as was usuaL '
L 14 Le signe de croix is often le signe de la croix.
1. 16. S'était retirée. Cf. note to p. 7, L 12, and obsei-ve the agreement of the p.p. with the refl. pron. when ifc is the direct obj. as is the case hera
L 17. Il alla prêter l'oreille, ' he went and Hstened. ' Cf. p. 7, 1. 19 for the omission of the prep. Connecting the verbs, and p. 6, L 2 for the art
L 23. Désignant du geste, ' indicating,' ' pointing ouf
L 27. Ne l'étaienl pas, ' were not so. ' Note that the imperfect indicative is used in the protasis, and the conditional in the apodosis.
Page 9j line 1. Que les pleurs ... .aux yeux, 'without the tears coming into my eyes. ' Que in constructions like this, is often regarded as a contraction for à moins que, although sans que would accord better wdth the sensé. The English poss. adj. before a part of the body is in French rendered by the corresponding pers. pron. before the verb, and by the art
before the noun : me aux yeux (to me in the eyes), ' iu my
eyes.' Cf, p. 6, L 2 and p. 8, L 17.
L 2. C'est si doux si bon, ' she is so mild, so good. " Note that the adjectives are invariable, although ce is translated 'sha'
L 9. En éclatant de rire, 'bursting out laughing.'
L 12. JEt qui fait d'aimer ce garçon-là, 'and which
makes one like that young man in spite of one's self. '
L 14. Ce qui se passe, 'what is going on,' Observe the English rendeiing of the Érench refl. verb.
L 17. Qui servent de volants, ' which serve for shuttlecocks. '
L 19. Mais voilà trois mois, etc. See note to p. 3, L 11.
L 21. Deux fois par jour, 'twice a day.' Fois is not to be confounded w-ith ternies, and is only to be used where répétition is impliei Observe the peculiar use of par hère.
L 23. En en sortant, 'leaving if The first en is the prep. with the près. p. ; the second is the proru ' from it ' used instead of le on account of the prep. de which sortir govems with this sensé.
L 26. Pour te faire aimer, ' in order to make yourself loved- ' English p. p. ' loved ' for French inf. aimer aîter faire.
L 31. Intelligents. An adj. qualifying two nouns is put in the plur., and, if the nouns are of différent genders, in the
Page 10, Une 1. Comme toi. Cf. p. 1, L 6.
L 5. Anatomie comparée, 'comparative anatomy.'
L 6. Elle t' écoute. Cf. p. 4, L 29.
L 7. Et tu ne veux pas, etc. , ' and you expect that love will not take part in the gama ' Verbs of ' wishing, ' etc. , always take the subjunctive in the dépendent clause after que.
L lOt Eh bien Je l'aime, quoi! 'well then, I love her !'
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L 11. Que veux-tu y faire ? ' what are you going to do about it ? '
L 17. Moi aussi je vie marie, ' I too am going to get married. ' The subject pron. is emphasked by adding the disjunctive form, as hère.
L 20. Qui ne voit et n'entend que lui, 'who only sees and
hears himself. ' Ne que demands that the object pron. follow
the verb. Cf. p. 2, 1. 12.
L 23. Se traduire, ' be translatée ' Cf. p. 9, L 14.
L 26. Qtte je l'aime depuis six ans, ' that I hâve loved her for the last six years. ' Cf. p. 9, L 19.
Page 11, line 1. dans ce temps-îà, 'at that tima'
L 1. Tout haut, ' aloud,' ' right ouf Cf. notes to p. 1, L 6, and p. 6, 1. 11.
L 3. Tout bas. Cf. L 1 of this page.
