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de s’accorder ensemble. Notice the play on words

4. un mauvais pas = un faux pas. The dancing master changes the adjective to suit his purpose, mauvais /ûj'meaning generally “ adifïicult passage,” a tight place.

Page 9. — I. bergers. Pastoral scenes had been in vogue eversince the revival of pastoral drama towards 1620, under the influence of Tasso’s Amintas and Guarini’s Fastor Fido, and the early French novels, notably D’Urfé’s Astrée (1610-1627). Molière can use M. Jourdain in calling attention to the unnaturalness of such a fashion, without giving any offence to the court. Notice the defence in the next speech.

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