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2. se laissa panser, and 1. 5, se fit connaître. See note to p. 2, 1. 26, and observe that the infini tive folIowing/cMre, laisser, etc., has : (a) An active meaning, if the word standing for the agent is expressed in the sentence ; (/>) a passive meaning, if the word standing for tiie agent is leit ont or understood. JS.g. : Je Vai entendit, chanter may mean : (a) ' I heard him (agent) sing ' ; (6) ' I heard someone (agent) sing it,' i.e. ' I heard it sung.'