n'importe, no matter,just the same, — 8. sa peau = sa me

Page 18. — I. a-t-il la yie dure ! he dies hard!

2. ^ me fait encore quelque chose, that touches me some anyway.

3. Tonnerre de Brest, by thunder. The terrifie noise made by the batteries of Brest, a military port on the Western coast of France, has very likely given rise to this expression.

4. qui ne lui allaient pas à la cheville, who were not half as good as he ; lit., ''who did not come up to his ankle.''