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50 21 — Madame. In tragédies and comédies unmarried

ladies are addressed as Madame.

51 7— A changé de visée : Has changed his mind.

Visée, past-part, of viser, from Lat. visum* surine of viaere. foif. u

52 J— Vaut bien qu'on l'écoute : Is well worth consider-

ing. Ecouter, tb listen to ; hence, to examine» to consider. ♦ f

33 7— Vous en faites fô{ : You beat téstunony to it, yo» prove it (bvreiectÎDg me for another).

94 LE TAfcTtJlTE.

Tagi 33 Une S— J'espère aux bontés. Molière often uses au and aux where we should notv ose /&** &, dira»

&r, or eu les, as in this case.

33 16— Si l'on n'en vient à bout : If one does not snoceed. Venir à bout de, UteraUy, to get.to the end of • • •

33 10— Fort bien s Most certainly.

34 to— A point nommé : Just as yon wish, as yon

appoint 34 f I— Tant mieux should not always be translated by "so mucb the better." Tant mieux means also, "Iamverygiad"; tant pis» "Iamvery sorry."

34 t3— A la bonne heure : That's ail right

35 14— Lui quitter la place : ZiUraity, give up the place

to him, rid him of my présence.

35 >5 — A l'autre I Hère goes another !

35 21— Diantre. Euçhemism to disguise the word diable, Diantre soit fait de vous, the deuce take you.

35 21— Si, je le veux. Si, yes, or, yon must Si is used instead of oui, when the speaker wishes to destroy a preceding négative. " Vous ne reviendrez pas," yon won't come back ; '* Si," (or, si fait), yes, I shall. Hère Dorine wants to bring Valère back, but he résiste so much as to say, " I will not come back," and Dorine answers " si," yes, you shall.

35 22— Çà : Hère ; çà et là, hère and thère. . The grave accent distinguishes it from f a, short for cela,

37 1— Peine : Reluctance.

37 16— Tirer en longueur : To protract» to put off indefinitely.

37 18 — Vous payerez de quelque maladie: You wiU give as au excuse» • •

37 21— Vous aurez fait : Fer, vous direz que vous aves

fait

38 II— Quoi que puisse: Whatever may ... Do not

confound quoi que in two words and quoique, although, in one.