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53 I— Oui : Hère, indeed. Oui, Old Fr. m/, Lat. kee

ilîud. La langue d'oïl, Northern French ; la langue d'oc, Southern French ; la langue de si Itafian ; la langue de ja, German.

53 2 — L'éclat que fait ce Droit : The scandai causad by , • . tins rumour (the quarrel between fathcr and

son on Tartuffe's account).

53 3— Fort à propos : Very seasonably* The / of fort, adverb svnonymous with très, is always joined to the following vowel ; but aie / of fort, the adjective, is mot joined, except in the locution .fort et ferme, with might and main.

Xagt 53 ièm 6— Et prends au pis la chose : And I look at it inthe worst light, I pat the worst construction on it Pis, adverb, Lat. fétus; pire, the adjective, Old Fr. peor % pour, Lat pejorem.

53 9— N'est-il pas d'un chrétien : Does it not become a Christian ? Compare Latin idiom.

53 il— Démêlé : Quarrel. Démêler, to disentangle ; dé and mêler, Old Fr. truster, LowLat mùeulare, Lat miscere.

53 19— Quant à moi : As for me, as far as I am concerned. Lat. quantum ad me (pertinet).

53 26— Commerce : Intercourse. Lat cum and mercem

(ace of merxj, merchandise; by extension, social intercourse.

54 2 — Excuses colorées : Sham excuses. Sous couleur

de, under pretence of.