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■och as ''an sorts Qf," ''of all kmds" will do duty for the Frendi expression. Other cases are: amvoUises, 43, 8; soUicUudes, 71, 10; courages^ I49f 1\ ^««. '^^ «-

19, 6. TOUS TOUS y attendrez le moms, "Yon eipect it tlie least." Attendre means "to wait for/' more rardy, "expect," ^attendre à having regularly this meaning.

10. EaTolIàmiqid80iifUrait,''T1iereîsanianwliowoi]]dsiifiFer."

ai, 3. n ne Idbût pas tut, " Yoa should not have proved it to meso welL"

5. n'en soyez pes trop Tain? Hie use of the question mark in modem French plays often seems strange to an En^ish speaking student. It is used to indicate a sort of su^iension which without being actually a question, appsoa/dtnes it by the inflection of the voice and the tone given in some measure to the thougjht. Compare page Ii7i line 8, where the Abbé says to the doctor "Poursuis? Achève?", "Goon! finish!" There are several other similar instances in the Dud. In fact Lavedan is particularly addicted to this peculiar punctuation.

25. 13. n dit Yoknitiecs, "he likes to say." VoUmUers quite regularly coiresponds to the English verb "to like."

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