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14. quel dormeur tu fais, what a sleeper you are! Idiomatic use of faire.

16. les quais, the quays of the Seine, on which there are long rows of booths where old books, etchings, autographs, etc., are sold. The most frequented section of the quays is on the left shore between the Boulevard St. Michel and the palace of the Institute. That is where the author lived. See page 70.

18. Le Lorrain Callot, Jacques Callot, 1593-1635,from Nancy, capital of the province of Lorraine, was an etcher and engraver famous for the weird and realistic character of his designs. He left interesting documents on soldiers and war scenes of his time.

Æ.—8. voisiner, be neighborly.

9. goûter. The goûter is a luncheon that people, mostly children, take in the afternoon, about 4 o’clock. 5.— 2. l’Arc de Triomphe: /’Arc-de-Triomphe de l'Étoile is a monument erected at the terminus of the Champs-Élysées to

commemorate the wars of Napoleon. Its erection was decreed by Napoleon in 1806 but it was not dedicated before 1836. It bears the names of 386 generals who figured in the wars of the Republic and the Empire.

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