lui assurer, to settle on her

16. là, là vous courez la poste, stop, stop, you go posthaste. Distinguish betweeh poste (fem.), post-office, and poste (masc.), post, employment, situation, office, etc.

que c'est beau, what fine things. Idioms : (1; witn beau : avoir beau jeu, to hâve a good hand (at cards), and fig. to hâve a good opportunity; avoir beau (folio wed by a verb in the infinitive) to . . . in

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vain : vous avez beau Vimplorer, il ne le fera pas, you beseech him in vain, he will not do it ; il fait beau (of the weather), it is fine ; or, with an infinitive, il fait beau voir un orage quand on est à Vabri, it is delightful to see a storm from a safe retreat \ il y a beau temps qvCil est parti, he went avray long ago ; dest un beau mangeur, he is a great eater, etc. ; (2) with belle : être en belle passe, to be in a favourable position, or (ironie.), to be in a fine mess, in a pretty scrape ; en dire (or en faire) de belles, to say, to do, foolish things; V échapper belle, to hâve a narrow escape ; vous me la donnez (or baillez) belle, you are deceiving me, etc.

( 7. allons d'un train, let us proceed in a way.