Mettre le couvert. Set the table

25. Elle avait eu la beauté du diable=elle avait eu un visage à tourner les têteSy un minois engageant^ ' provocant {où il entre plus de vivacité que de régularité classique). The expression is used particularly to refer to the f reshness and vivacity of youth in a woman without any marked comeliness of features.

Fournisseurs. Tradespeople. Cf. ex. p. 187, 1. 16.

Te poser. Appear, givé yourself tone.

A force de. By dint of , by constant.

Bras dessus bras dessous. Arm in amu

Tenir en place, Keep still. Cf. exps, p. 77, 1. 7;

Pcmr faire des courses. On errands.

Bicoque de maison, Wretched household. Bicoque,

lit.=maison chétive.

Au fin bout, To the very tips.

Sentant le moisi et le renfermé. Smelling musty and close.

11. Au quatrième. On the fifth fioor. Note that in French houses the first floor is the rez-de-chaussée, the second floor le premier, the third le second, etc. In some large buildings there is an entresol^ bet-

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ween the rez-de-chaussée and le premier, making the latter in such cases correspond to our thîrd floor. In the rue d^Assas (1. 12) , a room au quatrième would mean the top story as well, houses on this Street not rising beyond that height (witb a cinquième as quarters for the bonnes), French buildings rarely rise above seven stories, the maximum height being strictiy regulated by law. Hence no **sky8crapers " exist in Paris to mar the harmony of outline and perspective of the city architecture viewed as a whole.

12. Hue d'Assas. A Paris street of the Latin quarter, on south side of the Seine, running north-west from the Carrefour de l'Observatoire and touching the Luxembourg Garden (1. 12) at one corner. The latter is one of the finest parks of Paris. It is surrounded by an iron fence (grille, 1. 12) and is closed at night (cf. 1. 22-23, les gardiens, **on va fermer"). The fine chestnut trees mentioned 1. 23 are a feature of the park, as they are, in fact, of many avenues as well. On the north-west side of the Jardin, fronting rue de Vaugirard (cf. p. 220, 1. 14), is the Musée (1. 17) du Luxembourg, one of the prominent art galleries of Paris, rankîng af ter the Louvre and composed of notable works of living artists purchased by the French govemment as national property. Of this collection one of the most celebrated is the Labourage nivemais (1. 19), by Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899), an eminent French painter of animal life and landscapes. The subject is a plowing scène with oxen, in the Nivernais (ancient province of central France), and the painting is an '* œuvre de maître pour les animaux et charmante par les détails." 55. 1. Voix mordante et bien timbrée, Voice sharp and clear. 5. Â parler service, To talk of business matters. 17. Était affligé d'une déviation de V épine dorsale ; i, e., il avait une bosse»

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