S'égrener=liU, se détacher en graines; by ext., «*é

parpiller, A ce quHl paraît. As it seems.

Une femme dHntérieur, A homemaker. Cf. p. 59,

Futée, Cf. p. 27, 1. 12.

A Vinsu de=la chose n'étant pas sus de.

Forte, Struck, gone home (speaking of blows).

A bientôt, Similar exps. are : au revoir, à tantôt; more definite, à ce soir, à demain, etc. in ail of which the idea of brief séparation is implied (cf. German auf Wiedersehen) . Adieu, is more solemn and formai and implies séparation more or less prolonged. Note the spirit of exps. like the following : (a departing guest to his host, or a customer upon leaving a store) , Adieu, Monsieur; (host, or tradesman, in reply), au contraire, au

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revoir, or (of two frîends taking leave), sans adieu {i. e,, we shall not say good-bye finally).