Voudrait de moi. Would bave me, accept me

Vouloir de (witb noun object) = rechercher,

accepter.

Ouvrait de grands yeux. Cf. p. 23, L 20. .

A moi. Emphasizing ma. Envenimée. Pron. anv'-ni-mée.

Crotale. Cro'ta-lus, the generic name of the rat-

tlesnake (from the Greek etym., a rattle).

Chambre de garçon. Bacbelor room.

N'est pas commue. Is not easy to deal with.

Mozart, 1756-1791. A celebrated Austrian composer of precocious and remarkable talent, one of the world's greatest musicians. He left over 60O compositions, including some 60 symphonies.

Among bis best known works are several of bis oi)eras and symphonies, as The Mariage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), Don Giovanni, The Magic Flûte (DieZauberflôte).

Sonate. Sonata (from Ital. suonare, to play on a musccal instrument; cf. cantata, that which is eung). Itis a pièce of music for one or more

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mstruments, and may be described as a symphony for a limited number of instruments, while the latter may he called a sonata for an entire orchestra.

The Sonata is the classîcal form par excellence of instrumental music, and several of the classical masters (e. gr., Mozart, Beethoven) excelled in it. The character of the thème and subject varied greatly. In modem times the sonata has come to designate, likewise, a form of instrumental work specially composed for the piano.

120. 5. Une basse berceuse. A soothing base. Bei^ceuse is adj. Cf. ex. p. 7, 1. 1.

21. Moût —jus de raisin qui rCa pas' encore subi la fer' mentation. Must.

Primesautière, Impulsive.

Châteaux en Espagne. Air-castles (from thinking

of visionary advantages).

Fait le fonds. Is the substance.

Oiseau des gaves, A kind of blackbird, called water-ouzel or dipper, because of its aquatic habits enabling it to dive or to swim under water v(^ith ease. Gaije is the name given in the - Pyrénées to mountain streams.

21. Sur la sellette. On trial : from the idea of the stool (sellette) on which the accused was placed for examination.