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36 20 — Sur chaque occasion tranchent des entendus : On

every subject they assume airs of competency. Sur is not satisfactory here ; en would be more correct. Trancher de , to assume airs of, is generally constructed with a noun or adjective, not with a participle ; “ trancher du gentilhomme, trancher du grand seigneur.,,

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Une 5 — En matière de f ourle il est maître, il y pipe :

Piper usually means to cheat ; bere to surpass others, to beat tbem, to excel.

29 — Tu vas sortir de garde , et perdre tes mesures : You are going to make an imprudence ; you cease to be on your guard, and trespass the limits of modération.