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26. à se mettre, *to put on his back.' Note the Subjunctive n'eût plus, after II fallait . . . que. Cf. Latin : Oportet ut te videam.

32. courir, ' to attend. ' Courir is very French for * to go frequently. ' Cf. Courir le cachet, to go about giving lessons (at so much per lesson). Courir les rues, to be a pavement hack. Courir les bals, les soirées, to be a party-hunter, etc.

36. dénouer les cordons de sa bourse, ' shell ont,' ' pay the piper.'

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