n se l'est tenu pour dit, ' He took me at my word

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4. failli, ' when on the point of . ' Cf. Tai failli tomber, ' I was near, wifhin an ace of, falling. ' Faillir has also the sensé of ' to fail in ' (hence faillite (/. ), failure, bankruptcy). Cf. in Les Misérables, vol. i. (School Edition) p. 82 : J'a.i failli, je dois être puni, *Ihsi\efailed in my duty, I must be punished.'

33. elle tenait à, ' she was anxious to.' Cf. in H. Gréville's Perdue (School Edition) p. 1. 1. 1. Tu tiens donc beaucoup .... * So you are

very anxîous to . . .' Cf. also Ce n'est pas que j'y tienne, *Not that I hold in any way to . . . ;' qu'à cela ne tienne, 'let uot that be an objection; ' and, je n'y tiens plus, ' I can stand it no longer.'

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