de la tenue, some style. See n. 2, p

7. Enfin, passe pour lui, howewry that was all well enough as far as he is concerned,

8. il est intelligent, he is talented. — 9. c'est joli, va ! See n. 8, p. 6. 10. tu appelles . . . son bonheur, toi? you call that thinking of his

happiness^ do you ? The disjunctive pronoun used thus for emphasis often calls for no more than stress on the introductory conjunctive in translating.

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2. Rien que l'embrasser . . . gelé, He would get his nose frozen by merely kissing her. — 3. tu fais fausse route, ^'tf« are on the wrong track,