nCen croire^ *take my word for it

1.33. serment^ 'oath'. 'From Latin * sacramentum ' — the oath of allegiance taken by a soldier.

quelque chose que je vous dise, 'whatever I say to you'. For quelque... que see note above on p. 35, 1. 13.

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1. 9. parole aujourd'hui, * we arrange a meeting for to-day'. 1. 15. de tout... passé, *of ail that took place'.

1. 23. une partie d'échecs, * a game of chess ' ; échecs is derived through Old French eschac from the Persian schach, a king, the game thus taking its name from the principal pièce. From the Persian phrase j'^-^â;irA-z«â!/=* the king isdead' comes the expression échec et mat ^checkmate'.