à rédiger ses comptes, *to keep his accounts

27. A la bonne heure, 'that's right.' This phrase is also used to express impatience and a wish to pass on to another subject, like the English phrases "Well, well" or "Oh, indeed."

à force de, 'by dint of.'

28. prendre à ceux. Note the dative in French where we should use 'from,' after a verb of taking away. Eve § 145.

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