tâter, to Sound

Page 21. — I. à la volée, off-hand; lit., "on the wing, as they flew by."

Page 23. — i. courues =popular ; lit., " run after." Courir \s sometimes transitive, as in the expression courir le cerf = to hunt the deer. 2. terrains vagues, vacant lots.

Page 24. — i. les Halles (Centrales), the largest provision markets in Paris, lofty iron structures with high-àrched roofs.