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1. 47. Vous me Payez fait dire=\ous m'ayez fait dire par quelqu'un que vous étiez dans cette ville ; you sent me word by some one that you were in this town.

1. 65. il craint, entre nous, que je ne le supplante..., he fears, between ourselves, lest I should supplant him. Note that verbs expressing fear, such as 'trembler, craindre, appréhender, avoir peur', require the négation 'ne' after them, and govem the verb of the subordinate sentence in the subjunctive, e.g. *je crains, je tremble, j'appréhende, j'ai peur que cet homme ne vienne', I fear, I tremble, etc. lest that man should come, that is to say, that I do not wish that man to come {ne veniat) ; but should I wish to see him and, at the saine time, fear that he will not come, I should say: *je crains, je tremble, j'appré« hende, j'ai peur qu'il ne vienne /aj' {ttt veniat).

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