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gentil cavalier, a nice figirre, a good dancer

20. manqué, missed. Note — This is the only sensé of manquer used ac<ii'c/y, i.e. transitively ; as a neuter and impersonal verb it means to lack, to feel the ■\vaut of. Cf. I miss him very much I il me manque

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bieni Vous ne vous en trouverez pas plus mal, you will not miss it ; il manque de grâce = he is wantiiig in charm, gracefulness.

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