vas, only used in uneducated speech instead of vats

Page 21. — I. tu ne le porteras pas en paradis, PU get even with you yet; lit., **you shall not carry this advantage with you to heaven", i. e. I shall be revenged upon you before you die.

2. Tenez. Beware of mistranslating this word ; see Vocabulary.

Pagre 22. — i. l'hasard, a comical blunder for le hasard (the '' h " being aspirate), the more laughable as the resulting word sounds like Lazare^ " Lazarus."

2. ouïes, in the plural means the gills of a fish; in the sing, means the sense of hearing. Boniface endeavors to use a grand word and slips up; see page i, note 6.

Page 23. — i. c'est que, but then\ often used to introduce a reason. Here, " (I don't want to stay in the garden) because I am very hungry."

Page 24. — i. comme avec la main, as by magic; lit; "as (quickly as if it had been done) with (a twist of) the hand."

Pagre 25. — i. feral mettre les morceaux doubles, will rush his dinner; lit., " have the courses put on double " i. e. two at a time.

Page 26. — i. je coifferai Sainte Catherine, PU be an old maid. The adorning of the statue of St. Catherine was the duty of unmarried girls.

2. de la vieille roche, of the old school; lit., "of the old granite (rock)."