ACT Y

66. Tu n'as qu'à te bien tenir . . . Va! — Mind what you are about; or, See to it that you behave yourself ; used jokingly. As to va ! it is nearly untranslatable ; it merely emphasizes what précèdes, and may sometimes be rendered by indeed.

67. // n'y a pas à dire^ il a tenu tête imd seul à grand'mère. — There is no denying it: he stood firm against grandmother, ail alone.

68. èteàîonat. — Stellionate, fraud; chiefly applied to the disposing of property, fraudulently or irregularly.