TRANSLATION INTO FRENCH

Much of the material for translating these sentences will be found in the text of Les Frères Colombe, according to the page indicated.

(1) 1. This is a simple story. 2. They are called the Colombe brothers. 3. They lived in an old convent. 4. The Colombe family was an old one. 5. The boys had gone to college. 6. On Sundays they went to mass. 7. The womens’ dresses were of heavy white silk. 8. They possess carriages and horses. 9. On her wedding day she wore a dark silk dress. 10. 1n winter they go to school.

(2) 1. Peasants wear woolen gloves. 2. They shave every week. 3. Uncle John was a soldier. 4. As for them, they were obliged to work in the fields. 5. What is your opinion of them. 6. Their mothers often speak of them. 7. He went away : she has gone away. 8. The brothers do not speak to one another. 9. He was given a salary of 1250 francs. 10. There was not enough work for them.

(8) 1 Their little ones remained in the house. 2. His education was narrow but correct. 3. She was older than her brother by two years. 4. She took the children away with her. 5. He arose, lighted the fire, aud then swept the floor. 6. I had never noticed it. 7. A boy of sixteen ought to know his place. 8. One of the quietest streets of Old Paris is the Quai de Bethune, 9. Who does the house-work. 10, They are behind the times,

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(4) 1. His authority was not great enough. 2. It was not so great as hers. 3. He earns 5 francs a day ; which gives him too much pocket. money. 4. The morning was long ; the hours that followed were still longer. 5. An hour may be tedious ; it cannot be long. 6. He looks like a poet. 7. He has large blue eyes and long hair. 8. The flower-

girl is as pretty as her flowers. 9. Something happens us every evening. 10. Control useless expenditure,

(5) 1. If she were to see us ? if we were to see her? 2. I hear you, do you hear me? 3. Do not speak of it any more to me. 4. He has been coughing for a whole hour. 5. Will you take it? who will take it ? take it. 6. I have consulted him ; you must take it. 7. What do you think I have taken ? 8. Has the boy taken what his mother left him ? 9. She took care of her brother when he fell ill 10. She is going to succeed ; she is kind and just.

(7) 1. That question is now very old. 2. I am looking for a stone. 3. One evening as he was going home he saw a boy kicking a dog. 4. When he was ill they gave him milk and beef-tea. (8) 5. The man's cry Was louder than the dog’s. 6. That man’s dog is larger than mine. 7. Those men’s dogs are larger than mine. 8. His adventures were more interesting than his brother’s. 9. There was a race between these two little boys. 10. This dog is suffering ; that one is whining.

1. We must always succor those who suffer. 2. He who oppresses the poor cannot be happy. 3. He thought of it and said s0 to himself, 4. I will not suffer the poor to be oppressed. (9) 5. He fell on his knees before her. 6. He was ashamed to let his face be seen. 7. Life is often turbulent, but we get used to it. 8. Neither had foreseen the importance that her presence assumed. (10) 9. They laughed and winked at one another. 10, She was a little angry at it,

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