après quoi : note that quoi is the Fr. équivalent for

both ' what ' and ' which ' after a prep. except when

'which ' refers to a particular object. ,, 8. plantez - moi là: i^lantcr là, ' leave in the lurch,'

'throw overboard' ; moi, ethical dative équivalent to ' if

you '11 take my advice ' ; cf. Engl. ' jump me that ditch.' ,, 11. à bouche que veux-tu ? 6oMc/tc gwe wmîc-^w is a complète

sentence, but is governed by à as if it were one noun

nieaning 'plenty,' like sot Vy laisse.

,, 13. dans les Paillasses, 'in clown parts.' ,, 23. tirer parti de : note phrases with parti — i^rendre parti

pour qn., 'take somebody's yiart' ; pixndre un jmrti,

'make up one's mind ' ; tirer parti de qc., 'turn some-

thing to account. ' ,, 25. dès le lendemain: dès (Lat. de and ex), 'from the

moment of,' Transi. ' on the very next day.'

30. 22. peintes à l'huile, ' paintcd in oils ' ; à again of the

accompanying ingrédient, as in cookery, à la sauce blanche ; so of a distinctive feature, à quatre roues (p. 54 1. 5), au long nez.

,, 23. aguerris: lit. ' trained for war,' 'inured to something.' Transi. ' trained ' ; the usual word would be dressé.

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30. 24. font le mort, 'act the dead oue,' i.e. lie there as if they

were dead.