ce qui is the Fr. équivalent of 'whicli,' ineaning 'a

tbing wliicb.'

,, 6. ce furent : practically équivalent to z7 i/ c«i.

,, 8. à faire dresser . ., ' (fit) to niake the bair of the passersby stand on end.'

,, 10. il se trouva beaucoup . . : impers, construction, 'there found themselves,' i.e. simply 'there were.' Se trouver generally bas the force of ' to chance or turn out to be ' in a certain place or condition ; so comment vous trouvezvous maintenant? ' how do you feel now?' (after an accident, etc.).

,, 12. à lui seul, ' by bimself ' ; so « dexix, trois, 'by twos, threes,' 'two, tbree, etc., at a lime.'

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32. 17. à quelque chose . ., 'to ,some end misfortune is good,'

i.e. 'it 's au ill wind, etc.' ,, 19. vers lequel . . : say ' to whicli tliey were bound.'

,, 24. son argot de saltimbanque : so u'iie chanson de matelot, 'a sailor's song,' but la chanson du matelot, ' the sailor's song. '

33. 3. tu vas te mettre . . sur le dos, ' you are going to put

. . on your back.' Note the def. art. le. What case is tel.

,, 9. voyez-vous le gaillard I lit. 'do you see?' Transi.

'just look at. ' ,, 11. minute, 'a minute,' i.e. 'waitabit.' ,, 26. à ton tour : i.e. (c'est) à ton tour, ' (it is) your turn.' ,, 28. que voulez-vous que j'en fasse? 'what do you want me to do witli it ? ' The infin. construction after vouloir is only possible when vouloir and its dépendent verb hâve the sanie subj. Note en implying de, 'with.' je ne sais pas en jouer, ' I don't know how to, cannot play on it'; so jouer du piano, du violon, etc., of musical instruments ; hwtjouoyisà cache-cache, au lawntcnnis, etc., ' let us play hide and seek,' etc.

34. 6. en marâtre : note this use of en, 'in the character of,'

' like a stepmother,' i.e. 'unkindly.' ,, 15. crut devoir se contenter . ., ' thought he must,

thought he had better be satisfied.' The Fr. reflex.

verb is often rendered by Engl. passive. ,, 18. grincer des dents, 'guash one's teeth ' ; so battre des

mains, ' clap one's hands.'

,, 20. n'en demandait pas davantage : en is often found with davantage in that vague sensé which is untranslatable, and corresponds to the use of 'it' in such phrases as ' to lord it,' ' to trip it. '