dessus: see note, p

,, 5. restait à, 'lie still had to.' Xote tlie omission of tlie impersonal il.

., 20. le libérateur, c'était : tlie insertion of ce créâtes a sliglit pause after libérateur.

„ 23. faisaient, ' caused pity to see,' i.e. 'were a piteous sight. '

„ 28. le seul dommage qu'ils eussent . ., ' tlie sole damage tliey had umlergone in their persons,' viz. 'tlie sole bodily injury tliey had received.' Note tlie subjuuct. and see note, p. 13 1. 5.

60. 14. l'oflacieuse intervention : o^'ww.rc in Freneli newspapers

is often used as the opposite of officiel, 'officiai,' e.g. nous cqyprenonx, par voie officieuse, que . ., 'we hear, througîi an unofficial channel, that . .'

61. 8. Bucéphale : the name of Alexander the Great's favourite

liorse.

,, 15. à la guerre comme à la guerre, ' one niust take things

as tliey come. ' ,, 20. à l'agrément de, ' for the pleasure, entertaininent of.'

,, 22. les pièces de cent sous . . : though commercial nioney reckouing is done in francs and centimes (the hundredth part of a franc), small sums are still commonly expressed in sous ( = id., the twentietli part of a franc), especially by the people ; e.g. vingt sous, trente sous, and above ail cent sons (five francs). Cf. our use of 'gninea' and ' crown ' in ' half-a-crown.'

,, 23. vont nous pleuvoir, ' will rain on us.' Note the Personal use.

,, 25. pedibus cum jambis : Latin de etiisine, as tlie French say, a Latin woi'd being made of the Fr. jambe, derived from Lat. gamha.

62. 4. à pattes : on the analogy of à 2necl, à quatre ^Mf tes, 'on

ail fours.' ,

,, 6. à tour de rôle, 'in turns.'

,, 8. par des chemins, 'in.' Xote use of par of the way by wliich one goes ; e.g. ^^f/r oii? 'which way ? ' ^^ar là, par ici, etc. ; par les rues, le inonde, ' througli the streets, the world.'

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