Prise de corps. — Writ ; warrant of arrest

80. Grog. — This word, taken from the Ençlish, like groom, haa undergone a slight change in its meaning in passmg from one language into another. It is daily used, when unaccompanied by any qualilying epithet, to designate a mixture of brandy, water, sugar, and lemon. For the curious etymology of the word, see" Worcester's Dictionary."

31. Clichy. — The prison for debt that bas taken the place of Sainte- Pélagie since 1834.

32. Pas grand'chose. — Not mnch. For the use of the apostrophe, and the apparent elision of e in grand'chose, see note ^ to La Maison de Penarvan.

83. Refait. — Cheated. Fait is sometimes used in the same sensé.

84. Il prend du ventre. — It is rounding out. Compare the analogou expression. Ce mur fait ventre. — That wall bulges out.

Zb. Entortiller. — From tor«. Literally, to tw"^ Hence, t* enUni^ to deceive, to get aronnd some one by unfair meaus.

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86. Tous les fournisseur. — The ellipsis in this expression explaiiu the ■ae ot fournisseur in the singnlar nnmtwr, and the subséquent misunderylinHiii£ of Joseph. Some socb word as objets must be anpplled* tha%

Tina les otjeti Ok, Jitx le /oumtsseur. This, an 1 the ; ubs ta aent sp^ect eg, might therefore be rendered thua, if we wish tt preseive tne point of tha original.

Bl-vndinet (io Joseph). Ând . . . Look . . . Toa'U weigh ail tha pnrveyor's. . . .

Joseph {astonù^ed). What! Weigh the purveyora?

Blandinet. No ! The purveyor's goods.

37. Du tout! . . . J'en ai pris num parti. — Not at ail: I bave madt np mv mind to it. Suivre à la piste, in the next Une, is a hunting term; to follow the track of, follow up.

38. eu. — This is not the orthography of the DictionaTy of the Academy, thongh it is mentioned in the édition of 1835 (the last), in which préférence is given to clef. The French édition of this play bas been foUowed in the spelling ck. which is preferred by many. See Pautex, Erratn du Dictionnaire de V Acad/mie française.

39. Bohème. — Commonly, gj.'psy ; but mucb used, comparatively, of lat«, to designate young nîen of disorderlv conduct, generally brought to want by their own improvidence. La vie de Bohème is also used in the sensé of student or artist life. Bolikme is more generally used for the life; Bohémien for the individuals who lead it.

" Pour le lecteur inquiet, pour le bourgeois timoré-, nous répéteroni en forme d'axiome: La bohème, c'est le stage de la vie artistique, c'est la préface de l'Académie, de IHôtel-Dieu ou de la Morgue . . . Noua ajouterons que la bohème n'existe et n'est possible qu'à Paris." — Murger.

40. Sur la place. — On change ; in the market. // a grand crédù sur la place. — He has great crédit among the merchants hère.