n'importe, it matters net, never mind

28. Bien qu'il ait plus de six semaines, Although more than six weeks old. (Notice the Subjunctive qu'il ait after bien que. As many CJompound Conjunctions govern the Subjunctive as the Indicative, it is well to notice them and leam them.)

38. 3. mettent à sec la cave du vieux V., empty old Varinot's

cellar : lit. dry up.