te sachant perdu, knowing that you are lost

dont on dit tant de mal, which is so badly spoken of. 29. ton vieux bonhomme de père, your dear old daddy {bonhomme really means ' a good fellow').

Tu es au moins sûr qu'il t'aime, celui-là, At least you know you can rely upon his love. (Notice celui-là, ' that one,' for emphasis.)

8. 4. Il s'agit de mon avenir, It is a question of my future.

(Notice the idiom : Il s'' agit cZe, . . . ' the question is,' . . . when applied to things; in différent ways, if applied to people :

De qui s'agit'il donc ? Whom are you speaking of ? Il s'agissait de moi, They were speaking about me. De quoi s'agit-il ? What is the matter ? Il s'agit d'élire un député^ The question is to elect an M.P.) 8. livré à ses pensées, deep in thoughts.

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Pàiam uru g. 10. Oombttn Oindra tu quê ta r«itM dt Umpa à Parti 7 How

long shall you havo to stay in TariB? (Notice and praciiso ihe idiom : * How long * ; and mark the tiubjunctive Mood aitier the Impereonal \erh faudra :

I>epm» quand êUê-vous ici? How long havo jou boen hcre? Je tuùi ici depuiê ce matin, I havo been hère since this

moming.

dnmbieH y a-tH de cdaf How long is that since? Mark that in some of the expressions with 'how long' the verb of both question and answer, which in the French is in a simple tense, is in Ënglish in a oompound tense.)