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reciprocal as he wished it and you wished

the speed it toc . .

the dizziness, when they had recovered from stunning their fright . .

I am very glad you hâve corne a pièce of advice do you think we hâve not seen

the calculation • them ?

to part (intr) why do you not do it yourself ? (dont use ' pourquoi ') something was lacking

a crâne could he not hâve heard ?

the cardboard after praising him for his courage

the sand they only lack comnion sensé

a treaty he is not powerful enough for us to put out, dis- to fear him [about

concert we no longer know what we are

a swaggerer he had scarcely opened his

mouth when . .

a disadvantage to speak in a louder voice

to dare it was I who did it

the criticism on many occasions

to lengthen to hâve 15,000 francs income

niournful it was in vain I sp)oke

a banknote to raise one's voice

the customer do not trust him

an ancestor to be thrilled with joy

the frontier before he had sat down

a System to shrug one's shoulders

to give birth to to succeed some one

the mystery to levy a tribute to bloat [man as soon as he had closed his eyes

an old clothes- to abound in riches

incredible to turn a coat inside out

the scorn to shout with ail one's might

the revenge a splendidly-furnished house

the taste to lead a scholar's life

a swan to get rid of sg.

a pièce of about twelve hundred years ago

furniture what vexes me is that . .

to print

an oak-tree I hâve no doubt he knows it

the laurel into the bargain

the dust he was wounded in the left leg

a parcel why do you apply to me ?

a trifle to carry sg. about one's self

to publish it is very difiicult for us to answer them

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83 an invalid a bookseller allow me to send for him to dismiss the service he had the door shut the curtain Spanish let us proceed no farther

84 to snore to explain very early in the morning to get drowsy subtle to send a book to be bound thereupon a cabal it is worth while trying

85 a treatise the drug , to put sg. into practice the memoir an epistle mind you don't touch it

a spoonful to yawn without its being necessary to

begin again

86 a remedy stubborn that does not matter to me the quackery a dose how badly he has written it ! the character the sweetness by dint of energy

87 to humble to strand, fail he is sure to please when he likes to feel dull an undertaking to be given to criticism

the disgust minute everything dépends on you

88 to rush, pounce a thermometer to turn sg. to account the spy-glass the heat to make a fîre

to relax, rest the correspond- of ail the people I see I know ence none

89 to knock down squeaking he was punished for laughing a bone to stun to be overwhelmed with insults to faint, swoon to wipe to summon some one before the

magistrate

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