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1 V')a.Qt€\X^r'\ej{.,thehostelry,iiin

2 le derviche, the dervish voyager, to travel

(travailler, to ivork) la Tartaric, I'artary arriver, to arrive

3 entrer dans, to enter {into) le palais, the palace

le roi, the king prit, 3 p. s. Prêt, of prendre, to take

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Line p. 3.

4 caravansérail; m., caravan-

sary

après, all Prepositions, except en, require the following verb in the Infinitive.

See 11. Ex. 20 {c)

regarder, to look

autour de, arotind

lui, hi?n ; a Pers. Pr. after a preposition must be in the disjunctive form. See I. Ex.

41 {b) and II. § 31 (5)

5 long, fem. longue, long la galerie, gallery

où, where

déposer, to put do7vn

la valise, the fortma)iicau

6 étendre, to stretch out ensuite, thefi, next, after le tapis, the carpet

(tapis de table, table-cloth) par terre, on the ground se reposer, to repose, to rest dessus, on, upon

7 à la manière, in the fashion,

according to the custom l'Oriental, the Eastern à peine, conjunction requiring the following verb to stand before the Pronoun- Subject, hardly, scarcely s'était-il mis, Plup. of se mettre (mettant, mis ; je me mets, je me mis). See II. § II {e) AU Reflexive Verbs are conjugated in compound tenses with être

8 la ^Q%\\.\.QTi., position, attitude qu'il fut, when he was ; cf

p. 7, 1. 37 découvert, P. P. of découvrir, to discover. See p. 2,

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