Grandeur d'Ame

{Magnanimity . )

27 la grandeur, the greatness

l'âme, f. . the soul 2S le débordement, the over- Jlcnving, inundation I'Adige, f., a river in Loin-

bardy le pont, the bridge Vérone, Verona

29 emporter, to carry away il, impersonal pron., there ne... plus que, nothitig but rester, to remain, to stay l'arche, f. , the arch

le milieu, the middle, midst

30 laquelle, fern, of lequel,

must be used instead of qui when the Relative Pron., governed by Prep., refers to an antecedent denoting a thing. See I. Ex. 46 ; II.

35 W qu'habitait une famille entière, construe = qu'une famille entière habitait.

The verb is generally placed before its subject in dependent clauses when the subject is considerably longer habiter, to inhabit la famille, the family entière, fem. of entier, whole

31 depuis, /roȔ, since

le rivage, the shore, bank

on, one, people

voyait, Impf. of voir, to see.

See p. 2, 1. I éploré, -e, in tears, weeping tendre, to stretch out

32 le secours, the succour, help

Line p. 3.

33 détruisait, Impf. of détrui-

re (détruisant, détruit ; je

détruis, détruisis), to destroy.

See II. § II, [b] à vue d'œil, visibly le pilier, the pillar, post l'arcade, f. , the arcade les uns après les autres,

one after the other

34 ému, P. P. of émouvoir

(émouvant, ému; j'émeus, j'émus), to move. See II. § 10, {b)

le comte, the count, earl (le conte, the tale; le compte, the account)

offre, Pr. of offrir (offrii, oflert; j'offre, j'offris), to offer. See II. § 9, {b)

35 la bourse, the purse cent, a htuidre.i

le louis (d'or), 0 French gold coin once 'uwrth 24 francs (about 19.*".)

36 le bateau, the boat délivrer, to deliver

le malheureux, the unfortunate risquer, to risk la rapidité, the rapidity aborder, to land

37 au-dessous de, below s'écrouler, to fall down, to

give way, to collapse soi, one's self menacé, lit. threatened ; here

tottering

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1 le concours, the concourse personne... ne, nobody, no one oser, to dare

2 s'exposer à, to expose one's

self to

3 le villageois, z'/Z/a^ifr; f<7?<«-

/rywza«;fromvillage,thus — bourgeois, burgess, from bourg, borough

4 de quoi il s'agit, impersonal

phrase = what it is about

Line p. 4-

4 proposer, to propose aussitôt, adv. instantly, immediately

(aussitôt que, conj. as soon as)

5 monter sur, to step into gagner, to reach (to gain) à force de, by dint of

àforce de rames, by rowing

6 aborder, to light, arrive attendre, to wait, to expect

(entendre, to hear, to understand ) le bas, the bottom, foot que, abridged form of jusqu'à

ce que, until tout, -e, pi. tous, toutes, the whole, all

K. B. — tout is placed before the article

7 la mère, the mother

le vieillard, the old man, from

vieil, old se glisser, to glide le long de, along

8 la corde, the rope, cord soient, 3 p. pi. Pr. Subj. ; in

the Subjunctive after jusqu'à ce que. See II. Ex. 16 descendre, to descend, to alight

9 vous voilà, now (or there)

y oil are; thus — me voilà, 7io~m [there) I am te voilà, now {there) thou art le (la) voilà, now {there) he is nous voilà, now {there) we are les voilà, now {there) they are sauver, to rescue ramer, to row surmonter, to overcome l'effort, m. the force, stress

10 regagner, to reach again enfin, at last

1 1 veut, Pros, of vouloir, to

wish, want

12 promis, -e, P. P. of pro-

mettre. See p. 3, 1. 7 vendre, to sell la vie, the life

13 suffit, 3 p. sing. Pr. of suffir

Line p. 4,

(suffisant, suffi ; je suffis, je suffis). See II. § 11, {d)

13 moi, here = myself.

14 la somme, the sum, amount (le somme, the sleep, nap) pauvre, poor, needy

15 besoin, m., 7iced, want

avoir besoin de, to be in

want of : —

j'en ai besoin, / am in

want of it. See I. Ex. 42 plus que, more than disant, Pr. P. of dire, to

say. Seo p. I, 1. 10 le mot, the zvord

1 6 se perdre, to disappear (lit.

to lose one s self) or to be lost la foule, the crowd