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Page 56. 1. toutes les vieilles Salome : all the old Betsies. Salome is a woman's name used here for a gossiping woman. Note that the plural form does not differ from the singular form. — 2. ^<gwffl#^ à tricoter : knitting-needles.
Page 57. 1. lait caillé : curd. — 2. Quelle misère ! what a shame 1 —8. Ah ! c'est mademoiselle Oursula, Dieu du del ! why, bless me, it's Miss Oursula. — 4. Bh! Seigneur Dieu! oh, dear mel — 6. Qa vo3rage : from one place to another.
Page 60. 1. son pied marquer la mesure de la complainte que chante la bûche verte au milieu du foyer : her foot mark the time of the lamentation sung by the green log in the flreplace. — 2. les parties de traîneaux : coasting parties.— 3. se disperse, les talons BXLK épaules : take to their heels and scatter. -—4. Idrschenwasser :
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Also called kirschwasser or kirsch. Tranalate kirschenwasser or cherrabrandy^ as we say peach-brandy. Kirschenwasser is an alcoholic liquor obtained by fermentation and distillation from black cherries or wild cherries with their pits. — 5. Hans Wurat : German for Jack Sausage. Compare the English Jack-pudding.
Page 61. 1. lis humèrent d^an trait : they drained at a draught. — 2. Tones: say. — 3. Cassons une croûte: let's take a bite.— 4. Si : yes. Si is only thus used to express opposition to a negation.
Page 63. 1. recommendation: advice.
Page 64. 1. il me faisait de la peine : he made me feel bad.— 2. sans gone : without restraint, freely.
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Pagb 66. 1. de ce bas monde : of this lower world. —2. battait le beurre : was churning. — 3. lize: without stirring, quiet. — 4. casaque : a cloak with wide sleeves.
Page 67. 1. Un pauinre diable : a i)oor fellow. — 2. hauptmann : German for capitaine. — 3. Il se sera retiré : he must have withdrawn. —4. sans trouble : in quiet.— 5. A cette heure, il faudrait dresser Pacte mortuaire; ]e ne peuac pas vérifier de quoi cet homme est mort ; cela n^ entre pas dans mes attributions : but now we must make oat a certificate of death. I cannot certify as to the cause of this man's death ; that is not one of my functions. — 6. je n'eus rien de plus pressé que de m' échapper et de les suivre à la piste : I made all possible haste to escape and follow in their track. — 7. la curiosité du diable : an irresistible curiosity. Note that diable is used with far more freedom in French than the corresponding word in English. The same is true of Dieu.-^S, le garde champ6tre : (field-) constable. It is the duty of this officer to guard property in the country.
Page 68. 1. étuve: vapor-bath, sweating-room. — 2. chevroter: to bleat. — 3. déboula: scampered away.
Page 69. 1. se détachant en noir sur cette lumière : standing out m black against this light. — 2. il faudrait le tirer un peu sur le devant : we must drag him forward a little. — 3. plaque : spot.
Page 70. 1. avec sa grande tignasse en boudin: with his big sausage-like cue. Boudin is a kind of sausage, and en boudin refers to
the ahti-pe of the cue. Compare eelsfcin cue in English. — voilà le dëcèB conataté : The manner of his death is established.
Page 71. 1. bouillon : beef-tea. — 2. la table de nuit : A kind of table invented in 1717. It was made to stand near a bed and held those things which a sick person might need during the night.
Page 72. 1. j^ aurais quelque chose à vous demander : I should like to ask a favor of you.
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Page 74. 1. prairie oommunale : common. — 2. les reins plies :
bending forward.
Page 75. 1. dessus : on the sled. — 2. Himmelsfarth : A German word signifying Ascension (of Christ) ; here a cry of warning for people to get out of the way. — 3. J^en avais des ëblouissements : I was daS^led at the thought of it. — 4. C^est égal, arrives toujours : no matter, come on. — 6. le nes en Tair: looking up. — 6. schlittes: sleds used in getting wood down from the Vosges Mountains in Wasgau ; in French, traîneaux.
Page 76. 1. s^user: wear out — 2. allongeait ses hanches: stretched herself out, quickened her pace.
Page 77. 1. Frederic II: Frederick n., called the Great, was king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. — 2. schnaps : eavrde-me^ brandy. — 3. réduit à porcs: pigsty. — 4. haies vives: quickset hedges.— 6. cognac de France: French brandy. — 6. Regardes-moi : Moi 'ma
the so-called ethical dative. See page 10, note 2.
Page 78. 1. la houppe sur le iront : with pompon in front. —
2. appuyés: resting. — 3. qui dépassait un peu de côté sa joue creuse : which stuck out sideways a little beyond his hollow cheek. Remember that his back is towards the boys.
Page 79. 1. l^exercice : the manual. — 2. Arche I Pan, pan, rantanplan. Une . . . deusse : March 1 rub, dub, rubadubdub. One, two. Arche is for marche, Deusse is a drawn-out form of deux, -^
