tient de la place, JUls up

Page 26. — i. faire suisse, ta be sHn^, Up to the time of the Révolution, Swiss served in the French armies as mercenaries. They were regarded as very stingy and usually ate alone ; hence the expression ^^ faire suisse ", to play the Swiss.

Page 27. — i. exécuteur des hantes oèxxTiw, jailer, Thistitle is also applied to an executioner. French schools no longer hâve a " séquestre ".

Page 29. — i. j'avais beau me creuser la tête, I racked my

hrains in vain.

Page 80. — I. ouyrages classiques, text-books; classique hère means for use in class,