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Scène IV

64 I — We should say in prose : Ose m'envoyer.

64 1 1 — Davantage : Syn. of plus. Plus and davantage must not be used indiscriminately : plus is folio wed by de or que; d'avantage or davantage is used alone, at the end of a sentence. Davantage may be followed by an object wbich belongs to a preceding word, as : Il est content de vous, mais il l'est bien davantage de votre frère ; Le. content de votre frère.

64 15 — Trop : Excess. Trop is a substantive. Jee page

65, line 2 ; peu used substantively.

65 3 — Joug ; Yoke- From the Lat. jugum,

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Page 65 line 5 — Hah/rcm haïr: To hate. This verb keeps the diseresis over the i (ï) throughout its conjugation, except in the three persons sing. of the près, ind., and the second person sing. ofthe imperative.

6ç 16 — Les siens : His men, his followers. Notice. — Les miens, les tiens, les nôtres, etc., is used u designate those who have some connection with the speaker, the person spoken to, or the one spoken of. It may mean relations, soldiers, partisans, etc., according to context.

66 3 — Quoi qu'il en coûte : Whatever it may cost.

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