passer chez lui, to corne to his room

Page 106. — I. mourir à la peine, to die in harness, or at his task.

Page 107. — I. très gentils, very nice, 2. à la bonne heure I good!

Page 109. — I. les faits et gestes,' " acts and deeds," valorous deeds. The heroic achievements sung in old French literature are called gestes.

2. qui sortent du fond des bois, who corne from the backwoods.

Page III. — I. un succès fou, a stunning success.

Page 113. — I. vous met les points sur les i, makes things plain for you, " dots your i's"

Page 114. — I. bouc émissaire ("sent out"), scapegoat. The goat on which the high priest's lot fell was présentée before the Lord to make atonement and sent out into the wilderness as a scapegoat (bouc émissaire, in French Bible; see Leviticus xvi:6-io).

Page 115. — I. de cas extraordinaires, i.e., brilliant matches; cf. page 91, line 26.