tant bien que mal, as best he could

Page 49. — 1. à la rigueur, on a pinch.

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2. ne se serait jamais vu, would hâve been entirely unheard of.

3. Raphaël (1483-1520), an Italian painter. — Michel-Ange (1475-1564), an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.

Page 50. — 1. un revers à la médaille, another side to the story (medallion).

Page 51. — 1. une âme en peine, a soûl in Purgatory, Le, restless, uneasy.