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3. le petit Poucet, Tom Thumb, the title of a popular French fairy taie.

Page ao. — 1. m' allait très bien, was very becoming to me.

2. Judith avec Holopherne. Judith, a Jewish heroine, risked her life by going to the tent of Holophernes, commander of the Assyrian army, then invading the country: she eut off his head and her townsmen defeated his army with great slaughter; see Bible, apocryphal book "Judith."

Page 33. — 1. en revanche, as an offset, on the contrary.

2. révolte . . . révolution. On the storming of the Bastille, July 14, 1789, " It is a revolt," said Louis XVI. " No, Sire/' replied the duke of Liancourt, " it is a révolution."

Page 33. — 1. en le regardant en dessous, looking mischievously (or askance) at him.

Page 34. — 1. course désordonnée, wild chase. 2. qui l'envoyait promener, who sent her about her business; cf. page 16, note 1.

Page 35. — 1. Oh! que si! Oh, y es he will; strong affirmative after a négative.

2. en savoir très long sur son compte, to know a great deal about him.

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