Qu'on donne, "Give

1S. — 2. H faillit se rompre le cou, "lie ncarly broke bis

14. Qu'est ceci? an abbreviation of Qu'esl-ce que cecit "What is this?"

11. Quand il n'y aurait rien dedans, "Even if there were nothing in it."

22. louis, an ancient gold pièce worth 20 francs and called after the beads struck on the coins. They were first introduced in France under King Louis XTTT. Although the gold pièces are now struck with the bead symbolic of the French Republic, the French still cling to the ancient names and call ail 20-franc gold pièces either louis or nafolions.

20. — 2. minière de s'en servir, "the way of using it." 35. dés à coudre, "thimbles."

16. des poêles ... rire, "fiying pans eo funny that you would die laugbing on looking at tbem."

21. — 8. grandes comme d«s pièces de cinq bous, "as large as five-cent pièces."