‹ Morceaux choisis d'Alphonse DaudetChapitre 57 sur 108 · conquistador: conqueror ; a Spanish word · texte numérisé non relu

conquistador: conqueror ; a Spanish word

39. Pizarre. Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish discoverer and conqueror of Peru, was bom about 1471. He was assassinated at Lima in 1541 by his rivais for the control of the country which he had conquered only twelve years before.

40. sanguinède:%*SÎ7//^i>/?^^; a Provençal family name, used to designate the brand of licorice. •

41. sirupus gummi: gum syrup; a mixture of gum arable, sugar, and water.

42. coquin de sort 1 confound it! a favorite oath of Tartarin's.

Page 1