Qu’est-ce que les gens des fermes y apportaient

4. De quelle distance venaient-ils? 5. Qu’est-ce qu’il y avait autour du village? 6. De quoi ces collines étaientelles couvertes? 7. Que voyait-on de droite et de gauche? 8. Que faisaient les petits ânes? 9. Toute la semaine, qu’entendait-on sur la hauteur?

1. Where is the windmill of Mr. Cornille? 2. It is on the height. 3. The hill is covered with (of) pine trees. 4. The sails of the windmills turn the whole week. 5. The millers’ boys are loading the donkeys with sacks. 6. On the right and on the left we see nothing but (some) lines of donkeys. 7. They go up to the windmills or they go down to the villages. 8. [On] (the) Sundays, we go up to the windmill on the hill. 9. We do not hear the cracking of the whips. 10. We do not see the sails turning with the cold north-west wind. 11. You do not hear the flapping of the canvas of the sails. 12. We see no donkeys along the roads. 13. The donkeys do not hear the “to the left! Giddap!” of the millers.

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1. Quelle était la profession de maître Cornille? 2. Depuis quand vivait-il dans la farine? 3. Aimait-il

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son état? 4. Qu’est-ce qui l’avait rendu comme fou? 5. Que le vit-on faire pendant huit jours? 6. Qui ameutait-il autour de lui? 7. Que criait-il? 8. Comment criait-il cela? 9. Que disait-il? 10. Selon ( ac cording to) lui, de quoi les minotiers se servaient-ils pour faire la farine? 11. Selon lui, la vapeur est-elle une invention du bon Dieu ou du diable? 12. De quoi maître Cornille se servait-il pour faire la farine? 13. Selon lui, le mistral et la tramontane sont-ils la respiration du bon Dieu ou du diable? 14. Écoutait-on ces belles paroles?

1. The old millers are crazy. 2. They say: the owners of the steam mills are (some) rascals. 3. They will poison ail the villages of Provence. 4. The steam mills are (some) inventions of the Evîl one. 5. Do not make use of their flour. 6. It will poison you. 7. The owner of a steam mill makes use of the steam. 8. We make use of the wind. 9. We hâve been working for (we work since) sixty-eight years with [the help of] the north-west wind and the north wind. 10. The wdndmills are (some) inventions of God. 11. Make your bread with our flour. 12. It does not poison people (the world). 13. These old millers are shouting those words with ail their might. 14. They are arousing the villages. 15. They say (some) beautiful words. 16. But nobody will listen to the praises of their flour.

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1. Qu’est-ce que les enfants revinrent conter au vieux joueur de flûte? 2. Étaient-ils joyeux? 3. Quel sentiment Mamaï éprouva-t-il en les entendant? 4. Où courut-il? 5. Que leur dit-il? 6. Que convinrent-ils de faire? 7. Portèrent-ils leur froment au moulin immédiatement? 8. Que fait tout le village? 9. Où arrivent Mamaï et ses voisins? 10. Que portent les ânes? 11. Le moulin était-il ouvert ou fermé? 12. Qui était devant la porte? 13. Sur quoi était-il assis? 14. Dans quelle attitude était-il? 15. Pourquoi pleurait-il?

A. — 1. Tell me what (that which) you hâve seen. 2. Tell (it to) me in a few words. 3. We hâve just entered Mr. Cornille’s mill. 4. We hâve just found out his secret. 5. His wheat is not (any) real wheat. 6. His bags of wheat are (some) bags of plaster. 7. His donkey does not carry (any) wheat; it carries (some) plaster. 8. Do not lose a minute. 9. Run to the neighbors. 10. Tell (to) them the secret of the miller in a few words. 11. Let us load our donkeys with (of) bags of wheat. 12. Let us take ail the wheat that there is in the village to Mr. Cornille’s windmill. 13. No sooner said than done.

B. — 1. We shall start at once. 2. Up there we shall see the old miller. 3. He will return ail in tears. 4. He will sit down in front of his house. 5. The doors of the mill will be wide open. 6. The miller will weep [with

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his] (the) head in his hands. 7. We shall be heartbroken to (of) see him weep. 8. The donkeys will arrive at the door of the mill. 9. Mr. Cornille will see them. 10. He will weep no more. 11. He will not perceive that his secret has been foimd out. 12. No sooner said than done.

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1. Qu’est-ce qu’on entendait ce matin-là dans le vieux quartier du Marais? 2. Malgré cela, qu’est-ce que ce quartier gardait? 3. Qu’est-ce qu’il y avait dans l’air? 4. Que voyait-on au fond des cours? 5. Qui jouait devant les portes? 6. A quel jeu jouaient-elles? 7. Qui est-œ qui trottait au milieu de la chaussée déserte? 8. Quel parfum la tourtière du mitron répandaitelle? 9. Quel aspect tout cela donnait-il au quartier? 10. Dans quelle rue l’animation du quartier semblaitelle s’être répandue? 11. Qu’est-ce qu’on y tramait? 12. A quoi travaillait-on? 13. Que voyait-on à chaque pas? 14. Qui s’affairait? 15. Tout cela influença-t-il le petit pâtissier?

A. — 1. The Marais is an old quarter of Paris. 2. [On] (the) Sundays, (the) children play shuttlecock in the courtyards. 3. At each step, you see (some) groups of little girls in their Sunday finery. 4. At the streets’ corners, there are (some) rounds of small children. 5. The roadways are deserted. 6. The aspect of the old district is peaceful. 7. Who is trottine in the middle of the Street?

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8. That little silhouette is that of a pastry cook. 9. His pastry is hot. 10. It sends forth (spreads) a nice odor.

B. — 1. But [on] the morning of a battle, the old quarter loses its peaceful appearance. 2. The bustle is spreading. 3. Do you hear the distant calls of the bugles? 4. They work (One works) at the barricades at the streets’ corners. 5. They drag (One drags) (some) cannons. 6. (Some) groups are bestirring themselves. 7. (Some) militia men, losing their heads (the head), are trotting on the roadway of (the) Rivoli Street. 8. You hear the firing of the battle.

9. Are the courtyards of the district deserted? 10. Aren’t the children playing? 11. No, this is the morning of a battle.

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1. Pourquoi M. Bonnicar fut-il scandalisé ce jour-là? 2. Que regardait-il? 3. De quel oiseau la vieille pendule était-elle surmontée? 4. Montrez que c’était une bonne pendule. 5. Que faisaient les enfants? 6. Qu’est-ce qu’ils guettaient? 7. Parlait-on beaucoup? 8. Comment la salle à manger paraissait-elle? 9. Pourquoi?

10. Qu’est-ce qu’il y avait sur la nappe? 11. Comment les serviettes étaient-elles pliées?

A. — 1. Mr. Bonnicar ’s dining room is large. 2. The tablecloth is on the table. 3. The silverware is old. 4. The napkins are white and stiff. 5. They are folded in [the shape of] cônes. 6. It is twelve o’clock. 7. The clock of the dining room is repeating the twelve strokes of noon.

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8. That dock is old. 9. But it never goes fast. 10. It is never slow. 11. Two hérons surmount it. 12. They are stufïed.

B — 1. Does not the pastry cook’s apprentice turn the corner? 2. The children will be watching for him.

3. They will be hungry (hâve hunger). 4. They will be yawning. 5. The dining room will appear to them larger than usual. 6. They will look at the dock. 7. Is it fast? 8. Is it slow? 9. They will watch for the twelve strokes of noon. 10. They will also watch for the bell. 11. The dock and the bell will remain mute. 12. The children will be scandalized. 13. They will be sad. 14. They will remain mute. 15. The conversation will lag.

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1. Qu’est-ce que le malheureux Bonnicar croyait faire? 2. Décrivez l’état dans lequel il était. 3. Où se traînait-il? 4. Qui marchait à ses côtés? 5. Qu’est-ce qu’elles sentaient? 6. Quels mots M. Bonnicar répétaitil? 7. Que pensait-on autour de lui?

A. — 1. We are becoming crazy. 2. We believe that we are dreaming. 3. We are at the extreme end of the column.

4. Two old witches are dragging themselves along between us. 5. One stinks [of] (the) kerosene oil and the other, [of] (the) brandy. 6. They are puffing. 7. They are perspiring. 8. The two unfortunate old [ones] are dazed with fatigue. 9. They are crazy. 10. Do you hear their

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curses? 1 1 . The words : kerosene oü ! brandy ! are repeated over and over again (corne back always).

B. — 1. Are you dazed with fear? 2. We are dazed with fatigue. 3. We are perspiring. 4. We are puffing.

5. A little pastry cook will drag himself along between the two witches. 6. He will not stink [of] (the) kerosene

011. 7. He will not stink [of] (the) brandy. 8. He will send forth [a scent of] (the) small patties. 9. He will be afraid. 10. He will breathe hard. 11. He will sweat.

12. He will believe that he is dreaming. 13. He will become crazy.

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1. Qu’est-ce qui changea avec le siège? 2. Que ferma-t-on? 3. Qu’est-ce qu’on y mit? 4. A quoi le père Stenne fut-il obligé? 5. Où et comment passait-il sa vie? 6. Pourquoi ne pouvait-il pas fumer? 7. Où et quand pouvait-il voir son fils? 8. Semblait-il de bonne humeur quand il parlait des Prussiens? 9. Le petit Stenne, lui, était-il content de cette nouvelle vie?

1. Of whom are you speaking? 2. We are speaking of (the) old Stenne and (of the) little Stenne. 3. The siégé will change their lives (life). 4. They (One) will close the square. 5. They (One) will upset the clusters [of shrubs].