le dégoût, ' surfeit

,, 10. si vous voulez (lit. ' if you wish to hâve it so,' ' if such be your opinion '), ' to be sure.'

,, II. d'une . . avec, entre une . . et . .

79. 13. au fil de l'eau, 'in the stream,' lit. 'in the thread of the

water.' Distinguish between ^f/^r, ' to spin,' and the pop. ^ler, ' to be off,' ' to run.' Cf. Engl. ' to spin along." ,, 18. pour ajouter, i.e. à ajouter.

encore, ' or else.' Cf. notes to p. 46, 1. i, and p. 52, 1. 25. très noir, hère ' very wicked. ' ,, 19. de faire un mauvais coup, ' to do some desperate deed.' ,, 20. l'étude, 'the study,' 'préparation room,' as opposed to the class-room.

au principal : not du priftcipal, as possession is obvious. ,, 25. qui n'avait l'air de se douter de rien (lit. ' which seemed to harbour no suspicion '), 'in no way ominous. '

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80. 2. les coudes au corps (lit. ' the elbows close to the body '),

' nK\king myself as small as possible. ' 3. je mis le nez dans mon assiette . . (fig. of course), 'I kept my eyes fixed on my plate, and did not raise them . . '

,. 10. la malcoififée, lit. ' the wTy-capped bottle. '

., 12. la conserve aux prunes, 'the (bottle in which axe kept) plums in brandy. '