des pater : many wordsand phrases borrowed from foreign

languages (Latin esf)ecially), used as nouns, and not naturalised, do not admit of a plural termination : des ave, — credo, — Te-Deum, — post-script um, — in-quarto.

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8. 9. de guerre lasse (lit. ' war being wearied eut," 'war,' i.e.

attempts to make him pass his exam. ), ' wearied with

abortive attempts ; ' say ' finally.

,, II. dans l'x jusqu'au cou, ' up to his ears in mathematics. ' ,, 16. emporte tout, lit. ' carries off everything,' hence 'causes

everything else to be accepted. ' ,, 19. une usine à bachot, ' a cramming establishment ' (/5^<:>4()/,

school slang for baccalauréat) ; hence ' a factory of graduâtes, '

A\so four à bachot.

, , 23. recul, massé sur bande : technical terms at billiards :

' screw-back stroke,' ' massé stroke.' ,, 26. répétitions, ' private coaching' (to go over again the

subjects taught in the class-room). ,, 28. les Allées, ' the public promenades. ' ,, 29. bourgeois : hère an adjective used disparagingly : ' common-

place, ' ' cit-like. ' ,, 30. frisé au petit fer, i.e. ' (his hair) curled with curling tongs,'

' his hair daintily curled. '

9. 3. évoluer en mesure, ' keeping time in their évolutions,'

' moving rhythmically. '

,, 6. courir, ' to fréquent,' 'to attend.'

8. flûter la blanquette de Limoux, ' drink the sparkling white wine of Limoux, ' F/ûte, colloquial word for a bottle : ihencejlâter, ' to drink.' Limoux, a small town in the Aude department, well known for this brand of wine.

,, 18. au feu, ' to the fire,' i.e. 'tobattle.'

,, 22. relent: cf. Engl. ' redolency,' 'redolent,' with this différence, that thèse words imply a fragrant, sweet smell, whilst in French relent is always unsavoury ; ' a fusty smell. '

,, 26. prostrés: a médical term ; 'prostrate,'

,, 27. tics, ' twitchings.' Cf. le tic douloureux , idiÇÀ'û. Vie.yxxd\%\a..

10. 3. bien seriné, ' well taught (by means of the bird-organ).'

bachelier, licencié peut-être, 'B.A., M. A. perchance.' ,, 5. la Faculté, 'the Faculty,' i.e. the représentatives of the University ; hère ' the examiners. '

,, 15. pas d'aplomb, à peine de salive, 'no self- possession, his mouth parched. '

„ 18. la gorge s'étrangle (lit. 'the throat narrows'), * he is choking.' ça : i. e. ' the answers. ' , , 23. à l'envers : lit. on the wrong side, inside eut ; hère 'chlorotic. '

11. 1. enlisé, ' sunk as in moving sands," from la lise ' quicksand."

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