Il n'y a presque pas une. — There is scarcely one

3. Les deux années qu'il a mises. — The two years which he has used, or which it has taken him. Mises, the past participle of mettre, agrées in number and gender with the direct object que. See Grammar, p. 363, § 3.

4. On entend craquer les fanes d'un vaisseau qui s'entr'ouvre. — We hear the sides of a vessel, which is splitting, crack. The prefix entre, like the Latin inter, somethnes expresses mutual or reciprocal action ; as, s'entr'aider, to help each other. At other times it indicates partial action. Thus, entr'ouvrir usually means half or partly open ; as, laissez la porte entrouverte, leave the door ajar. The e of entre is never elided, except in compound words. Thus we write entre eux, not entr'eux, as it is pronounced.