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Naturels. — Natives

3. Charabia. — A popular term, meaning the patois of the inhabitants of Auvergne, and, by extension, any other speech which is not understood.

4. On débâche ; un grand drôle prend sur la voiture. — The tilt is turned back ; a tall rascal takes fVom on the carriage, &c.

5. L'hôte surgit et entame. — The keeper or host suddenly appears and begins. Surgir is to spring up, to start up, to arise. Entamer, literally, to make the first eut into (a loaf, &c), also means, when speaking of a negotiation, an affair, a discourse, a story, a conversation, &c, to enter upon, to begin.

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