Aspira bruyamment le vent. — : Snuffed the air noisily

19. Avait rassemblé toutes les forces de sa poitrine, toutes ses demandes de secours aux hommes: à moi! — Had collected together ail the strength of his lungs, ail his entreaties for aid from men : help ! The préposition a is thus used in cries; as, au feu! fire ! au voleur! thief ! au secours! a l'aide! a moi ! help !

20. Au fur et a mesure qu'il approchait. — As he approached. Fur, from the Latin forum, meant, in old French, price, value, measure. So that au far et a mesure means proportionally and comparatively.

21. Acharné à sa proie. — Madly intent upon his prey. Acharner means, prhnitively, to give a foretaste of flesh to dogs and birds in order to excite them ; hence its now common figurative use for excite, madden ; acharné is inveterate, unrelenting, desperate.

22. Bourrer avec son poitrail. — Strike violently with his chest against, &c. Bourrer is, literally, to ram ; hence to strike with force. For synonymy of poitrail and poitrine, see XVII., note 10.

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1. Le chien du Louvre. — This dog belonged to one of those who fell during the three days in July, 1830, and were buried near the royal palace of the Louvre.