Fin. — Shrewd

17. Léger a la course. — Swift in running ; literally, light in the race.

18. Je puis m'en vanter aussi. — I can boast of it too. For the use of en, see Grammar, p. 258, § 1. Puis is the présent of pouvoir.

19. Tu ne lui ressembles que. — You only resemble him. Ne before the verb and que after it mean only, but.

20. Tais-toi, maudit causeur. — Hush, wretched chatterer. Tais-toi is the imperative singular of taire. See Grammar, p. 178, § 23. Maudit, literally cursed, from maudire.

21. Sans entendre ce que tu dis. — Without understanding what you say. What, meaning the thing which, is expressed by ce qui or ce que; literally, that which. Entendre, hère translated to understand, also means to hear, to intend, to expect.

22. Qui veulent. — Présent of vouloir, to wish. See Grammar, p. 191, §61.

1. The first campaign in Italy had closed, but Napoléon remained only a few days at Milan ; and, on the 20th of May, 1796, before departing to advance towards the Adige, he raised still higher the courage of bis soldiers by a new proclamation.

2. Vous vous êtes précipités. — You hâve rushed. The compound of the présent; literally, you Lave precipitated yourselves. Reflective verbs are conjugated with être, not with avoir. See Grammar, p. 188.