Gourmande. — Dainty

5. N'allez pas croire que j'ignore. — Do not think that I am ignorant; literally, do not go and believe. This use of the verb aller as an auxiliary is much more common than the similar use of to go in English. To think, used in its vague sensé of to be of the opinion, is rendered in French not by penser, but by croire. Penser, through the Latin, is closely connected ■with peser, to weigh, and means to think, in the sensé of to weigh in the mind, to consider the just relation of ideas.

6. Je vais rire et chanter. — I will laugh and sing. Vais is the présent of aller, to go. This idiomatic future is explained in the Grammar on p. 203.

7. L'on. — L'on is often used instead of on after any word ending in a vowel. sound as well as after et, ou, si, àc. See Grammar, p. 129.

8. Eloigne-toi. — Go off. The verb éloigner, to remove, is from the adverb of place, loin, far.

1. Les hommes doivent s'aider. — Men ought to help each other. For this use of the article, see Grammar, p. 219, § 4. S'aider is a reiiective verb, but is hère used reciprocally (to help each other), not pronominally (to help themselves).