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en — Pronoun in the genitive referring to laquais

101. 13. Z^ roi s* en va — Sarcastic, * The king is failing.' Carlos died in 1700, a prematurely old man.

103. 13. a faut que je dise — Translate all such expressions into our idiom, * I must tell you.' 19. au fond— In the depths of my nature, ' at heart,' we say.

104. 18. Triste flamme — />.,* Unhappy love.' 23. Voilà tout — As we say, ' That is all.' Voilà is compounded from the imperative of voir, and the adverb là — vois-là, 29. croi—St^ note on p. 16, 1. 21.

105. 6. Sif — Note that si is the usual affirmative answer of a negative question. Often fait is added for emphasis. 13. J'aurais agi de même — 'I should have done the same.' Agir is very often a synonym oi faire.

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