de vos œuvres : when is œuvre mascuUne

12. quelques marquis de Carabas, ' some old - fashioned marquises. ' The ' marquis de Carabas ' is a character in Perrault's Chat Botté ( ' Puss-in-Boots ').

34. 3. c'est que . . : when is the pronoun ce used redundantly ?

,, 5. serait-il vrai ? ' can it possibly be so ? ' ' you don't mean it ! '

Notice the idiomatic use (i) of the conditional to express

surprise, (2) of il instead of ce.

,, 13. un galant homme, ' a gentleman ' ; un homme galant, 'a

ladies' man. '

,, 15. de nos deux jeunes princes : the Prince of Joinville and

the Duke of Aumale.

,, 19. tout de suite, 'directly,' ' at once'; de suite, ' one after

another,' ' at a stretch.' The former may be used instead

of the latter, but the latter should never be .used instead of

the former.

,, 23. que je n'ai mis . . : notice the use of ne without pas after depîàs que, il y a , . que, voilà . . que, when the following verb is in a compound tense.

35. 17. ressemblerait : for this use of the conditional cf. p. 34,

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35. 19. je ne lui en veux pas, ' I bear him no ill-will.' 25. à cela près, ' with that exception.'

36. 9. il se faisait tard, ' it was getting late ' ; il était tard,

' it was late ' ; il était en retard, ' he was late.'

37. 7. on se fait vite à . ., 'one soon gets accustomed to . .' II. il n'y a pas à dire, ' there is no denying it.'