chez soi : why not chez lui f

,, 17. lierre : Old French ierre, Lat. hedera. The / is the article, which was joined to the word in the fifteenth century. Cf. lendemain, loriot, lors.

, , 20. ne l'avait espéré : account for the ne.

31. à son de trompe, lit. ' by sound of trumpet,' often used in the sensé of ' loudly. '

38. 2. seulement, when used negatively or interrogatively, has

often the meaning of ' even. ' , , 9. depuis longues années : observe the omission of de. ,, 17. rentrer dans ses fonds, ' to recover one's money.' Both

fonds and fond corne from Lat. fundus, and both were spelt

with an s in Old French.

39. I. à bon escient, 'knowingly,' 'wittingly. ' vioxà escient

{Lat. scientem) is only used in this expression. 3. le bois dont on fait des gendres : cf. p. 29, 1. 14.

II. il avait beau multiplier, ' it was in vain he multiplied.'

Cf. ' it is ail very fine to . . ' , , 14. Armorique : the old name of Brittany, from two Celtic words

meaning * the sea. ' ,, 16. courtisans: what is the meaning of the French noun

courtier f

23. il avait fait de M. Le vrault sa propriété: cf. p. 10, 1. 10.

, , 26. il arriva que . . : one of thç few impersonal verbs which do not require the subjunctive. Name the others.