avoir allumé. The perfect is regular after après

20. serait. Can the house be on fire? The conditional is sometimes used to express possibility or probability in exclamations or questions.

Page 4. — 1. done. This word of emphasis is of common occur-

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rence in French and has a most varied translation. The context Should supply the necessary meaning. In the present instance the expression might be turned into English thus: “ Do hurry! ” A few examples taken from this play with their translations are as follows: Allons donc! — Come now! Dites donc! — I say. Qu’est-ce qu’il a done? — What in the world is the matter with him ? Ah çà, il y en a donc deux? — Well, are there two of them then? Un instant donc! — I say, just one minute! etc.

2. Que diable. Do not translate French exclamations literally. Every language has its own exclamations which must be rendered by a totally different idea when translated into any other language. Here, for Heaven's sake!