flanquez. For moquez. Flanquer is colloquial

NOTES

22. Par exemple. Not for example here. See vocabulary and note, p. 4, 1. 2.

25-26. on ne nomme pas ces choses-là. Dardard purposely misunderstands Pontbichet and gives the answer he does, meaning thereby that one does not talk about one’s private toilet articles in polite society.

28. eau sucrée. This typically French institution consists of water sweetened with sugar. It is used upon nearly all conceivable occasions. The American glass of water, placed in the bed-room at night, is replaced in France by a glass of eau sucrée; the glass of water on the American speaker’s stand is a glass of eau sucrée when found in front of a French orator, etc.

Page 6. — 1. Famille de l’Apothicaire. This particular vaudeville is one of the fairly well known ones. Occasionally a tune so catches the popular fancy, for one reason or another, that it seems to be almost immortal. Probably the best known air in the play is the closing song, Frère Jacques. See note, p. 32, 1. 26.

14. vue. Notice the feminine form' of the participle. If the student is not thoroughly familiar with the rule for the agreement of the past participle, he should learn it immediately.

16. la faire habiller. This is the so-called faire - construction. For rule and other example see note, p. 14, 1. 12.

26. Qu’est-ce que ça me fait? What difference does that make to me?

28. ne . . . ni . . . ni. When ni . . . ni is used and a verb is present, the verb must be preceded by ne which is not translated.

Page 7. — 15. tous. See vocabulary for pronunciation of tous.

19. Gascon. Although Bordeaux, properly speaking, is not in what was formerly the old province of Gascogne, but in Guyenne, the French nevertheless refer to all that section of the country as Gascogne. Hence Pontbichet says Gascon.