III. Idée de déplacement, avec but déterminé

l on horseback, | ( à cheval 1

Toride Von a train [-to aller < en chemin de fer V à

I in a carriage, etc., J ( en voiture, etc. )

A ride, drive (to a place) : une course, un trajet à cheval, etc. (à. . . .) Je vais à cheval à la gare.

Dans ce cas, on emploie aussi les antres verbes de moavement. Ex : I rode back (horseback) to the station. Je suis revenu à cheval à la station.

He drove back home (carriage).

Il retourna chez lui en voiture.

Le moyen de locomotion, souvent sous entendu en anglais, doit être exprimé en français (cheval, bicycle, voiture, etc.).

1. I do not enjoy this place very much, because I cannot ride as I used to do when I was in the couotry. 2. As for me, 1 never ride, and I seldom drive. 3. This morning I drove to the station to take my brother there, but I rode back because the doctor, whom I met at the dépôt, borrowed my buggy and lent me his mare. 4. I did not know Doctor X. knew how to ride. 5. Why, he taught me how to ride when I was a boy. 6. It must hâve been long ago, for you are no longer yonng. 7. Thank you for the compliment. 8. Do not mention it. 9. WTien do you expect to eee your brother again ? 10. Which one? 11. Pierre. I do not know which one is the eldest. 12. Well, I expect Pierre to-night. 13. Where does he come from? 14. From a very good family. 15. I do not mean that. Where is he now ? 16. At his uncle's. I mean at his wife's uncle's. He goes driving every day. The other day he drove to Blois to see the castle. 17. Jean likes to ride a bicycle. He rode to the court-house day before yesterday. It is a long ride.

36 Vade Mecum de Français

To ENJOY, to hâve a good time.

Remarqitb. Le traduction en français du verbe "to enjoy" offre souvent des difficultés pour les élèves, même avancés.

To hâve a good time : s'amuser, se donner du bon temps.

To enjo}' (suivi d'un verbe) : aimer à.

To enjoy (a place, a city, etc.) : se plaire à.

To enjoy (something) : jouir de.

Nota. L'expression, "how did you enjoy " doit généralement se tourner par une périphrase.

Ex : How did you enjoy this book ?

Ce livre vous a-t-il plu?

Dear Friend :

As we are starting for the Castle o£ Blois, which we expect to visit this afternoon, I hâve only a few minutes to give you. "We are having a splendid time hère at Orléans. From my window I enjoy a fine view of the river La Loire and the quaint suburb of the old city. Brother, who is still at Rennes in Brittany, enjoys the place much and says he has a good time with our French friends there. As for Nancy, where we spent about a week, I hâve not much to say. I did not enjoy the place, because I had a bad toothache. We had to consult a médical man, who calls himself American Dentist, but has the most offensive Gascon accent. However, he must hâve read a good deal about America, for he enjoys speaking of the States, which he does very cleverly. Did you enjoy your excursion to St. Germain ? I suppose you had a good time with th# Dubois, who are always so kind to foreigners. Well, I must stop now, not because I cannot think of anything else, as we used to say when we were children, but because I lack time. It is a pity, for 1 enjoy chatting a little with a dear old friend like you. Write to me at Tours, where we shall be by the 26th at the latest.

Tours cordially,