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plein jour, éroad daylight

Page 38,— 1. ardent, Bright, glittering.

2. nous allions toujours, note the use of #wjours to emphasize the progressive form; trans., we £ept on walking.

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3: que introduces the subject ce’ encherétrement de tons colorés ; it is untranslatable, 4. du, note use of definite article; cf. page 15, note 4.

Page 39, — 1. si minces qu’ils fussent, cf, page 35, note 2.

2. se fermèrent-ils, note redundant use of pronoun. When aussi begins a sentence, inversion of verb and pronoun subject is customary; when the subject is not a Pronoun a redundant pronoun is employed, as here.

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