c'en est fait de, it is ail over with

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18. 1. remettre la partie, to put off the game, to let the malter

stand over ; cf. ' c'est partie remise,' it is only put off.

2. étape militaire, halting-place, allowance for soldiers {horses,

etc. ) 07i the march.

9. tripoter : lit. to dabble, meddle, job, etc. ; hère in the less offensive sensé of to go pottering (scuttling, scurrying) about. avec discrétion, quietly, on tiptoes.

12. l'est : note the use of the redundant ' le ' referring to a pre-

ceding noun, adj., or phrase; generally = Engl. so, but often best left untranslated ; cf. § 29.