Fondrières, deep mires, quagmires, pitfalls. Derived from

fondrer, an old verb which survives in its componnd effondrer, to fall in. fc^ee Hachette's •* Formes idiomatiques comparées/' p. 41, ph. 500.

11. Vont s'y résoudre à mon exemple, will détermine to follow my example. N. **à mon idée," in m> opinion; "à mon gré," at my own pleasure; "à mon insu/' unknown to me.