Se couper la gorge avec..., to fight a duel with

5. Ott bien, or else, or again. Stronger than ou by itself. 9. On va dans un pré, you betake yourself to a meadow.

N. ** aller sur le pré/' to go to a place assigned for fighting a duel; **il est resté sur le pré," he remained on the ground, he was killed in a duel. In allusion to the Pré aux clercs, once a large plain, where now stands the Faubourg St. Germain in Paris, and where studenta usod to meet and fight duels.

Nicole, See ** Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme/' acte iii.,