Fracas, hubbub, bustle

25. Tisonner son feu, to poke the fire ; from tison, a firebrand. Tisonner is to stir the Ure-brands for pleasure.

27. Égayer, to enliven. N. "égayer la conversation," to enliven the conversation.

6, 4. On découvre mon lit, my bed oomes into sight.

Au fond de ma chambre, at the end of my room. N. ^* le fond d*un bois," the depth of a wood ; " le fond d'une allée," the further eztremity of a walk ; "il s'est confiné dans le fond d'une province," he bas buried himself in the country.

6. Heureuse, favourable=it is most favourably situated. 9. S'avancer le long, creeping along.

14. Oazouil/ement, twitter; O. F. gaziller, diminutîve of gaser, which is the same as Jaser, to chatter, prattle, tattle. G=j\ as in jumeau, twin, Lat. gemellus ;

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Jouir, to eDJoy, Lat. çaudere; Jaune, yellow. Lai. çalHnus,

9, 4. Il va jeter le plus grand Jour, ît will throw a gfreat light. N. the yerb aller is often used in French to dénote a future at hand, expressed in English by shall and wilL I shall tell you what happened to me, '*je vais vous raconter ce qui m'est arrive ; *' take card, you will break that glass, " prenez gajrde, voua iJlez casser ce verre."

12. Expliquer dans le plue grand détail, minutely to explain, to KÎve a fuU and particular explanation.

De VAme et de la Bête, The folio wing définitions will show in what sensé thèse two words are used by the author: — *'Dans le langage des moralistes Ma Bête ' est la partie animal, sensitive et passionnelle de l'homme : ' L*e8prit dit : je veux, mais la Bête s*y oppose . *— F^oelon.*' Ame, 'individualité humaine, considérëe exclusivement sous le point de vue moral, abstraction faite du corps.'*

14. Influe tellement sur mes idées, has so great an influence on my thoughts. N. distinguish between injluer sur^ to exercise on anything an action l^nding to modify it : ** L'électricité influe sur la végétation ; ce motif a infl..é sur sa résolution,'' and influencer , to exercise an ascendency: "il influence les opinions ; il s'est laissé influencer par son frère."

21. Emboîtés, jointed, dove-tailed one into the other. From boîte, used for the sooket or '* box " of a joint ; a meaning preserved in such phrases as "se déboîter un bras/' to put one's arm out, i,e,, of the socket ; "emboîter un os," to put a bone in; "boiter," to be malformed at the joints, t>., to limp. N. "il boite d'un pied," he is lame of one foot; a lame horse, " un cheval qui boite."

25. Je tiens, I bave it from. K. "de qui tenea-YOus cette nouvelle ? " who told you the news ?

(Test du plus loin qu'il me souvienne, this is as long ago as I can remember. K. se souvenir is often used impersonally : "il me souvient d'avoir vu," I recoUect having seen; "s'il m'en souvient bien," if I remember well.

10, 4, Qm» nous lutine d'une manière si étrange, which plays such strange tricks upon us. From lutin, hobgoblin, imp, puck. N. "cet enfant a un air lutin," that chUd has a roguish look ; " il a l'humeur lutine,'' he has a waggish disposition.

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10, 6. En çroSf in a gênerai way, Bnperficially.

8. Bien mal à propos assurément, very inconsîstently, I am sure.