Part 22 (2/2)

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3. veut bien, 'will be kind enough.' Cf. note, p. 12 l. 29.

4. tutelle, 'protection.' _Tuteur, tutrice_='guardian'; 'tutor'=_precepteur_.

8. sa bienveillance m'etait acquise, 'I could certainly rely upon his kindness.'

11. il fallait les entendre, 'you should have heard them.'

avec frenesie, 'frantically.'

15. couchiez: note _coucher_, 'to spend the night'; _se coucher_, 'to go to bed.'

21. le reglement de la maison, 'a copy of the school rules.'

28. un peu de lune, 'a moonbeam.'

29. s'orienter, 'to find one's bearings'; lit. to find out where you are in relation to the 'orient' or 'east' and the other cardinal points.

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1. a mes cotes, 'beside me.' See note, p. 11 l. 3.

3. si rapide qu'elle eut ete: note this use of _si . . que_ instead of _quelque . . que_, 'however.' In all such concessive sentences the subjunctive is necessary.

7. lunettes, 'spectacles'; _la lunette_=telescope.'

23. mince affaire, 'easy matter.'

26. disposition, 'disposal,' _not_ 'disposition,' which in French is generally rendered by _le caractere_ or _le naturel_.

29. avait l'air tres bon enfant, 'looked a very good fellow.'

Distinguish-

_il a l'air bon_, 'he looks kind.'

_il a bon air_, 'he looks gentlemanly.'

30. chemin faisant, 'on the way.'

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2. cha.s.seurs d'Afrique, 'African light cavalry.'

Cf. note, p. 85 l. 18.

acheva de: trans. by an adverb, 'completely.'

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