Part 30 (1/2)

13. a bien parle, bien pleure, bien degonfle son pauvre cur malade, 'has sobbed and told all and unburdened his poor aching heart.'

19. un grand bonheur, 'a great stroke of luck.'

20. sans attendre tes huit jours, 'without waiting till your week's notice is up.'

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4. au fond d'un bon lit, 'ensconced in a comfortable bed.'

30. J'ai fait ton compte, 'I have portioned it out for you.'

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2. de cote: see note. p. 11 l. 3.

3. faire un remplacant, 'to provide a subst.i.tute.' Formerly recruits were taken by lot from the conscription-list, and anyone who drew a losing number could pay another, who was called a _remplacant_, to take his place. Under the present law, however, every able-bodied Frenchman must serve as a soldier.

ne tire au sort que dans six ans, 'has not to draw lots for six years.'

4. d'ici la, 'before that time.'

8. l'air de cette Bastille ne te vaut rien, 'the air of this prison is not good for you.' The Bastille, the famous State prison in Paris, was stormed on July 14, 1789, by the Revolutionists and razed to the ground.

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9. ma place a retenir, 'my seat to book.'

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23. a grandes enjambees: cf. _a grands pas_. What does the suffix _-ee_ denote?

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13. de ce pas, 'immediately,' 'at once.'

19. a pleines mains: cf. note, p. 49 l. 22.

22. un coup de theatre: an event which is quite unforeseen by the audience and alters the whole course of a play.

See note, p. 2 l. 17.

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2. j'etais ferre a glace sur . ., 'I was quite an expert in . .': _ferre a glace_, lit. 'rough-shod.' Cf.- _il est ferre sur la geographie_, 'he is well up in geography.

11. bureau des messageries, 'coach-office.'

16. etaient au complet, 'were all present.'

23. sur l'oreille, 'on one side.'