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2 en bonne fortune, love-making.

Page 77. Tu, etc. Note the sudden use of the second person singular, in passionate contempt.

2 je lui en ai l'obligation, I am indebted to him for it.

Page 78. 1 Ah! The revulsion in Rosine's feelings is due to her discovery that the man she loved as Lindor, loved her himself, instead of being merely a tool in another's hands. That she is in no way influenced by the Count's rank is proved by the fact that she persists in giving him the name by which she first knew him: a pretty touch.

Page 79. Notre notaire. What has happened is this: Bar tholo has hastened to tell Bazile of Rosine's readiness to marry him at once, and has requested him to bring round the notaire without a moment's delay, after which he has hurried on, in quest of the police. The notaire has accompanied Bazile, but has brought also the papers relating to the other marriage that he is retained to solemnize immediately after, at Figaro's. The Count instantly takes advantage of the lawyer's arrival to get his own papers signed at once in Bartholo's house instead of at Figaro's, as had been originally intended.-Marriage before a notaire was formerly valid; now it must take place be fore the mayor.

2 futurs conjoints, bride and bridegroom.

3 C'est que... But then...

Page 80. 1 faites, playing.

2 Alcade, or more properly Alcalde, is still the title of the mayor of Spanish towns, who is also the "Justice of the Peace." — Alguazil, policeman.

Page 81.

2 Plaisant

I en de la force.

ridiculous. Cf. P. 33, 1. 27, Note.

I s'émanciper, because married women are always

Page 82. deemed of age by French law.

2 Les vrais magistrats, etc. 3 A la bonne heure, je le humor.

The Count is a diplomat in his way. garde, a touch of most delightful

VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY

From this vocabulary are omitted: 1. words belonging to very elementary French grammar; 2. most of the words that are so alike in the two languages as to offer no difficulty to students advanced enough to read the text.

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administration; mauvaise maladministration, dishonest management. adorer, to adore, worship. adresse, f. skill, cunning; (postoffice) address. adresser, to address. adroit, neat.

adroitement, skilfully.

affaiblir, to weaken, soften; s'-, grow weak.

affaire, f. affair; —s, business; avoir à, to deal with. affection, f. affection, attack. affreu-x, -se, awful. agaçant l'appétit; (p. 23, ll. 2 and 3) temptingly attractive (lit. whetting the appetite). agir, to act; il s'agit de, the question is, it is a matter of. agiter, to agitate. agneau, m. lamb. aider, to help.

aïe! ouch (exclamation of pain)! ailleurs, elsewhere; d'-, moreover; partout else.

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aimable, m. dandy. aimable, nice.

aimer, to love, like; j'aime autant, I would as soon. ainsi, so, thus, in this way. air, m. air, appearance, looks; avoir l'- de, to seem, look

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go away,

aller, to go; s'en move off; (p. 71, l. 10) il y va de la vie? It is a matter of life and death?

allumer, to light, kindle, fan. allure, f. gait, way with it. altier, haughty.

amant, m. lover, suitor.
amener, to bring.
ami, m. friend.

amitié, ƒ. friendship.
amour, m. love.

amoureux (de), in love (with). amuser, to amuse, entertain. an, m. year.

ancien, -ne, old, old-fashioned, old-time, former.

Andalousie, f. Andalusia (southernmost province of Spain). ange, m. angel. année, f. year.

annoncer, to announce. antichambre, f. anteroom, hall. antithèse, f. antithesis. apaiser, to appease. apercevoir, to perceive, catch sight of, see; s'- de, notice. apothicaire, m. apothecary, druggist.

apparemment, presumably. apparence, f. appearance; probability.

appartement, m. apartment, room, suite of rooms.

appartenir, to belong. appeler, to call; s'-, be named; (p. 31, l. 28) cela s'appelle parler, now you're talking. appétit, m. appetite. applaudissement, m. applause. application f. drift.

apporter, to bring, bring up. apprendre, to learn; teach. appuyer, to lean; stress (a word).

après, after, afterwards; d'-, in accordance with, by the terms of.

argent, m. money. aria, f. (Italian musical term) tune, air; (contemptuously) rigmaroles. armée, f. army.

armer, to arm; armés les uns contre les autres, up in arms or warring against one another. arracher, to snatch, uproot, force.

arranger, to modify, touch up.

arrêté, stopping, dallying. arrêter, to arrest; stop, detain; intrude upon; s'- à, decide upon.

arriver, to arrive, come; happen.

art, m. art, skill, cunning. asile, m. (place of) refuge. asseoir, to seat; s'-, sit down. assez, enough, rather, pretty; pour ..., so... as to

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assiette, f. state of mind and body.

assisté de, assisted by. assoupir (s'), to doze off. assurément, assuredly, to be sure!

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