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12 28 eut la chance: 'had the good luck' Engl. 'chance' = French Occasion. 12 31 planté sur place: 'rooted to the spot', of en resta planté 44 11. 12 32 prenant le vent: 'sniffing the air, used of hunting dogs, as a nautical expression = 'sailing near the wind'.
2 24 vous donner la chair de poule: 'make your flesh creep' With the French chair de poule 'hen flesh' cf. Engl. "goose flesh". 236 yataganerie. the yatagan, 'yataghan, is the saber of the Turks and the Arabs, from this word Daudet coined yataganerie on the analogy of épicerie, papeterie, etc, transl. 'paraphernalia of war'. 228 bonhomme a noun used adjectively, transl. 'kindly'.
1 12: coquin de sort: a characteristic Southern oath, lit. For the construction cf. coquin de lièvre 4 24, diable d'homme 9 3. Engl. "rascal of a man," Latin scelus viri; "the city New York," "the city of New York." 1 17: rien que: 'nothing but'; i.e. il n'y avait rien que.
10 4 pampas: 'pampas, vast plains in Argentina, extending from the Atlantic to the Andes. Transl. 'to go a-cap-hunting. 10 10 en vain s'entourait-il: cf. note to 5 32. 10 13 lectures romanesques: 'romantic readings. The French for Engl. 'lecture' is conférence, causerie.
2 20: flèches caraïbes: 'Carib arrows. The Caribs are the most war-like tribe of northern South America, the home of the famous curare poison and other arrow-poisons. casse-tête: any kind of war-club that can be wielded by one hand; transl. 2 21: est-ce que je sais! lit. 'do I know! transl. 'and what not. Engl.
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