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27 16 tenait bon: 'stood its ground firmly', adverbial use of the adjective cf.sentir bon and the corresponding English 'to smell good'. 27 27 fit: cf. note to 21 22. 28 8 il lui prit la main: 'he took his hand', cf. note to 12 25. 28 12 Bompard: the personages of "Tartarin de Tarascon" appear in other novels of Daudet. For Bompard see particularly "Numa Roumestan."
50 21 k'hol: 'kohl, a powder used in the Orient from ancient times, particularly to darken the eyes, thus making them seem larger and more oblong. 50 32 Que faire? 'what was he to do? 51 3 aux mains des: 'into the hands of the. 51 7 s'ouvraient tout grands: 'opened wide', cf. 42 14. 51 10
24 23 pluies de sauterelles: particularly in Africa and Asia migratory locusts collect in countless numbers, forming a cloud so dense as to obscure the sun, and consume every green thing, cf.81 25 and note to 86 20 See the pages on "Les Sauterelles" in "Lettres de mon moulin," where Daudet describes an invasion of these terrible insects.
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