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67 5 rotonde: properly, 'rotunda, a round building surmounted by a cupola; then, also, the 'back compartment' of a stage coach. 67 1 dut se contenter de: 'had to content himself with'; cf. 80 14, 88 14. See note to 2 10. 67 10 Il y avait de tout un peu: = il y avait un peu de tout.
74 16 train de derrière: 'hind quarters, train de devant = 'fore quarters, of an animal; properly applied only to an animal harnessed to a vehicle. 74 17 Qu'est-ce ... plus? colloquial construction; transl. 74 26 promenaient: note the active use of this verb, cf. monter 41 28.
66 12 babouches: Turkish slippers, made of colored leather, without heels défroque: 'cast offs', properly, the possessions which a monk leaves behind at his death, then, by extension, what is abandoned disdainfully. 67 2 gros bleu: = bleu foncé, 'dark blue. In French the word may also mean the burn thus produced on the skin.
38 31 tron de ler: more properly tron de l'er, a Provençal oath = tonnerre de l'air, 'thunder of the air! A Provençal newspaper with the name Lou Tron de l'Er appeared in Marseilles in 1877-1878. 38 32 longtemps: cf. note to 40 17. en: anticipates des pirates; cf. note to 32 5. 39 4 un brave garçon: cf. note to 3 12. 39 8 tire-vieille: 'man-rope, one of the side ropes on the gangway of a ship.
This insane act would rouse the devil in any soldiery, and may explain how, after a twenty-four hours' struggle, the unhappy town was a heap of ruins. Lord Roberts, the justest and gentlest of conquerors, most properly ordered widespread farm-burning in South Africa for the same offence.
Despite this belief and despite the game laws, in southern France generally, especially in the Camargue, large numbers of swallows are killed and eaten. 5 7 en pleine campagne: 'into the open country', cf. 2 2, 41 13. 5 11 boeuf en daube 'stewed beef', properly, stewed with vegetables and then baked slowly Dauber = braiser saucissot: italicized because a dialectal form, = saucisson 'sausage'.
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