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48 21 douros: say 'dollars' or 'cash. A duro is a Spanish coin whose par value is now five francs, before 1871, a trifle more. 48 20 a deux lieues: cf. note to 4 8. Contrast English 'thank you, which usually expresses assent pourquoi faire? cf. note to 38 21. Cf. note to 43 2.
«It is impossible for any one to be more desirous of supporting the spanish government tham I am, whenever they are right, and especially against France. But in this case, we think them decidedly wrong; and I regret very much that your usually sound judgment should have been led to a different conclusion.
'made ill-tempered' Humeur usually means 'ill humor' in French. 20 13 en leur bâillant an nez
5 29 il partait: 'he used to set out. 5 32 Aussi: aussi at the beginning of a sentence or phrase is usually to be rendered 'and so, 'therefore. With this aussi (as with some other adverbs) the word-order is verb pronoun; hence reconnaissent-ils. Cf. 24 12, 41 20;
2 11: mirifique: a mock-heroic synonym for merveilleux. bien autre: bien in its common intensive use, 'quite. Bien frequently adds to a passage a shade of meaning which can be rendered in English only by a complete remodeling of the sentence, e.g. je veux bien 'I have no objection, 'I consent. When autre is preceded by bien or tout, it usually carries the idea of superiority.
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