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Edgard Poé or Poë. 41 28 monter: the active use of this verb, 'carry up', cf. promener 74 26. 42 1 Gouvernement: the building in which are the offices of the provincial government. Cf. 70 8. 42 4 en avait vu de rudes: 'had had a hard time of it', with rudes supply some such noun as choses, anticipated by en; cf. note to 32 5.
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.
13 1 Plus de doutes: 'no more doubt', cf.1 17 With plus, pas, jamais, rien, and other words of this type ne is omitted when the verb is omitted, but cf.71 8, 88 3. 13 3 se ramassait sur lui-même. 'gathered himself, 'crouched'. 13 13 de long en large: 'up and down'. 13 18: faire son bezigue: 'to play his game of bezique, a game of Cards.
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;
42 14 il se fit servir: cf. note to 7 25. grande ouverte: 'wide open'; cf. 51 7. 42 15 Crescia: a wine-producing district near Algiers. 42 21 déjeuner: verb. 42 22 fréter: 'to charter, a nautical term used here mock-heroically. Cf. note to 49 7. route de Mustapha: 'Mustapha road', cf. note to 1 5. Mustapha is a suburb of Algiers, on the sea.
He was sent to Paris and in 1559 married Claude, daughter of Henry II. He subsequently took charge of the affairs of his state, and ruled long and peacefully, dying at Nancy, May 14, 1608. COURRE LA BAGUE, "riding at the ring." Courre is an old infinitive of the verb courir, used only in a few expressions, as: courre le cerf.
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