PAGE 366.-1. out-lined. PAGE 372.-1. piled. 2. was at anchor. PAGE 374.-1. wood-work. 2. pieces of dried mortar. 3. stamp. PAGE 382.-1. turnings or windings. 2. guns, field-pieces. PAGE 383.-1. if I may say so. PAGE 385.-1. tight. 2. soft, flexible. 3. dividing in the shape of a heart. 4. to lock, to put on the drag, to stop. 5. scattered. PAGE 393.-1. shining. PAGE 395.-1. whip. 2. rebound. 2. level with PAGE 399.-1. crenated in the form of battlements. the surface of the water. 3. pale, of a dead colour. 4. ornamented headpiece, nodding plumes.' 5. towing. 6. fly-boat. 7. 8. & 9. names of vessels used in the Mediterranean. The tartane has one mast and a three-cornered sail. 10. 'handful'; literally, a pinch, the quantity that can be contained in two or three fingers. PAGE 404.-1. cocon, the cocoon or ball of the silk-worm. 2. wornout tattered vestment. PAGE 407.-1. hedges; charmille, from charme, horn-beam or yoke elm, a tree which shoots principally from the root. PAGE 408.-1. alder. 2. ash. 3. rugged or unhewn stones. 4. cupola of tiles. 5. hemp-fields. 6. rafters. 7. quincunx or angleways. 8. rustle. 9. chucks. 10. clay. 11. thrushes. PAGE 411.-1. poodle-dog. 2. play childish tricks. PAGE 421.-1. have had a narrow escape. 2. without his knowledge. 3. to shoot sparrows. 4. present and aim. 5. in fact. PAGE 425.-1. tomtits. 2. greenfinches. PAGE 426.-1. curl-papers. 2. stays. 3. drenched with perspiration. PAGE 427.-1. begone out of my house. 2. fit subject for the gallows. 3. if I may say so. 4. lest I knock you down. 5. search. 6. spies. 7. you set yourself up for a reasoner! I will give you some of this argument about your ears. 8. stingy wretches. 9. are you troubling yourself. 10. 'box your ears,' barrette, petit bonnet, closecap; parler à la barrette de quelqu'un, c'est-à-dire parler à quelqu'un vertement, sans le ménager. 11. whom the cap fits, let him wear it. PAGE 430.-1. tells me to my face. 2. and in very good circumstances. 3. quickly take by the forelock. 4. one's happiness or misery depends upon it. 5. take into consideration. PAGE 431.-1. hearty, lively. 2. fine cause to complain, indeed! 3. constitution. 4. make some sacrifice. 5. economy of living. 6. jelly-broths. 7. peeled (barley). 8. is not so inconsiderable, but that it. 9. in which her equals indulge. 10. gaming. 11. have heard of. 12. all at once. 13. noticed me. 14. for want of. 15. will set me on my feet again. 16. letters. 17. que je vous sollicite, solliciter being a transitive verb. PAGE 434.-1. for this evening. 2. is missing. 3. deduct it. 4. to put them in mind. 5. frocks. PAGE 436.—1. for you take upon yourself. 2. first course. 3. sidedishes. PAGE 437.-1. guigné, watched (guigner, de l'espagnol guimar, regarder une chose avec envie, la guetter). PAGE 438.-1. all is over. 2. committed the deed. 3. put to the rack. 4. police-officers. 5. chief justices. 6. racks, tortures. PAGE 439.-1. of good weight. 2. sucking-pig. 3. to dress it for you. 4. clipped. 5. you cannot but know. 6. and I still bear in mind. 7. proofs. 8. lurking. 9. if you take it in that view. PAGE 441.-1. evasions. 2. a wilful crime (Guet-apens, ou mieux appens, du français guet, et du latin appensus, pendu, suspendu, attaché. BESCHERELLE). 3. motives. will soon give me satisfaction. 5. had participated. 6. my property. 7. what a jumble is this about my daughter! PAGE 445.-1. are you going to show me. 2. that I am getting myself dressed. 3. I thought I should never get on. 4. until they have brought me. 5. in proper style. 6. I have had this printed calico gown made for me. 7. go thus. 8. it becomes you. 9. under-waistcoat. 10. nothing can be better. 11. compositions. 12. I would have you first. 13. you should not have had it done. 14. you must not, sir, be deceived by the name of pupil. 15. as any that can be composed. 16. it will be better with it. 17. could enliven it a little here and there. 18. I was taught one. 19. Jenny. 20. a strict relation to one another. 21. who teaches me. 22. engaged. 23. that is all that is necessary. 24. can do nothing. 25. are occasioned by nothing but. 26. oversights. 27. failures. 28. has happened only from the want of knowing how. 29. want of harmony. 30. false step. PAGE 448.-1. a treble. 2. counter-tenor. 3. bass-viol. 4. theorbo, a large lute for playing thorough-bass. 5. harpsichord. 6. thoroughbass. 7. treble violins. PAGE 449.-1. of fencing. 2. I showed you. 3. adversary. 4. in or out. 5. in this manner. 6. any courage. 7. this will show of what importance we fencing-masters must be. 8. is superior. 9. & 10. softly, Mr. Fencer. 11. you are pretty fellows. 12. leathern stomacher (used by fencing-masters). 13. softly. 14. will drub. 15. pray! 16. will thrash. 17. teach him better manners. PAGE 450.-1. what is the matter? 2. even to abusing each other, and wishing to come to blows. 3. can you thus give way to anger? 4. to abuse us both. 5. ought that to make you angry? 6. silly pedant. 7. arrant schoolmaster (voyez la page 483, note 2). 8. villains! rogues! 9. the deuce take the pack-saddled ass! 10. knaves! beggars! PAGE 452.-1. adjusting his band. 2. which will cut them up finely. 3. the greatest desire. 4. I am vexed. 5. frightful. 6. does not take my fancy. 7. ethics. 8. morality is of no avail; I will get in a passion as much as I please, when I have a mind. 9. natural philosophy. 10. ignes fatui. 11. uproar. 12. confusion. 13. by bringing the under jaw near to the upper. 14. pouting the lips. 15. you were making mouths. 16. you need only. 17. by striking the tip. 18. how angry I am with you! 19. so that being grazed. 20. prettily. PAGE 456.-1. trapped out thus. 2. one would think it is carnival here. 3. the house clean. 4. gang. 5. tired out. 6. biaux, a vulgar pronunciation for beaux. 7. are very nimble-tongued. 8. loosen all the bricks, carriaux for carreaux, see 6. 9. advantages. 10. renfort, increase in strength; potage, soup; 'to strengthen (or add to) the mess.' Renfort de potage is a common and proverbial expression. 11. would to heaven I were whipped even now. 12. you would be all the better for it. 13. fools. 15. there! see what comes by studying. 16. just say. fooleries. 20. loobily. 21. deuce take the hussy! 22. managed very well. 23. with whom you have become infatuated. 24. he will take good care not to do so; literally: he will not fail to fail. 25. to wheedle you. 14. nonsense. 17. nonsense. 18. ought to send away. 19. PAGE 460.-1. you are as genteelly dressed as possible. 2. a proverbial expression, meaning, 'he talks of what gives him pleasure.' 3. put on your hat. 4. get out of debt. 5. a hundred and twenty. 6. milch cow. 7. will drain you to the last farthing. 8. many persons. PAGE 463.-1. of noble birth. 2. they spend few words upon it. 3. shake hands. 4. are we descended from St. Louis? 5. understanc your drift. 6. but from good citizens. 7. now for slander. 8. trades9. plague take. 10. she never fails to say so. 11. they are ill man. 14. informed people. 12. suitable. 13. beggarly and ill-shaped. silliest booby. 15. are always meddling. 16. should fail through inadvertence. 17. to play at la madame, the name of a game played by children. 18. so great a lady as she is now. PAGE 465.-1. your late. PAGE 467.—1. Oh unforeseen misfortune! 2. what business had he in that galley? (The droll exclamation of Géronte que diable allait-il faire dans cette galère? has become proverbial.) 3. in the pace of a horse. PAGE 473.-1. judgment. 2. lively. 3. his professors always spoke highly to me. 4. by dint of striking the iron, 'persevering.' 5. degrees. 6. to the utmost. 7. thesis, or disputation in philosophy. 8. take the hand. 9. convolaient here means 'flew,' but the verb convoler according to the French Academy is to marry again. 10. (is come) fresh (from college). 11. he will always surpass you in retort. PAGE 476.-1. ' uneven.' PAGE 479.-1. will not do for you. 2. will fondle. 3. in earnest. 4. bless me! PAGE 481.-1. ignorant. 2. present my respects. 3. interpreter. 4. blockhead. PAGE 489.-1. just as it happens. 2. I wash my hands of it; i. e. I am not concerned in it. 3. let it be as it may, I shall not care. 4. peace-officer of the ward, quartier (de la ville). PAGE 490.-1. why does he take into his head? 2. folding-chair. PAGE 494.-1. to physic. 2. would be very well content with her. 3. shoulder-blade. 4. midrif (diaphragme, muscle très-large et fort mince, situé à la base de la poitrine, qu'il sépare d'avec l'abdomen). 5. this indeed is the cause why your daughter is dumb. Voilà ce qui fait que votre fille est muette: this phrase has become a proverbial expression, and is applied to unintelligible and absurd arguments. 6. would that I had such a well-hung tongue! PAGE 498.-1. troublesome business. 2. attempt upon my freedom. 3. honesty. 4. safeguard. 5. likely to be so. 6. who have contributed to the Elegant extracts. 7. infinitely obliged. 8. dabble in it. 9. supremely fine. PAGE 501.-1. my dear. 2. attendance at court. 3. are not inferior to me. 4. tenderness. 5. by a grenade. PAGE 510.-1. cart-loads. 2. flower-beds. PAGE 511.-1. 'ready-made.' cracher, to spit. PAGE 513.-1. still-born. 2. non-suited. 3. in a cold perspiration. 4. with all their might. 5. puffed up. 6. milled or edged in coinage. 7. blot. 8. I require that it be taken as evidence. 9. drams. 10. would be contradictory. PAGE 518.-1. penny-a-liners (hère, a poor or wretched fellow). PAGE 524.-1. crusted, 'absorbed.' 2. bailiwick. PAGE 530.-1. he is a wag. 2. squinting. 3. formerly, i. e. before the revolution. PAGE 533.-1. it is just the same. PAGE 540.-1. stole, a long vest worn by certain dignitaries. THE END. ALERE FLAMMAM PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, 1 |