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Page 101
... adjective no longer admits of degrees of comparison . 7. se sent : i.e. se ressent . II . les seules occasions : for les occasions seules . 16. l'intérêt : i.e. l'intérêt public . 19. ce qui . . : notice the way of translating ' which ...
... adjective no longer admits of degrees of comparison . 7. se sent : i.e. se ressent . II . les seules occasions : for les occasions seules . 16. l'intérêt : i.e. l'intérêt public . 19. ce qui . . : notice the way of translating ' which ...
Page 106
... adjective cf. chanter faux , parler bas , sentir bon , tenir ferme , etc. 5. que de s'étendre : cf. p . 1 1. 6 . 18. l'on sait des gens . i.e. on a entendu parler de gens . . 25. avant que de : for avant de . Cf. p . 13 1. 20 . 27. ils ...
... adjective cf. chanter faux , parler bas , sentir bon , tenir ferme , etc. 5. que de s'étendre : cf. p . 1 1. 6 . 18. l'on sait des gens . i.e. on a entendu parler de gens . . 25. avant que de : for avant de . Cf. p . 13 1. 20 . 27. ils ...
Page 112
... adjectives or two infinitives . Cf. j'apprends l'écriture et le calcul , not j'apprends l'écriture et à compter . 2. partisans , ' farmers of the revenue . ' 5. six - vingt mille : obsolete for cent vingt mille . was used as readily ...
... adjectives or two infinitives . Cf. j'apprends l'écriture et le calcul , not j'apprends l'écriture et à compter . 2. partisans , ' farmers of the revenue . ' 5. six - vingt mille : obsolete for cent vingt mille . was used as readily ...
Page 114
... adjective could not now be used sub- stantivally . 25. il applaudit , il sourit à . . : notice applaudir à quelque chose , but applaudir quelqu'un . It is the opposite with pardonner . See note , p . 13 l . 22 . 29. scrupuleux : here ...
... adjective could not now be used sub- stantivally . 25. il applaudit , il sourit à . . : notice applaudir à quelque chose , but applaudir quelqu'un . It is the opposite with pardonner . See note , p . 13 l . 22 . 29. scrupuleux : here ...
Page 116
... adjectives . 14. incessamment : for sans cesse . The present meaning of the word is immediately , ' or ' shortly . ' 21. suisses , ' porters , ' as the fashion was to use Swiss people for that office . Cf. Racine's Les Plaideurs , i . 1 ...
... adjectives . 14. incessamment : for sans cesse . The present meaning of the word is immediately , ' or ' shortly . ' 21. suisses , ' porters , ' as the fashion was to use Swiss people for that office . Cf. Racine's Les Plaideurs , i . 1 ...
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