The Martian: A Novel

Name: The Martian: A Novel
Author: Du Maurier, George

Du Maurier, George

Authors -- Fiction; Human-alien encounters -- Fiction; Martians -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- Fiction; Young men -- Fiction

90,  4. "_Qu'est-ce que vous avez donc, tous?_"--"What's the matter
         with you all?"

 90,  5. "_Le Père Brassard est mort!_"--"Father Brossard is dead!"

 90, 10. "_Il est tombé du haut mal_"--"He died of the falling
         sickness."

 90, 13. _désoeuvrement_--idleness.

 91,  8. _de service as maître d'études_--on duty as study-master.

 93, 27. "_Dites donc, vous autres_"--"Say now, you others."

 93, 29. _panem et circenses_--bread and games.

 94, 19. "_Allez donc ... à La Salle Valentino_"--"Go it,
         godems--this is not a quadrille! We're not at Valentino
         Hall!"

 95,  1. "_Messieurs ... est sauf_"--"Gentlemen, blood has flown;
         Britannic honor is safe."

 95,  3. "_J'ai joliment faim!_"--"I'm mighty hungry!"

 96,  1. "_Que ne puis-je aller_," etc.
         "Why can I not go where the roses go,
                 And not await
         The heartbreaking regrets which the end of things
                 Keeps for us here?"

 96,  8. "_Le Manuel du Baccalauréat_"--"The Baccalaureat's Manual."

 96, 24. _un prévôt_--a fencing-master's assistant.

 97,  5. _rez-de-chaussée_--ground floor.

 97,  9. "_La pluie de Perles_"--"The Shower of Pearls."

 97, 12. _quart d'heure_--quarter of an hour.

 97, 17. _au petit bonheur_--come what may.

 97, 26. _vieux loup de mer_--old sea-wolf.

 98,  2. _Mon Colonel_--My Colonel.

 98,  6. _endimanché_--Sundayfied (dressed up).

 99, 11. _chefs-d'oeuvre_--masterpieces.

 99, 24. _chanson_--song.

 99, 27. "_C'était un Capucin_," etc.
         "It was a Capuchin, oh yes, a Capuchin father,
               Who confessed three girls--
         Itou, itou, itou, là là là!
               Who confessed three girls
         At the bottom of his garden--
               Oh yes--
         At the bottom of his garden!
               He said to the youngest--
         Itou, itou, itou, là là là!
               He said to the youngest
         ... 'You will come back to-morrow.'"

100,  7. _un écho du temps passé_--an echo of the olden times.

100, 11. _esprit Gaulois_--old French wit.

100, 20. "_Sur votre parole d'honneur, avez-vous chanté?_"--"On your
         word of honor, have you sung?"

100, 22. "_Non, m'sieur!_"--"No, sir!"

100, 32. "_Oui, m'sieur!_"--"Yes, sir."

101,  5. "_Vous êtes tous consignés!_"--"You are all kept in!"

101, 10. _de service_--on duty.

101, 19. "_Au moins vous avez du coeur ... sale histoire de
         Capucin!_"--"You at least have spirit. Promise me that you
         will not again sing that dirty story about the Capuchin!"

102, 24. "_Stabat mater_," etc.
         "By the cross, sad vigil keeping,
         Stood the mournful mother weeping,
         While on it the Saviour hung" ...

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The Martian: A NovelDu Maurier, George

General

The Martian: A Novel

Du Maurier, George

Authors -- Fiction; Human-alien encounters -- Fiction; Martians -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- Fiction; Young men -- Fiction

90,  4. "_Qu'est-ce que vous avez donc, tous?_"--"What's the matter
         with you all?"

 90,  5. "_Le Père Brassard est mort!_"--"Father Brossard is dead!"

 90, 10. "_Il est tombé du haut mal_"--"He died of the falling
         sickness."

 90, 13. _désoeuvrement_--idleness.

 91,  8. _de service as maître d'études_--on duty as study-master.

 93, 27. "_Dites donc, vous autres_"--"Say now, you others."

 93, 29. _panem et circenses_--bread and games.

 94, 19. "_Allez donc ... à La Salle Valentino_"--"Go it,
         godems--this is not a quadrille! We're not at Valentino
         Hall!"

 95,  1. "_Messieurs ... est sauf_"--"Gentlemen, blood has flown;
         Britannic honor is safe."

 95,  3. "_J'ai joliment faim!_"--"I'm mighty hungry!"

 96,  1. "_Que ne puis-je aller_," etc.
         "Why can I not go where the roses go,
                 And not await
         The heartbreaking regrets which the end of things
                 Keeps for us here?"

 96,  8. "_Le Manuel du Baccalauréat_"--"The Baccalaureat's Manual."

 96, 24. _un prévôt_--a fencing-master's assistant.

 97,  5. _rez-de-chaussée_--ground floor.

 97,  9. "_La pluie de Perles_"--"The Shower of Pearls."

 97, 12. _quart d'heure_--quarter of an hour.

 97, 17. _au petit bonheur_--come what may.

 97, 26. _vieux loup de mer_--old sea-wolf.

 98,  2. _Mon Colonel_--My Colonel.

 98,  6. _endimanché_--Sundayfied (dressed up).

 99, 11. _chefs-d'oeuvre_--masterpieces.

 99, 24. _chanson_--song.

 99, 27. "_C'était un Capucin_," etc.
         "It was a Capuchin, oh yes, a Capuchin father,
               Who confessed three girls--
         Itou, itou, itou, là là là!
               Who confessed three girls
         At the bottom of his garden--
               Oh yes--
         At the bottom of his garden!
               He said to the youngest--
         Itou, itou, itou, là là là!
               He said to the youngest
         ... 'You will come back to-morrow.'"

100,  7. _un écho du temps passé_--an echo of the olden times.

100, 11. _esprit Gaulois_--old French wit.

100, 20. "_Sur votre parole d'honneur, avez-vous chanté?_"--"On your
         word of honor, have you sung?"

100, 22. "_Non, m'sieur!_"--"No, sir!"

100, 32. "_Oui, m'sieur!_"--"Yes, sir."

101,  5. "_Vous êtes tous consignés!_"--"You are all kept in!"

101, 10. _de service_--on duty.

101, 19. "_Au moins vous avez du coeur ... sale histoire de
         Capucin!_"--"You at least have spirit. Promise me that you
         will not again sing that dirty story about the Capuchin!"

102, 24. "_Stabat mater_," etc.
         "By the cross, sad vigil keeping,
         Stood the mournful mother weeping,
         While on it the Saviour hung" ...

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The Martian: A Novel

The Martian: A Novel

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