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273, 34. "_Johanna, mein Frühstück, bitte!_"--"Johanna, my
breakfast, please!"
276, 27. _la barre de bâtardise_--the bar of bastardy.
279, 15. _der schöne_--the handsome.
280, 24. _Speiserei_--eating-house.
283, 5. "_ni l'or ni la grandeur ne nous rendent heureux_"--"neither
gold nor greatness makes us happy."
285, 22. _mes premières amours_--my first loves.
286, 3. "_Petit chagrin ... un soupir!_"
"Little sorrow of childhood costing a sigh!"
286, 9. _Il avait bien raison_--He was quite right.
289, 15. _rien que ça_--nothing but that.
290, 29. "_Il a les qualités ... sont ses meilleures qualités._"
"The handsome Josselin has the qualities of his faults."
"My dear, his faults are his best qualities."
297, 4. _Art et liberté_--Art and liberty.
299, 11. "_Du bist die Ruh', der Friede mild!_"--"Thou art rest,
sweet peace!"
300, 19. _c'est plus fort que moi_--it is stronger than I.
304, 2. _dans le blanc des yeux_--straight in the eyes.
306, 20. _damigella_--maiden.
308, 27. "_Die Ruhe kehret mir zurück_"--"Peace comes back to me."
308, 30. _prosit omen_--may the omen be propitious.
309, 5. _prima donna assoluta_--the absolute first lady. (Grand
Opera, the "leading lady.")
310, 32. _gringalet-jocrisse_--an effeminate fellow.
312, 3. _faire la popotte ensemble au coin du feu; c'est le ciel_--to
potter round the fire together; that is heaven.
312, 29. _Ausstellung_--exhibition.
314, 8. _loch_--a medicine of the consistence of honey, taken by
licking or sucking.
318, 10. "_Et voilà comment ça s'est passé_"--"And that's how it
happened."
320, 14. _et plus royaliste que le Roi_--and more of a royalist than
the King.
321, 13. _cru_--growth.
323, 32. _L'amitié est l'amour sans ailes_--Friendship is love
without wings.
325, 9. _En veux-tu? en voilà!_--Do you want some? here it is!
327, 10. _kudos_--glory.
328, 9. _Dis-moi qui tu hantes, je te dirai ce que tu es_--Tell me
who are your friends, and I will tell you what you are.
331, 20. _si le coeur t'en dit_--if your heart prompts you.
335, 5. _esprit de corps_--brotherhood.
335, 8. _Noblesse oblige_--Nobility imposes the obligation of
nobleness.
336, 15. _bêtise pure et simple_--downright folly.
337, 15. _Je suis au-dessus de mes affaires_--I am above my
business.
338, 11. _Maman-belle-mère_--Mama-mother-in-law.
338, 30. _vous plaisantez, mon ami; un amateur comme moi_--you are
joking, my friend; an amateur like myself.
338, 31. _Quis custodiet (ipsos custodes)?_--Who shall guard the
guards themselves?
339, 2. _monsieur anglais, qui avait mal aux yeux_--English
gentleman, who had something the matter with his eyes.
340, 5. _La belle dame sans merci_--The fair lady merciless.
342, 4. _de par le monde_--in society.
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