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23. à grandes enjambées: cf. _à grands pas_. What does the suffix _-ée_ denote?

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13. de ce pas, ‘immediately,’ ‘at once.’

19. à pleines mains: cf. note, p. 49 l. 22.

22. un coup de théâtre: an event which is quite unforeseen by the audience and alters the whole course of a play. See note, p. 2 l. 17.

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2. j’étais ferré à glace sur . ., ‘I was quite an expert in . .’: _ferré à glace_, lit. ‘rough-shod.’ Cf.— _il est ferré sur la géographie_, ‘he is well up in geography.

11. bureau des messageries, ‘coach-office.’

16. étaient au complet, ‘were all present.’

23. sur l’oreille, ‘on one side.’

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1. net: see note, p. 17 l. 16.

6. flambant, ‘overbearing.’

11. va! ‘I tell you!’ ‘Va!’ like ‘_allez!_’ is often used emphatically, with the meaning of ‘I can tell you!’ ‘indeed!’ ‘take my word for it!’ ‘depend on it!’

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4. délices: this word is masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural. Cf. _amour_ and _orgue_.

12. d’une haleine: lit. ‘in one breath,’ i.e. ‘without stopping to take breath.’ Cf.—

_j’ai couru à perte d’haleine_, ‘I ran until I was out of breath.’

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15. fais feu de tes quatre roues, ‘rattle along.’

18. et qu’ensuite il mette le cap sur Paris, ‘and then steer for Paris.’ A naval expression.

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