47, 12. "Dis donc, Maurice!--prête-moi ton Ivanhoé!"--"Say now, Maurice!--lend me your Ivanhoe!"
47, 20. "Rapaud, comment dit-on 'pouvoir' en anglais?"--"Rapaud, how do they say 'to be able' in English?"
47, 21. "Sais pas, m'sieur!"--"Don't know, sir!"
47, 22. "Comment, petit crétin, tu ne sais pas!"--"What, little idiot, you don't know!"
47, 26. "Je n' sais pas!"--"I don't know!"
47, 27. "Et toi, Maurice"--"And you, Maurice?"
47, 28. "Ça se dit 'to be able' m'sieur!"--"They would say 'to be able,' sir!"
47, 29. "Mais non, mon ami ... 'je voudrais pouvoir'?"--"Why no, my friend--you forget your native language--they would say 'to can'! Now, how would you say, 'I would like to be able' in English?"
47, 32. Je dirais--I would say.
47, 33. "Comment, encore! petit cancre! allons--tu es Anglais--tu sais bien que tu dirais!"--"What, again! Little dunce--come, you are English--you know very well that you would say, ..."
48, 1. À ton tour--Your turn.
48, 4. "Oui, toi--comment dirais-tu, 'je pourrais vouloir'?"--"Yes, you--how would you say 'I would be able to will'?"
48, 7. "À la bonne heure! au moins tu sais ta langue, toi!"--"Well and good! you at least know your language!"
48, 17. Île des Cygnes--Isle of Swans.
48, 18. École de Natation--Swimming-school.
48, 26. Jardin des Plantes--The Paris Zoological Gardens.
49, 1. "Laissons les regrets et les pleurs A la vieillesse; Jeunes, il faut cueillir les fleurs De la jeunesse!"--Baïf.
"Let us leave regrets and tears To age; Young, we must gather the flowers Of youth."
49, 13. demi-tasse--small cup of coffee.
49, 14. chasse-café--drink taken after coffee.
49, 19. consommateur--consumer.
49, 21. Le petit mousse noir--The little black cabin boy.
49, 24. "Allons, Josselin, chante-nous ça!"--"Come, Josselin, sing that to us!"
50, 7. "Écoute-moi bien, ma Fleurette"--"Listen well to me, my Fleurette." "Amis, la matinée est belle"--"Friends, the morning is fine."
50, 12. "Conduis ta barque avec prudence," etc. "Steer thy bark with prudence, Fisherman! speak low! Throw thy nets in silence, Fisherman! speak low! And through our toils the king Of the seas can never go."
52, 21. Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle--Boulevard of Good News.
52, 24. galette du gymnase--flat cake, sold in booths near the Theatre du Gymnase.
52, 26. yashmak--a double veil worn by Turkish women.
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