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INFINITIF.<br />
(c) 1. Qu'est-ce qni se laisse briiler pour garder un secret? 2. De quoi<br />
s'agit-il? 3. Avez-vons resolu d'entreprendre cette affaire? 4. A qui<br />
est-ce de parler?<br />
(d) 1. It is a pleasure to hear him read. 2. The hope of being rewarded<br />
induced him to restore the purse he had just found. 3. I am anxious<br />
to know what will become of him. 4. These plants want watering (Infin.<br />
5. We cannot remember having seen such a sight. 6. We hope<br />
will excuse us for having kept him waiting so long. 7. She cannot<br />
rsif).<br />
help suspecting him. 8. I long to finish my work. 9. We were tired<br />
of doing nothing. 10. When he was near dying, he sent for his three<br />
sons. 11. I am far from thinking so. 12. He is going to call on him<br />
with the intention of making him change his mind. 13. The certainty<br />
of succeeding raised my spirits. 14. Newton was asked ( 237) how he<br />
had succeeded in discovering the law of attraction; he answered: by (en)<br />
thinking<br />
of it.<br />
XCVIP le$on: L'infinitif. 156.<br />
(a) Je demande a parler. I ask leave to speak.<br />
Leur temps s'employait a danser, Their time was spent 'in dancing, playa<br />
jouer, a dormir. ^ ing, sleeping'.<br />
Vous avez bien tarde a veniP. You have been 'long coming'.<br />
II excelle a conduire un char dans He excels 'in driving' a chariot in the<br />
(b)<br />
la carriere. race -ground.<br />
Apprendre (enseigner) a lire. To learn (to teach) 'reading'.<br />
(<br />
Je n'ai pas de peine a vous CPOire. J have no difficulty in believing' you.<br />
La perfection de 1'bomme consiste The perfection of man consists l<br />
in making*<br />
a faire un bon usage de sa raison. good use of his reason.<br />
II est a craindre que<br />
cette entre- It is<br />
l<br />
107<br />
to be feared' this enterprise will<br />
prise n'e'choue. fail.<br />
Ce conseil n'est pas a dedaigner. This advice is not 'to be<br />
despised'.]<br />
Je n'ai pas a meplaindre. I have no 'cause for complaining*.<br />
C'est un example a suivre. It is an example 'worth following*.<br />
C'est un proces a ne jamals finir. This is a law -suit 'likely never to end*.<br />
C'est.<br />
ais6 a faire. II est ais6 de faire cela.<br />
II est difficile a contenter. II est difficile de le contenter.<br />
1. Pourquoi a-t-il tarde si longtemps a descendre? C'est qu'il avait<br />
encore deux calculs a faire. 2. Comment passe -t-il son temps? 11<br />
passe la nuit a dormir et le jour a rien faire. 3. Est-elle decree a<br />
partir? Non, elle s'est enfin resignee a Tester. 4. A quoi Lycurgue<br />
avait-il destine les Lacedemoniens? A se soutenir par la valeur, a<br />
tr&woer le contentement et la paix interieure dans 1'egalite et la pauvrete,