tive, when accompanied by Adjectives, Words, or Forms of Speech requiring that mood.

Il n'est pas besoin qu'on lui dise deux fois la même chose. There is no occasion for your telling him the same thing twice.

Il est étonnant qu'on prenne de si grandes libertés. It is surprising how people should take such liberties.

Il était de leur intérêt que la guerre ne trainât pas en longueur. It concerned them that the war should not be protracted.

Ce before Etre, and followed by Que, generally requires the second Verb to be put in the Subjunctive. C'est un miracle qu'il en ait échappé. It is a wonder he escaped.

C'est dommage qu'il se conduise si mal, ayant tant de talent. It is a pity that, having so much talent, he behaves himself so ill.

C'est assez qu'il soit pédant pour qu'il prenne un ton si arrogant. His being a pedant is enough for him to assume an arrogant tone.

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It is not probable that the thing should be as you say. It is rather unlikely he did or said that. It is not meet' he should know it. It is indifferent to take this way or the other.

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His having once mistaken is-enough. His having retracted what he said is sufficient. It is enough for you to be warned. Such stupid questions deserve no answer; your having asked them is sufficient.

It is a pity you had no time to say more. It is not a thing that will be beneficial to you. It is not good that man should be alone. It is no disparagement to him that his

father is poor. It is not surprising he should be a bad father, who was a bad son. It is but fair you should indemnify him. It is proper that you should begin this exercise again; it is fit that you should do so.

There was little probability of the event taking place. It is advisable for you to do that. When Arnauld wished Nicole to help him in a new work, the latter replied: "Are we not now too old, is it not time we should rest?” "Rest!" replied Arnauld, "have we not eternity to rest in ?"

I am not sure that he can do it. Are you sure he arrived in time? He does not deserve to be believed. There is a possibility that he may return. Is it possible that you are the-sublime-genius' whose reputation is so great in this country? I am not certain that you are in the right. Is it true that you said it? It is not true that I said it.

My-having saluted wicked people does not imply that I am one. Not that I doubted the death of Don Alvaro, or was restrained by the fear of seeing him again when I least expected. Not but that I am satisfied with my condition.

1. à propos.-2. Indifférent qu'on.-3. C'est assez qu'il.-4. Faire.5. Avantageuse.-6. Nous reposer.-7. Ce bel esprit.-8. Parce que j'ai.

CLXIX.-After Quel que (Predicate), quelque (before Adjectives or Adverbs); quelque (before Nouns); qui que, quoi que, si que, si peu que, the Subjunctive is invariably used.

Voici trois chemins, quel que soit celui que vous preniez, il vous conduira chez vous. Here are three roads, whichever you take will lead you home.

Quelque amitié que j'aie pour vous, ne croyez pas que je fasse cela. Much as I love you, do not think I shall do that.

De quelques superbes distinctions que se flattent les hommes, ils ont tous la même origine. With whatever

proud distinction men may flatter themselves, they have all the same origin.

Il lui accordera sa demande quelque considérable qu'elle soit. He will give her what she asks, though she asks ever so much.

Quoi que vous ou lui, vous puissez penser, j'agirai comme je jugerai convenable. Whatever you or he may think, I shall act as I think proper.

Si fort que vous soyez, si grand qu'on vous proclame, Aimez qui vous résiste et croyez qui vous blâme. How mighty soever you may be, how great soever you may be proclaimed, love whoever resists you and believe whoever blames you.

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Whatever your intentions may be, shall you follow his advice, whatever it may be? I do not know who has done it; but whoever he may be, I will punish him. Whoever those ladies may be, I will not let them in. Rich or poor, whatever he may be, he shall be welcome. Tell me your reasons, whatever they may be. Two roads are-before-you' on your entrance into the world,—the one leads to vice, the other to virtue; whichever way you take, you will soon reach the term of this mortal life to enter into eternal life. Let the laws be what they will, they should be adhered to. I will follow him whichever road he takes. However good his mother may be, she is too indulgent. Though a-man3 be ever so good a musician, it does not follow that he is a good singer. As brave a soldier as he is. Rich as he is. Big as he is.

False as these reports may be.

However anxious' I am to break off with him, I must, however, keep-fair" with him for a little while yet. Though I be ever so attentive, they always find fault with what I do. However guilty men may be. However corrupted our morals may be. However estimable glory may be.

How cleverly soever he contrives, he shall not succeed. How well soever you may act, still-you-will-meet' with traducers for all that.

Whatever difference there appears to be between ranks of life, there is nevertheless certain compensations of good and evil which render them equal. The spendthrift is always poor, whatever riches he may have. How desirous soever he was of sending home the audience satisfied, he could by-nomeans-effect-it.9

Whoever knows it, I do not care.

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he answered nothing. Whoever speaks to you about it, say that you know nothing about it. Whichever of the parties gains" the victory, we shall perish. Whoever told it to you, he is mistaken. Whoever asks for me, say that I am busy.' Whoever used-this-language13 does not deserve to be believed. Whoever did it, he is a clever man.

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Be he who he may, I take-it-kindly-of him. Be he who may who told it to me, he-did-right. Let him be who he will, or whoever he may be, he shall repent it.

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To whomsoever you may-speak, be civil. Of whomsoever you speak, avoid slander. We ought never to speak ill of any one in his absence. To whomsoever you may apply, they will give you the same advice." Nobody whatever prejudicedme 18 against him.

He mistrusted" nobody at all. Tell your master I fear nobody whatever, and that I will not obey him in-anything-whatThe wise man does not envy anybody's fortune. There is nobody whatever perfectly-happy."

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Whatever you or he may say, whatever you or he may do, she will never speak to you again. Whatever you may propose, that man will always uphold the opposite.23 Whatever she may say, I cannot believe he did it.

Let the weather be-ever-so-hot,24 we shall never go out. Let the temptation be ever so-weak,25 man runs the risk of yielding to it when he does not repulse it immediately. Let a man be ever so-great,26 he is a man for all that. Though you give ever so-little," I shall for ever be grateful.

1. Se présentent à vous.-2. Faible.-3. On.-4. Désireux.-5. Menager un peu.-6. S'y prendre.-7. Vous n'en trouverez pas moins.—

8. Spectateurs.-9. En venir à bout.-10. Qui que ce fût qui.11. Remporter.-12. En affaire.-13. Avoir tenu ce discours.-14. En savoir bon gré.-15. 11 a bien fait.-16. S'adresser.-17. Conseil.18. Ne m'a prévenu.-19. Se défier de.-20. En quoi que ce soit.21. Il n'y a.-22. De véritablement heureux.-23. Le contraire.24. Si forte que soit.-25. Si faible que.-26. Si grand que.—27. Si peu que.

CLXX.-Conjunctions and Conjunctive Expressions requiring the Subjunctive Mood.

Le feu me monta au visage, et je crois que, pour peu que j'eusse parlé, je n'aurais pu m'empêcher de le brusquer. I began to redden, and I believe, had I gone a little further, I should have affronted him.

Ne fera-t-elle pas bien de faire en sorte qu'ils n'aient pas lieu de se plaindre? Had she not better manage it so as to give them no cause to complain?

Quoiqu'il dise qu'il ait fait tout son possible, ne faites pas fond sur ce qu'il dit. Although he says he did all he could, do not rely on what he says.

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Though the same room served us as a parlour and kitchen, that only made1 it warmer. Although we often ask for, we seldom listen to advice. I suspect though I do not fear him.

If he should-call3 during my absence, beg him to wait, unless he should be in too great a hurry. Have you wept for your sin so-that your spirit be sorrowful?5 Whether a liar lie or tell the truth, he is no longer believed.

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This disgrace has befallen them, not because they deserve it, but because people like new-faces. Contrive your intrigues so as not to involve-me. We must live in such a way as to do harm to nobody.

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