7 33 A peine avait-il: cf. note to 5 32.
8 1 il allait se passer: 'there was going to happen'; cf. note to 4 23.--quelque chose de grand: 'something great'; note the de Cf. quelque chose d'informe 35 21, quelque chose de noir 45 18.
8 6 bis: Latin, 'twice,' indicating that a thing is to be repeated.
8 9 A vous, Tartarin: 'your turn, Tartarin!'
8 13 en bon Méridional: 'like a true Southerner'; cf. note to 5 20.
8 18 de plus belle: 'louder than ever'; supply a feminine noun (manière, façon) after belle; of 45 15.
8 19 la chose en restait là: 'the thing stopped there'; the so called redundant en; of 16 19-20, 17 16, 18 32, 28 26, 90 30 Cf. the redundant y (note to 9 7) En and y in these cases cannot easily be translated, but the student should train himself to recognize their force.
8 25 clignait de l'oeil: cf. battre des mains 'to clap one's hands.'