[ 3.] l'ancien, old fellow.
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[ 1.] rapporte moins que de prêter à gros intérêts, brings back less, that is, does not pay so well as to lend (money) at high interest.
[ 2.] Raison, the revolutionary government had substituted the worship of Reason for the worship of God. See Introduction, § 10.--Maximum, the revolutionists had passed a law fixing maximum prices for the necessaries of life.
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[ 1.] Wurmser, commander of the Austrian army.
[ 2.] A la bonne heure, that was well said.
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[ 1.] il y a de ressource, you can accomplish something.
[ 2.] prenez bien garde, "take good notice," you may well rest assured.
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[ 1.] travail, possibly alluding to blind Samson's toil. See Judges, XVI: 21.
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[ 1.] il se tenait le derrière, he kept backed up.
[ 2.] d'un coup de dent sec, with a single clean bite; sec modifies the whole expression coup de dent.