10: je te donne ton compte: I discharge you. His compte, i.e. «account,»«wages,» will be settled before he goes.
ACTE IV, SCÈNE VI
1: à la fin: our anyhow.
2: c'est… envahissez: it is intrusion, positive invasion!—On ne me domine pas! No, sir! You don't lord it over me, sir!
ACTE IV, SCÈNE VIII
1: l'heure de la philosophie: i.e. the time to show that superiority to fortune's caprices which is given by philosophy, or the study of wisdom.
2: passion malheureuse: the regular phrase for an «unrequited attachment.»
3: j'ai vécu plus que vous: I have seen more of life than you have.—unmonde plus avancé: a more wide-awake crowd.
4: gens d'esprit: clever people, the opposite of imbéciles.
5: Vous voyez bien: supply: «that you do yourself what you blame me for doing.»