Le Cabinet des Fées / Or Recreative Readings Arranged for the Express Use of Students in French

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[Note 6: ][ (retour) ] envoya quérir, sent for.

[Note 7: ][ (retour) ] de la mettre mal auprès du roi, to prejudice the king against her.

[Note 8: ][ (retour) ] Bon office, ill-office.

[Note 9: ][ (retour) ] Qui la décrie, who disparages her.

[Note 10: ][ (retour) ] De la part, in behalf.

[Note 11: ][ (retour) ] De travers, at random.

[Note 12: ][ (retour) ] qui répondait sur le jardin, which faced the garden.

[Note 13: ][ (retour) ] Qu'elle ne disait rien qui vaille, that she said not much of anything.

[Note 14: ][ (retour) ] Roitelet, a petty king.

[Note 15: ][ (retour) ] A tire-d'aile, with a quick jerk of the wings.