Comments

143. hobnob with — spend time with

p. I52.petu defoiegras (Fr.) — liver paste

p. 155. waft — convey smoothly through air

p. 156. emaciation — leanness and exhaustion

p. 157. coupe — closed two-door car with sloping back

p. 162. megrim — headache

p. 163. trumpery — worthless

p. 165. crick - sudden painful stiffness in limbs

p. 170. propitious — favourable

p. 179. prowess— expertise, valour

p. 185. the creeps — nervous feeling of revulsion or fear

p. 188. zut alors! (Fr.) — deuce take it!