1. Majorin thinks[1] himself one of those hard-working, clever clerks
who are always at their desks. 2. But he asks for a day off when he
pleases[2], and says that he is summoned for guard duty, which[3] is
not true[4]. 3. He speaks like[5] a boor of his friend Perrichon, and
yet[6] he is going to ask him to lend him some money[7]. 4. Clerks in
offices in France often[8] look down upon[9] tradesmen[10], even[11]
when the tradesmen have incomes of several[12] thousand francs.
[1: croire.]
[2: vouloir.]
[3: ce qui.]
[4: vrai.]
[5: comme.]
[6: pourtant.]
[7: argent, m.]
[8: souvent.]
[9: mépriser.]
[10: commerçant.]
[11: même.]
[12: plusieurs.]
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