1. In France, when you check your baggage, they give you a paper[1]
slip. 2. A bell rings[2] when the train is about to[3] start. 3.
Thrifty people[4] put down[5] their traveling expenses in a note-book.
4. Those who forget where they have put their things[6] often scold
others[7]. 5. «What is the proper tip for a porter?» «We might give
him four cents, but let us make it ten cents.» 6. «I must have left my
valise in the waiting-room. I will go after[8] it. 7. At last I have
found it.» «It is time you had!» 8. When the bell rings, passengers
run up, are stopped by the man at the waiting-room door who wants to
see their tickets, and pass in.
[1: papier, m.]
[2: sonner.]
[3: aller.]
[4: gens, pl.]
[5: Tr.«write».]
[6: affaire, f.]
[7: les autres.]
[8: aller chercher.]
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