1. The sight of these bottomless pits makes you shudder. 2. How many
is there room for in a French railroad carriage? 3. If it pours, I
shall put on my waterproof. 4. What[1] would life be without its
tender emotions? 5. Miss Perrichon had several offers of marriage.
6. I cannot ride on the coach-box when it rains hard. 7. There was a
landslide here this morning. 8. You have got the inside track, haven't
you? 9. An offer of marriage often excites the mother as much as the
daughter.10. But for you I should never have had the pleasure of
saving myfellow-man. 11. Will you take a seat in my carriage? 12. When
the sun is bright[2] it is better to be on the box than inside.
[1: que.]
[2: beau, tr. «By a bright sun.»]
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