Word: contenta
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Dates: during 1886-1886
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...correcting the French paper set for the Harvard admission examinations last June. The 500 or more papers which were written contained every variety of mistake, but there were two sentences which were the special stumbling-ground. "La pauvre femme, sentent la raison de son mari, no bougea et se contenta d'ecarter un peu son rideau pour voir sortir, etc., gave rise to "fearing for the reason of her husband," and "appreciating the reason of his marriage," and the words "ecarter un peu son rideau" gave large opportunities to the guessers. Among the many mistranslations of these five words were...
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