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Show ENGLISH VERBS TOO MUCH Frenchman Tried Hard, but Somehow He Couldn't Place Them Where They Belonged. He was a hard-working and intelligent intel-ligent Frenchman, but the English verbs still troubled him. "Ay, yes, m'sieur, I saw Mrs. Brown the other day," he said to an American friend, "and she telled I mean, told me that her school was soon to break down." "Break up, surely." "Ah, yes, break up? Yours verbs do trouble me so yet! Break up that was it! "Why was she going to let her school break up so early?" "Because influenza had broken down in it." "Brok6a out. It is a bit puzzling, isn't it?" "Broken out ah, yes! And she is going to leave the house in charge ot a caretaker, as she fears it might be broken How do I say that, please?" "Broken into, I expect." "That is it. Broken into by the burglars." "Is her son married yet?" "No, the engagement is broken in." "Broken off. Oh, I hadn't heard of that! Is she worried about it?" "He only broke up the news to her last week. Is that right?" "No; you should say just 'broks' there." "Ah, well, I am nearly broke myself my-self by those verbs of yours!" And he went sadly on his way. Exchange. |