passées out-of-style.
Elles changent de toilettes The women are changing their clothes.
Chez maman . . . comme cela on apprend. At my mother's house . . . when we had company, I followed them everywhere, to the drawing-room and their bedrooms; often I watched the maids fixing their ladies' hair or helping them dress, and it was very entertaining; I learned to imitate them.
Mais oui, mademoiselle: voilà cinq ou six heures que nous n'avons pas mangé. But of course, Miss: We haven't eaten for five or six hours.
et alors quel dommage! that's too bad.
Est-ce que je ne puis . . . ma toilette. Can't I take one of these magnificent flowers, miss? It would complete my outfit.
minois chiffonné darling; pretty face.
Bon jour, mesdames good day, ladies.
père noble de théâtre a grand patriarch of the theatre.
Tant pis too bad.
charivari clatter; noise.
belle passion beautiful passion.
Au reste besides.
Donna Bianca Miss Blanche.
Signior mister.
con spirito with spirit.
Gardez-vous-en bien take care.
