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51a write, in a way article full of ambition and energy
4 and 1
t?p?a
presumably TYPE A ?
53a french volume about Latin added to short written works
l?t?e
LITRE ? Where does French come in ?

'Lit' is French for book, volume

I'm not sure that that explanation was the correct one, Breeze.

I think the French volume is Litre (as opposed to pint/gallon) Lit is short for literature (books) with the Latin abbbreviation "re" tagged onto it to give the French volume.
The result is the same...

On reflection (though I'm not altering the main thrust of what I said) 'RE' is a Latin term (meaning about/in the matter of).
It may not, however, be an abbreviation.

A french book is un livre

Short written works LIT(erature) about RE= LITRE