éclairer, to light up; reconnoître.[…]reconnaissance, f., gratitude; reconnoîtring-trip; pousser une — perdue, to go on a dangerous reconnoîtring party.

I have patiently liste[ne]d [t]o these improperly formed questions and remained silent so as not to be nitpickish on rules of evidence.

The income from standard widgets is small beer compared to the income from the gold-plated ones.

So he had doubled his efforts around the place to take up the slack.