"I want to know what he's like; what sort of man he is." _"C'est un pense-creux d'ici.

C'est le meilleur et le plus irascible homme du monde."_ "I've heard that he's rather queer.

But that wasn't what I meant.

I've heard that he knows three languages, one of them English, and can do literary work.

In that case I've a lot of work for him.