A Room with a View — Page 1
The Bertolini
Le Bertolini
"The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all.
« La Signora n'avait pas le droit de faire cela, » dit Miss Bartlett, « pas le droit du tout.
She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a courtyard, and a long way apart.
Elle nous avait promis des chambres au sud avec une vue, proches l'une de l'autre, et au lieu de cela, voici des chambres au nord, donnant sur une cour intérieure, et fort éloignées l'une de l'autre.
Oh, Lucy!"
Oh, Lucy ! »
"And a Cockney, besides!" said Lucy, who had been further saddened by the Signora's unexpected accent.
« Et en plus, une Cockney ! » dit Lucy, qu'avait encore attristée l'accent inattendu de la Signora.
"It might be London."
« On se croirait à Londres. »
She looked at the two rows of English people who were sitting at the table; at the row of white bottles of water and red bottles of wine that ran between the English people; at the portraits of the late Queen and the late Poet Laureate that hung behind the English people, heavily framed; at the notice of the English church (Rev. Cuthbert Eager, M. A. Oxon.), that was the only other decoration of the wall.
Elle regarda les deux rangées d'Anglais assis à la table ; la rangée de bouteilles blanches d'eau et de bouteilles rouges de vin qui s'étendait entre les Anglais ; les portraits de feu la Reine et de feu le Poète Lauréat qui étaient accrochés derrière les Anglais, dans de lourds cadres ; l'affiche de l'église anglicane (Rév. Cuthbert Eager, M. A. Oxon.), qui constituait la seule autre décoration du mur.
"Charlotte, don't you feel, too, that we might be in London?
« Charlotte, ne trouvez-vous pas, vous aussi, que nous pourrions être à Londres ?
I can hardly believe that all kinds of other things are just outside.
J'ai du mal à croire que toutes sortes d'autres choses se trouvent juste dehors.
I suppose it is one's being so tired."
Je suppose que c'est parce qu'on est si fatigué. »
"This meat has surely been used for soup," said Miss Bartlett, laying down her fork.
« Cette viande a sûrement servi pour le bouillon, » dit Miss Bartlett en posant sa fourchette.
"I want so to see the Arno.
« Je veux tant voir l'Arno.
The rooms the Signora promised us in her letter would have looked over the Arno.
Les chambres que la Signora nous avait promises dans sa lettre auraient donné sur l'Arno.
The Signora had no business to do it at all.
La Signora n'avait vraiment pas le droit de faire cela.
Oh, it is a shame!"
Oh, c'est une honte ! »
"Any nook does for me," Miss Bartlett continued; "but it does seem hard that you shouldn't have a view.
« N'importe quel recoin me convient, » continua Miss Bartlett ; « mais il semble vraiment injuste que vous n'ayez pas de vue.
Vocabulary
- n'
- n — Contracted negative particle used before vowels
- avait
- ah-veh — Third person singular imperfect of 'avoir,' meaning 'had'
- pas
- pah — Negative particle meaning 'not'
- droit
- drwah — Right or entitlement to do something
- faire
- fehr — Infinitive verb meaning 'to do' or 'to make'
- cela
- suh-lah — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'this'
- dit
- dee — Third person singular past tense of 'dire,' meaning 'said'
- tout
- too — Adjective or adverb meaning 'all,' 'every,' or 'quite'
- promis
- proh-mee — Past participle of 'promettre,' meaning 'promised'
- chambres
- shahm-bruh — Rooms, especially bedrooms in a hotel or house
- sud
- süd — Cardinal direction meaning 'south'
- vue
- vü — A view or scenic outlook from a location
- proches
- prohsh — Adjective meaning 'close' or 'nearby'
- autre
- oh-truh — Adjective or pronoun meaning 'other' or 'another'
- lieu
- lyuh — Place or location where something occurs
- voici
- vwah-see — Presentative meaning 'here is' or 'here are'
- nord
- nohr — Cardinal direction meaning 'north'
- donnant
- doh-nahn — Present participle of 'donner,' meaning 'giving' or 'overlooking'
- cour
- koor — A courtyard or enclosed yard of a building
- intérieure
- an-teh-ryuhr — Adjective meaning 'interior' or 'inner'
- fort
- fohr — Adverb meaning 'very' or 'strongly'
- éloignées
- eh-lwah-nyeh — Adjective meaning 'far away' or 'distant'
- plus
- plü — Adverb meaning 'more' or 'in addition'
- encore
- ahn-kohr — Adverb meaning 'still,' 'yet,' or 'again'
- attristée
- ah-trees-teh — Past participle meaning 'saddened' or 'made sad'
- accent
- ak-sahn — Distinctive manner of pronunciation from a region
- inattendu
- ee-nah-tahn-dü — Adjective meaning 'unexpected' or 'unforeseen'
- On
- ohn — Indefinite pronoun meaning 'one,' 'we,' or 'they'
- croirait
- krwah-reh — Conditional of 'croire,' meaning 'would believe' or 'would think'
- Londres
- lohn-druh — French name for the city of London, England
- regarda
- ruh-gar-dah — Simple past of 'regarder,' meaning 'looked at'
- rangées
- rahn-zheh — Rows or lines of people or objects arranged neatly
- Anglais
- ahn-gleh — Noun or adjective meaning 'English people' or 'English'
- assis
- ah-see — Past participle meaning 'seated' or 'sitting'
- table
- tah-bluh — A flat surface on legs used for dining or working
- rangée
- rahn-zheh — A single row or line of arranged objects
- bouteilles
- boo-teh-yuh — Plural of 'bouteille,' meaning 'bottles'
- blanches
- blahnsh — Feminine plural adjective meaning 'white'
- eau
- oh — Noun meaning 'water'
- rouges
- roozh — Plural adjective meaning 'red'
- vin
- van — Noun meaning 'wine'
- étendait
- eh-tahn-deh — Imperfect of 'étendre,' meaning 'stretched' or 'extended'
- entre
- ahn-truh — Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among'
- portraits
- pohr-treh — Paintings or images depicting a person's likeness
- feu
- fuh — Adjective meaning 'late' or 'deceased' before a name
- Reine
- rehn — Noun meaning 'queen,' a female monarch
- Poète
- poh-eht — Noun meaning 'poet,' a writer of poetry
- Lauréat
- loh-reh-ah — Noun meaning 'laureate,' one honored for achievement
- étaient
- eh-teh — Imperfect plural of 'être,' meaning 'were'
- accrochés
- ah-kroh-sheh — Past participle meaning 'hung' or 'attached to a wall'
- derrière
- deh-ryehr — Preposition or adverb meaning 'behind'
- lourds
- loor — Plural adjective meaning 'heavy' or 'weighty'
- cadres
- kah-druh — Frames, such as picture frames on a wall
- affiche
- ah-feesh — A poster or notice displayed publicly
- église
- eh-gleez — A church building used for Christian worship
- anglicane
- ahn-glee-kahn — Adjective meaning 'Anglican,' relating to Church of England
- constituait
- kohn-stee-tü-eh — Imperfect of 'constituer,' meaning 'constituted' or 'made up'
- seule
- suhl — Feminine adjective meaning 'alone,' 'only,' or 'sole'
- décoration
- deh-koh-rah-syohn — An ornament or item used to make a place attractive
- mur
- mür — Noun meaning 'wall' of a room or building
- trouvez-
- troo-veh — Second person plural imperative or question form of 'trouver'
- aussi
- oh-see — Adverb meaning 'also,' 'too,' or 'as well'
- pourrions
- poo-ryohn — Conditional first person plural of 'pouvoir,' meaning 'could'
- être
- eh-truh — Infinitive meaning 'to be,' a fundamental French verb
- mal
- mahl — Difficulty or trouble doing something; pain
- croire
- krwahr — Infinitive meaning 'to believe' or 'to think'
- toutes
- toot — Feminine plural of 'tout,' meaning 'all' or 'every'
- sortes
- sohrt — Plural noun meaning 'kinds' or 'sorts' of things
- autres
- oh-truh — Plural adjective or pronoun meaning 'other' or 'others'
- choses
- shohz — Plural noun meaning 'things' or 'matters'
- trouvent
- troo-vuh — Third person plural present of 'trouver,' meaning 'find'
- juste
- zhüst — Adjective or adverb meaning 'just,' 'fair,' or 'right'
- dehors
- duh-ohr — Adverb or preposition meaning 'outside' or 'out'
- suppose
- sü-pohz — First person singular of 'supposer,' meaning 'suppose'
- parce
- par-suh — Part of 'parce que,' conjunction meaning 'because'
- si
- see — Conjunction meaning 'if' or adverb meaning 'so,' 'very'
- fatigué
- fah-tee-geh — Adjective meaning 'tired' or 'exhausted'
- Cette
- seht — Feminine demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' or 'that'
- viande
- vyahnd — Noun meaning 'meat,' food from animal flesh
- sûrement
- sür-mahn — Adverb meaning 'surely,' 'certainly,' or 'definitely'
- servi
- sehr-vee — Past participle of 'servir,' meaning 'served' or 'used'
- bouillon
- boo-yohn — A clear broth or stock made by boiling meat
- posant
- poh-zahn — Present participle of 'poser,' meaning 'placing' or 'putting down'
- fourchette
- foor-sheht — Noun meaning 'fork,' a utensil used for eating
- veux
- vuh — First person singular present of 'vouloir,' meaning 'want'
- tant
- tahn — Adverb meaning 'so much' or 'so many'
- voir
- vwahr — Infinitive meaning 'to see' or 'to look at'
- promises
- proh-meez — Feminine plural of 'promis,' meaning 'promised' things
- lettre
- leh-truh — A written letter or correspondence sent to someone
- auraient
- oh-reh — Conditional plural of 'avoir,' meaning 'would have'
- donné
- doh-neh — Past participle of 'donner,' meaning 'given'
- vraiment
- vreh-mahn — Adverb meaning 'truly,' 'really,' or 'genuinely'
- honte
- ohnt — Noun meaning 'shame' or 'embarrassment'
- N'
- n — Contracted negative particle used before vowels
- importe
- am-pohrt — Part of 'n'importe quel,' meaning 'any' or 'whichever'
- quel
- kehl — Interrogative or exclamatory adjective meaning 'what' or 'which'
- recoin
- ruh-kwan — A nook or secluded corner of a space
- convient
- kohn-vyahn — Third person singular of 'convenir,' meaning 'suits' or 'is fine'
- continua
- kohn-tee-nü-ah — Simple past of 'continuer,' meaning 'continued' or 'went on'
- semble
- sahm-bluh — Third person singular of 'sembler,' meaning 'seems'
- injuste
- an-zhüst — Adjective meaning 'unfair' or 'unjust'
- ayez
- eh-yeh — Second person plural imperative of 'avoir,' meaning 'have'
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