A Room with a View — Page 14
I do not wish the acceptance to come from you. Grant me that, at all events."
Je ne souhaite pas que l'acceptation vienne de vous. Accordez-moi cela, en tout cas."
Mr. Beebe was back, saying rather nervously:
M. Beebe était de retour, disant d'un ton plutôt nerveux :
"Mr. Emerson is engaged, but here is his son instead."
« M. Emerson est occupé, mais voici son fils à sa place. »
The young man gazed down on the three ladies, who felt seated on the floor, so low were their chairs.
Le jeune homme regarda les trois dames de haut, qui se sentirent assises par terre, tant leurs chaises étaient basses.
"My father," he said, "is in his bath, so you cannot thank him personally. But any message given by you to me will be given by me to him as soon as he comes out."
« Mon père, dit-il, est dans son bain, aussi ne pouvez-vous pas le remercier en personne. Mais tout message que vous me transmettrez lui sera transmis par moi dès qu'il sortira. »
Miss Bartlett was unequal to the bath.
Miss Bartlett ne fut pas à la hauteur de la situation du bain.
All her barbed civilities came forth wrong end first.
Toutes ses politesses acérées sortirent à l'envers.
Young Mr. Emerson scored a notable triumph to the delight of Mr. Beebe and to the secret delight of Lucy.
Le jeune M. Emerson remporta un triomphe notable, à la joie de M. Beebe et à la joie secrète de Lucy.
"Poor young man!" said Miss Bartlett, as soon as he had gone.
« Pauvre jeune homme ! » dit Miss Bartlett, dès qu'il fut parti.
"How angry he is with his father about the rooms! It is all he can do to keep polite."
« Comme il est en colère contre son père à propos des chambres ! C'est tout ce qu'il peut faire pour rester poli. »
"In half an hour or so your rooms will be ready," said Mr. Beebe.
« Dans une demi-heure environ, vos chambres seront prêtes », dit M. Beebe.
Then looking rather thoughtfully at the two cousins, he retired to his own rooms, to write up his philosophic diary.
Puis, regardant les deux cousines d'un air plutôt pensif, il se retira dans ses propres chambres pour rédiger son journal philosophique.
"Oh, dear!" breathed the little old lady, and shuddered as if all the winds of heaven had entered the apartment.
« Oh, mon Dieu ! » souffla la petite vieille dame, et elle frissonna comme si tous les vents du ciel étaient entrés dans la pièce.
"Gentlemen sometimes do not realize—" Her voice faded away, but Miss Bartlett seemed to understand and a conversation developed, in which gentlemen who did not thoroughly realize played a principal part.
« Les messieurs ne se rendent parfois pas compte... » Sa voix s'éteignit, mais Miss Bartlett sembla comprendre et une conversation s'engagea, dans laquelle les messieurs qui ne se rendaient pas pleinement compte jouaient un rôle principal.
Vocabulary
- Je
- I; first person singular pronoun
- ne
- not; negative particle used with verbs
- souhaite
- wish; want; desire something to happen
- pas
- not; negation adverb paired with ne
- que
- that; which; relative and subordinating conjunction
- vienne
- come; subjunctive form of venir
- de
- of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- vous
- you; formal or plural second person pronoun
- Accordez
- grant; give; allow something to someone
- moi
- me; first person singular object pronoun
- cela
- that; this; demonstrative pronoun for things
- en
- in; on; preposition or partitive pronoun
- tout
- all; everything; complete or entire
- cas
- case; situation; instance or circumstance
- était
- was; imperfect tense of être
- retour
- return; coming back to a place
- disant
- saying; present participle of dire
- un
- a; an; indefinite masculine singular article
- ton
- tone; sound quality; possessive adjective informal
- plutôt
- rather; quite; somewhat or instead
- nerveux
- nervous; anxious; tense or stressed
- est
- is; present tense of être
- occupé
- busy; occupied; engaged in activity
- mais
- but; however; conjunction expressing contrast
- voici
- here is; here are; presenting something
- son
- his; her; its; possessive adjective
- fils
- son; male child of parents
- sa
- his; her; its; feminine possessive adjective
- place
- place; position; seat or location
- Le
- the; definite masculine singular article
- jeune
- young; youthful; not old or mature
- homme
- man; male person; adult male
- regarda
- looked; past tense of regarder
- les
- the; definite plural article
- trois
- three; number between two and four
- dames
- ladies; women; female persons of society
- haut
- high; elevated; upper in position
- se
- oneself; reflexive pronoun for himself, herself
- sentirent
- felt; past tense of sentir
- assises
- seated; sitting; feminine plural form
- par
- by; through; preposition indicating agent
- terre
- earth; ground; land or soil
- tant
- so much; so; to such a degree
- leurs
- their; plural possessive adjective
- chaises
- chairs; seats with back and legs
- étaient
- were; imperfect plural of être
- basses
- low; short; feminine plural of bas
- Mon
- my; masculine singular possessive adjective
- père
- father; male parent of child
- dit
- said; told; past tense of dire
- il
- he; it; masculine singular pronoun
- dans
- in; inside; preposition indicating location
- bain
- bath; bathing; water for washing
- aussi
- also; too; in addition furthermore
- pouvez
- can; are able; present of pouvoir
- le
- him; it; masculine singular object pronoun
- remercier
- thank; express gratitude to someone
- personne
- person; individual; no one when negative
- message
- message; communication; information sent
- me
- me; to me; first person object
- lui
- him; to him; indirect object pronoun
- sera
- will be; future tense of être
- dès
- as soon as; from the moment
- qu
- that; shortened form of que
- sortira
- will exit; will leave; future of sortir
- Miss
- Miss; unmarried woman; female title
- fut
- was; past tense of être
- la
- the; her; feminine singular article
- hauteur
- height; elevation; also means dignity
- situation
- situation; circumstance; state of affairs
- du
- of the; from the; contraction
- Toutes
- all; every; feminine plural of tout
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