Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 2
It was as much as she could do, lying down on one side, to look through into the garden with one eye; but to get through was more hopeless than ever: she sat down and began to cry again.
C'était tout ce qu'elle pouvait faire, allongée sur le côté, que de regarder dans le jardin avec un œil ; mais passer était plus désespéré que jamais : elle s'assit et recommença à pleurer.
"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said Alice, "a great girl like you," (she might well say this), "to go on crying in this way! Stop this moment, I tell you!"
« Tu devrais avoir honte de toi, » dit Alice, « une grande fille comme toi, » (elle pouvait bien dire cela), « de continuer à pleurer de cette façon ! Arrête immédiatement, je te le dis ! »
But she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.
Mais elle continua quand même, versant des torrents de larmes, jusqu'à ce qu'il y eût une grande mare tout autour d'elle, d'environ dix centimètres de profondeur et s'étendant à mi-chemin dans le couloir.
After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming.
Au bout d'un moment, elle entendit un léger trottinement de pas dans le lointain, et elle s'essuya les yeux à la hâte pour voir ce qui arrivait.
It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, "Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!"
C'était le Lapin Blanc qui revenait, splendidement habillé, avec une paire de gants de chevreau blancs dans une main et un grand éventail dans l'autre : il arrivait en trottinant à toute allure, marmonnant pour lui-même en chemin, « Oh ! la Duchesse, la Duchesse ! Oh ! qu'elle va être furieuse si je l'ai fait attendre ! »
Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, "If you please, sir—"
Alice se sentait si désespérée qu'elle était prête à demander de l'aide à n'importe qui ; ainsi, lorsque le Lapin s'approcha d'elle, elle commença, d'une voix basse et timide, « S'il vous plaît, monsieur — »
The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.
Le Lapin tressaillit violemment, laissa tomber les gants de chevreau blancs et l'éventail, et détala dans l'obscurité aussi vite qu'il le pouvait.
Vocabulary
- était
- ay-teh — Was; third person singular imperfect of être
- tout
- too — All, everything, completely
- ce
- suh — This, that; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- elle
- el — She, her; third person feminine pronoun
- pouvait
- poo-veh — Could; third person singular imperfect of pouvoir
- faire
- fair — To do, to make
- allongée
- ah-lon-zhay — Lying down, stretched out (feminine form)
- sur
- sür — On, upon, over
- côté
- koh-tay — Side; flank
- que
- kuh — That, which, than; conjunction or relative pronoun
- regarder
- ruh-gar-day — To look at, to watch
- dans
- dahn — In, inside; preposition of location
- jardin
- zhar-dan — Garden; outdoor cultivated space
- avec
- ah-vek — With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- œil
- uh-y — Eye; organ of sight
- mais
- meh — But; conjunction expressing contrast
- passer
- pah-say — To pass, to go by, to spend time
- plus
- plü — More, no more; adverb of quantity or negation
- désespéré
- day-zess-pay-ray — Desperate, hopeless, in despair
- jamais
- zhah-meh — Never, ever; adverb of time or negation
- assit
- ah-see — Sat down; third person singular simple past of asseoir
- recommença
- ruh-koh-mahn-sah — Started again; third person singular simple past of recommencer
- pleurer
- pluh-ray — To cry, to weep, to shed tears
- devrais
- duh-vreh — Should; second person singular conditional of devoir
- avoir
- ah-vwahr — To have; common auxiliary and main verb
- honte
- ohnt — Shame, embarrassment
- toi
- twah — You; stressed second person singular pronoun
- dit
- dee — Said; third person singular simple past of dire
- grande
- grahnd — Big, large, great (feminine form)
- fille
- fee-y — Girl, daughter
- comme
- kohm — Like, as, how; comparison conjunction
- bien
- byan — Well, good; adverb or adjective of quality
- dire
- deer — To say, to tell
- cela
- suh-lah — That, this; demonstrative pronoun referring to something
- continuer
- kon-tee-nü-ay — To continue, to keep on, to go on
- cette
- set — This, that; feminine singular demonstrative adjective
- façon
- fah-sohn — Way, manner, fashion
- Arrête
- ah-ret — Stop! (imperative of arrêter, second person singular)
- immédiatement
- ee-may-dyat-mahn — Immediately, at once, right away
- te
- tuh — You; second person singular object pronoun
- dis
- dee — Tell, say (first/second person singular of dire)
- Mais
- meh — But; conjunction expressing contrast or continuation
- continua
- kon-tee-nü-ah — Continued; third person singular simple past of continuer
- quand
- kahn — When; temporal conjunction or adverb
- même
- mem — Same, even, itself; adverb or adjective
- versant
- ver-sahn — Pouring, shedding; present participle of verser
- torrents
- toh-rahn — Torrents, rushing streams; here used metaphorically
- larmes
- larm — Tears; drops of liquid shed when crying
- jusqu'
- zhüsk — Until, up to; preposition of time or extent
- y
- ee — There, it; adverbial pronoun of place
- eût
- ü — Had; third person singular imperfect subjunctive of avoir
- mare
- mar — Pool, puddle; small body of standing water
- autour
- oh-toor — Around, surrounding; adverb or preposition
- environ
- ahn-vee-rohn — About, approximately, around (a quantity)
- dix
- dees — Ten; the number 10
- centimètres
- sahn-tee-metr — Centimetres; metric units of length
- profondeur
- proh-fohn-dur — Depth; measurement from surface downward
- étendant
- ay-tahn-dahn — Spreading, extending; present participle of étendre
- mi-
- mee — Half, mid-; prefix indicating halfway point
- chemin
- shuh-man — Path, way, road
- couloir
- koo-lwahr — Corridor, hallway, narrow passage
- bout
- boo — End, tip, extremity; au bout de means after
- moment
- moh-mahn — Moment, instant, short period of time
- entendit
- ahn-tahn-dee — Heard; third person singular simple past of entendre
- léger
- lay-zhay — Light, slight, gentle (masculine form)
- trottinement
- troh-teen-mahn — Trotting sound, pitter-patter of small steps
- pas
- pah — Step, footstep; also negation particle
- lointain
- lwahn-tan — Distant, far away, in the distance
- essuya
- ay-swee-yah — Wiped; third person singular simple past of essuyer
- yeux
- yuh — Eyes; plural of œil
- hâte
- aht — Haste, hurry, eagerness to act quickly
- pour
- poor — For, in order to; preposition of purpose
- voir
- vwahr — To see, to look, to observe
- qui
- kee — Who, which; relative or interrogative pronoun
- arrivait
- ah-ree-veh — Was coming, was arriving; imperfect of arriver
- Lapin
- lah-pan — Rabbit; small furry mammal
- Blanc
- blahn — White; colour adjective (masculine form)
- revenait
- ruh-vuh-neh — Was coming back; imperfect of revenir
- splendidement
- splahn-deed-mahn — Splendidly, magnificently, in a grand manner
- habillé
- ah-bee-yay — Dressed, clothed (masculine past participle of habiller)
- paire
- pair — Pair; set of two matching items
- gants
- gahn — Gloves; hand coverings worn as accessories
- chevreau
- shuh-vroh — Kid leather, young goat; soft fine leather
- blancs
- blahn — White (masculine plural); colour adjective
- main
- man — Hand; part of the body at end of arm
- grand
- grahn — Large, big, great (masculine form)
- éventail
- ay-vahn-tie — Fan; handheld device for creating a breeze
- autre
- ohtr — Other, another; referring to a different one
- en
- ahn — In, by, while; preposition or gerund marker
- trottinant
- troh-tee-nahn — Trotting along; present participle of trottiner
- toute
- toot — All, entire (feminine form); toute allure means full speed
- allure
- ah-lür — Speed, pace, manner of moving
- marmonnant
- mar-moh-nahn — Muttering, mumbling; present participle of marmonner
- lui-
- lwee — Him, himself; stressed third person pronoun prefix
- Duchesse
- dü-shes — Duchess; noblewoman of high rank
- va
- vah — Is going to, will; third person singular of aller
- être
- etr — To be; fundamental auxiliary and copula verb
- furieuse
- fü-ryuz — Furious, enraged (feminine form)
- si
- see — If; conditional conjunction or intensifying adverb
- ai
- ay — Have; first person singular present of avoir
- fait
- feh — Made, done; past participle of faire
- attendre
- ah-tahn-dr — To wait, to wait for, to expect
- se
- suh — Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun
- sentait
- sahn-teh — Felt, sensed; imperfect of sentir
- désespérée
- day-zess-pay-ray — Desperate, hopeless (feminine form)
- prête
- pret — Ready, prepared (feminine form)
- demander
- duh-mahn-day — To ask, to request, to ask for help
- aide
- ed — Help, assistance, aid
- importe
- am-port — Matters; n'importe means no matter, anyone
- ainsi
- an-see — Thus, so, in this way, accordingly
- lorsque
- lor-skuh — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction
- approcha
- ah-proh-shah — Approached; third person singular simple past of approcher
- commença
- koh-mahn-sah — Began; third person singular simple past of commencer
- voix
- vwah — Voice; sound produced in speaking or singing
- basse
- bahs — Low (feminine form); soft and quiet in tone
- timide
- tee-meed — Shy, timid, lacking confidence
- vous
- voo — You; second person plural or formal pronoun
- plaît
- pleh — Please; s'il vous plaît means please
- monsieur
- muh-syuh — Sir, Mister; polite address for a man
- tressaillit
- treh-sah-yee — Started, flinched; simple past of tressaillir
- violemment
- vyoh-lah-mahn — Violently, with great force or intensity
- laissa
- leh-sah — Let, left, dropped; simple past of laisser
- tomber
- tohn-bay — To fall, to drop, to tumble down
- détala
- day-tah-lah — Bolted, scampered off; simple past of détaler
- obscurité
- ob-skü-ree-tay — Darkness, obscurity, absence of light
- aussi
- oh-see — Also, too, as well; adverb of addition
- vite
- veet — Fast, quickly, rapidly
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