Anna Karenina — Page 1
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Les familles heureuses se ressemblent toutes ; chaque famille malheureuse est malheureuse à sa façon.
Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house.
Tout était en désordre dans la maison des Oblonski.
The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him.
La femme avait découvert que le mari entretenait une liaison avec une jeune Française, qui avait été gouvernante dans leur famille, et elle avait annoncé à son mari qu'elle ne pouvait pas continuer à vivre sous le même toit que lui.
This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their family and household, were painfully conscious of it.
Cette situation durait depuis trois jours maintenant, et non seulement le mari et la femme eux-mêmes, mais tous les membres de leur famille et de leur maisonnée, en avaient douloureusement conscience.
Every person in the house felt that there was no sense in their living together, and that the stray people brought together by chance in any inn had more in common with one another than they, the members of the family and household of the Oblonskys.
Chaque personne dans la maison sentait qu'il n'y avait aucun sens à ce qu'ils vivent ensemble, et que des inconnus réunis par hasard dans n'importe quelle auberge avaient plus en commun les uns avec les autres qu'eux, les membres de la famille et de la maisonnée des Oblonski.
The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days.
La femme ne quittait pas sa chambre, le mari n'était pas rentré à la maison depuis trois jours.
The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning.
Les enfants couraient en tous sens dans toute la maison ; la gouvernante anglaise s'était querellée avec la gouvernante de maison, et avait écrit à une amie en lui demandant de lui trouver une nouvelle place ; le cuisinier était parti la veille juste à l'heure du dîner ; la fille de cuisine et le cocher avaient donné leur congé.
Vocabulary
- familles
- Plural noun meaning families or households
- heureuses
- Feminine plural adjective meaning happy or fortunate
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning oneself, each other
- ressemblent
- They resemble or look alike each other
- toutes
- Feminine plural meaning all or every one
- chaque
- Adjective meaning each or every individual one
- famille
- Noun meaning a family or household unit
- malheureuse
- Feminine adjective meaning unhappy or unfortunate
- façon
- Noun meaning way, manner, or fashion
- Tout
- Adjective or pronoun meaning everything or all
- était
- Imperfect tense of être, meaning was or were
- désordre
- Noun meaning disorder, mess, or chaos
- maison
- Noun meaning house or home dwelling
- femme
- Noun meaning woman or wife
- avait
- Imperfect tense of avoir, meaning had
- découvert
- Past participle of découvrir, meaning discovered or found out
- mari
- Noun meaning husband or male spouse
- entretenait
- Imperfect of entretenir, meaning was maintaining or having
- liaison
- Noun meaning a romantic affair or relationship
- jeune
- Adjective meaning young or youthful in age
- Française
- Noun or adjective meaning French woman or female
- été
- Past participle of être, meaning been
- gouvernante
- Noun meaning governess or housekeeper in household
- leur
- Possessive adjective or pronoun meaning their or them
- annoncé
- Past participle of annoncer, meaning announced or declared
- pouvait
- Imperfect of pouvoir, meaning could or was able
- continuer
- Infinitive verb meaning to continue or carry on
- vivre
- Infinitive verb meaning to live or exist
- sous
- Preposition meaning under or beneath something
- même
- Adjective or adverb meaning same or even
- toit
- Noun meaning roof or overhead covering of building
- Cette
- Feminine demonstrative adjective meaning this or that
- situation
- Noun meaning situation, circumstance, or state of affairs
- durait
- Imperfect of durer, meaning was lasting or continuing
- depuis
- Preposition meaning since or for a period of time
- jours
- Plural noun meaning days or daytimes
- maintenant
- Adverb meaning now or at the present time
- seulement
- Adverb meaning only or merely, just that
- eux-mêmes
- Reflexive pronoun meaning themselves, referring to males
- tous
- Masculine plural meaning all or every one
- membres
- Plural noun meaning members or parts of group
- maisonnée
- Noun meaning household or all persons living together
- avaient
- Imperfect plural of avoir, meaning they had
- douloureusement
- Adverb meaning painfully or with great distress
- conscience
- Noun meaning awareness, consciousness, or moral sense
- Chaque
- Adjective meaning each or every single one
- personne
- Noun meaning person or individual human being
- sentait
- Imperfect of sentir, meaning felt or sensed
- aucun
- Negative adjective meaning no or not any
- sens
- Noun meaning sense, meaning, or direction
- vivent
- Third plural present of vivre, meaning they live
- ensemble
- Adverb meaning together or in company with others
- inconnus
- Plural noun or adjective meaning strangers or unknown persons
- réunis
- Past participle of réunir, meaning gathered or brought together
- hasard
- Noun meaning chance, luck, or coincidence
- importe
- From n'importe, meaning no matter or whatever
- quelle
- Feminine interrogative adjective meaning which or what
- auberge
- Noun meaning inn or small lodging establishment
- plus
- Adverb meaning more, most, or no longer
- commun
- Adjective meaning common, shared, or ordinary
- uns
- Plural pronoun meaning some, part of a group
- autres
- Plural adjective or pronoun meaning others or other ones
- quittait
- Imperfect of quitter, meaning was leaving or departing
- chambre
- Noun meaning bedroom or private room in house
- rentré
- Past participle of rentrer, meaning returned or came back
- enfants
- Plural noun meaning children or young people
- couraient
- Imperfect of courir, meaning were running about wildly
- toute
- Feminine adjective meaning all, whole, or entire
- anglaise
- Feminine adjective or noun meaning English woman
- querellée
- Past participle of se quereller, meaning quarreled or argued
- écrit
- Past participle of écrire, meaning written a letter
- amie
- Noun meaning female friend or close acquaintance
- demandant
- Present participle of demander, meaning asking or requesting
- trouver
- Infinitive meaning to find or locate something
- nouvelle
- Feminine adjective meaning new or different, brand new
- place
- Noun meaning position, place, or job post
- cuisinier
- Noun meaning cook or male kitchen chef
- parti
- Past participle of partir, meaning left or departed
- veille
- Noun meaning the eve or day before event
- juste
- Adjective or adverb meaning just, fair, or exactly
- heure
- Noun meaning hour or time of day
- dîner
- Noun meaning dinner or the evening meal
- fille
- Noun meaning girl, daughter, or young female
- cuisine
- Noun meaning kitchen or the art of cooking
- cocher
- Noun meaning coachman or horse-drawn carriage driver
- donné
- Past participle of donner, meaning given or handed
- congé
- Noun meaning leave, dismissal, or time off work
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