Anna Karenina — Page 3

English → Fr Chapter 1 Level 7/10

" And noticing a gleam of light peeping in beside one of the serge curtains, he cheerfully dropped his feet over the edge of the sofa, and felt about with them for his slippers, a present on his last birthday, worked for him by his wife on gold-colored morocco.

Et remarquant un filet de lumière qui se glissait à côté d'un des rideaux de serge, il laissa gaiement glisser ses pieds par-dessus le bord du canapé, et les tâtonna à la recherche de ses pantoufles, cadeau de son dernier anniversaire, brodées pour lui par sa femme sur du maroquin couleur d'or.

And, as he had done every day for the last nine years, he stretched out his hand, without getting up, towards the place where his dressing-gown always hung in his bedroom.

Et, comme il l'avait fait chaque jour depuis neuf ans, il tendit la main, sans se lever, vers l'endroit où sa robe de chambre était toujours accrochée dans sa chambre.

And thereupon he suddenly remembered that he was not sleeping in his wife's room, but in his study, and why: the smile vanished from his face, he knitted his brows.

Et alors il se souvint soudainement qu'il ne dormait pas dans la chambre de sa femme, mais dans son cabinet de travail, et pourquoi : le sourire disparut de son visage, il fronça les sourcils.

"Ah, ah, ah! Oo!..." he muttered, recalling everything that had happened.

« Ah, ah, ah ! Oh !... » marmonna-t-il, se remémorant tout ce qui s'était passé.

And again every detail of his quarrel with his wife was present to his imagination, all the hopelessness of his position, and worst of all, his own fault.

Et de nouveau, chaque détail de sa querelle avec sa femme se présentait à son imagination, toute l'impuissance de sa situation, et ce qu'il y avait de pire, sa propre faute.

"Yes, she won't forgive me, and she can't forgive me. And the most awful thing about it is that it's all my fault—all my fault, though I'm not to blame. That's the point of the whole situation," he reflected.

« Oui, elle ne me pardonnera pas, et elle ne peut pas me pardonner. Et ce qu'il y a de plus terrible, c'est que c'est entièrement ma faute — entièrement ma faute, bien que je ne sois pas coupable. C'est là tout le nœud de la situation », réfléchit-il.

"Oh, oh, oh!" he kept repeating in despair, as he remembered the acutely painful sensations caused him by this quarrel.

« Oh, oh, oh ! » répétait-il sans cesse avec désespoir, tandis qu'il se remémorait les sensations douloureuses et aiguës que lui avait causées cette querelle.

Vocabulary

remarquant: Noticing or observing something; present participle of remarquer.
filet: A thin streak, thread, or trickle of something.
lumière: Light, as from the sun or a lamp.
glissait: Was sliding or slipping; imperfect tense of glisser.
côté: Side; 'à côté de' means beside or next to.
rideaux: Curtains or drapes hung over windows or doors.
serge: A type of durable twill-woven fabric.
laissa: Let or allowed; simple past tense of laisser.
gaiement: Cheerfully or merrily, in a happy manner.
glisser: To slide, slip, or glide smoothly.
pieds: Feet, the lower extremities of the legs.
par-dessus: Over or above something; on top of.
bord: Edge or rim of an object or surface.
canapé: A sofa or couch used for sitting or lying.
tâtonna: Groped or felt around blindly with hands.
recherche: Search or quest for something sought.
pantoufles: Slippers, soft indoor shoes worn at home.
cadeau: A gift or present given to someone.
dernier: Last or most recent in a series or time.
anniversaire: Birthday or anniversary, a yearly commemorated date.
brodées: Embroidered; decorated with needlework patterns.
femme: Woman or wife, a female person or spouse.
maroquin: Morocco leather, a fine soft goatskin leather.
couleur: Color or hue of an object or surface.
or: Gold, the precious yellow metal or its color.
chaque: Each or every, referring to individual members of a group.
jour: Day, a 24-hour period of time.
depuis: Since or for, indicating duration from a past point.
neuf: The number nine.
ans: Years, plural of 'an', a unit of time.
tendit: Stretched out or extended; simple past of tendre.
main: Hand, the body part at the end of the arm.
sans: Without, indicating the absence of something.
lever: To raise or lift something upward.
vers: Toward or in the direction of something.
endroit: A place or spot, a specific location.
robe: A dress or gown worn as clothing.
chambre: Room, especially a bedroom.
toujours: Always or still, indicating continuity over time.
accrochée: Hung or hooked onto something; past participle of accrocher.
alors: Then or so, used to indicate consequence or time.
souvint: Remembered; simple past of se souvenir.
soudainement: Suddenly, happening without warning or expectation.
dormait: Was sleeping; third-person imperfect of dormir.
cabinet: A small private room or study.
travail: Work or labor; also a workplace or study.
pourquoi: Why, asking for a reason or cause.
sourire: A smile; also the verb 'to smile'.
disparut: Disappeared; simple past tense of disparaître.
visage: Face, the front part of the head.
fronça: Furrowed or wrinkled; simple past of froncer.
sourcils: Eyebrows, the arched hairs above the eyes.
marmonna: Mumbled or muttered; simple past of marmonner.
remémorant: Recalling or remembering; present participle of remémorer.
tout: All, everything, or completely.
passé: Happened or passed; also the past as a noun.
nouveau: New or another; indicating something fresh or repeated.
détail: A detail or particular piece of information.
querelle: A quarrel or argument between people.
présentait: Was presenting or showing; imperfect of présenter.
imagination: The faculty of forming mental images or ideas.
impuissance: Helplessness or powerlessness in a situation.
situation: A set of circumstances or state of affairs.
y: Pronoun meaning 'there' or 'it', replacing a place.
pire: Worse or worst, comparative of 'mauvais'.
propre: Own, clean, or proper; belonging to oneself.
faute: Fault, mistake, or error committed by someone.
pardonnera: Will forgive; future tense of pardonner.
pardonner: To forgive or excuse someone for a wrongdoing.
plus: More or no longer, depending on context.
terrible: Terrible or dreadful, causing great distress or fear.
entièrement: Entirely or completely, without exception.
bien: Well, good, or very; an adverb of manner.
sois: Be; subjunctive form of être.
coupable: Guilty or culpable, responsible for a wrongdoing.
nœud: A knot or crux, a central problematic point.
réfléchit: Thought or reflected; simple past of réfléchir.
répétait: Was repeating; third-person imperfect of répéter.
cesse: Ceasing or stopping; 'sans cesse' means unceasingly.
désespoir: Despair or hopelessness, a state of utter loss.
tandis: 'Tandis que' means while or whereas, indicating contrast.
remémorait: Was recalling; imperfect of se remémorer.
sensations: Sensations or feelings experienced by the body or mind.
douloureuses: Painful or distressing; feminine plural of douloureux.
aiguës: Sharp or acute; describing intense piercing sensations.
causées: Caused or produced; past participle of causer (feminine plural).

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