Anne of Green Gables — Page 7

English → Fr CHAPTER I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised Level 6/10

Rachel, in spite of--or perhaps because of--their dissimilarity.

Rachel, malgré leur dissemblance, ou peut-être à cause d'elle.

Marilla was a tall, thin woman, with angles and without curves; her dark hair showed some gray streaks and was always twisted up in a hard little knot behind with two wire hairpins stuck aggressively through it.

Marilla était une femme grande et mince, aux angles prononcés et sans rondeurs ; ses cheveux sombres montraient quelques mèches grises et étaient toujours tordus en un petit chignon serré derrière la tête, maintenu par deux épingles à cheveux en fil de fer plantées agressivement dedans.

She looked like a woman of narrow experience and rigid conscience, which she was; but there was a saving something about her mouth which, if it had been ever so slightly developed, might have been considered indicative of a sense of humor.

Elle avait l'air d'une femme à l'expérience limitée et à la conscience rigide, ce qu'elle était effectivement ; mais il y avait quelque chose de particulier dans l'expression de sa bouche qui, si elle s'était tant soit peu développée, aurait pu être considérée comme le signe d'un sens de l'humour.

"We're all pretty well," said Mrs. Rachel.

« Nous allons tous assez bien », dit Mme Rachel.

"I was kind of afraid _you_ weren't, though, when I saw Matthew starting off today.

« J'avais un peu peur que _vous_, par contre, n'alliez pas bien, quand j'ai vu Matthew partir aujourd'hui.

I thought maybe he was going to the doctor's."

J'ai pensé qu'il allait peut-être chez le médecin. »

Marilla's lips twitched understandingly.

Les lèvres de Marilla eurent un léger frémissement complice.

She had expected Mrs. Rachel up; she had known that the sight of Matthew jaunting off so unaccountably would be too much for her neighbor's curiosity.

Elle s'était attendue à la visite de Mme Rachel ; elle avait su que la vue de Matthew partant ainsi de façon si inexplicable serait trop forte pour la curiosité de sa voisine.

"Oh, no, I'm quite well although I had a bad headache yesterday," she said.

« Oh, non, je vais très bien, même si j'ai eu un terrible mal de tête hier », dit-elle.

"Matthew went to Bright River.

« Matthew est allé à Bright River.

We're getting a little boy from an orphan asylum in Nova Scotia and he's coming on the train tonight."

Nous allons accueillir un petit garçon d'un orphelinat de Nouvelle-Écosse et il arrive par le train ce soir. »

If Marilla had said that Matthew had gone to Bright River to meet a kangaroo from Australia Mrs. Rachel could not have been more astonished.

Si Marilla avait dit que Matthew était allé à Bright River pour accueillir un kangourou d'Australie, Mme Rachel n'aurait pas été plus stupéfaite.

She was actually stricken dumb for five seconds.

Elle fut véritablement frappée de mutisme pendant cinq secondes.

It was unsupposable that Marilla was making fun of her, but Mrs. Rachel was almost forced to suppose it.

Il était inconcevable que Marilla se moquât d'elle, mais Mme Rachel était presque contrainte de le supposer.

"Are you in earnest, Marilla?

« Parlez-vous sérieusement, Marilla ?

Vocabulary

malgré: Despite; in spite of; notwithstanding.
leur: Their; to them; possessive or indirect object pronoun.
dissemblance: Dissimilarity; difference; lack of resemblance.
ou: Or; conjunction presenting alternative options.
peut-être: Perhaps; maybe; possibly; indicating uncertainty.
cause: Cause; reason; motive for something happening.
elle: She; her; feminine third-person singular pronoun.
était: Was; past tense of être.
une: A; an; feminine indefinite article.
femme: Woman; female person; wife.
grande: Large; big; great; tall.
et: And; conjunction joining words or phrases.
mince: Thin; slender; slim in appearance.
aux: To the; contraction of à + les.
angles: Angles; corners; sharp geometric projections.
prononcés: Pronounced; marked; clearly evident or defined.
sans: Without; lacking; in absence of.
rondeurs: Roundness; curves; soft or rounded qualities.
ses: His; her; its; possessive plural adjective.
cheveux: Hair; strands on head; locks.
sombres: Dark; somber; of dark color or mood.
montraient: Showed; displayed; revealed; past tense of montrer.
quelques: Some; a few; several; a small number.
mèches: Strands; locks of hair; wisps.
grises: Gray; grey; color of ash or silver.
toujours: Always; still; continually; at all times.
tordus: Twisted; wrung; turned or coiled.
petit: Small; little; diminutive or young.
chignon: Bun; hair twisted into knot shape.
serré: Tight; close; firmly held together.
derrière: Behind; back; at the rear of.
tête: Head; top of body with brain.
maintenu: Maintained; held; kept in position.
par: By; through; by means of.
deux: Two; the number 2.
épingles: Pins; fasteners used to secure objects.
fil: Thread; wire; thin strand of material.
fer: Iron; metal element; tool for pressing.
plantées: Planted; stuck; inserted firmly into.
agressivement: Aggressively; forcefully; in hostile manner.
dedans: Inside; within; in the interior.
avait: Had; possessed; past tense of avoir.
air: Air; atmosphere; appearance or manner.
expérience: Experience; knowledge from events or practice.
limitée: Limited; restricted; confined within bounds.
conscience: Conscience; moral awareness; consciousness.
rigide: Rigid; stiff; inflexible or unyielding.
effectivement: Actually; in fact; really; indeed.
quelque: Some; a certain; any.
chose: Thing; object; matter; something.
particulier: Particular; special; specific or distinctive.
expression: Expression; look; way something is conveyed.
bouche: Mouth; opening for eating and speaking.
si: If; whether; so; to such extent.
tant: So much; as much; to such degree.
soit: Be; may be; subjunctive of être.
peu: Little; small amount; not much.
développée: Developed; expanded; grown or progressed.
pu: Could; was able; past participle of pouvoir.
considérée: Considered; regarded; thought of as.
comme: As; like; in the manner of.
signe: Sign; signal; indication or mark.

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