Anne of Green Gables — Page 1
MATTHEW Cuthbert and the sorrel mare jogged comfortably over the eight miles to Bright River.
MATTHEW Cuthbert et la jument alezane trottèrent confortablement sur les huit miles jusqu'à Bright River.
It was a pretty road, running along between snug farmsteads, with now and again a bit of balsamy fir wood to drive through or a hollow where wild plums hung out their filmy bloom.
C'était un joli chemin, qui courait entre de douillettes fermes, avec de temps en temps un bout de bois de sapins embaumés à traverser ou un creux où des pruniers sauvages déployaient leur floraison vaporeuse.
The air was sweet with the breath of many apple orchards and the meadows sloped away in the distance to horizon mists of pearl and purple; while
L'air était doux du souffle de nombreux vergers de pommiers et les prairies s'inclinaient au loin vers des brumes d'horizon de nacre et de violet ; tandis que
"The little birds sang as if it were The one day of summer in all the year."
« Les petits oiseaux chantaient comme si c'était Le seul jour d'été de toute l'année. »
Matthew enjoyed the drive after his own fashion, except during the moments when he met women and had to nod to them--for in Prince Edward Island you are supposed to nod to all and sundry you meet on the road whether you know them or not.
Matthew appréciait le trajet à sa façon, sauf pendant les moments où il croisait des femmes et devait leur faire un signe de tête -- car à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, vous êtes censé saluer de la tête tous ceux que vous rencontrez sur la route, que vous les connaissiez ou non.
Matthew dreaded all women except Marilla and Mrs. Rachel; he had an uncomfortable feeling that the mysterious creatures were secretly laughing at him.
Matthew redoutait toutes les femmes sauf Marilla et Mme Rachel ; il avait le sentiment désagréable que ces mystérieuses créatures se moquaient secrètement de lui.
He may have been quite right in thinking so, for he was an odd-looking personage, with an ungainly figure and long iron-gray hair that touched his stooping shoulders, and a full, soft brown beard which he had worn ever since he was twenty.
Il n'avait peut-être pas tout à fait tort de le penser, car il avait une apparence singulière, avec une silhouette disgracieuse et de longs cheveux gris fer qui touchaient ses épaules voûtées, et une barbe brune, pleine et douce, qu'il portait depuis ses vingt ans.
In fact, he had looked at twenty very much as he looked at sixty, lacking a little of the grayness.
En fait, il avait eu à vingt ans sensiblement la même apparence qu'à soixante ans, à un peu moins de grisonnement près.
Vocabulary
- et
- and (conjunction)
- la
- the (feminine singular article)
- jument
- mare; female horse
- trottèrent
- trotted (third person plural past tense)
- confortablement
- comfortably; in a comfortable manner
- sur
- on; upon; about (preposition)
- les
- the (plural definite article)
- huit
- eight (number)
- miles
- miles (unit of distance)
- jusqu
- until; up to (preposition, usually jusqu'à)
- chemin
- road; path; way; route
- qui
- who; which; that (relative pronoun)
- courait
- ran; was running (imperfect tense)
- entre
- between; among (preposition)
- de
- of; from (preposition)
- fermes
- farms; closed (plural noun/adjective)
- avec
- with (preposition)
- temps
- time; weather; tense (noun)
- en
- in; on; by; some (preposition/pronoun)
- bout
- end; tip; piece; bit (noun)
- bois
- woods; wood; timber (noun)
- sapins
- firs; fir trees (plural noun)
- embaumés
- perfumed; fragrant (past participle)
- traverser
- to cross; to traverse; to go through
- ou
- or (conjunction)
- creux
- hollow; sunken; cavity (adjective/noun)
- sauvages
- wild; savage (adjective)
- déployaient
- displayed; spread out (imperfect tense)
- leur
- their; to them (possessive/pronoun)
- floraison
- flowering; blooming; blossoming period
- air
- air; appearance; look; expression (noun)
- doux
- sweet; soft; gentle; mild (adjective)
- souffle
- breath; breeze; blast; whisk (noun)
- nombreux
- numerous; many (adjective)
- vergers
- orchards; fruit gardens (plural noun)
- prairies
- meadows; grasslands (plural noun)
- inclinaient
- inclined; leaned; bent (imperfect tense)
- au
- to the; at the (contraction)
- loin
- far; distant; afar (adverb/noun)
- vers
- toward; towards (preposition)
- brumes
- mists; fogs; haze (plural noun)
- horizon
- horizon; skyline (noun)
- violet
- violet; purple (adjective/noun)
- tandis
- while; whereas (conjunction)
- que
- that; which; than (conjunction/pronoun)
- petits
- small; little (adjective)
- oiseaux
- birds (plural noun)
- chantaient
- sang; were singing (imperfect tense)
- comme
- as; like; since (adverb/conjunction)
- si
- if; so (conjunction/adverb)
- seul
- only; sole; alone (adjective)
- jour
- day; daylight (noun)
- été
- summer; been (noun/past participle)
- toute
- all; whole; every (adjective)
- année
- year (noun)
- appréciait
- appreciated; valued (imperfect tense)
- le
- the; him; it (article/pronoun)
- trajet
- journey; trip; route; passage (noun)
- sa
- his; her; its (possessive adjective)
- façon
- way; manner; fashion; mode (noun)
- sauf
- except; save; unless (preposition/conjunction)
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