Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 5
Guess he'll build his'n tight, whatever it is," said Jock, looking after him as Jethro made his way to the little tannery near by.
« Il le construira solide, quoi que ce soit, » dit Jock, le regardant s'éloigner tandis que Jethro se dirigeait vers la petite tannerie voisine.
Let it be known that there was such a thing as social rank in Coniston; and something which, for the sake of an advantageous parallel, we may call an Established Church.
Qu'il soit dit qu'il existait bel et bien une hiérarchie sociale à Coniston ; et quelque chose que, pour les besoins d'un parallèle avantageux, nous pourrions appeler une Église établie.
Coniston was a Congregational town still, and the deacons and dignitaries of that church were likewise the pillars of the state.
Coniston était encore une ville congrégationaliste, et les diacres et dignitaires de cette église en étaient également les piliers de l'État.
Not many years before the time of which we write actual disestablishment had occurred, when the town ceased--as a town--to pay the salary of Priest Ware, as the minister was called.
Peu d'années avant l'époque dont nous parlons, une véritable séparation de l'Église et de l'État avait eu lieu, lorsque la ville avait cessé — en tant que ville — de verser le salaire du Pasteur Ware, comme on appelait le ministre.
The father of Jethro Bass, Nathan the currier, had once, in a youthful lapse, permitted a Baptist preacher to immerse him in Coniston Water.
Le père de Jethro Bass, Nathan le corroyeur, avait un jour, dans un écart de jeunesse, permis à un prédicateur baptiste de l'immerger dans l'eau de Coniston.
This had been the extent of Nathan's religion; Jethro had none at all, and was, for this and other reasons, somewhere near the bottom of the social scale.
Telle avait été la mesure de la religion de Nathan ; Jethro n'en avait aucune, et se trouvait, pour cette raison et d'autres, quelque part vers le bas de l'échelle sociale.
"Fox and geese!" repeated Jock, with his eyes still on Jethro's retreating back.
« Renard et oies ! » répéta Jock, les yeux toujours fixés sur le dos de Jethro qui s'éloignait.
The builder of the meetinghouse rubbed a great, brown arm, scratched his head, and turned and came face to face with Cynthia Ware, in a poke bonnet.
Le constructeur du temple se frotta un grand bras hâlé, se gratta la tête, se retourna et se trouva face à face avec Cynthia Ware, coiffée d'un bonnet à brides.
Contrast is a favorite trick of authors, and no greater contrast is to be had in Coniston than that between Cynthia Ware and Jethro Bass.
Le contraste est un procédé favori des auteurs, et il n'en est pas de plus saisissant à Coniston que celui entre Cynthia Ware et Jethro Bass.
In the first place; Cynthia was the minister's daughter, and twenty-one.
Premièrement, Cynthia était la fille du pasteur, et elle avait vingt et un ans.
Vocabulary
- construira
- Will build or construct something
- solide
- Strong, sturdy, or firmly built
- quoi
- What; used in expressions and exclamations
- soit
- Subjunctive of être: be, whether, so be it
- regardant
- Looking at, watching someone or something
- éloigner
- To move away, go further from something
- tandis
- While, whereas; used in tandis que
- dirigeait
- Was heading toward, making one's way
- vers
- Toward, in the direction of somewhere
- tannerie
- A tannery, place where leather is made
- voisine
- Neighboring, nearby; feminine form of voisin
- existait
- Existed; imperfect tense of exister
- bel
- Beautiful, fine; masculine form before vowel
- hiérarchie
- Hierarchy, ranked system of social organization
- sociale
- Social; relating to society or community
- quelque
- Some, a few; indefinite adjective or adverb
- besoins
- Needs, requirements; plural of besoin
- parallèle
- Parallel; comparison or geometric parallel line
- avantageux
- Advantageous, favorable, beneficial to someone
- pourrions
- Could, would be able to; conditional of pouvoir
- appeler
- To call, name, or summon someone
- Église
- Church, religious institution or building
- établie
- Established, set up; feminine past participle
- encore
- Still, yet, again; adverb of continuation
- congrégationaliste
- Congregationalist; relating to congregationalist church
- diacres
- Deacons; church officials below a priest
- dignitaires
- Dignitaries, people of high rank or importance
- église
- Church; a religious building or institution
- également
- Also, equally, likewise; adverb of addition
- piliers
- Pillars, pillars of support; literal or figurative
- État
- State, government, nation as political entity
- Peu
- Few, little; indicates small quantity or number
- époque
- Era, period, time in history
- dont
- Of which, whose; relative pronoun
- véritable
- Real, genuine, true; emphatic adjective
- séparation
- Separation, split, division between groups
- lieu
- Place; avoir lieu means to take place
- lorsque
- When, at the time that; temporal conjunction
- cessé
- Stopped, ceased; past participle of cesser
- tant
- So much, as long as; adverb of degree
- verser
- To pay out, pour, deposit money or liquid
- salaire
- Salary, wages paid to a worker
- Pasteur
- Pastor, minister of a Protestant church
- appelait
- Called, named; imperfect of appeler
- ministre
- Minister; government official or church minister
- corroyeur
- Currier, person who dresses tanned leather
- écart
- Gap, deviation, aside; distance from norm
- jeunesse
- Youth, young age, period of being young
- permis
- Allowed, permitted; past participle of permettre
- prédicateur
- Preacher, one who delivers sermons publicly
- baptiste
- Baptist; member or relating to Baptist church
- immerger
- To immerse, submerge in water; baptize by immersion
- Telle
- Such; demonstrative adjective, feminine form
- mesure
- Measure, step, extent; an action or dimension
- religion
- Religion; system of faith and worship
- aucune
- No, none, not any; negative feminine adjective
- trouvait
- Found, considered; imperfect of trouver
- raison
- Reason, rationale; logical justification
- part
- Part, share; also used in expressions like à part
- bas
- Low, bottom; opposite of haut
- échelle
- Scale, ladder; ladder or ranking scale
- Renard
- Fox; a cunning animal or surname
- oies
- Geese; plural of oie
- répéta
- Repeated; simple past of répéter
- yeux
- Eyes; plural of œil
- toujours
- Always, still; adverb of frequency or continuity
- fixés
- Fixed, staring; past participle of fixer
- dos
- Back; the back of a person or object
- éloignait
- Was moving away; imperfect of éloigner
- constructeur
- Builder, constructor; person who builds things
- temple
- Temple, Protestant church building or place of worship
- frotta
- Rubbed; simple past of frotter
- bras
- Arm; upper limb of the human body
- hâlé
- Tanned, sun-bronzed; darkened by sun exposure
- gratta
- Scratched; simple past of gratter
- retourna
- Turned around, returned; simple past of retourner
- trouva
- Found, came upon; simple past of trouver
- face
- Face, front side; face to face with someone
- coiffée
- Wearing a hat, hair done; feminine past participle
- bonnet
- Bonnet, cap; type of close-fitting hat
- brides
- Ribbons, strings; bonnet strings or bridle straps
- contraste
- Contrast; striking difference between two things
- procédé
- Technique, method, device used by authors
- favori
- Favorite, preferred; most liked adjective
- auteurs
- Authors, writers; creators of literary works
- saisissant
- Striking, gripping, startling; vivid and powerful
- celui
- The one, that one; masculine demonstrative pronoun
- entre
- Between, among; preposition of position
- Premièrement
- Firstly, first of all; ordinal adverb
- pasteur
- Pastor, Protestant minister or shepherd
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