Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 6
I can summon her now under the great maples of the village street, a virginal figure, gray eyes that kindled the face shaded by the poke bonnet, and up you went above the clouds.
Je peux l'évoquer maintenant sous les grands érables de la rue du village, une figure virginale, des yeux gris qui illuminaient le visage ombragé par le bonnet à brides, et l'on s'envolait au-dessus des nuages.
"What about fox and geese, Jock?" said Cynthia.
« Et le jeu du renard et des oies, Jock ? » dit Cynthia.
"Jethro Bass," said Jock, who, by reason of his ability, was a privileged character.
« Jethro Bass, » dit Jock, qui, en raison de ses capacités, était un personnage privilégié.
"Mark my words, Cynthy, Jethro Bass is an all-fired sight smarter that folks in this town think he be.
« Croyez-moi, Cynthy, Jethro Bass est sacrément plus malin que les gens de cette ville ne le pensent.
They don't take notice of him, because he don't say much, and stutters.
Ils ne font pas attention à lui, parce qu'il ne dit pas grand-chose et qu'il bégaie.
He hain't be'n eddicated a great deal, but I wouldn't be afeard to warrant he'd make a racket in the world some of these days."
Il n'a guère reçu d'instruction, mais je n'hésiterais pas à parier qu'il fera parler de lui dans le monde un de ces jours. »
"Jock Hallowell!" cried Cynthia, the gray beginning to dance, "I suppose you think Jethro's going to be President."
« Jock Hallowell ! » s'écria Cynthia, ses yeux gris commençant à pétiller, « Je suppose que tu penses que Jethro va devenir Président. »
"All right," said Jock, "you can laugh.
« Très bien, » dit Jock, « tu peux rire.
Ever talked with Jethro?"
Tu as déjà parlé avec Jethro ? »
"I've hardly spoken two words to him in my life," she replied.
« Je lui ai à peine adressé deux mots de toute ma vie, » répondit-elle.
And it was true, although the little white parsonage was scarce two hundred yards from the tannery house.
Et c'était vrai, bien que le petit presbytère blanc fût à peine à deux cents mètres de la maison de la tannerie.
"Jethro's never ailed much," Jock remarked, having reference to Cynthia's proclivities for visiting the sick.
« Jethro n'a jamais été bien malade, » remarqua Jock, faisant allusion aux penchants de Cynthia pour la visite des malades.
"I've seed a good many different men in my time, and I tell you, Cynthia Ware, that Jethro's got a kind of power you don't often come acrost.
« J'ai vu bien des hommes différents dans ma vie, et je vous dis, Cynthia Ware, que Jethro possède une sorte de pouvoir que l'on ne rencontre pas souvent.
Folks don't suspicion it."
Les gens ne s'en doutent pas. »
In spite of herself, Cynthia was impressed by the ring of sincerity in the builder's voice.
Malgré elle, Cynthia fut impressionnée par l'accent de sincérité dans la voix du charpentier.
Vocabulary
- peux
- puh — First person singular form of pouvoir, meaning can
- évoquer
- ay-voh-kay — To evoke, recall, or bring to mind something
- maintenant
- mant-nahn — Adverb meaning now or at this moment
- sous
- soo — Preposition meaning under or beneath something
- grands
- grahn — Adjective meaning large, tall, or great in size
- érables
- ay-rahbl — Maple trees, commonly found in northern forests
- rue
- roo — A street or road in a town or city
- village
- vee-lahzh — A small rural settlement or community
- figure
- fee-goor — A face or figure, person's appearance or form
- virginale
- veer-zhee-nahl — Adjective meaning pure, innocent, or virginal
- yeux
- yuh — Plural noun meaning eyes
- gris
- gree — Adjective meaning gray in color
- illuminaient
- ee-loo-mee-nay — Imperfect tense of illuminer, meaning lit up or brightened
- visage
- vee-zahzh — A person's face or facial expression
- ombragé
- om-brah-zhay — Adjective meaning shaded or shadowed by something
- bonnet
- boh-nay — A type of hat or cap worn on the head
- brides
- breed — Strings or ties used to fasten a bonnet or hat
- on
- on — Indefinite subject pronoun meaning one, we, or they
- envolait
- ahn-voh-lay — Imperfect tense of s'envoler, meaning flew away or soared
- au-dessus
- oh-duh-soo — Adverb or preposition meaning above or over something
- nuages
- noo-ahzh — Plural noun meaning clouds in the sky
- jeu
- zhuh — A game or play activity for entertainment
- renard
- ruh-nar — A fox, a cunning wild animal
- oies
- wah — Plural noun meaning geese, a type of bird
- dit
- dee — Third person singular past tense of dire, meaning said
- raison
- ray-zon — Reason, rationale, or justification for something
- capacités
- kah-pah-see-tay — Abilities or capacities a person possesses
- était
- ay-tay — Imperfect tense of être, meaning was or used to be
- personnage
- pair-soh-nahzh — A character or notable person in a story
- privilégié
- pree-vee-lay-zhyay — Adjective meaning privileged or having special advantages
- Croyez-moi
- krwah-yay-mwah — Imperative phrase meaning believe me or trust me
- sacrément
- sah-kray-mahn — Adverb meaning damned or exceedingly, used for emphasis
- plus
- ploo — Adverb meaning more or most in comparisons
- malin
- mah-lan — Adjective meaning clever, shrewd, or cunning
- gens
- zhahn — Plural noun meaning people or folks in general
- cette
- set — Feminine demonstrative adjective meaning this or that
- ville
- veel — A city or town where people live
- pensent
- pahns — Third person plural of penser, meaning think or believe
- font
- fon — Third person plural of faire, meaning do or make
- attention
- ah-tahn-syon — Noun meaning attention or care given to something
- lui
- lwee — Third person singular pronoun meaning him or to him
- grand-chose
- grahn-shohz — Phrase meaning much or a great deal, often negative
- bégaie
- bay-gay — Third person singular of bégayer, meaning stutters
- guère
- gair — Adverb meaning hardly or scarcely, used in negation
- reçu
- ruh-soo — Past participle of recevoir, meaning received
- instruction
- an-strook-syon — Education, schooling, or formal instruction received
- mais
- may — Conjunction meaning but, introducing a contrast
- hésiterais
- ay-zee-tuh-ray — Conditional of hésiter, meaning would hesitate
- parier
- pah-ryay — To bet or wager on an outcome
- fera
- fuh-rah — Future tense of faire, meaning will do or make
- parler
- par-lay — To speak or talk, an infinitive verb
- monde
- mond — The world or society at large
- ces
- say — Plural demonstrative adjective meaning these or those
- jours
- zhoor — Plural noun meaning days or times
- écria
- ay-kree-ah — Past tense of s'écrier, meaning exclaimed or cried out
- commençant
- koh-mahn-sahn — Present participle of commencer, meaning beginning or starting
- pétiller
- pay-tee-yay — To sparkle or glitter, referring to eyes or personality
- suppose
- soo-pohz — First person of supposer, meaning suppose or assume
- penses
- pahns — Second person singular of penser, meaning think
- va
- vah — Third person singular of aller, meaning goes or will go
- devenir
- duh-vuh-neer — To become, an infinitive expressing transformation
- Président
- pray-zee-dahn — A president or head of state of a country
- Très
- tray — Adverb meaning very, used to intensify adjectives
- bien
- byan — Adverb meaning well or good
- rire
- reer — To laugh or laughter as a noun
- déjà
- day-zhah — Adverb meaning already or yet, referring to time
- parlé
- par-lay — Past participle of parler, meaning spoken or talked
- avec
- ah-vek — Preposition meaning with, accompanying or alongside
- peine
- pen — Difficulty or barely, used in expression à peine
- adressé
- ah-dreh-say — Past participle of adresser, meaning addressed or directed
- deux
- duh — The number two
- mots
- moh — Plural noun meaning words
- toute
- toot — Feminine form of tout, meaning all or entire
- vie
- vee — Noun meaning life or lifetime
- répondit-elle
- ray-pon-dee-tel — Inverted past tense phrase meaning she replied
- vrai
- vray — Adjective meaning true or real
- petit
- puh-tee — Adjective meaning small or little in size
- presbytère
- pres-bee-tair — A parsonage or rectory where a pastor lives
- blanc
- blahn — Adjective meaning white in color
- fût
- foo — Imperfect subjunctive of être, meaning was or were
- cents
- sahn — Plural of cent, meaning hundreds in measurement
- mètres
- meh-tr — Plural of mètre, unit of length equal to meters
- maison
- may-zon — A house or home where people live
- tannerie
- tah-nuh-ree — A tannery where animal hides are processed
- jamais
- zhah-may — Adverb meaning never or ever in negative contexts
- été
- ay-tay — Past participle of être, meaning been
- malade
- mah-lahd — Adjective or noun meaning sick or ill person
- remarqua
- ruh-mar-kah — Past tense of remarquer, meaning remarked or noted
- faisant
- fuh-zahn — Present participle of faire, meaning doing or making
- allusion
- ah-loo-zyon — An indirect reference or hint to something
- penchants
- pahn-shahn — Tendencies, inclinations, or preferences for something
- visite
- vee-zeet — A visit or call paid to someone
- malades
- mah-lahd — Plural noun meaning sick people or patients
- vu
- voo — Past participle of voir, meaning seen
- hommes
- om — Plural noun meaning men
- différents
- dee-fay-rahn — Adjective meaning different or various in kind
- dis
- dee — First person singular of dire, meaning say or tell
- possède
- poh-sed — Third person singular of posséder, meaning possesses
- sorte
- sort — A sort, kind, or type of something
- pouvoir
- poo-vwahr — Power or ability; also the infinitive meaning to be able
- rencontre
- rahn-kontr — A meeting or encounter between people
- souvent
- soo-vahn — Adverb meaning often or frequently
- s'en
- sahn — Reflexive pronoun combination meaning of it or about it
- doutent
- doot — Third person plural of douter, meaning doubt
- Malgré
- mal-gray — Preposition meaning despite or in spite of
- fut
- foo — Simple past of être, meaning was
- impressionnée
- am-preh-syoh-nay — Past participle meaning impressed or affected strongly
- accent
- ak-sahn — Accent, tone, or manner of speaking
- sincérité
- san-say-ree-tay — Sincerity or genuineness in expression or feeling
- voix
- vwah — A voice or the sound of speaking
- charpentier
- shar-pahn-tyay — A carpenter who works with wood and timber
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