Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 8
he demanded.
exigea-t-il.
No wonder Cynthia gasped.
Il n'était pas étonnant que Cynthia eût le souffle coupé.
Jethro Bass, Chairman of the Board, in the honored seat of Deacon Moses Hatch, the perquisite of the church in Coniston!
Jethro Bass, président du Conseil, dans le siège honoré du diacre Moses Hatch, le privilège de l'église de Coniston !
The idea was heresy.
L'idée était une hérésie.
As a matter of fact, Jock himself uttered it as a playful exaggeration.
En réalité, Jock lui-même l'avait dit comme une exagération plaisante.
Certain nonconformist farmers, of whom there were not a few in the town, had come into Jonah Winch's store that morning; and Jabez Miller, who lived on the north slope, had taken away the breath of the orthodox by suggesting that Jethro Bass be nominated for town office.
Certains fermiers non-conformistes, dont il n'y en avait pas peu dans la ville, étaient entrés ce matin-là dans le magasin de Jonah Winch ; et Jabez Miller, qui vivait sur le versant nord, avait coupé le souffle aux orthodoxes en suggérant que Jethro Bass soit nommé à une charge municipale.
Jock Hallowell had paused once or twice on his work on the steeple to look across the tree-tops at Coniston shouldering the sky.
Jock Hallowell s'était arrêté une ou deux fois dans son travail sur le clocher pour regarder par-dessus les cimes des arbres Coniston se profilant contre le ciel.
He had been putting two and two together, and now he was merely making five out of it, instead of four.
Il avait additionné les indices, et maintenant il en tirait simplement cinq au lieu de quatre.
He remembered that Jethro Bass had for some years been journeying through the town, baying his hides and wool, and collecting the interest on his mortgages.
Il se souvenait que Jethro Bass parcourait la ville depuis quelques années, achetant ses peaux et sa laine, et collectant les intérêts de ses hypothèques.
Cynthia would have liked to reprove Jock Hallowell, and tell him there were some subjects which should not be joked about.
Cynthia aurait aimé réprimander Jock Hallowell, et lui dire qu'il y avait des sujets sur lesquels on ne devait pas plaisanter.
Jethro Bass, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen!
Jethro Bass, président du Conseil des sélecteurs !
"Well, here comes, young Moses, I do believe," said Jock, gathering his pegs into his apron and preparing to ascend once more.
« Eh bien, voilà le jeune Moses, j'en suis sûr », dit Jock, rassemblant ses chevilles dans son tablier et se préparant à remonter.
"Callated he'd spring up pretty soon."
« Je pensais bien qu'il surgirait bientôt. »
"Jock, you do talk foolishly for a man who is able to build a church," said Cynthia, as she walked away.
« Jock, vous parlez vraiment sottement pour un homme capable de construire une église », dit Cynthia en s'éloignant.
Vocabulary
- exigea
- eg-zee-zhay — demanded or required something from someone
- il
- eel — third person singular masculine pronoun meaning he
- Il
- eel — third person singular masculine pronoun meaning he
- n'
- n — negation particle used before vowels
- était
- ay-tay — was; past imperfect form of être
- pas
- pah — negation word meaning not
- étonnant
- ay-toh-nahn — surprising or astonishing
- que
- kuh — that; conjunction or relative pronoun
- eût
- ew — had; past subjunctive form of avoir
- le
- luh — masculine definite article meaning the
- souffle
- soo-fluh — breath or puff of air
- coupé
- koo-pay — cut; here meaning breath was taken away
- président
- pray-zee-dahn — president or chairman of a group
- du
- dew — contraction of de le meaning of the
- Conseil
- kohn-say — council or governing advisory body
- dans
- dahn — in or inside a place or context
- siège
- syezh — seat or position of authority
- honoré
- oh-noh-ray — honored or held in high esteem
- diacre
- dyah-kruh — deacon; a church official or minister
- privilège
- pree-vee-lezh — privilege or special right granted to someone
- de
- duh — of or from; very common preposition
- l'
- l — definite article before vowel meaning the
- église
- ay-gleez — church; a Christian place of worship
- L'
- l — definite article before vowel meaning the
- idée
- ee-day — idea or thought in someone's mind
- une
- ewn — feminine indefinite article meaning a or an
- hérésie
- ay-ray-zee — heresy; belief opposed to accepted religious doctrine
- En
- ahn — in or by; common French preposition
- réalité
- ray-ah-lee-tay — reality; the actual state of things
- lui
- lwee — him or he; stressed pronoun or indirect object
- même
- mehm — same or even; used for emphasis
- avait
- ah-vay — had; past imperfect form of avoir
- dit
- dee — said; past participle of dire
- comme
- kohm — as or like; comparison conjunction
- exagération
- eg-zah-zhay-rah-syohn — exaggeration; overstating something beyond the truth
- plaisante
- play-zahnt — pleasant or humorous; joking in nature
- Certains
- sair-tan — certain or some; referring to specific people
- fermiers
- fair-myay — farmers; people who work agricultural land
- non
- nohn — no or non; negation or refusal
- conformistes
- kohn-for-meest — nonconformists; those rejecting established religious norms
- dont
- dohn — whose or of which; relative pronoun
- y
- ee — there; pronoun replacing a place already mentioned
- en
- ahn — in or some; pronoun or preposition
- peu
- puh — few or little; indicating small quantity
- la
- lah — feminine definite article meaning the
- ville
- veel — town or city; an urban settlement
- étaient
- ay-tay — were; past imperfect plural of être
- entrés
- ahn-tray — entered; past participle of entrer
- ce
- suh — this or that; demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- matin
- mah-tan — morning; the early part of the day
- là
- lah — there; indicating a place or moment
- magasin
- mah-gah-zan — shop or store; a place selling goods
- et
- ay — and; basic coordinating conjunction
- qui
- kee — who or which; relative or interrogative pronoun
- vivait
- vee-vay — was living; past imperfect of vivre
- sur
- sewr — on or upon; common preposition of location
- versant
- vair-sahn — slope or side of a hill or mountain
- nord
- nor — north; cardinal direction opposite to south
- aux
- oh — to the or at the; plural contraction
- orthodoxes
- or-toh-doks — orthodox; those following traditional religious beliefs
- suggérant
- sew-zhay-rahn — suggesting; proposing an idea to others
- soit
- swah — be; subjunctive of être meaning let it be
- nommé
- noh-may — appointed or named to a position
- à
- ah — to or at; very common preposition
- charge
- sharzh — office or responsibility; a duty assigned
- municipale
- mew-nee-see-pahl — municipal; relating to local town government
- s'
- s — reflexive pronoun before vowel meaning himself
- arrêté
- ah-reh-tay — stopped; past participle of arrêter
- ou
- oo — or; coordinating conjunction offering alternatives
- deux
- duh — two; the number 2
- fois
- fwah — times; instances or occurrences of something
- son
- sohn — his or her; possessive adjective masculine singular
- travail
- trah-vahy — work or labor; task being performed
- clocher
- kloh-shay — bell tower or church steeple
- pour
- poor — for or in order to; purpose preposition
- regarder
- ruh-gar-day — to look at or watch something
- par
- par — by or through; preposition of means
- dessus
- duh-sew — above or over; indicating higher position
- les
- lay — plural definite article meaning the
- cimes
- seem — treetops or summits; highest points of trees
- des
- day — of the; plural partitive or definite article
- arbres
- ar-bruh — trees; woody perennial plants with trunks
- se
- suh — himself or themselves; reflexive pronoun
- profilant
- proh-fee-lahn — profiling or silhouetting against a background
- contre
- kohn-truh — against; preposition indicating opposition or contact
- ciel
- syel — sky; the expanse above the earth
- additionné
- ah-dee-syoh-nay — added up or totaled various pieces of information
- indices
- an-dees — clues or indicators pointing toward a conclusion
- maintenant
- man-tuh-nahn — now; at the present moment in time
- tirait
- tee-ray — was drawing or pulling a conclusion
- simplement
- sam-pluh-mahn — simply or just; in a straightforward manner
- cinq
- sank — five; the number 5
- au
- oh — to the or at the; masculine singular contraction
- lieu
- lyuh — place; au lieu de means instead of
- quatre
- kah-truh — four; the number 4
- souvenait
- soo-vuh-nay — remembered; past imperfect of se souvenir
- parcourait
- par-koo-ray — was traveling through or covering a territory
- depuis
- duh-pwee — since or for; indicates duration of time
- quelques
- kel-kuh — some or a few; small indefinite quantity
- années
- ah-nay — years; plural of année meaning year
- achetant
- ash-tahn — buying or purchasing; present participle of acheter
- ses
- say — his or her; possessive adjective plural form
- peaux
- poh — hides or skins; animal pelts for trade
- sa
- sah — his or her; possessive adjective feminine singular
- laine
- len — wool; fiber from sheep used in textiles
- collectant
- koh-lek-tahn — collecting or gathering; present participle of collecter
- intérêts
- an-tay-reh — interests or interest payments on loans
- hypothèques
- ee-poh-tek — mortgages; loans secured against property
- aurait
- oh-ray — would have; conditional form of avoir
- aimé
- ay-may — liked or would have liked to do
- réprimander
- ray-pree-mahn-day — to reprimand or scold someone sharply
- dire
- deer — to say or tell; basic speech verb
- qu'
- k — that; conjunction before vowel sound
- sujets
- sew-zhay — subjects or topics of conversation or discussion
- lesquels
- lay-kel — which; relative pronoun replacing plural masculine nouns
- on
- ohn — one or we; indefinite subject pronoun
- ne
- nuh — negation particle used with pas or other words
- devait
- duh-vay — should or had to; past imperfect of devoir
- plaisanter
- play-zahn-tay — to joke or jest about something
- sélecteurs
- say-lek-tur — selectmen; elected local government officials
- Eh
- ay — hey or well; interjection attracting attention
- bien
- byan — well or good; common adverb or adjective
- voilà
- vwah-lah — there it is; used to present something
- jeune
- zhun — young; describing a person of youth
- j'
- zh — I; first person subject pronoun before vowel
- suis
- swee — am; first person present of être
- sûr
- sewr — sure or certain; confident about something
- rassemblant
- rah-sahm-blahn — gathering or collecting together various items
- chevilles
- shuh-veey — pegs or ankles; small cylindrical fastening pieces
- tablier
- tah-blee-ay — apron; protective garment worn over clothing
- préparant
- pray-pah-rahn — preparing; getting ready to do something
- remonter
- ruh-mohn-tay — to go back up or climb again
- Je
- zhuh — I; first person singular subject pronoun
- pensais
- pahn-say — was thinking; past imperfect of penser
- surgirait
- sewr-zhee-ray — would arise or emerge suddenly from somewhere
- bientôt
- byan-toh — soon; in a short time from now
- vous
- voo — you; formal or plural second person pronoun
- parlez
- par-lay — speak; second person plural of parler
- vraiment
- vray-mahn — truly or really; emphasizing sincerity or fact
- sottement
- sot-mahn — foolishly or stupidly; in a senseless manner
- un
- un — a or one; masculine indefinite article
- homme
- om — man; an adult male person
- capable
- kah-pahbl — capable or able; having the necessary skill
- construire
- kohn-strweer — to build or construct a structure
- éloignant
- ay-lwah-nyahn — moving away or distancing from something
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