Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 9
The young Moses referred to was Moses Hatch, Junior, son of the pillar of the Church and State, and it was an open secret that he was madly in love with Cynthia.
Le jeune Moses en question était Moses Hatch Junior, fils du pilier de l'Église et de l'État, et c'était un secret de polichinelle qu'il était éperdument amoureux de Cynthia.
Let it be said of him that he was a steady-going young man, and that he sighed for the moon.
Qu'il soit dit de lui qu'il était un jeune homme sérieux et rangé, et qu'il soupirait après la lune.
"Moses," said the girl, when they came in sight of the elms that, shaded the gable of the parsonage, "what do you think of Jethro Bass?"
« Moses », dit la jeune fille, lorsqu'ils aperçurent les ormes qui ombrageaient le pignon du presbytère, « que penses-tu de Jethro Bass ? »
"Jethro Bass!" exclaimed honest Moses, "whatever put him into your head, Cynthy?"
« Jethro Bass ! » s'exclama l'honnête Moses, « qu'est-ce qui t'a mis son nom en tête, Cynthy ? »
Had she mentioned perhaps, any other young man in Coniston, Moses would have been eaten with jealousy.
Si elle avait mentionné peut-être n'importe quel autre jeune homme de Coniston, Moses aurait été dévoré de jalousie.
"Oh, Jock was joking about him. What do you think of him?"
« Oh, Jock plaisantait à son sujet. Qu'est-ce que tu penses de lui ? »
"Never thought one way or t'other," he answered.
« Je n'y ai jamais pensé d'une façon ou d'une autre », répondit-il.
"Jethro never had much to do with the boys.
« Jethro n'a jamais eu grand-chose à faire avec les garçons.
He's always in that tannery, or out buyin' of hides.
Il est toujours dans cette tannerie, ou dehors à acheter des peaux.
He does make a sharp bargain when he buys a hide.
Il fait vraiment un marché serré quand il achète une peau.
We always goes shares on our'n."
Nous partageons toujours les nôtres. »
Cynthia was not only the minister's daughter,--distinction enough,--her reputation for learning was spread through the country roundabout, and at the age of twenty she had had an offer to teach school in Harwich.
Cynthia n'était pas seulement la fille du pasteur — distinction suffisante en elle-même —, sa réputation d'érudition s'était répandue dans tout le pays environnant, et à l'âge de vingt ans elle avait reçu une offre pour enseigner dans une école à Harwich.
Vocabulary
- jeune
- zhun — Young; describing a person of little age
- en
- ahn — In, on, or at; a common preposition or pronoun
- question
- kess-tyohn — Question; a matter or issue under discussion
- était
- eh-teh — Was; third person singular imperfect of être
- fils
- feess — Son; a male child in relation to his parents
- du
- dü — Of the; contracted masculine singular partitive article
- pilier
- pee-lyeh — Pillar; a key supporter or cornerstone of something
- de
- duh — Of, from; very common French preposition
- Église
- eh-gleez — Church; a Christian place of worship or institution
- État
- eh-tah — State; a political or governmental entity
- secret
- suh-kreh — Secret; something kept hidden or confidential
- polichinelle
- po-lee-shee-nel — Open secret; something supposedly secret but widely known
- éperdument
- eh-pehr-dü-mahn — Desperately, madly; with overwhelming intensity of feeling
- amoureux
- ah-moo-ruh — In love; feeling romantic affection for someone
- soit
- swah — Be; third person singular present subjunctive of être
- dit
- dee — Said; third person singular past tense of dire
- lui
- lwee — Him, he; emphatic or indirect object pronoun
- homme
- om — Man; an adult male human being
- sérieux
- seh-ryuh — Serious; responsible, earnest, and dependable in character
- rangé
- rahn-zheh — Settled, orderly; living a well-regulated respectable life
- soupirait
- soo-pee-reh — Was sighing; longing or yearning for something deeply
- après
- ah-preh — After, for; indicating pursuit or longing toward something
- lune
- lün — Moon; the natural satellite orbiting Earth
- fille
- feey — Girl, daughter; a young female or female child
- lorsqu'
- lohrsk — When; conjunction indicating a specific point in time
- aperçurent
- ah-pehr-sür-ahn — Caught sight of; they suddenly noticed or spotted something
- ormes
- orm — Elm trees; large deciduous trees of the genus Ulmus
- ombrageaient
- ohm-bra-zheh — Were shading; casting shadow over something with branches
- pignon
- pee-nyohn — Gable; triangular upper part of a building's wall end
- presbytère
- preh-zbee-tehr — Presbytery; residence of a parish priest or minister
- penses-
- pahns — Think; second person singular of penser (split form)
- exclama
- ex-klah-mah — Exclaimed; cried out with sudden strong emotion
- honnête
- oh-net — Honest; truthful, fair, and morally upright
- mis
- mee — Put, placed; past participle of mettre
- nom
- nohn — Name; word by which a person or thing is known
- tête
- tet — Head; the uppermost part of the body
- Si
- see — If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothetical clause
- avait
- ah-veh — Had; third person singular imperfect of avoir
- mentionné
- mahn-syo-neh — Mentioned; brought up or referred to in conversation
- être
- etr — To be; infinitive of the fundamental verb of existence
- importe
- am-pohrt — Matters; used in n'importe quel meaning any whatsoever
- quel
- kel — Which, what; interrogative or exclamatory adjective
- autre
- ohtr — Other, another; indicating a different person or thing
- aurait
- oh-reh — Would have; third person singular conditional of avoir
- été
- eh-teh — Been; past participle of être
- dévoré
- deh-voh-reh — Devoured, consumed; overwhelmed intensely by an emotion
- jalousie
- zhah-loo-zee — Jealousy; resentful envy of another's advantages or relationships
- plaisantait
- pleh-zahn-teh — Was joking; speaking in a light-hearted teasing manner
- sujet
- sü-zheh — Subject, topic; the matter being discussed or considered
- penses
- pahns — Think; second person singular present of penser
- y
- ee — There, to it; pronoun replacing a previously mentioned place
- jamais
- zhah-meh — Never, ever; adverb of negation or emphasis
- pensé
- pahn-seh — Thought; past participle of penser
- façon
- fah-sohn — Way, manner; a particular method or mode of doing
- répondit-
- reh-pohn-dee — Replied; third person singular passé simple of répondre
- eu
- ü — Had; past participle of avoir
- chose
- shohz — Thing; a general word for an object or matter
- faire
- fehr — To do, to make; fundamental French infinitive verb
- avec
- ah-vek — With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association
- garçons
- gar-sohn — Boys; plural of garçon, young male persons
- toujours
- too-zhoor — Always, still; adverb indicating continuity or permanence
- dans
- dahn — In, inside; preposition indicating location within something
- tannerie
- tan-ree — Tannery; a place where animal hides are processed
- dehors
- duh-ohr — Outside, out; adverb or preposition indicating exterior location
- acheter
- ash-teh — To buy; to purchase goods or items in exchange
- peaux
- poh — Hides, skins; plural of peau, animal or human skin
- vraiment
- vreh-mahn — Really, truly; adverb emphasizing truth or intensity
- marché
- mar-sheh — Deal, bargain; a transaction or agreement on price
- serré
- seh-reh — Tight, hard; describing a close or demanding negotiation
- quand
- kahn — When; conjunction or adverb indicating time
- achète
- ah-shet — Buys; third person singular present of acheter
- peau
- poh — Skin, hide; the outer covering of a body
- partageons
- par-tah-zhohn — Share; we divide or distribute something among ourselves
- nôtres
- nohtr — Ours; first person plural possessive pronoun
- seulement
- sul-mahn — Only, just; restricting a statement to one element
- pasteur
- pas-tur — Pastor, minister; a Protestant religious leader or shepherd
- distinction
- dees-tank-syohn — Distinction; a notable difference or mark of honor
- suffisante
- sü-fee-zahnt — Sufficient, enough; adequate to meet a requirement
- même
- mem — Same, itself; used for emphasis or identity
- réputation
- reh-pü-tah-syohn — Reputation; the general opinion others hold of someone
- érudition
- eh-rü-dee-syohn — Erudition; deep scholarly learning and academic knowledge
- répandue
- reh-pahn-dü — Spread, widespread; having extended over a wide area
- tout
- too — All, every; indicating totality or completeness
- pays
- peh-ee — Country, land; a nation or surrounding rural region
- environnant
- ahn-vee-roh-nahn — Surrounding; encircling or being adjacent to an area
- âge
- ahzh — Age; the length of time a person has lived
- vingt
- van — Twenty; the cardinal number 20
- ans
- ahn — Years; plural of an, unit of age or time
- reçu
- ruh-sü — Received; past participle of recevoir
- offre
- ofr — Offer; a proposal or bid presented to someone
- pour
- poor — For, in order to; preposition indicating purpose or recipient
- enseigner
- ahn-seh-nyeh — To teach; to instruct or educate others in a subject
- école
- eh-kol — School; an institution for educating children or students
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