Crime and Punishment — Page 9
The furniture, all very old and of yellow wood, consisted of a sofa with a huge bent wooden back, an oval table in front of the sofa, a dressing-table with a looking-glass fixed on it between the windows, chairs along the walls and two or three half-penny prints in yellow frames, representing German damsels with birds in their hands--that was all.
Les meubles, tous très vieux et en bois jaune, consistaient en un canapé avec un grand dossier en bois courbé, une table ovale devant le canapé, une coiffeuse avec un miroir fixé dessus entre les fenêtres, des chaises le long des murs et deux ou trois gravures bon marché dans des cadres jaunes, représentant des demoiselles allemandes avec des oiseaux dans les mains -- c'était tout.
In the corner a light was burning before a small ikon.
Dans le coin, une lumière brûlait devant une petite icône.
Everything was very clean; the floor and the furniture were brightly polished; everything shone.
Tout était très propre ; le sol et les meubles étaient brillamment cirés ; tout reluisait.
"Lizaveta's work," thought the young man.
« C'est l'œuvre de Lizaveta », pensa le jeune homme.
There was not a speck of dust to be seen in the whole flat.
On ne voyait pas un grain de poussière dans tout l'appartement.
"It's in the houses of spiteful old widows that one finds such cleanliness," Raskolnikov thought again, and he stole a curious glance at the cotton curtain over the door leading into another tiny room, in which stood the old woman's bed and chest of drawers and into which he had never looked before.
« C'est dans les maisons des vieilles veuves malveillantes que l'on trouve une telle propreté », pensa de nouveau Raskolnikov, et il jeta un regard curieux sur le rideau de coton au-dessus de la porte menant à une autre petite pièce, dans laquelle se trouvaient le lit et la commode de la vieille femme et dans laquelle il n'avait jamais regardé auparavant.
These two rooms made up the whole flat.
Ces deux pièces constituaient tout l'appartement.
"What do you want?" the old woman said severely, coming into the room and, as before, standing in front of him so as to look him straight in the face.
« Que voulez-vous ? » dit sévèrement la vieille femme, entrant dans la pièce et, comme auparavant, se plaçant devant lui de manière à le regarder droit dans les yeux.
"I've brought something to pawn here," and he drew out of his pocket an old-fashioned flat silver watch, on the back of which was engraved a globe; the chain was of steel.
« J'ai apporté quelque chose à mettre en gage », et il sortit de sa poche une vieille montre plate en argent, au dos de laquelle était gravé un globe ; la chaîne était en acier.
"But the time is up for your last pledge. The month was up the day before yesterday.
« Mais le délai est écoulé pour votre dernier gage. Le mois s'est terminé avant-hier.
Vocabulary
- meubles
- Furniture; movable objects used to furnish a room
- tous
- All; every one of a group
- très
- Very; to a high degree
- vieux
- Old; having existed for a long time
- en
- In or made of; preposition indicating material
- bois
- Wood; hard material from trees
- jaune
- Yellow; the color of the sun
- consistaient
- Consisted of; were composed of certain elements
- canapé
- Sofa; upholstered seat for multiple people
- grand
- Large; of considerable size or height
- dossier
- Backrest; the back part of a seat
- courbé
- Curved; bent in a smooth arc
- table
- Table; flat-surfaced furniture for placing objects
- ovale
- Oval; egg-shaped, elliptical in form
- devant
- In front of; positioned before something
- coiffeuse
- Dressing table; furniture with mirror for grooming
- miroir
- Mirror; reflective surface showing one's image
- fixé
- Fixed; attached firmly to something
- dessus
- On top; above or attached to it
- entre
- Between; in the space separating two things
- fenêtres
- Windows; openings in walls admitting light
- chaises
- Chairs; seats with backs for one person
- long
- Along; following the length of something
- murs
- Walls; vertical structures enclosing a room
- gravures
- Engravings or prints; decorative framed artwork images
- bon
- Good; of satisfactory quality or value
- marché
- Market; also cheap in bon marché
- cadres
- Frames; borders encasing pictures or artwork
- jaunes
- Yellow; plural form of jaune
- représentant
- Depicting; showing or portraying something visually
- demoiselles
- Young ladies; unmarried women or girls
- allemandes
- German; feminine plural referring to German women
- oiseaux
- Birds; feathered winged animals
- mains
- Hands; body parts at the end of arms
- c'était
- That was; it was, past tense of c'est
- tout
- All; everything, the totality of something
- coin
- Corner; angle where two walls or lines meet
- lumière
- Light; illumination or source of brightness
- brûlait
- Was burning; giving off flame or light
- petite
- Small; little in size
- icône
- Icon; religious image venerated in Orthodox tradition
- Tout
- Everything; the whole, all things together
- était
- Was; third person singular past tense of être
- propre
- Clean; free from dirt or impurity
- sol
- Floor; the lower surface of a room
- étaient
- Were; third person plural imperfect of être
- brillamment
- Brilliantly; in a bright or shining manner
- cirés
- Waxed; polished with wax to shine
- reluisait
- Gleamed; shone with a bright reflected light
- l'œuvre
- The work; result of someone's labor or effort
- pensa
- Thought; past tense of penser, to think
- jeune
- Young; not old, early in life
- homme
- Man; adult male human being
- On
- One; indefinite pronoun meaning people in general
- voyait
- Saw; could see, imperfect of voir
- grain
- Grain; a tiny particle of something
- poussière
- Dust; fine dry particles settling on surfaces
- l'appartement
- The apartment; a set of rooms as dwelling
- maisons
- Houses; buildings used as human dwellings
- vieilles
- Old; feminine plural adjective meaning aged
- veuves
- Widows; women whose husbands have died
- malveillantes
- Malevolent; ill-wishing, having bad intentions toward others
- l'on
- One; stylistic variant of on for euphony
- trouve
- Finds; discovers or encounters something somewhere
- telle
- Such; of this kind or degree
- propreté
- Cleanliness; the state of being clean
- nouveau
- Again; anew, once more (de nouveau)
- jeta
- Cast; threw, past tense of jeter
- regard
- Look; a glance or gaze directed at something
- curieux
- Curious; showing interest or inquisitiveness
- rideau
- Curtain; hanging fabric covering a window or doorway
- coton
- Cotton; soft natural fabric from cotton plant
- au-dessus
- Above; over, at a higher position than
- porte
- Door; movable barrier closing an entrance
- menant
- Leading; going toward or connecting to somewhere
- autre
- Other; different or additional one
- pièce
- Room; an enclosed space within a building
- laquelle
- Which; relative pronoun referring to a feminine noun
- trouvaient
- Were found; located, situated in a place
- lit
- Bed; furniture for sleeping or resting
- commode
- Chest of drawers; furniture for storing clothes
- vieille
- Old; feminine adjective meaning aged
- femme
- Woman; adult female human being
- n'avait
- Had not; negated imperfect of avoir
- jamais
- Never; at no time, not ever
- regardé
- Looked at; observed or examined visually
- auparavant
- Before; previously, at an earlier time
- Ces
- These; demonstrative plural adjective
- pièces
- Rooms; enclosed spaces within a building
- constituaient
- Constituted; made up or formed a whole
- voulez-vous
- Do you want; what do you wish
- dit
- Said; past tense of dire, to say
- sévèrement
- Severely; in a strict or harsh manner
- entrant
- Entering; going or coming into a space
- comme
- As; like, in the manner of
- plaçant
- Placing; positioning oneself or something somewhere
- manière
- Way; manner or method of doing something
- regarder
- To look; to watch or observe something
- droit
- Straight; directly, without deviation
- yeux
- Eyes; the organs of sight
- apporté
- Brought; carried something to a place
- quelque
- Some; a certain unspecified thing
- chose
- Thing; an object or matter
- mettre
- To put; to place or set as pledge
- gage
- Pledge; an item given as security or pawn
- sortit
- Took out; removed from, past tense of sortir
- poche
- Pocket; small bag sewn into clothing
- montre
- Watch; a timepiece worn or carried
- plate
- Flat; thin and level, not thick
- argent
- Silver; precious white metal, also means money
- dos
- Back; the reverse or posterior side of something
- gravé
- Engraved; having a design etched into a surface
- globe
- Globe; spherical representation of the earth
- chaîne
- Chain; series of linked metal rings
- acier
- Steel; strong metal alloy of iron and carbon
- Mais
- But; however, introducing a contrasting statement
- délai
- Deadline; allotted time period or delay
- écoulé
- Elapsed; passed, expired (of time)
- dernier
- Last; most recent, final one in sequence
- mois
- Month; one of twelve divisions of a year
- terminé
- Ended; concluded or finished, past participle
- avant-hier
- The day before yesterday; two days ago
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