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English → Fr Chapter vii -- Containing such grave matter, that the reader cannot Level 8/10

laugh once through the whole chapter, unless peradventure he should laugh at the author.

rire une seule fois dans tout le chapitre, à moins que par hasard il ne veuille rire de l'auteur.

Vocabulary

rire
reer — to laugh; the act of laughing
une
ün — feminine indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
seule
suhl — alone, only, single (feminine form)
fois
fwah — time, instance, occurrence in a sequence
dans
dahn — in, inside, within a place or time
tout
too — all, every, whole, entirely
chapitre
shah-pee-truh — chapter, a division of a book
à
ah — to, at, in; a common preposition
moins
mwahn — less, fewer; used in comparisons
que
kuh — that, than, which; subordinating conjunction
par
par — by, through, per; a common preposition
hasard
ah-zar — chance, luck, accident, coincidence
ne
nuh — negation particle used with 'pas' or alone
veuille
vuh-yuh — subjunctive form of 'vouloir,' meaning to want
auteur
oh-tur — author, writer, creator of a work
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