History of Tom Jones, a Foundling — Page 1
THE FAMILY OF MR ALLWORTHY, FROM THE TIME WHEN TOMMY JONES ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, TILL HE ATTAINED THE AGE OF NINETEEN.
LA FAMILLE DE M. ALLWORTHY, DEPUIS L'ÉPOQUE OÙ TOMMY JONES ATTEIGNIT L'ÂGE DE QUATORZE ANS, JUSQU'À CE QU'IL EÛT ATTEINT L'ÂGE DE DIX-NEUF ANS.
IN THIS BOOK THE READER MAY PICK UP SOME HINTS CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
DANS CE LIVRE, LE LECTEUR POURRA TROUVER QUELQUES INDICATIONS CONCERNANT L'ÉDUCATION DES ENFANTS.
Vocabulary
- FAMILLE
- Family; a group of related people
- M.
- Abbreviation for Monsieur, meaning 'Mr.'
- DEPUIS
- Preposition meaning 'since' or 'from'
- ÉPOQUE
- A period or era in time
- OÙ
- Relative pronoun or adverb meaning 'where' or 'when'
- ATTEIGNIT
- Past tense of 'atteindre': reached or attained an age
- ÂGE
- Age; the number of years someone has lived
- QUATORZE
- The number fourteen
- ANS
- Years; used when expressing someone's age
- JUSQU'
- Contraction of 'jusqu'à': meaning 'until' or 'up to'
- EÛT
- Past subjunctive of 'avoir': had (literary usage)
- ATTEINT
- Past participle of 'atteindre': reached or achieved
- DIX
- The number ten
- NEUF
- The number nine; also means 'new'
- DANS
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'within'
- LIVRE
- Book; a written or printed literary work
- LECTEUR
- Reader; a person who reads a text
- POURRA
- Future tense of 'pouvoir': will be able to
- TROUVER
- To find or discover something
- QUELQUES
- Adjective meaning 'some' or 'a few'
- INDICATIONS
- Indications; hints or pieces of information provided
- CONCERNANT
- Preposition meaning 'concerning' or 'regarding'
- ÉDUCATION
- Education; the process of teaching and raising children
- ENFANTS
- Children; young people or offspring
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