History of Tom Jones, a Foundling — Page 1
omens. A little tale of so LOW a kind that some may think it not worth their notice.
présages. Un petit conte d'un genre si BAS que certains pourraient penser qu'il ne vaut pas la peine d'y prêter attention.
A word or two concerning a squire, and more relating to a gamekeeper and a schoolmaster.
Un mot ou deux concernant un châtelain, et davantage relatif à un garde-chasse et un instituteur.
Vocabulary
- présages
- pray-zazh — omens or signs foretelling future events
- petit
- puh-tee — small or little in size
- conte
- kawnt — a short story or tale, often fictional
- genre
- zhawn-ruh — a category or type of artistic or literary work
- si
- see — so, such, or if, used for emphasis or condition
- BAS
- bah — low in quality, status, or moral standing
- certains
- sehr-tahn — certain or some specific people or things
- pourraient
- poo-reh — could or might, conditional form of 'pouvoir'
- penser
- pawn-say — to think or consider something mentally
- vaut
- voh — is worth, third-person form of 'valoir'
- peine
- pehn — effort, trouble, or pain worth taking
- y
- ee — there, or to it, a locative pronoun
- prêter
- preh-tay — to lend or give, as in attention
- attention
- ah-tawn-syawn — care, notice, or focused mental awareness
- mot
- moh — a word in language or speech
- concernant
- kawn-sehr-nawn — concerning or regarding a particular subject
- châtelain
- shah-tuh-lahn — lord or owner of a castle or manor
- davantage
- dah-vawn-tazh — more, to a greater extent or degree
- relatif
- ruh-lah-teef — relative or relating to a particular thing
- garde
- gard — guard or keeper responsible for protection
- chasse
- shahs — hunting or the activity of pursuing game
- instituteur
- an-stee-too-tuhr — a primary school teacher, especially male
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