Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 7
At that moment loud, strong steps were heard in the hall; a hearty voice exclaimed:
À ce moment, des pas forts et sonores se firent entendre dans le couloir ; une voix chaleureuse s'écria :
"Where's Light o' the Morning? Where have you hidden yourself, witch?"
« Où est Lumière du Matin ? Où t'es-tu cachée, sorcière ? »
"It's father," said Nora.
« C'est père », dit Nora.
She said the words with a sort of gasp of rejoicing, and the next moment had dashed out of the room.
Elle prononça ces mots avec une sorte de souffle de joie, et l'instant d'après s'était élancée hors de la pièce.
Vocabulary
- À
- a — Preposition meaning 'at' or 'to' in French.
- ce
- suh — Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' or 'that'.
- moment
- moh-mahn — A point or period in time.
- des
- day — Indefinite plural article meaning 'some' or 'of the'.
- pas
- pah — Footsteps or steps made while walking.
- forts
- for — Loud or strong in sound or intensity.
- et
- ay — Conjunction meaning 'and' connecting words or clauses.
- sonores
- soh-nor — Loud and resonant; producing a full rich sound.
- se
- suh — Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'themselves'.
- firent
- feer — Past tense of 'faire'; they made or did.
- entendre
- ahn-tahn-druh — To hear or to be heard by someone.
- dans
- dahn — Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside' a place.
- le
- luh — Definite masculine singular article meaning 'the'.
- couloir
- koo-lwar — A hallway or corridor inside a building.
- une
- oon — Indefinite feminine singular article meaning 'a' or 'an'.
- voix
- vwa — A person's voice used for speaking or singing.
- chaleureuse
- sha-luh-ruhz — Warm and friendly in manner or tone.
- s'
- s — Contracted reflexive pronoun used before a vowel sound.
- écria
- ay-kree-ah — Cried out or exclaimed suddenly and loudly.
- Où
- oo — Interrogative adverb meaning 'where' in French.
- est
- ay — Third person singular of 'être'; meaning 'is'.
- Lumière
- loom-yair — Light; also used as a poetic or symbolic name.
- du
- doo — Contracted form of 'de le' meaning 'of the'.
- Matin
- mah-tan — Morning; the early part of the day.
- t'
- t — Contracted second person reflexive pronoun meaning 'yourself'.
- es-tu
- ay-too — Inverted form of 'tu es' meaning 'are you'.
- cachée
- kah-shay — Hidden or concealed, feminine past participle form.
- sorcière
- sor-syair — A witch or sorceress in folk tales.
- C'
- s — Contracted demonstrative pronoun 'ce' before a vowel.
- père
- pair — Father; a male parent in a family.
- dit
- dee — Past tense of 'dire'; meaning 'said' or 'told'.
- Elle
- el — Third person feminine singular pronoun meaning 'she'.
- prononça
- proh-nohn-sah — Uttered or spoke words aloud clearly.
- ces
- say — Demonstrative adjective meaning 'these' or 'those'.
- mots
- moh — Words used in speech or writing.
- avec
- ah-vek — Preposition meaning 'with' indicating accompaniment or manner.
- sorte
- sort — A kind, type, or sort of something.
- de
- duh — Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from' in French.
- souffle
- soo-fluh — A breath or soft exhalation of air.
- joie
- zhwa — Joy or happiness; a feeling of great pleasure.
- l'
- l — Contracted definite article before a vowel sound.
- instant
- an-stahn — A very brief moment or point in time.
- d'
- d — Contracted preposition 'de' used before a vowel.
- après
- ah-pray — Preposition meaning 'after' indicating sequence in time.
- était
- ay-tay — Imperfect tense of 'être'; meaning 'was' or 'were'.
- élancée
- ay-lahn-say — Darted or rushed swiftly; feminine past participle.
- hors
- or — Preposition meaning 'out of' or 'outside'.
- la
- lah — Definite feminine singular article meaning 'the'.
- pièce
- pyess — A room in a building or living space.
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