Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 2
Black Bess is eating her head off in the stables.
La Noire Bess se ronge les sangs dans les écuries.
I want to go as far as Murphy's place, and you might as well come with me."
Je veux aller jusqu'chez Murphy, et vous feriez bien de m'accompagner."
"And I too?" said Nora.
"Et moi aussi ?" dit Nora.
"To be sure, child. Why not? You run round to the stables, Norrie, and give the order."
"Bien sûr, mon enfant. Pourquoi pas ? Cours aux écuries, Norrie, et donne l'ordre."
Nora instantly left the room, the dogs following her.
Nora quitta la pièce aussitôt, les chiens sur ses talons.
"What ails her?" said the Squire, looking at his wife.
"Qu'est-ce qu'elle a ?" dit le Squire en regardant sa femme.
"Ails her, Pat? Nothing that I know of."
"Ce qu'elle a, Pat ? Rien que je sache."
"Then you know very little," was his answer.
"Alors vous savez très peu de choses", fut sa réponse.
"I never see that sort of anxious frown between the colleen's brows without knowing there's mischief in the wind.
"Je ne vois jamais ce genre de froncement de sourcils anxieux sur le front de la fillette sans savoir qu'il y a quelque chose qui cloche.
Somebody has been worrying her, and I won't have it."
Quelqu'un l'a tracassée, et je ne le tolérerai pas."
He put down his great hand with a thump on the nearest table.
Il abattit sa grande main avec un coup sourd sur la table la plus proche.
"Don't, Pat. You quite shatter my nerves."
"Ne faites pas ça, Pat. Vous me brisez complètement les nerfs."
"Bless you and your nerves, Ellen.
"Dieu vous bénisse, vous et vos nerfs, Ellen.
I want to give them all possible consideration; but I won't have Light o' the Morning worried."
Je veux leur accorder toute la considération possible ; mais je ne veux pas que Lumière du Matin soit tracassée."
"You'll spoil that girl; you'll rue it yet."
"Vous allez gâter cette fille ; vous le regretterez encore."
"Bless her heart! I couldn't spoil her; she's unspoilable.
"Dieu la bénisse ! Je ne pourrais pas la gâter ; elle est ingâtable.
Did you ever see a sweeter bit of a thing, sound to the core, through and through?"
Avez-vous jamais vu une créature plus douce, saine jusqu'au fond, de part en part ?"
"Sweet or not," said the mother, "she has got to learn her lesson of life; and it is no good to be too tender with her; she wants a little bracing."
"Douce ou non", dit la mère, "elle doit apprendre sa leçon de vie ; et cela ne sert à rien d'être trop tendre avec elle ; elle a besoin d'un peu de fermeté."
"You have been trying that on--eh?
"Vous avez essayé ça -- hein ?
Vocabulary
- La
- Feminine definite article meaning 'the'
- Noire
- Feminine adjective meaning 'black' or 'dark'
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'himself/herself'
- ronge
- To gnaw, worry, or eat away at something
- les
- Plural definite article meaning 'the'
- sangs
- Blood; 'se ronger les sangs' means to worry greatly
- dans
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'
- écuries
- Stables where horses are kept
- Je
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I'
- veux
- First person form of 'vouloir', meaning 'want'
- aller
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to go'
- jusqu'
- Preposition meaning 'as far as' or 'until'
- chez
- Preposition meaning 'at the home of someone'
- et
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- vous
- Second person plural or formal pronoun meaning 'you'
- feriez
- Conditional form of 'faire', meaning 'would do'
- bien
- Adverb meaning 'well' or 'very'
- de
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- m'
- Contracted form of 'me', first person object pronoun
- accompagner
- Infinitive meaning 'to accompany' or 'go with someone'
- Et
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- moi
- Stressed first person pronoun meaning 'me' or 'I'
- aussi
- Adverb meaning 'also' or 'too'
- dit
- Past tense of 'dire', meaning 'said'
- Bien
- Adverb meaning 'well' or 'certainly'
- sûr
- Adjective meaning 'sure' or 'certain'
- mon
- Possessive adjective meaning 'my' (masculine)
- enfant
- Noun meaning 'child', used as a term of endearment
- Pourquoi
- Interrogative adverb meaning 'why'
- pas
- Negation particle meaning 'not'
- Cours
- Imperative of 'courir', meaning 'run'
- aux
- Contracted form of 'à les', meaning 'to the'
- donne
- Third person singular of 'donner', meaning 'gives'
- l'
- Contracted definite article meaning 'the'
- ordre
- Noun meaning 'order' or 'command'
- quitta
- Simple past of 'quitter', meaning 'left' a place
- la
- Feminine definite article meaning 'the'
- pièce
- Noun meaning 'room' or 'piece'
- aussitôt
- Adverb meaning 'immediately' or 'right away'
- chiens
- Plural noun meaning 'dogs'
- sur
- Preposition meaning 'on' or 'upon'
- ses
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its'
- talons
- Noun meaning 'heels'; 'sur ses talons' means 'at her heels'
- Qu'
- Contracted form of 'que', meaning 'what' or 'that'
- est-
- Part of interrogative construction 'qu'est-ce que'
- ce
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' or 'it'
- qu'
- Contracted conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that' or 'what'
- elle
- Third person feminine pronoun meaning 'she' or 'her'
- a
- Third person singular of 'avoir', meaning 'has'
- le
- Masculine definite article meaning 'the'
- en
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'while'
- regardant
- Present participle of 'regarder', meaning 'looking at'
- sa
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its' (feminine)
- femme
- Noun meaning 'woman' or 'wife'
- Ce
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this', 'that', or 'it'
- Rien
- Pronoun meaning 'nothing'
- que
- Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that', 'which', or 'what'
- je
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I'
- sache
- Subjunctive of 'savoir', meaning 'know'
- Alors
- Adverb meaning 'then', 'so', or 'well then'
- savez
- Second person plural of 'savoir', meaning 'you know'
- très
- Adverb meaning 'very'
- peu
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'few' or 'little'
- choses
- Plural noun meaning 'things'
- fut
- Simple past of 'être', meaning 'was'
- réponse
- Noun meaning 'answer' or 'response'
- ne
- Negation particle used with 'pas', 'jamais', etc.
- vois
- First person singular of 'voir', meaning 'see'
- jamais
- Adverb meaning 'never' or 'ever'
- genre
- Noun meaning 'kind', 'type', or 'sort'
- froncement
- Noun meaning 'furrowing', as in furrowing one's brow
- sourcils
- Plural noun meaning 'eyebrows'
- anxieux
- Adjective meaning 'anxious' or 'worried'
- front
- Noun meaning 'forehead' or 'front'
- fillette
- Noun meaning 'little girl'
- sans
- Preposition meaning 'without'
- savoir
- Infinitive meaning 'to know' something
- il
- Third person masculine pronoun meaning 'he' or 'it'
- y
- Pronoun meaning 'there' or referring to a place
- quelque
- Adjective meaning 'some' or 'a certain'
- chose
- Noun meaning 'thing'
- qui
- Relative pronoun meaning 'who' or 'which'
- cloche
- 'Qui cloche' means something is wrong or off
- Quelqu'
- Contracted form of 'quelqu'un', meaning 'someone'
- un
- Indefinite article or pronoun meaning 'one' or 'someone'
- tracassée
- Adjective meaning 'worried' or 'troubled'
- tolérerai
- Future tense of 'tolérer', meaning 'will tolerate'
- Il
- Third person masculine pronoun meaning 'he' or 'it'
- abattit
- Simple past of 'abattre', meaning 'slammed down'
- grande
- Feminine adjective meaning 'large' or 'great'
- main
- Noun meaning 'hand'
- avec
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- coup
- Noun meaning 'blow', 'hit', or 'strike'
- sourd
- Adjective meaning 'dull' or 'muffled' (of a sound)
- table
- Noun meaning 'table'
- plus
- Adverb meaning 'more' or 'most'
- proche
- Adjective meaning 'nearest' or 'closest'
- Ne
- Negation particle used in negative constructions
- faites
- Second person plural of 'faire', meaning 'do' or 'make'
- ça
- Informal pronoun meaning 'that' or 'this'
- Vous
- Second person plural or formal pronoun meaning 'you'
- me
- First person object pronoun meaning 'me'
- brisez
- Second person plural of 'briser', meaning 'break'
- complètement
- Adverb meaning 'completely' or 'entirely'
- nerfs
- Plural noun meaning 'nerves'
- Dieu
- Noun meaning 'God'
- bénisse
- Subjunctive of 'bénir', meaning 'bless'
- vos
- Possessive adjective meaning 'your' (plural or formal)
- leur
- Indirect object pronoun or possessive meaning 'their'
- accorder
- Infinitive meaning 'to grant' or 'to give'
- toute
- Feminine form of 'tout', meaning 'all' or 'every'
- considération
- Noun meaning 'consideration' or 'regard'
- possible
- Adjective meaning 'possible'
- mais
- Conjunction meaning 'but'
- Lumière
- Noun meaning 'light'
- du
- Contracted form of 'de le', meaning 'of the'
- Matin
- Noun meaning 'morning'
- soit
- Subjunctive of 'être', meaning 'be' or 'so be it'
- allez
- Second person plural of 'aller', meaning 'you go'
- gâter
- Infinitive meaning 'to spoil' a child or person
- cette
- Feminine demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' or 'that'
- fille
- Noun meaning 'girl' or 'daughter'
- regretterez
- Future tense of 'regretter', meaning 'will regret'
- encore
- Adverb meaning 'still', 'yet', or 'again'
- pourrais
- Conditional of 'pouvoir', meaning 'could' or 'might'
- est
- Third person singular of 'être', meaning 'is'
- Avez-
- Part of inverted question form of 'avoir', meaning 'have you'
- vu
- Past participle of 'voir', meaning 'seen'
- une
- Feminine indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- créature
- Noun meaning 'creature' or 'being'
- douce
- Feminine adjective meaning 'gentle', 'soft', or 'sweet'
- saine
- Feminine adjective meaning 'healthy' or 'wholesome'
- au
- Contracted form of 'à le', meaning 'to the' or 'at the'
- fond
- Noun meaning 'bottom', 'depth', or 'at heart'
- part
- Noun meaning 'part' or 'share'; 'à part' means 'aside'
- Douce
- Feminine adjective meaning 'gentle' or 'sweet'
- ou
- Conjunction meaning 'or'
- non
- Adverb meaning 'no' or 'not'
- mère
- Noun meaning 'mother'
- doit
- Third person singular of 'devoir', meaning 'must' or 'owes'
- apprendre
- Infinitive meaning 'to learn' or 'to teach'
- leçon
- Noun meaning 'lesson'
- vie
- Noun meaning 'life'
- cela
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'this'
- sert
- Third person singular of 'servir', meaning 'serves' or 'is useful'
- à
- Preposition meaning 'to', 'at', or 'for'
- rien
- Pronoun meaning 'nothing'
- d'
- Contracted form of 'de', meaning 'of' or 'from'
- être
- Infinitive meaning 'to be'
- trop
- Adverb meaning 'too' or 'too much'
- tendre
- Adjective meaning 'tender', 'gentle', or 'soft'
- besoin
- Noun meaning 'need'; 'avoir besoin de' means 'to need'
- fermeté
- Noun meaning 'firmness' or 'determination'
- avez
- Second person plural of 'avoir', meaning 'you have'
- essayé
- Past participle of 'essayer', meaning 'tried'
- hein
- Interjection meaning 'huh', 'right', or 'eh'
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