Peter Pan — Page 2
He got all of her, except the innermost box and the kiss.
Il obtint tout d'elle, sauf la boîte la plus intérieure et le baiser.
He never knew about the box, and in time he gave up trying for the kiss.
Il ne sut jamais rien de la boîte, et avec le temps il renonça à conquérir le baiser.
Wendy thought Napoleon could have got it, but I can picture him trying, and then going off in a passion, slamming the door.
Wendy pensait que Napoléon aurait pu l'obtenir, mais je l'imagine bien essayer, puis partir dans une colère, en claquant la porte.
Mr. Darling used to boast to Wendy that her mother not only loved him but respected him.
M. Darling se vantait souvent auprès de Wendy que sa mère non seulement l'aimait, mais le respectait.
He was one of those deep ones who know about stocks and shares.
Il était l'un de ces hommes profonds qui s'y connaissent en valeurs et en actions.
Of course no one really knows, but he quite seemed to know, and he often said stocks were up and shares were down in a way that would have made any woman respect him.
Bien sûr, personne n'y connaît vraiment rien, mais il semblait fort bien s'y connaître, et il disait souvent que les valeurs montaient et que les actions baissaient d'une façon qui aurait fait le respecter de n'importe quelle femme.
Mrs. Darling was married in white, and at first she kept the books perfectly, almost gleefully, as if it were a game, not so much as a Brussels sprout was missing; but by and by whole cauliflowers dropped out, and instead of them there were pictures of babies without faces.
Mme Darling s'était mariée en blanc, et au début elle tenait les comptes à la perfection, presque joyeusement, comme si c'était un jeu, pas même un chou de Bruxelles ne manquait ; mais peu à peu des choux-fleurs entiers disparurent, et à leur place apparurent des dessins de bébés sans visages.
She drew them when she should have been totting up.
Elle les dessinait quand elle aurait dû faire les additions.
They were Mrs. Darling's guesses.
C'étaient les suppositions de Mme Darling.
Wendy came first, then John, then Michael.
Wendy vint en premier, puis John, puis Michael.
For a week or two after Wendy came it was doubtful whether they would be able to keep her, as she was another mouth to feed.
Pendant une semaine ou deux après la venue de Wendy, on douta de pouvoir la garder, car elle représentait une bouche de plus à nourrir.
Mr. Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable, and he sat on the edge of Mrs. Darling's bed, holding her hand and calculating expenses, while she looked at him imploringly.
M. Darling en était terriblement fier, mais il était très honnête, et il s'assit au bord du lit de Mme Darling, lui tenant la main et calculant les dépenses, tandis qu'elle le regardait d'un air implorant.
Vocabulary
- obtint
- Obtained; past historic of obtenir
- tout
- All, everything, every; very common French word
- sauf
- Except, save for; used to indicate exclusion
- boîte
- Box, tin; container with a lid
- plus
- More, no more; indicates quantity or negation
- intérieure
- Inner, interior; relating to inside of something
- baiser
- Kiss; a kiss on cheek or lips
- sut
- Knew; past historic of savoir
- jamais
- Never, ever; used in negation or emphasis
- rien
- Nothing; used in negative constructions
- temps
- Time, weather; fundamental noun with dual meaning
- renonça
- Gave up, renounced; past historic of renoncer
- conquérir
- To conquer, to win over; seize by force
- pensait
- Was thinking, thought; imperfect of penser
- aurait
- Would have; conditional of avoir
- pu
- Been able; past participle of pouvoir
- obtenir
- To obtain, to get; acquire something desired
- imagine
- Imagine, picture; to form a mental image
- bien
- Well, good, really; common adverb of manner
- essayer
- To try, to attempt; make an effort to do
- puis
- Then, next; indicates sequence of events
- partir
- To leave, to go away; depart from a place
- colère
- Anger, rage; strong feeling of displeasure
- claquant
- Slamming, banging; present participle of claquer
- porte
- Door; movable barrier to enter or exit
- vantait
- Was boasting; imperfect of se vanter
- souvent
- Often, frequently; indicates habitual occurrence
- auprès
- With, beside, to; near or in relation to
- mère
- Mother; female parent
- seulement
- Only, just, not only; limits or restricts meaning
- aimait
- Loved, liked; imperfect tense of aimer
- respectait
- Respected, was respecting; imperfect of respecter
- hommes
- Men; plural of homme
- profonds
- Deep, profound; having great depth or insight
- y
- There, in it; pronoun replacing a place or thing
- connaissent
- Know, are familiar with; third plural of connaître
- valeurs
- Values, securities; worth or importance of things
- actions
- Shares, stocks, actions; financial securities
- sûr
- Sure, certain, safe; feeling of confidence or safety
- personne
- Nobody, person; used for people or negation
- connaît
- Knows, is familiar with; third singular of connaître
- vraiment
- Really, truly; adverb expressing sincerity or emphasis
- semblait
- Seemed, appeared; imperfect tense of sembler
- fort
- Strong, very; indicating strength or intensity
- connaître
- To know, to be familiar with; know a person or place
- disait
- Was saying, said; imperfect tense of dire
- montaient
- Were rising, going up; imperfect of monter
- baissaient
- Were falling, dropping; imperfect of baisser
- façon
- Way, manner; method or style of doing something
- fait
- Fact, done; noun meaning fact or past participle
- respecter
- To respect; to show regard or admiration for someone
- importe
- Matters, imports; from importer, to matter
- quelle
- Which, what; feminine interrogative or exclamative adjective
- femme
- Woman, wife; adult female person
- mariée
- Married; past participle of marier, wed woman
- blanc
- White, blank; color or absence of color
- début
- Beginning, start; early stage of something
- tenait
- Was holding, kept; imperfect tense of tenir
- comptes
- Accounts, counts; financial records or tallies
- perfection
- Perfection; the highest standard of quality
- presque
- Almost, nearly; not quite reaching a state
- joyeusement
- Joyfully, cheerfully; in a happy manner
- jeu
- Game, play; an activity done for fun
- même
- Even, same; for emphasis or similarity
- chou
- Cabbage; leafy green vegetable also term of endearment
- manquait
- Was missing, lacking; imperfect tense of manquer
- peu
- Little, few; small amount or quantity
- choux-fleurs
- Cauliflowers; white-headed brassica vegetables
- entiers
- Whole, entire; complete without missing parts
- disparurent
- Disappeared; past historic plural of disparaître
- place
- Place, spot, square; location or public space
- apparurent
- Appeared; past historic plural of apparaître
- dessins
- Drawings, sketches; visual artworks on paper
- bébés
- Babies; very young children or infants
- sans
- Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- visages
- Faces; front parts of the head
- dessinait
- Was drawing; imperfect tense of dessiner
- dû
- Had to, owed; past participle of devoir
- faire
- To do, to make; essential high-frequency verb
- additions
- Additions, sums; arithmetic calculations or bills
- suppositions
- Guesses, assumptions; things assumed without proof
- vint
- Came; past historic third singular of venir
- premier
- First; ordinal number indicating first position
- Pendant
- During, for; preposition indicating duration
- semaine
- Week; period of seven consecutive days
- après
- After, afterwards; following in time or order
- venue
- Coming, arrival; feminine past participle of venir
- on
- One, we, they; impersonal or informal subject pronoun
- douta
- Doubted; past historic of douter
- pouvoir
- To be able to, can; modal verb expressing ability
- garder
- To keep, to look after; retain or take care of
- car
- Because, for; conjunction giving reason or cause
- représentait
- Represented, meant; imperfect of représenter
- bouche
- Mouth; oral opening used for eating and speaking
- nourrir
- To feed, to nourish; provide food for someone
- terriblement
- Terribly, awfully; to an extreme or intense degree
- fier
- Proud; feeling satisfaction about an achievement
- honnête
- Honest; truthful and free from deception
- assit
- Sat down; past historic of s'asseoir
- bord
- Edge, side, shore; rim or boundary of something
- lit
- Bed; furniture used for sleeping
- tenant
- Holding; present participle of tenir
- main
- Hand; body part at the end of the arm
- calculant
- Calculating; present participle of calculer
- dépenses
- Expenses, spending; money spent on something
- tandis
- While, whereas; used in tandis que for contrast
- regardait
- Was looking, watched; imperfect of regarder
- air
- Air, look, expression; appearance or atmosphere
- implorant
- Imploring, begging; present participle of implorer
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