Peter Pan — Page 13
He did not alarm her, for she thought she had seen him before in the faces of many women who have no children.
Il ne l'effraya pas, car elle croyait l'avoir déjà vu dans les visages de nombreuses femmes qui n'ont pas d'enfants.
Perhaps he is to be found in the faces of some mothers also.
Peut-être se trouve-t-il aussi dans les visages de certaines mères.
But in her dream he had rent the film that obscures the Neverland, and she saw Wendy and John and Michael peeping through the gap.
Mais dans son rêve, il avait déchiré le voile qui obscurcit le Pays Imaginaire, et elle vit Wendy, John et Michael qui regardaient par la brèche.
The dream by itself would have been a trifle, but while she was dreaming the window of the nursery blew open, and a boy did drop on the floor.
Le rêve en lui-même n'aurait été qu'une bagatelle, mais pendant qu'elle rêvait la fenêtre de la chambre des enfants s'ouvrit brusquement, et un garçon tomba sur le sol.
He was accompanied by a strange light, no bigger than your fist, which darted about the room like a living thing and I think it must have been this light that wakened Mrs. Darling.
Il était accompagné d'une étrange lumière, pas plus grande que votre poing, qui voltigeait dans la pièce comme une chose vivante, et je crois que ce fut cette lumière qui réveilla Mme Darling.
She started up with a cry, and saw the boy, and somehow she knew at once that he was Peter Pan.
Elle se redressa avec un cri, vit le garçon, et d'une façon ou d'une autre elle sut aussitôt que c'était Peter Pan.
If you or I or Wendy had been there we should have seen that he was very like Mrs. Darling's kiss.
Si vous, ou moi, ou Wendy avions été là, nous aurions vu qu'il ressemblait beaucoup au baiser de Mme Darling.
He was a lovely boy, clad in skeleton leaves and the juices that ooze out of trees but the most entrancing thing about him was that he had all his first teeth.
C'était un beau garçon, vêtu de feuilles squelettiques et des sucs qui suintent des arbres, mais ce qui le rendait le plus enchanteur était qu'il avait toutes ses premières dents.
When he saw she was a grown-up, he gnashed the little pearls at her.
Quand il vit qu'elle était une adulte, il lui grinça des petites perles.
Vocabulary
- ne
- Negative particle used with pas to negate verbs.
- effraya
- Past tense of effrayer: frightened or scared someone.
- car
- Conjunction meaning because or for, giving a reason.
- croyait
- Imperfect tense of croire: she believed or thought.
- déjà
- Adverb meaning already or before now.
- vu
- Past participle of voir: seen or having seen.
- visages
- Plural noun meaning faces of people.
- nombreuses
- Feminine plural adjective meaning numerous or many.
- trouve
- Third person singular of trouver: finds or is located.
- aussi
- Adverb meaning also, too, or as well.
- certaines
- Feminine plural adjective meaning certain or some specific.
- mères
- Plural noun meaning mothers or female parents.
- rêve
- Noun meaning dream; also first person of rêver.
- déchiré
- Past participle of déchirer: torn apart or ripped.
- voile
- Noun meaning veil or sail; something covering.
- obscurcit
- Past tense of obscurcir: darkened or obscured something.
- Pays
- Noun meaning country, land, or region.
- Imaginaire
- Adjective or noun meaning imaginary or the imaginary world.
- vit
- Past simple of voir: saw; or of vivre: lived.
- regardaient
- Imperfect tense of regarder: they were looking or watching.
- brèche
- Noun meaning breach, gap, or opening in something.
- même
- Adjective or adverb meaning same, even, or itself.
- aurait
- Conditional tense of avoir: would have.
- bagatelle
- Noun meaning trifle, trivial matter, or small thing.
- pendant
- Preposition meaning during or while something happens.
- rêvait
- Imperfect tense of rêver: was dreaming or used to dream.
- fenêtre
- Noun meaning window of a room or building.
- chambre
- Noun meaning bedroom or room in a house.
- ouvrit
- Past simple of ouvrir: opened suddenly or was opened.
- brusquement
- Adverb meaning suddenly, abruptly, or sharply.
- garçon
- Noun meaning boy or young male child.
- tomba
- Past simple of tomber: fell or dropped down.
- sol
- Noun meaning floor, ground, or soil underfoot.
- accompagné
- Past participle of accompagner: accompanied or escorted by.
- étrange
- Adjective meaning strange, odd, or unusual.
- lumière
- Noun meaning light or source of illumination.
- poing
- Noun meaning fist or clenched hand.
- voltigeait
- Imperfect of voltiger: was fluttering or darting about.
- pièce
- Noun meaning room, piece, or coin depending on context.
- chose
- Noun meaning thing, object, or matter.
- vivante
- Feminine adjective meaning living, alive, or lively.
- crois
- First person singular of croire: I believe or think.
- fut
- Past simple of être: was (literary or formal usage).
- réveilla
- Past simple of réveiller: woke up or awakened someone.
- redressa
- Past simple of redresser: straightened up or sat upright.
- cri
- Noun meaning cry, shout, or exclamation of surprise.
- façon
- Noun meaning way, manner, or fashion of doing.
- autre
- Adjective or pronoun meaning other or another one.
- sut
- Past simple of savoir: knew or came to know.
- aussitôt
- Adverb meaning immediately, at once, or right away.
- Si
- Conjunction meaning if; also adverb meaning so or yes.
- avions
- Imperfect of avoir: we had; also noun meaning airplanes.
- aurions
- Conditional of avoir: we would have.
- ressemblait
- Imperfect of ressembler: resembled or looked like something.
- beaucoup
- Adverb meaning a lot, much, or very much.
- baiser
- Noun meaning kiss; verb meaning to kiss someone.
- beau
- Masculine adjective meaning beautiful, handsome, or lovely.
- vêtu
- Past participle of vêtir: dressed or clothed in something.
- feuilles
- Plural noun meaning leaves of a tree or pages.
- squelettiques
- Adjective meaning skeletal, very thin, or skeleton-like.
- sucs
- Plural noun meaning juices or plant saps.
- suintent
- Third person plural of suinter: ooze or seep out slowly.
- arbres
- Plural noun meaning trees found in nature.
- rendait
- Imperfect of rendre: made or rendered something a quality.
- enchanteur
- Adjective or noun meaning enchanting, charming, or a sorcerer.
- premières
- Feminine plural of premier: first or foremost in order.
- dents
- Plural noun meaning teeth in a person's mouth.
- Quand
- Conjunction or adverb meaning when, at what time.
- adulte
- Noun or adjective meaning adult or grown-up person.
- grinça
- Past simple of grincer: grated, creaked, or ground noisily.
- perles
- Plural noun meaning pearls or small beaded objects.
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