Pride and Prejudice — Page 1
Walt Whitman has somewhere a fine and just distinction between "loving by allowance" and "loving with personal love."
Walt Whitman fait quelque part une distinction belle et juste entre « aimer par tolérance » et « aimer d'un amour personnel ».
This distinction applies to books as well as to men and women; and in the case of the not very numerous authors who are the objects of the personal affection, it brings a curious consequence with it.
Cette distinction s'applique aux livres aussi bien qu'aux hommes et aux femmes ; et dans le cas des auteurs peu nombreux qui sont l'objet d'un attachement personnel, elle entraîne avec elle une curieuse conséquence.
There is much more difference as to their best work than in the case of those others who are loved "by allowance" by convention, and because it is felt to be the right and proper thing to love them.
Il existe bien plus de divergences quant à leur meilleure œuvre que dans le cas de ceux que l'on aime « par tolérance », par convention, et parce qu'il semble juste et convenable de les aimer.
And in the sect--fairly large and yet unusually choice--of Austenians or Janites, there would probably be found partisans of the claim to primacy of almost every one of the novels.
Et au sein de la secte — assez large et pourtant remarquablement choisie — des Austeniens ou Janistes, on trouverait probablement des partisans de la primauté de presque chacun des romans.
Vocabulary
- fait
- Makes or does; third person singular of faire
- quelque
- Some; a certain; used before nouns
- part
- Place, part, or direction; somewhere
- une
- Indefinite article feminine singular; a, an
- distinction
- A difference or distinction between things
- belle
- Beautiful; feminine form of beau
- et
- Conjunction meaning and
- juste
- Fair, just, or accurate; correct
- entre
- Between or among two or more things
- aimer
- To love or to like someone or something
- par
- By, through, or per in various contexts
- tolérance
- Tolerance; acceptance of difference or difficulty
- d
- Reduced form of de before vowel
- un
- Indefinite article masculine singular; a, an
- amour
- Love; strong affection for someone or something
- personnel
- Personal; relating to an individual specifically
- Cette
- Demonstrative adjective; this (feminine singular)
- s
- Reduced reflexive pronoun se before vowel
- applique
- Applies; third person singular of appliquer
- aux
- Contraction of à + les; to the, at the
- livres
- Books; plural of livre
- aussi
- Also, too, as well; used for addition
- bien
- Well; good; used in many expressions
- qu
- Reduced form of que before vowel
- hommes
- Men; plural of homme; human beings
- femmes
- Women; plural of femme; wives
- dans
- In, inside, within a place or time
- le
- Definite article masculine singular; the
- cas
- Case, situation, or instance of something
- des
- Plural indefinite article; some; of the
- auteurs
- Authors; writers of books or texts
- peu
- Few, little; a small amount or number
- nombreux
- Numerous, many; large in number
- qui
- Relative pronoun meaning who or which
- sont
- Are; third person plural of être
- l
- Reduced definite article le or la before vowel
- objet
- Object, subject, or thing; purpose or aim
- attachement
- Attachment; emotional bond or devotion to something
- elle
- She or it; third person feminine singular pronoun
- entraîne
- Leads to, entails, or brings about consequence
- avec
- With; in the company or means of
- curieuse
- Curious, strange, or odd (feminine adjective)
- conséquence
- Consequence; result or outcome of an action
- Il
- He or it; third person masculine singular pronoun
- existe
- Exists; third person singular of exister
- plus
- More; used in comparisons or negation
- de
- Of, from; preposition with many uses
- divergences
- Divergences; differences of opinion or direction
- quant
- As for; regarding; used in quant à
- à
- To, at, in; very common preposition
- leur
- Their; third person plural possessive adjective
- meilleure
- Best; feminine superlative form of bon
- œuvre
- Work; artistic or literary creation or output
- que
- That, than, which; conjunction or relative pronoun
- ceux
- Those; masculine plural demonstrative pronoun
- on
- One, we, people; indefinite subject pronoun
- aime
- Loves or likes; first/third person of aimer
- convention
- Convention; accepted social norm or agreement
- parce
- Because; used in parce que construction
- il
- He or it; third person masculine singular pronoun
- semble
- Seems, appears; third person singular of sembler
- convenable
- Suitable, proper, appropriate for a situation
- les
- Definite article plural; the (masc. and fem.)
- au
- Contraction of à + le; to the, at the
- sein
- Breast; au sein de means within or inside
- la
- Definite article feminine singular; the
- secte
- Sect; a group sharing particular beliefs or interests
- assez
- Enough, quite, rather; indicates sufficiency or degree
- large
- Wide, broad, or large in size or scope
- pourtant
- Yet, however, nevertheless; indicates contrast
- remarquablement
- Remarkably; in a notably impressive manner
- choisie
- Chosen, select; feminine past participle of choisir
- ou
- Or; conjunction linking alternatives
- trouverait
- Would find; conditional of trouver
- probablement
- Probably; with a high degree of likelihood
- partisans
- Supporters, advocates; those who champion a cause
- primauté
- Primacy; the state of being first or foremost
- presque
- Almost, nearly; very close to a certain degree
- chacun
- Each one, everyone; referring to individuals separately
- romans
- Novels; plural of roman; works of fiction
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