The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 11
At last the enemy's mother appeared, and called Tom a bad, vicious, vulgar child, and ordered him away.
Enfin la mère de l'ennemi apparut, et traita Tom de méchant, vicieux et vulgaire garnement, et lui ordonna de s'en aller.
So he went away; but he said he "'lowed" to "lay" for that boy.
Il s'en alla donc ; mais il déclara qu'il « comptait » bien « se venger » de ce garçon.
He got home pretty late that night, and when he climbed cautiously in at the window, he uncovered an ambuscade, in the person of his aunt; and when she saw the state his clothes were in her resolution to turn his Saturday holiday into captivity at hard labor became adamantine in its firmness.
Il rentra chez lui assez tard ce soir-là, et lorsqu'il grimpa prudemment par la fenêtre, il tomba sur une embuscade, en la personne de sa tante ; et quand elle vit l'état dans lequel se trouvaient ses vêtements, sa résolution de transformer son congé du samedi en une captivité aux travaux forcés devint adamantine dans sa fermeté.
Vocabulary
- Enfin
- ɑ̃.fɛ̃ — Finally, at last; used to conclude or summarize.
- la
- la — The; feminine definite article in French.
- mère
- mɛʁ — Mother; a female parent.
- de
- də — Of, from; common French preposition.
- l'
- l — The; elided definite article before vowel sounds.
- ennemi
- ɛ.nə.mi — Enemy; a person who is hostile or opposed.
- apparut
- a.pa.ʁy — Appeared; past tense of apparaître, to appear.
- et
- e — And; basic coordinating conjunction in French.
- traita
- tʁɛ.ta — Treated, called; past tense of traiter.
- méchant
- me.ʃɑ̃ — Naughty, mean, wicked; describing bad behavior.
- vicieux
- vi.sjø — Vicious, depraved; having immoral or corrupt habits.
- vulgaire
- vyl.ɡɛʁ — Vulgar, crude; lacking refinement or good taste.
- garnement
- ɡaʁ.nə.mɑ̃ — Rascal, scoundrel; a badly behaved child or person.
- lui
- lɥi — Him, to him; third-person singular pronoun.
- ordonna
- ɔʁ.dɔ.na — Ordered, commanded; past tense of ordonner.
- s'
- s — Himself/herself; elided reflexive pronoun.
- en
- ɑ̃ — In, of it; preposition or pronoun with varied uses.
- aller
- a.le — To go; fundamental French verb of movement.
- Il
- il — He; third-person masculine singular subject pronoun.
- alla
- a.la — Went; simple past tense of aller, to go.
- donc
- dɔ̃k — So, therefore; conjunction indicating consequence or conclusion.
- mais
- mɛ — But; coordinating conjunction expressing contrast or opposition.
- il
- il — He; third-person masculine singular subject pronoun.
- déclara
- de.kla.ʁa — Declared, stated; past tense of déclarer.
- qu'
- k — That; elided form of que, subordinating conjunction.
- comptait
- kɔ̃.tɛ — Intended, planned; imperfect tense of compter.
- bien
- bjɛ̃ — Well, very; adverb emphasizing manner or degree.
- se
- sə — Himself/herself/themselves; reflexive pronoun.
- venger
- vɑ̃.ʒe — To take revenge; to retaliate against someone.
- ce
- sə — This, that; demonstrative adjective or pronoun.
- garçon
- ɡaʁ.sɔ̃ — Boy; a young male child or youth.
- rentra
- ʁɑ̃.tʁa — Returned home; past tense of rentrer.
- chez
- ʃe — At the home of; preposition indicating someone's place.
- assez
- a.se — Enough, quite; adverb of sufficiency or degree.
- tard
- taʁ — Late; adverb describing a late point in time.
- soir
- swaʁ — Evening; the late part of the day.
- là
- la — There; adverb indicating a place or moment.
- lorsqu'
- lɔʁsk — When; subordinating conjunction indicating a point in time.
- grimpa
- ɡʁɛ̃.pa — Climbed; past tense of grimper, to climb.
- prudemment
- pʁy.da.mɑ̃ — Cautiously, carefully; in a prudent or careful manner.
- par
- paʁ — By, through; preposition indicating means or passage.
- fenêtre
- fə.nɛtʁ — Window; an opening in a wall for light.
- tomba
- tɔ̃.ba — Fell; past tense of tomber, to fall.
- sur
- syʁ — On, upon; preposition indicating position or contact.
- une
- yn — A, an; feminine indefinite article in French.
- embuscade
- ɑ̃.bys.kad — Ambush; a surprise attack from a concealed position.
- personne
- pɛʁ.sɔn — Person; a human being, or nobody in negation.
- sa
- sa — His, her; feminine singular possessive adjective.
- tante
- tɑ̃t — Aunt; a parent's sister or female relative.
- quand
- kɑ̃ — When; conjunction or adverb of time.
- elle
- ɛl — She; third-person feminine singular subject pronoun.
- vit
- vi — Saw; simple past tense of voir, to see.
- état
- e.ta — State, condition; the overall situation or appearance.
- dans
- dɑ̃ — In, inside; preposition indicating location or context.
- lequel
- lə.kɛl — Which; relative pronoun referring to a masculine noun.
- trouvaient
- tʁu.vɛ — Were found; imperfect tense of trouver, to find.
- ses
- se — His, her; plural possessive adjective for any gender.
- vêtements
- vɛt.mɑ̃ — Clothes, clothing; garments worn on the body.
- résolution
- ʁe.zɔ.ly.sjɔ̃ — Resolution, determination; a firm decision to do something.
- transformer
- tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me — To transform, convert; to change something into another form.
- son
- sɔ̃ — His, her; masculine singular possessive adjective.
- congé
- kɔ̃.ʒe — Day off, leave; a period free from work or obligations.
- du
- dy — Of the, some; contraction of de + le.
- samedi
- sam.di — Saturday; the sixth day of the week.
- captivité
- kap.ti.vi.te — Captivity; the state of being confined or imprisoned.
- aux
- o — To the, at the; contraction of à + les.
- travaux
- tʁa.vo — Works, labor; plural of travail, tasks or toil.
- forcés
- fɔʁ.se — Forced; compelled, done under obligation or pressure.
- devint
- də.vɛ̃ — Became; simple past tense of devenir, to become.
- fermeté
- fɛʁ.mə.te — Firmness, resolve; steadfast determination or strength of will.
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