The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 14
The two oarsmen bent to their work, and the little boat glided away as rapidly as possible in the midst of the thousand vessels which choke up the narrow way which leads between the two rows of ships from the mouth of the harbor to the Quai d'Orléans.
Les deux rameurs se courbèrent sur leurs avirons, et la petite embarcation glissa aussi rapidement que possible au milieu des mille bâtiments qui encombrent l'étroit chenal qui mène entre deux rangées de navires de l'entrée du port au Quai d'Orléans.
The shipowner, smiling, followed him with his eyes until he saw him spring out on the quay and disappear in the midst of the throng, which from five o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock at night, swarms in the famous street of La Canebière,—a street of which the modern Phocéens are so proud that they say with all the gravity in the world, and with that accent which gives so much character to what is said, "If Paris had La Canebière, Paris would be a second Marseilles."
L'armateur, souriant, le suivit des yeux jusqu'à ce qu'il le vît sauter sur le quai et disparaître au milieu de la foule qui, depuis cinq heures du matin jusqu'à neuf heures du soir, fourmille dans la fameuse rue de La Canebière,—rue dont les Phocéens modernes sont si fiers qu'ils disent avec tout le sérieux du monde, et avec cet accent qui donne tant de caractère à ce qu'on dit, « Si Paris avait La Canebière, Paris serait un petit Marseille. »
On turning round the owner saw Danglars behind him, apparently awaiting orders, but in reality also watching the young sailor,—but there was a great difference in the expression of the two men who thus followed the movements of Edmond Dantès.
En se retournant, l'armateur vit Danglars derrière lui, attendant apparemment des ordres, mais en réalité observant lui aussi le jeune matelot,—mais il y avait une grande différence dans l'expression des deux hommes qui suivaient ainsi les mouvements d'Edmond Dantès.
Chapter 2.
Chapitre 2.
Vocabulary
- rameurs
- ra-mur — Rowers; people who row a boat.
- courbèrent
- koor-bair — Bent or leaned forward, past tense.
- avirons
- a-vee-ron — Oars used for rowing a boat.
- embarcation
- om-bar-ka-syon — A small boat or watercraft.
- glissa
- glee-sa — Glided or slid smoothly, past tense.
- rapidement
- ra-peed-mon — Adverb meaning quickly or rapidly.
- milieu
- meel-yuh — Middle or midst of a space or group.
- bâtiments
- ba-tee-mon — Buildings or large vessels, ships.
- encombrent
- on-kombr — Clutter or obstruct a space, present tense.
- l'étroit
- lay-trwa — The narrow; referring to a narrow passage.
- chenal
- shuh-nal — A navigable channel for ships.
- mène
- men — Leads or guides toward a destination.
- rangées
- ron-zhay — Rows or lines of objects arranged neatly.
- navires
- na-veer — Ships or large seafaring vessels.
- l'entrée
- lon-tray — The entrance or entry point of a place.
- port
- por — A harbor where ships dock.
- Quai
- kay — A wharf or quayside along water.
- L'armateur
- lar-ma-tur — A ship owner or shipping merchant.
- souriant
- soo-ryon — Smiling; wearing a cheerful expression.
- suivit
- swee-vee — Followed someone or something, past tense.
- yeux
- yuh — Eyes, the plural form of 'œil'.
- jusqu'à
- zhüs-ka — Preposition meaning 'until' or 'up to'.
- vît
- vee — Saw; past subjunctive form of 'voir'.
- sauter
- soh-tay — To jump or leap onto something.
- quai
- kay — A quay or wharf beside water.
- disparaître
- dis-pa-retr — To disappear or vanish from sight.
- foule
- fool — A crowd or large group of people.
- depuis
- duh-pwee — Preposition meaning 'since' or 'for' a time.
- fourmille
- foor-meey — Teems or swarms with people, present tense.
- fameuse
- fa-muz — Famous or renowned, feminine adjective.
- dont
- don — Relative pronoun meaning 'of which' or 'whose'.
- les Phocéens
- lay fo-say-on — The Phocaeans; nickname for people of Marseille.
- fiers
- fyair — Proud; feeling pride about something.
- sérieux
- say-ryuh — Serious; earnest in manner or tone.
- accent
- ak-son — A distinctive way of pronouncing a language.
- tant
- ton — So much; to such a degree.
- caractère
- ka-rak-tair — Character or distinctive quality of something.
- serait
- suh-ray — Would be; conditional of 'être'.
- En retournant
- on ruh-toor-non — Upon returning; gerund phrase of 'retourner'.
- vit
- vee — Saw; simple past tense of 'voir'.
- derrière
- dair-ryair — Behind; at the back of something.
- attendant
- a-ton-don — Waiting; present participle of 'attendre'.
- apparemment
- a-pa-ra-mon — Apparently; seemingly on the surface.
- ordres
- ordr — Orders or instructions given to someone.
- en réalité
- on ray-a-lee-tay — In reality; actually in truth.
- observant
- ob-zair-von — Observing or watching carefully, present participle.
- matelot
- mat-loh — A sailor or seaman on a ship.
- différence
- dee-fay-rons — A difference or distinction between things.
- expression
- eks-pray-syon — An expression or look on someone's face.
- suivaient
- swee-vay — Were following; imperfect tense of 'suivre'.
- ainsi
- an-see — Thus or in this way.
- mouvements
- moov-mon — Movements or motions of a person.
- Chapitre
- sha-peetr — A chapter of a book.
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