The King in Yellow — Page 5
I told him, smiling, that I would get even with him for his mistake, and he laughed heartily, and asked me to call once in a while.
Je lui dis, en souriant, que je me vengerais de son erreur, et il rit de bon cœur, et me demanda de passer de temps en temps.
I did so, hoping for a chance to even up accounts, but he gave me none, and I told him I would wait.
Je le fis, espérant avoir l'occasion de régler mes comptes, mais il ne m'en donna aucune, et je lui dis que j'attendrais.
The fall from my horse had fortunately left no evil results; on the contrary it had changed my whole character for the better.
La chute de cheval n'avait heureusement laissé aucune mauvaise séquelle ; au contraire, elle avait changé tout mon caractère en mieux.
From a lazy young man about town, I had become active, energetic, temperate, and above all—oh, above all else—ambitious.
D'un jeune homme paresseux qui flânait en ville, j'étais devenu actif, énergique, tempéré, et surtout — oh, par-dessus tout — ambitieux.
There was only one thing which troubled me, I laughed at my own uneasiness, and yet it troubled me.
Il n'y avait qu'une seule chose qui me troublait, je me moquais de ma propre inquiétude, et pourtant elle me troublait.
During my convalescence I had bought and read for the first time, The King in Yellow.
Pendant ma convalescence, j'avais acheté et lu pour la première fois, Le Roi en Jaune.
I remember after finishing the first act that it occurred to me that I had better stop.
Je me souviens qu'après avoir terminé le premier acte, il me vint à l'esprit que je ferais mieux de m'arrêter.
I started up and flung the book into the fireplace; the volume struck the barred grate and fell open on the hearth in the firelight.
Je me levai brusquement et jetai le livre dans la cheminée ; le volume heurta la grille barrée et tomba ouvert sur l'âtre dans la lueur du feu.
Vocabulary
- lui
- lwee — Third person singular pronoun: him, her, to him
- dis
- dee — Past tense of 'dire': said, told
- en
- ahn — Preposition or pronoun: in, by, while, of it
- souriant
- soo-ree-ahn — Present participle of 'sourire': smiling
- vengerais
- vahn-zhuh-ray — Conditional of 'venger': would avenge, would get revenge
- erreur
- eh-ruhr — Noun: a mistake, error, or blunder
- rit
- ree — Past tense of 'rire': laughed
- bon
- bohn — Adjective: good; used in 'de bon cœur' meaning heartily
- cœur
- kuhr — Noun: heart; 'de bon cœur' means wholeheartedly, heartily
- demanda
- duh-mahn-dah — Past tense of 'demander': asked, requested
- passer
- pah-say — Infinitive: to pass, to spend time, to go by
- temps
- tahn — Noun: time, weather, period
- fis
- fee — Past tense of 'faire': did, made
- espérant
- es-pay-rahn — Present participle of 'espérer': hoping
- avoir
- ah-vwahr — Infinitive: to have; also auxiliary verb
- occasion
- oh-kah-zyohn — Noun: opportunity, occasion, chance
- régler
- ray-glay — Infinitive: to settle, to resolve, to regulate
- comptes
- kohnt — Noun plural: accounts; 'régler ses comptes' means to settle scores
- donna
- doh-nah — Past tense of 'donner': gave, provided
- aucune
- oh-kewn — Negative adjective or pronoun: no, none, not any
- attendrais
- ah-tahn-dray — Conditional of 'attendre': would wait, would wait for
- chute
- shewt — Noun: a fall, drop, collapse, or downfall
- cheval
- shuh-vahl — Noun: horse
- heureusement
- uh-ruhz-mahn — Adverb: fortunately, luckily, happily
- laissé
- leh-say — Past participle of 'laisser': left, allowed, let
- mauvaise
- moh-vez — Adjective feminine: bad, poor, wrong
- séquelle
- say-kel — Noun: aftereffect, lasting consequence, sequel of illness
- contraire
- kohn-trair — Noun or adjective: opposite; 'au contraire' means on the contrary
- changé
- shahn-zhay — Past participle of 'changer': changed, altered, transformed
- tout
- too — Adjective or pronoun: all, every, whole, entirely
- caractère
- kah-rahk-tair — Noun: character, personality, temperament, nature
- mieux
- myuh — Adverb or adjective: better, best
- jeune
- zhuhn — Adjective: young, youthful
- homme
- ohm — Noun: man, human being
- paresseux
- pah-reh-suh — Adjective: lazy, idle, sluggish
- flânait
- flah-nay — Imperfect of 'flâner': was strolling, used to wander idly
- ville
- veel — Noun: city, town
- devenu
- duh-vuh-new — Past participle of 'devenir': become, turned into
- actif
- ahk-teef — Adjective: active, energetic, busy
- énergique
- ay-nair-zheek — Adjective: energetic, vigorous, forceful
- tempéré
- tahm-pay-ray — Adjective: temperate, moderate, restrained in behavior
- surtout
- soor-too — Adverb: above all, especially, most importantly
- par-dessus
- pahr-duh-sew — Preposition or adverb: above, over, on top of everything
- ambitieux
- ahm-bee-syuh — Adjective: ambitious, eager for success or achievement
- y
- ee — Pronoun or adverb: there, in it; used in 'il y a'
- seule
- suhl — Adjective: alone, only, single, sole
- chose
- shohz — Noun: thing, matter, object, affair
- troublait
- troo-blay — Imperfect of 'troubler': was troubling, disturbing, unsettling
- moquais
- moh-kay — Imperfect of 'se moquer': was mocking, making fun of
- propre
- prohpr — Adjective: own, clean; 'ma propre' means my very own
- inquiétude
- an-kyeh-tewed — Noun: worry, anxiety, unease, concern
- pourtant
- poor-tahn — Adverb or conjunction: yet, however, nevertheless, still
- Pendant
- pahn-dahn — Preposition: during, while, throughout a period of time
- convalescence
- kohn-vah-leh-sahns — Noun: recovery period after illness or injury
- acheté
- ahsh-tay — Past participle of 'acheter': bought, purchased
- lu
- lew — Past participle of 'lire': read
- première
- pruh-myair — Adjective feminine: first, earliest, primary
- fois
- fwah — Noun: time, instance; 'première fois' means first time
- Roi
- rwah — Noun: king, monarch, ruler
- Jaune
- zhohn — Adjective: yellow; here part of a title 'Le Roi Jaune'
- souviens
- soo-vyahn — Present of 'se souvenir': remember, recall (first person)
- après
- ah-pray — Preposition or adverb: after, afterwards, following
- terminé
- tair-mee-nay — Past participle of 'terminer': finished, ended, completed
- premier
- pruh-myay — Adjective masculine: first, foremost, primary
- acte
- ahkt — Noun: act, action; section of a play or drama
- vint
- vahn — Past tense of 'venir': came (third person singular)
- esprit
- es-pree — Noun: mind, spirit, intellect, wit
- ferais
- fuh-ray — Conditional of 'faire': would do, would make
- arrêter
- ah-reh-tay — Infinitive: to stop, to arrest, to halt
- levai
- luh-vay — Past tense of 'se lever': stood up, rose (first person)
- brusquement
- brews-kuh-mahn — Adverb: abruptly, suddenly, sharply, brusquely
- jetai
- zhuh-tay — Past tense of 'jeter': threw, tossed (first person singular)
- livre
- leevr — Noun: book; also pound (currency or weight)
- cheminée
- shuh-mee-nay — Noun: fireplace, chimney, hearth
- volume
- voh-lewm — Noun: volume, book, tome; also physical size
- heurta
- uhr-tah — Past tense of 'heurter': struck, hit, bumped against
- grille
- greey — Noun: grate, iron grid, railing, fire guard
- barrée
- bah-ray — Past participle of 'barrer': barred, blocked, crossed out
- tomba
- tohm-bah — Past tense of 'tomber': fell, dropped (third person singular)
- ouvert
- oo-vair — Past participle of 'ouvrir': open, opened, unclosed
- âtre
- ahtr — Noun: hearth, fireside, the floor of a fireplace
- lueur
- lew-uhr — Noun: glow, glimmer, faint light, gleam
- feu
- fuh — Noun: fire, flame, light; also late (deceased)
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