The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 12
It was his custom of a Sunday, when this meal was over, to sit close by the fire, a volume of some dry divinity on his reading desk, until the clock of the neighbouring church rang out the hour of twelve, when he would go soberly and gratefully to bed.
C'était son habitude, le dimanche, quand ce repas était terminé, de s'asseoir près du feu, un volume de quelque aride théologie sur son pupitre de lecture, jusqu'à ce que l'horloge de l'église voisine sonnât l'heure de minuit, après quoi il allait se coucher sobrement et avec reconnaissance.
On this night however, as soon as the cloth was taken away, he took up a candle and went into his business room.
Ce soir-là cependant, dès que la nappe fut ôtée, il prit une bougie et se rendit dans son bureau.
There he opened his safe, took from the most private part of it a document endorsed on the envelope as Dr. Jekyll's Will and sat down with a clouded brow to study its contents.
Là, il ouvrit son coffre-fort, en tira de la partie la plus secrète un document portant sur l'enveloppe la mention « Testament du Dr Jekyll », et s'assit, le front soucieux, pour en étudier le contenu.
The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it; it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his "friend and benefactor Edward Hyde," but that in case of Dr. Jekyll's "disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months," the said Edward Hyde should step into the said Henry Jekyll's shoes without further delay and free from any burthen or obligation beyond the payment of a few small sums to the members of the doctor's household.
Le testament était olographe, car M. Utterson, bien qu'il en eût pris la charge une fois rédigé, avait refusé de prêter le moindre concours à sa rédaction ; il stipulait non seulement qu'en cas de décès de Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., tous ses biens passeraient entre les mains de son « ami et bienfaiteur Edward Hyde », mais encore qu'en cas de « disparition ou d'absence inexpliquée du Dr Jekyll pour toute période excédant trois mois calendaires », ledit Edward Hyde entrerait sans délai dans les souliers dudit Henry Jekyll, libre de toute charge ou obligation au-delà du versement de quelques petites sommes aux membres du personnel du docteur.
This document had long been the lawyer's eyesore.
Ce document était depuis longtemps la bête noire de l'avocat.
Vocabulary
- était
- ay-teh — Was; third-person singular imperfect of 'être'
- son
- sohn — His, her, its; possessive adjective
- habitude
- ah-bee-tood — Habit; a regular practice or custom
- dimanche
- dee-mahnsh — Sunday; the last day of the weekend
- quand
- kahn — When; conjunction or adverb of time
- ce
- suh — This, that; demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- repas
- ruh-pah — Meal; an occasion when food is eaten
- terminé
- tehr-mee-nay — Finished, ended; past participle of 'terminer'
- asseoir
- ah-swahr — To sit down; reflexive verb of seating
- près
- preh — Near, close to; preposition of proximity
- feu
- fuh — Fire; flames or a burning hearth
- volume
- voh-loom — Volume, book; a bound printed publication
- quelque
- kehl-kuh — Some, a certain; indefinite adjective
- aride
- ah-reed — Arid, dry; lacking interest or moisture
- théologie
- tay-oh-loh-zhee — Theology; study of religious doctrine and faith
- pupitre
- poo-peetr — Lectern, desk; a stand for holding books
- lecture
- lehk-toor — Reading; the act of reading a text
- jusqu'
- zhoos-kuh — Until, up to; preposition of time or limit
- horloge
- ohr-lohzh — Clock; a device for measuring time
- église
- ay-gleez — Church; a Christian place of worship
- voisine
- vwah-zeen — Neighboring, nearby; feminine adjective of proximity
- sonnât
- soh-nah — Struck, rang; imperfect subjunctive of 'sonner'
- heure
- uhr — Hour, time; a unit of sixty minutes
- minuit
- mee-nwee — Midnight; twelve o'clock at night
- après
- ah-preh — After, afterwards; preposition or adverb of time
- quoi
- kwah — What; interrogative or relative pronoun
- allait
- ah-leh — Was going; imperfect tense of 'aller'
- coucher
- koo-shay — To go to bed; to lie down to sleep
- sobrement
- soh-bruh-mahn — Soberly, temperately; in a restrained manner
- reconnaissance
- ruh-koh-neh-sahns — Gratitude; thankful acknowledgment of a benefit received
- soir-
- swahr — Evening; the latter part of the day
- là
- lah — There; adverb indicating a place
- cependant
- suh-pahn-dahn — However, yet; conjunction indicating contrast
- dès
- deh — As soon as, from; preposition of immediacy
- nappe
- nahp — Tablecloth; cloth covering a dining table
- fut
- foo — Was; third-person singular simple past of 'être'
- ôtée
- oh-tay — Removed, taken away; past participle of 'ôter'
- prit
- pree — Took; third-person singular simple past of 'prendre'
- bougie
- boo-zhee — Candle; a wax stick burned for light
- rendit
- rahn-dee — Went, returned; simple past of 'se rendre'
- bureau
- boo-roh — Office, desk; a room or piece of furniture
- ouvrit
- oo-vree — Opened; third-person singular simple past of 'ouvrir'
- coffre-
- kohfr — Safe, chest; a strong lockable container
- fort
- fohr — Strong; also part of 'coffre-fort' meaning safe
- tira
- tee-rah — Drew out, pulled; simple past of 'tirer'
- partie
- par-tee — Part, portion; a section of something larger
- plus
- ploo — More, most; adverb of degree or quantity
- secrète
- suh-kreht — Secret; kept hidden from others
- document
- doh-koo-mahn — Document; an official written or printed paper
- portant
- pohr-tahn — Bearing, carrying; present participle of 'porter'
- enveloppe
- ahn-vlohp — Envelope; a paper cover for a letter
- mention
- mahn-syohn — Mention, note; a written or spoken reference
- Testament
- teh-stah-mahn — Testament, will; a legal document of inheritance
- assit
- ah-see — Sat down; simple past of 's'asseoir'
- front
- frohn — Forehead, brow; front part of the face
- soucieux
- soo-syuh — Worried, anxious; showing concern or unease
- étudier
- ay-too-dyay — To study; to examine carefully and thoroughly
- contenu
- kohn-tuh-noo — Content, contents; what is contained inside
- testament
- teh-stah-mahn — Will, testament; legal document distributing one's estate
- olographe
- oh-loh-grahf — Holographic; entirely handwritten by the testator
- car
- kahr — Because, for; conjunction explaining a reason
- bien
- byahn — Well, very; adverb of manner or emphasis
- eût
- oo — Had; past subjunctive of 'avoir'
- pris
- pree — Taken; past participle of 'prendre'
- charge
- shahrzh — Charge, responsibility; duty or burden assumed
- fois
- fwah — Time, instance; an occurrence of an event
- rédigé
- ray-dee-zhay — Drafted, written up; past participle of 'rédiger'
- avait
- ah-veh — Had; third-person singular imperfect of 'avoir'
- refusé
- ruh-foo-zay — Refused; past participle of 'refuser'
- prêter
- preh-tay — To lend; to give temporary use of something
- moindre
- mwandr — Slightest, least; the smallest degree possible
- concours
- kohn-koor — Assistance, contribution; help given to an endeavor
- rédaction
- ray-dahk-syohn — Drafting, writing; the act of composing a text
- stipulait
- stee-poo-leh — Stipulated; imperfect tense of 'stipuler'
- seulement
- suhl-mahn — Only, merely; limiting adverb
- cas
- kah — Case; an instance or situation being considered
- décès
- day-seh — Death, decease; the end of a person's life
- tous
- too — All; masculine plural of 'tout'
- biens
- byahn — Goods, assets; possessions or property owned
- passeraient
- pahs-reh — Would pass; conditional of 'passer'
- entre
- ahntr — Between, among; preposition of position
- mains
- mahn — Hands; plural of 'main'
- ami
- ah-mee — Friend; a person one has affection for
- bienfaiteur
- byahn-feh-tuhr — Benefactor; one who gives financial or other support
- mais
- meh — But; coordinating conjunction of contrast
- encore
- ahn-kohr — Still, again, also; adverb of continuation
- disparition
- dees-pah-ree-syohn — Disappearance; the act of vanishing without explanation
- absence
- ahb-sahns — Absence; the state of being away or missing
- inexpliquée
- een-ehk-splee-kay — Unexplained; without a given reason or cause
- toute
- toot — Any, all; feminine singular of 'tout'
- période
- pay-ryohd — Period; a length or span of time
- excédant
- ehk-say-dahn — Exceeding; going beyond a specified limit
- mois
- mwah — Month; one of twelve divisions of a year
- calendaires
- kah-lahn-dehr — Calendar; relating to calendar months
- ledit
- luh-dee — The said, the aforementioned; legal demonstrative adjective
- entrerait
- ahn-truh-reh — Would enter; conditional of 'entrer'
- sans
- sahn — Without; preposition indicating absence
- délai
- day-leh — Delay; a period of time before something happens
- souliers
- soo-lyay — Shoes; footwear worn on the feet
- dudit
- doo-dee — Of the said; legal contraction of 'de ledit'
- libre
- leebr — Free; not restricted or constrained
- obligation
- oh-blee-gah-syohn — Obligation; a duty or legal requirement
- delà
- duh-lah — Beyond; on the other side of a limit
- versement
- vehr-smahn — Payment; an amount of money paid out
- quelques
- kehl-kuh — A few, some; plural indefinite adjective
- petites
- puh-teet — Small, little; feminine plural adjective
- sommes
- sohm — Sums; amounts of money
- membres
- mahnbr — Members; persons belonging to a group
- personnel
- pehr-soh-nehl — Staff, personnel; employees of an organization
- docteur
- dohk-tuhr — Doctor; a person with a medical or academic degree
- depuis
- duh-pwee — Since, for; preposition of time duration
- longtemps
- lohn-tahn — Long time; a considerable duration of time
- bête
- beht — Beast, stupid; an animal or foolish thing
- noire
- nwahr — Black; feminine adjective or bête noire meaning bugbear
- avocat
- ah-voh-kah — Lawyer; a person who practices law professionally
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