The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 5
He ran about the room, now here, now there, barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited to see what would happen.
Il courut dans toute la pièce, tantôt ici, tantôt là, aboyant bruyamment ; mais Dorothy resta assise bien tranquille sur le plancher et attendit de voir ce qui allait se passer.
Once Toto got too near the open trap door, and fell in; and at first the little girl thought she had lost him.
Une fois, Toto s'approcha trop près de la trappe ouverte et y tomba ; et la petite fille crut d'abord qu'elle l'avait perdu.
But soon she saw one of his ears sticking up through the hole, for the strong pressure of the air was keeping him up so that he could not fall.
Mais bientôt elle vit l'une de ses oreilles dépasser par le trou, car la forte pression de l'air le maintenait en l'air de sorte qu'il ne pouvait pas tomber.
She crept to the hole, caught Toto by the ear, and dragged him into the room again, afterward closing the trap door so that no more accidents could happen.
Elle se glissa jusqu'au trou, attrapa Toto par l'oreille et le tira de nouveau dans la pièce, puis ferma la trappe afin qu'il ne puisse plus se produire d'accidents.
Hour after hour passed away, and slowly Dorothy got over her fright; but she felt quite lonely, and the wind shrieked so loudly all about her that she nearly became deaf.
Les heures s'écoulèrent les unes après les autres, et Dorothy surmonta peu à peu sa frayeur ; mais elle se sentait bien seule, et le vent hurlait si fort autour d'elle qu'elle faillit devenir sourde.
At first she had wondered if she would be dashed to pieces when the house fell again; but as the hours passed and nothing terrible happened, she stopped worrying and resolved to wait calmly and see what the future would bring.
Au début, elle s'était demandé si elle serait mise en pièces lorsque la maison retomberait ; mais comme les heures passaient sans qu'il n'arrive rien de terrible, elle cessa de s'inquiéter et résolut d'attendre calmement pour voir ce que l'avenir lui réservait.
At last she crawled over the swaying floor to her bed, and lay down upon it; and Toto followed and lay down beside her.
Elle finit par se traîner sur le plancher qui oscillait jusqu'à son lit et s'y allongea ; et Toto la suivit et s'allongea à côté d'elle.
In spite of the swaying of the house and the wailing of the wind, Dorothy soon closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.
Malgré le balancement de la maison et les gémissements du vent, Dorothy ferma bientôt les yeux et s'endormit profondément.
Vocabulary
- courut
- Past tense of courir: he ran
- pièce
- Room in a house or building
- tantôt
- Sometimes, or a short while ago
- aboyant
- Present participle of aboyer: barking loudly
- bruyamment
- Adverb meaning noisily, in a loud manner
- resta
- Past tense of rester: she remained, stayed
- assise
- Feminine past participle of asseoir: seated
- tranquille
- Adjective meaning calm, quiet, peaceful
- plancher
- Noun meaning floor of a room
- attendit
- Past tense of attendre: she waited
- s'approcha
- Reflexive past tense: he approached, came near
- trappe
- Noun meaning trapdoor, hatch in floor
- tomba
- Past tense of tomber: fell into it
- crut
- Past tense of croire: she believed, thought
- d'abord
- Adverbial phrase meaning at first, initially
- perdu
- Past participle of perdre: lost
- bientôt
- Adverb meaning soon, shortly after
- vit
- Past tense of voir: she saw
- oreilles
- Plural noun meaning ears
- dépasser
- Infinitive meaning to stick out, protrude beyond
- trou
- Noun meaning hole, opening, gap
- car
- Conjunction meaning because, for, since
- pression
- Noun meaning pressure, force exerted by air
- maintenait
- Imperfect of maintenir: was keeping, holding up
- sorte
- Noun meaning way, manner; en sorte que: so that
- tomber
- Infinitive meaning to fall down
- glissa
- Past tense of glisser: she slid, slipped toward
- attrapa
- Past tense of attraper: she grabbed, caught
- tira
- Past tense of tirer: she pulled it out
- ferma
- Past tense of fermer: she closed, shut it
- afin
- Conjunction afin que: so that, in order that
- puisse
- Subjunctive of pouvoir: could, might be able
- produire
- Infinitive meaning to produce, cause, create
- d'accidents
- Noun meaning accidents, mishaps, unplanned events
- s'écoulèrent
- Reflexive past tense: the hours passed, flowed by
- surmonta
- Past tense of surmonter: she overcame, got over
- frayeur
- Noun meaning fright, fear, sudden terror
- sentait
- Imperfect of sentir: she felt, sensed
- vent
- Noun meaning wind
- hurlait
- Imperfect of hurler: was howling, screaming loudly
- autour
- Adverb or preposition meaning around, surrounding
- faillit
- Past tense of faillir: she almost became deaf
- sourde
- Feminine adjective meaning deaf
- début
- Noun meaning beginning, start
- mise
- Feminine past participle of mettre: put, broken
- pièces
- Plural noun meaning pieces, fragments
- lorsque
- Conjunction meaning when, at the time that
- retomberait
- Conditional of retomber: would fall back down
- terrible
- Adjective meaning terrible, dreadful, frightening
- cessa
- Past tense of cesser: she stopped, ceased worrying
- s'inquiéter
- Reflexive infinitive meaning to worry, be anxious
- résolut
- Past tense of résoudre: she resolved, decided firmly
- calmement
- Adverb meaning calmly, quietly, in a peaceful manner
- l'avenir
- Noun meaning the future
- réservait
- Imperfect of réserver: was reserving, had in store
- traîner
- Infinitive meaning to drag oneself, wander slowly
- oscillait
- Imperfect of osciller: was swaying, rocking back forth
- lit
- Noun meaning bed
- allongea
- Past tense of allonger: she lay down, stretched out
- suivit
- Past tense of suivre: he followed, came after her
- s'allongea
- Reflexive past tense: he lay down beside her
- côté
- Noun meaning side; à côté: beside, next to
- Malgré
- Preposition meaning despite, in spite of
- balancement
- Noun meaning swaying, rocking motion
- gémissements
- Plural noun meaning groans, moans, whimpers
- s'endormit
- Reflexive past tense of endormir: she fell asleep
- profondément
- Adverb meaning deeply, soundly, profoundly
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