The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 1
The Council with the Munchkins
Le Conseil avec les Munchkins
She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt.
Elle fut réveillée par une secousse si soudaine et si violente que si Dorothy n'avait pas été allongée sur le lit moelleux, elle aurait pu se blesser.
As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally.
En l'occurrence, la secousse lui coupa le souffle et elle se demanda ce qui s'était passé ; et Toto fourra son petit nez froid dans son visage et gémit lamentablement.
Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room.
Dorothy se redressa et remarqua que la maison ne bougeait plus ; et il ne faisait pas non plus sombre, car le brillant soleil entrait par la fenêtre, inondant la petite pièce.
She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door.
Elle sauta de son lit et, avec Toto sur ses talons, courut ouvrir la porte.
The little girl gave a cry of amazement and looked about her, her eyes growing bigger and bigger at the wonderful sights she saw.
La petite fille poussa un cri d'étonnement et regarda autour d'elle, ses yeux s'agrandissant de plus en plus devant les merveilleux spectacles qu'elle découvrait.
The cyclone had set the house down very gently—for a cyclone—in the midst of a country of marvelous beauty.
Le cyclone avait posé la maison très doucement — pour un cyclone — au milieu d'un pays d'une beauté merveilleuse.
There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
Il y avait de jolies étendues de gazon vert tout autour, avec de majestueux arbres portant des fruits riches et savoureux.
Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
Des massifs de fleurs magnifiques se trouvaient de tous côtés, et des oiseaux au plumage rare et brillant chantaient et voletaient dans les arbres et les buissons.
A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.
Un peu plus loin coulait un petit ruisseau, se précipitant et scintillant entre des berges verdoyantes, et murmurant d'une voix fort agréable à une petite fille qui avait vécu si longtemps dans les prairies sèches et grises.
While she stood looking eagerly at the strange and beautiful sights, she noticed coming toward her a group of the queerest people she had ever seen.
Tandis qu'elle se tenait là à regarder avidement les spectacles étranges et magnifiques, elle remarqua s'approcher d'elle un groupe des gens les plus bizarres qu'elle eût jamais vus.
Vocabulary
- Conseil
- Council or advice given by an authority
- avec
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- Elle
- Third person feminine singular pronoun meaning 'she'
- fut
- Past historic form of 'être', meaning 'was'
- réveillée
- Awakened or woken up from sleep
- par
- Preposition meaning 'by' or 'through'
- secousse
- A sudden jolt or shaking movement
- si
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'so' or 'if'
- soudaine
- Adjective meaning sudden or abrupt
- violente
- Adjective meaning violent or intense
- avait
- Imperfect tense of 'avoir', meaning 'had'
- été
- Past participle of 'être', meaning 'been'
- allongée
- Lying down or stretched out on a surface
- sur
- Preposition meaning 'on' or 'upon'
- lit
- A bed used for sleeping or resting
- moelleux
- Soft, plush, or cushiony in texture
- aurait
- Conditional form of 'avoir', meaning 'would have'
- pu
- Past participle of 'pouvoir', meaning 'been able'
- blesser
- To injure or hurt oneself or another
- occurrence
- Instance or case; used in 'en l'occurrence' meaning 'in this case'
- lui
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to her' or 'him'
- coupa
- Past historic of 'couper', meaning 'cut'
- souffle
- Breath or a puff of air
- demanda
- Past historic of 'demander', meaning 'asked'
- ce
- Demonstrative pronoun or adjective meaning 'this' or 'that'
- était
- Imperfect form of 'être', meaning 'was'
- passé
- Past participle of 'passer', meaning 'happened'
- fourra
- Past historic of 'fourrer', meaning 'thrust' or 'poked'
- petit
- Adjective meaning small or little
- nez
- The nose on a person's or animal's face
- froid
- Adjective meaning cold or cool
- visage
- A person's face or facial expression
- gémit
- Past historic of 'gémir', meaning 'groaned'
- lamentablement
- In a pitifully mournful or wretched manner
- redressa
- Past historic of 'redresser', meaning 'straightened up'
- remarqua
- Past historic of 'remarquer', meaning 'noticed'
- maison
- A house or home building
- bougeait
- Imperfect of 'bouger', meaning 'was moving'
- plus
- Adverb meaning 'more' or in negation 'no longer'
- faisait
- Imperfect of 'faire', meaning 'was making' or 'it was'
- sombre
- Dark, dim, or gloomy in light or mood
- car
- Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'for'
- brillant
- Adjective meaning bright, shining, or sparkling
- soleil
- The sun or bright sunlight
- entrait
- Imperfect of 'entrer', meaning 'was entering'
- fenêtre
- A window in a wall or building
- inondant
- Present participle of 'inonder', meaning 'flooding'
- petite
- Feminine adjective meaning small or little
- pièce
- A room in a house or building
- sauta
- Past historic of 'sauter', meaning 'jumped'
- talons
- Heels of the feet or a shoe
- courut
- Past historic of 'courir', meaning 'ran'
- ouvrir
- To open a door, window, or container
- porte
- A door of a room or building
- fille
- A girl or young woman
- poussa
- Past historic of 'pousser', meaning 'let out' or 'pushed'
- cri
- A shout, cry, or exclamation of emotion
- étonnement
- Astonishment or great surprise at something
- regarda
- Past historic of 'regarder', meaning 'looked around'
- autour
- Adverb or preposition meaning 'around'
- yeux
- Plural of 'œil'; eyes on a face
- agrandissant
- Present participle of 'agrandir', meaning 'widening'
- devant
- Preposition meaning 'in front of' or 'before'
- merveilleux
- Adjective meaning marvelous or wonderful
- spectacles
- Sights or scenes that are impressive or striking
- découvrait
- Imperfect of 'découvrir', meaning 'was discovering'
- cyclone
- A powerful rotating storm or tornado
- posé
- Past participle of 'poser', meaning 'set down' or 'placed'
- très
- Adverb meaning 'very' or 'extremely'
- doucement
- Adverb meaning gently or softly
- milieu
- Middle or center of a place or group
- pays
- A country or land region
- beauté
- The quality of being beautiful or lovely
- merveilleuse
- Feminine adjective meaning marvelous or wonderful
- y
- Adverbial pronoun meaning 'there' or 'in it'
- jolies
- Feminine plural adjective meaning pretty or lovely
- étendues
- Stretches or expanses of land or area
- gazon
- Lawn grass or turf covering the ground
- vert
- Adjective meaning green in color
- tout
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all' or 'everything'
- majestueux
- Adjective meaning majestic or impressively grand
- arbres
- Plural of 'arbre'; trees growing in nature
- portant
- Present participle of 'porter', meaning 'bearing' or 'carrying'
- fruits
- Edible fruits growing on trees or plants
- riches
- Adjective meaning rich, abundant, or lush
- savoureux
- Adjective meaning tasty, flavorful, or delicious
- massifs
- Clumps or clusters of plants or flowers
- fleurs
- Plural of 'fleur'; flowers blooming in nature
- magnifiques
- Adjective meaning magnificent or splendid
- trouvaient
- Imperfect of 'trouver', meaning 'were found'
- tous
- Masculine plural of 'tout', meaning 'all'
- côtés
- Sides or directions around a place
- oiseaux
- Plural of 'oiseau'; birds found in nature
- plumage
- The feathers covering a bird's body
- rare
- Adjective meaning rare, unusual, or uncommon
- chantaient
- Imperfect of 'chanter', meaning 'were singing'
- voletaient
- Imperfect of 'voleter', meaning 'were fluttering'
- buissons
- Plural of 'buisson'; bushes or shrubs in nature
- peu
- Adverb meaning 'a little' or 'a bit'
- loin
- Adverb meaning far away or at a distance
- coulait
- Imperfect of 'couler', meaning 'was flowing'
- ruisseau
- A small stream or brook flowing through land
- précipitant
- Present participle meaning rushing or hurrying along
- scintillant
- Present participle meaning sparkling or glittering
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among'
- berges
- Banks or shores alongside a river or stream
- verdoyantes
- Adjective meaning lush green or verdant
- murmurant
- Present participle meaning murmuring or making soft sounds
- voix
- A voice or sound made by a person or thing
- fort
- Adverb or adjective meaning strong or very
- agréable
- Adjective meaning pleasant or agreeable
- vécu
- Past participle of 'vivre', meaning 'lived'
- longtemps
- Adverb meaning for a long time
- prairies
- Plural of 'prairie'; meadows or grassy plains
- sèches
- Feminine plural adjective meaning dry or arid
- grises
- Feminine plural adjective meaning grey or dull
- Tandis
- Conjunction used in 'tandis que' meaning 'while'
- tenait
- Imperfect of 'tenir', meaning 'was standing' or 'held'
- là
- Adverb meaning 'there' indicating a location
- regarder
- To look at or watch something attentively
- avidement
- Adverb meaning eagerly or greedily
- étranges
- Adjective meaning strange, odd, or unusual
- approcher
- To approach or come closer to something
- groupe
- A group or cluster of people or things
- gens
- People or persons in general
- bizarres
- Adjective meaning bizarre, weird, or strange
- eût
- Subjunctive past of 'avoir', meaning 'had'
- jamais
- Adverb meaning 'never' or 'ever'
- vus
- Past participle of 'voir', meaning 'seen'
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