Treasure Island — Page 8
He never wrote or received a letter, and he never spoke with any but the neighbours, and with these, for the most part, only when drunk on rum.
Il n'écrivit jamais de lettre et n'en reçut jamais, et il ne parlait à personne d'autre qu'aux voisins, et encore, pour la plupart, seulement quand il était ivre de rhum.
The great sea-chest none of us had ever seen open.
Le grand coffre marin, personne d'entre nous ne l'avait jamais vu ouvert.
He was only once crossed, and that was towards the end, when my poor father was far gone in a decline that took him off.
On ne le contraria qu'une seule fois, et ce fut vers la fin, quand mon pauvre père était très avancé dans le dépérissement qui devait l'emporter.
Dr. Livesey came late one afternoon to see the patient, took a bit of dinner from my mother, and went into the parlour to smoke a pipe until his horse should come down from the hamlet, for we had no stabling at the old Benbow.
Le docteur Livesey vint un après-midi sur le tard pour voir le malade, accepta un morceau à dîner de ma mère, et se rendit dans le salon pour fumer une pipe en attendant que son cheval descendît du hameau, car nous n'avions pas d'écurie au vieux Benbow.
I followed him in, and I remember observing the contrast the neat, bright doctor, with his powder as white as snow and his bright, black eyes and pleasant manners, made with the coltish country folk, and above all, with that filthy, heavy, bleared scarecrow of a pirate of ours, sitting, far gone in rum, with his arms on the table.
Je le suivis, et je me souviens d'avoir observé le contraste que formait le médecin soigné et distingué, avec sa poudre blanche comme neige, ses yeux noirs et vifs et ses manières agréables, avec les rustres campagnards, et surtout avec cet épouvantail de pirate, sale, lourd et aux yeux troubles, qui était assis, bien ivre de rhum, les bras sur la table.
Suddenly he--the captain, that is--began to pipe up his eternal song:
Tout à coup, il — le capitaine, c'est-à-dire — se mit à entonner son éternelle chanson :
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
« Quinze hommes sur le coffre du mort — Yo-ho-ho, et une bouteille de rhum ! La boisson et le diable ont eu raison des autres — Yo-ho-ho, et une bouteille de rhum ! »
At first I had supposed "the dead man's chest" to be that identical big box of his upstairs in the front room, and the thought had been mingled in my nightmares with that of the one-legged seafaring man.
Au début, j'avais supposé que « le coffre du mort » était ce grand coffre à lui qui se trouvait en haut dans la chambre de devant, et cette pensée s'était mêlée dans mes cauchemars à celle de l'homme de mer unijambiste.
Vocabulary
- écrivit
- ay-kree-vee — Past tense of 'écrire'; he wrote
- jamais
- zhah-meh — Never; used in negative constructions
- lettre
- leh-truh — A written letter sent to someone
- reçut
- ruh-sü — Past tense of 'recevoir'; he received
- parlait
- par-leh — Imperfect tense of 'parler'; he was speaking
- personne
- pehr-son — Nobody; no one in negative constructions
- autre
- oh-truh — Other; another person or thing
- voisins
- vwah-zan — Neighbors; people living nearby
- encore
- ahn-kor — Still; again; even
- plupart
- plü-par — Most; the majority of something
- seulement
- suhl-mahn — Only; merely; just
- quand
- kahn — When; at the time that
- ivre
- ee-vruh — Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol
- rhum
- rom — Rum; a strong alcoholic spirit
- coffre
- kof-ruh — A chest or trunk for storing belongings
- marin
- mah-ran — Relating to the sea; a sailor
- entre
- ahn-truh — Between; among
- vu
- vü — Past participle of 'voir'; seen
- ouvert
- oo-vehr — Open; past participle of 'ouvrir'
- On
- ohn — One; we; people in general; indefinite pronoun
- contraria
- kohn-trah-ree-ah — Past tense of 'contrarier'; annoyed or thwarted someone
- seule
- suhl — Alone; only; single
- fois
- fwah — Time; occasion; instance
- fut
- fü — Past tense of 'être'; it was
- vers
- vehr — Toward; around; approximately (time)
- fin
- fan — End; conclusion of something
- pauvre
- poh-vruh — Poor; unfortunate; wretched
- père
- pehr — Father; male parent
- avancé
- ah-vahn-say — Advanced; progressed; far along
- dépérissement
- day-pay-rees-mahn — Decline; deterioration of health or strength
- devait
- duh-veh — Imperfect of 'devoir'; was supposed to; had to
- emporter
- ahm-por-tay — To carry away; to take away; to kill
- docteur
- dok-tuhr — Doctor; medical physician
- vint
- van — Past tense of 'venir'; came
- après-midi
- ah-preh mee-dee — Afternoon; the time after midday
- tard
- tar — Late; at a late hour
- voir
- vwahr — To see; to visit someone
- malade
- mah-lad — Sick person; patient; ill individual
- accepta
- ak-sep-tah — Past tense of 'accepter'; accepted; agreed to
- morceau
- mor-soh — A piece or portion of food
- dîner
- dee-nay — Dinner; the main evening meal
- mère
- mehr — Mother; female parent
- rendit
- rahn-dee — Past tense of 'se rendre'; went to a place
- salon
- sah-lohn — Living room; sitting room in a house
- fumer
- fü-may — To smoke; to smoke a pipe or cigarette
- pipe
- peep — A pipe used for smoking tobacco
- attendant
- ah-tahn-dahn — Waiting; while waiting for something
- cheval
- shuh-val — Horse; a large riding or working animal
- descendît
- day-sahn-dee — Subjunctive of 'descendre'; that it come down
- hameau
- ah-moh — Hamlet; a very small village or settlement
- car
- kar — Because; for; explanatory conjunction
- écurie
- ay-kü-ree — Stable; a building housing horses
- vieux
- vyuh — Old; elderly; aged
- suivis
- swee-vee — Past tense of 'suivre'; I followed
- souviens
- soo-vyan — From 'se souvenir'; I remember
- observé
- ob-sehr-vay — Observed; noticed; watched carefully
- contraste
- kohn-trast — Contrast; difference between two things
- formait
- for-meh — Imperfect of 'former'; was forming; created a contrast
- médecin
- mayd-san — Medical doctor; physician
- soigné
- swah-nyay — Well-groomed; neat; carefully tended
- distingué
- dis-tan-gay — Distinguished; refined; having an air of elegance
- poudre
- poo-druh — Powder; powdered wig or hair powder
- blanche
- blahnsh — White; feminine form of 'blanc'
- neige
- nehzh — Snow; frozen precipitation
- yeux
- yuh — Eyes; plural of 'œil'
- noirs
- nwahr — Black; dark; plural masculine adjective
- vifs
- veef — Lively; sharp; keen; alert
- manières
- mah-nyehr — Manners; ways of behaving socially
- agréables
- ah-gray-ah-bluh — Pleasant; agreeable; enjoyable
- rustres
- rüs-truh — Boors; rude, uncultured people
- campagnards
- kahm-pah-nyar — Country people; rural inhabitants; peasants
- surtout
- sür-too — Above all; especially; most importantly
- épouvantail
- ay-poo-vahn-tai — Scarecrow; a frightening or grotesque figure
- pirate
- pee-rat — Pirate; a sea robber or plunderer
- sale
- sal — Dirty; filthy; unclean
- lourd
- loor — Heavy; cumbersome; clumsy
- troubles
- troo-bluh — Troubles; difficulties; disturbed states
- assis
- ah-see — Seated; sitting down
- bras
- brah — Arm; upper limb of the body
- table
- tah-bluh — Table; a piece of furniture
- Tout
- too — All; everything; whole
- coup
- koo — Blow; hit; in 'tout à coup' means suddenly
- capitaine
- kah-pee-ten — Captain; leader of a ship or group
- est-à-dire
- eh-tah-deer — That is to say; in other words; namely
- mit
- mee — Past tense of 'mettre'; put; placed; began
- entonner
- ahn-toh-nay — To strike up; to begin singing a song
- éternelle
- ay-tehr-nel — Eternal; endless; always recurring
- chanson
- shahn-sohn — Song; a piece of music with lyrics
- Quinze
- kanz — Fifteen; the number 15
- hommes
- om — Men; plural of 'homme'
- mort
- mor — Dead; death; deceased
- bouteille
- boo-tay — Bottle; a glass container for liquids
- boisson
- bwah-sohn — Drink; beverage; alcoholic or non-alcoholic
- diable
- dyah-bluh — Devil; demon; the evil one
- raison
- reh-zohn — Reason; in 'avoir raison' means to be right
- autres
- oh-truh — Others; the other ones
- début
- day-bü — Beginning; start of something
- supposé
- sü-poh-zay — Supposed; assumed; believed without certainty
- trouvait
- troo-veh — Imperfect of 'trouver'; was finding; was located
- haut
- oh — High; up; upstairs
- chambre
- shahm-bruh — Bedroom; a room for sleeping
- devant
- duh-vahn — In front of; before
- pensée
- pahn-say — Thought; idea; something thought about
- mêlée
- may-lay — Mixed in; mingled with; blended together
- cauchemars
- kohsh-mar — Nightmares; frightening dreams during sleep
- celle
- sel — That one; the one; feminine demonstrative pronoun
- homme
- om — Man; adult male person
- mer
- mehr — Sea; large body of salt water
- unijambiste
- ü-nee-zhahm-beest — One-legged person; someone with only one leg
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