Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant)Daudet, Alphonse
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Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant)
Daudet, Alphonse
Autobiographical fiction; Bildungsromans; French fiction -- 19th century; French language -- Readers
25. ayons l’œil, Roger, et en avant la grands scène! ‘come, Roger,
bestir yourself; now is the time for the grand scene.’
Page 86.
3. se roulait: same meaning as _riait à se tordre_.
7. avait fait exprès d’envoyer…, ‘had purposely sent…’
18. me mit hors de moi, ‘enraged me.’
24. je n’y tins plus: see note, p. 57 l. 5.
29. je ne sais quel: see note, p. 47 l. 24.
Page 87.
6. où trouver de l’argent? comment m’en aller? see note, p. 69 l. 31.
Page 88.
8. par exemple, ‘however’; cf, note, p. 3 l. 22.
21. j’en aurais encore long à te dire, ‘there is a good deal more
I could say to you.’
24. ou bien, ‘or else.’
26. ignorer: _not_ ‘to ignore,’ which in French is _méconnaître_
or _faire semblant de ne pas connaître_.
Page 89.
5. vous couperez de mes cheveux: cf.—
_j’ai de vos livres_, ‘I have some of your books.’
22. attendant qu’ils soient…: note the subjunctive and the use
of _que_ instead of _jusqu’à ce que_ after _attendre_.
Page 90.
3. il se glisse à petits pas dans l’ombre des murs, ‘he steals
along slowly under cover of the walls.’
6. péristyle: a range of pillars surrounding a courtyard or an edifice.
14. un peu de lune descend et vient donner en plein sur…,
‘a moonbeam comes down and shines full upon…’
16. ne fait qu’y penser depuis des heures, ‘has done nothing
but think about it for hours past’; note—
_il ne fit que le toucher_, ‘he only touched it.’
_il ne fait que manger_, ‘he does nothing but eat.’
_il ne fait que de sortir_, ‘he has just gone out.’
_il n’a que faire de sortir_, ‘he has no occasion to go out.’
Page 91.
1. en voilà une idée, de faire du trapèze, ‘that’s a queer idea, to
practise on the trapeze’; _en_ is redundant, cf. note, p. 3 l. 31.
8. suicidé, ‘would-be suicide.’
Page 92.
2. c’est comme cela! ‘that’s your little game, is it?’
12. en finir, ‘to put an end to himself.’
13. a bien parlé, bien pleuré, bien dégonflé son pauvre cœur malade,
‘has sobbed and told all and unburdened his poor aching heart.’
19. un grand bonheur, ‘a great stroke of luck.’
20. sans attendre tes huit jours, ‘without waiting till your week’s
notice is up.’
Page 93.
4. au fond d’un bon lit, ‘ensconced in a comfortable bed.’
30. J’ai fait ton compte, ‘I have portioned it out for you.’
Page 94.
2. de côté: see note. p. 11 l. 3.
3. faire un remplaçant, ‘to provide a substitute.’ Formerly recruits
were taken by lot from the conscription-list, and anyone who drew
a losing number could pay another, who was called a _remplaçant_,
to take his place. Under the present law, however, every
able-bodied Frenchman must serve as a soldier.
ne tire au sort que dans six ans, ‘has not to draw lots for six years.’
4. d’ici là, ‘before that time.’
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