Les carnets de l'apothecaire CHP2 (not complete)

Chez elles

at home

buvait

drank

laissant trainer ses oreilles

letting her ears hang around

assises en diagonale

sitting diagonally

ragots

gossip

agitation sous

agitation under

dissimuler

to conceal

des potins

gossip

accouche

gave birth

leurs rejeton

their offspring

trainee de poudre

trail of pouder

nourrisait une partie

fed a part

oublier la chaleur

forget the heat

la progeniture

the offspring

aurait pu revendiquer

could have claimed

couronnement

coronation

courant

current

regulier avait de quio alimenter l'inquietude’

regular had something to feed the worry

touillant sa bouille

stirring her porridge

soupconnait

suspected

souffrante

suffering

raconte

recounted

au ventre

in the stomach

appuyer se dires

support herself saying

taraudait

nagged

amerement

bitterly

commerages qu'elle avait recueillis

gossip that she had collected

souvent

often

comblee

fulfilled

commere

gossiped

ailleurs

elsewhere

compter

to count

ses corvess au plus vite

her chores as quickly as possible

l'apanage

prerogative

panier

basket