07 - JFF (129-31, 140-148)

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subir le charme de

fall under the spell of

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J'avais dit à celui-ci tout ce que je ressentais

I had expressed all my feelings to her (128)

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je revins vers la maison, bousculé, meurtri

I turned back towards the house, shaken and hurt/bruised (131)

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en rebroussant chemin

by retracing my steps (131)

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Quand je faillis me décider

When I almost made up my mind (130)

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la funeste complaisance de compliquer l'amour

the unfortunate complacency/tendency of complicating love (131)

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jeter la bouée

to throw the life buoy to sby (as a means of rescue, 131)

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« Je venais d'écrire à Gilberte une lettre où je laissais tonner ma fureur, non sans pourtant jeter la bouée de quelques mots placés comme au hasard, et où mon amie pourrait accrocher une réconciliation ; »

I had just written a letter to Gilberte in which I gave full vent to my fury, yet not without throwing a life buoy in the form of a few carefully placed phrases, as if by chance, by which should she could latch onto a reconciliation. (131)

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pour nous bercer d'un beau songe

to lull us into a beautiful dream (131)

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Certes je m'efforçais de sortir de cette incohérence, de trouver des causes.

Admittedly, I strove to escape this inconsistency, to uncover its causes. (131)

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un aveu passionné

a passionate confession

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avilissante

degrading, humiliating

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une démarche grotesque et avilissante de ma part

an absurd and degrading approach on my part (131)

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Et je me lassai d'attendre

And I grew tired of waiting (131)

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l'arrivée inexacte de Gilberte

Gilberte’s late arrival (131)

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Je tâchais de trouver entre ces deux optiques également déformantes celle qui me donnerait la vision juste des choses ;

I tried to find, between these two equally distorting perspectives, which one would provide me with an accurate view of things; (131)

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comme notre mémoire ne nous présente pas d'habitude nos souvenirs dans leur suite chronologique, mais comme un reflet où l'ordre des parties est renversé

since our memory does not usually present our recollections in their chronological sequence, but rather as a reflection in which the order of the parts is reversed (130)

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« je peux affirmer à Monsieur que je ne mens pas. » (maître d'hôtel)

“I can assure you, sir, that I am not lying.” (131)

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« Si Monsieur veut se renseigner… »

"If one would like to make inquiries » (131)

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donnant la radiographie…de la réalité insoupçonnable que cacherait un discours étudié,

providing a X-ray of an unsuspected reality that a carefully crafted statement might have concealed. (131)

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un état d'abattement

a state of despondency (131)

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les heures des levées des lettres

the times for mail collection (131)

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mes heureuse reparties

my witty replies/rejoinders (140)

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les cadres vides de la journée du lendemain

the empty frames of the next day's events (130)

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entamer une conversation

to start a conversation (130)

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je recommençais à veiller

I was starting to stay up late again (130)

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Il me fallait avant de reprendre mon élan quelques jours de détente,

I needed a few days of relaxation before remaining my momentum (130)

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« je suis désolé de te voir tombé dans un milieu qui va achever de te détraquer. »

"I am sorry to see you fall into an environment that will end in driving you crazy." (129)

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délayer

to dilute, water down; to be long winded (délaie, 130)

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un engagé

a fresh recruit (a solider in the army); a volunteer (130)

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J'aurais pourtant dû être tourmenté par ce qui, au contraire, me rassurait, par ce que je croyais du bonheur.

And yet I ought to have been troubled by what, on the contrary, reassured me, by what I believed about happiness. (130)

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dans un livre où Bergotte délaie un peu

in a book where Bergotte is somewhat long winded (130)

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Déjà ma simple fréquentation chez les Swann

Already, my mere association with the Swanns (129)

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imaginer

to form a mental image or conception of sth

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chez Gilberte on ne servait jamais que du thé.

At Gilberte's house, they served only ever tea. (129)

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Et avec une exaltation niaise et factice

And with a silly and artificial exaltation (129)

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il me semble que ça doit être affolant !

It seems to me that it must be overwhelming! (129)

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j'avais imaginé tout son univers mental.

I formed a conception of his mental universe. (128)

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s’imaginer

the imagining is performed as an inward turn within the subject; it frequently carries a colouring of subjectivity, self-deception, or personal fancy.

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« nager dans la joie »

to be in a state of pure bliss, overflowing with joy (128)

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« Êtes-vous bien soigné ? »

“Are you being well taken care of?" (128)

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nouveau, nouvelle

new (for me)

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neuf, neuve

brand new

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Marie de Rabutin Chantal

Madame de Sévigné

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je me disais que

I thought to myself that

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les premiers temps de mon séjour

the first part of my stay

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un inconnu

a stranger

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la digue

the promenade by the sea

<p>the promenade by the sea</p>
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une flambée

a (camper's) fire; outbreak (140)

<p>a (camper's) fire; outbreak (140)</p>
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la dernière réserve du passé

last vestige of the past

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au grand jour

in broad daylight

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ce regain d'amour

this renewal of love (140)

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calquer sur

to model on, to copy

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je calquais tant bien que mal mon état d'âme sur

I modeled as best as I could my state of mind on (140)

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fade décor

bland decoration

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la survenue

arrival (of visitors); occurence, onset

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tenir à

want to (do sth), be due to

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une physionomie

general appearance; expression (of a landscape)

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immuable

unchanging (141, 143)

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Église Notre-Dame de Saint-Lô

Gothic cathedral in Saint-Ló, east of Coutance (141)

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se résoudre à

resolve (to do sth), resign oneself (to do sth)

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les dispositions

necessary arrangements

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dissimulé auparavant

previously hidden

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des allées et venues

comings and goings, hustle and bustle

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impossible à souffrir

unbearable

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le terme des déceptions successives

end of successive disappointments

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le premier essai

the first attempt

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un air malheureux

a long face, a look of misery

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pour remonter à un temps plus ancien

to go back further in time

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le drap de son manteau

the material of her overcoat

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son collet de fourrure

her fur collar

<p>her fur collar</p>
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la gravité pieuse

pious solemnity

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le fiacre

the hansom (2-wheeled carriage for 2, w driver in rear)

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un accès

a bout, a fit (of anger, asthma)

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peiner

to grieve, upset (sn)

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une réclame

an advertisement

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faire la sieste

to take a nap

<p>to take a nap</p>
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mes deux auteurs de prédilection

my 2 favourite writers

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un store

a window blind (on a train)

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remuer

to move, to stir (one's body, soup), wiggle (a key)

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le volume

the book

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tendre la main

to hold in one's hand

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elle m'avait tendu

she had handed me (a book)

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se laisser tromper par

allow oneself to be deceived by

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s'acquitter de

repay, pay for

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la saignée

the bloodletting

<p>the bloodletting</p>
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le mail

the mall, promenade

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ensevelir

to shroud, bury

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l'ensommeillement

sleepiness

<p>sleepiness</p>
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la fantaisie du peintre

imagination of the painter

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les forces puissantes au sein de la nature et de vie

powerful forces at the heart of nature and life (142, vitalism)

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s'évertuer

to struggle, do one's utmost to achieve (sth)

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dénombrer

to count, enumerate

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le carreau de la fenêtre

window pane

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s'amonceler

to pile up, gather up

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s'aviver

revive, brighten

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un coude

a bend (in the road, tracks); elbow

<p>a bend (in the road, tracks); elbow</p>
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versatile

changable

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accidenté

hilly, rugged

<p>hilly, rugged</p>
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au ras de

level with, flush with