07 - CS II (39, 44-9)

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protégé par

under the patronage of

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le clocher de Vieuxvicq

the steeple/bell tower of

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« Je est un autre », Arthur Rimbaud

"I is another" (lettres to Georges Izambard, 1871)

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un neurasthénique

Someone suffering from nervous exhaustion (chronic fatigue, hypersensitivity to stimuli, insomnia, anxiety, headaches, digestive issues, memory lapses, and a profound lack of energy, incl. Proust, 039, 048)

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à la veille de secouer

on the verge of shaking off, on the verge of getting rid of (039)

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être prendre dans l'engrenage de

be trapped in the 'cycle' (gears) of a situation, trapped in the chain of events of (039)

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une pilule

a pill (048)

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remettra sur pied

to restore to health (048)

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un canapé de tapisserie

sofa upholstered in heavy, woven fabric with decorative patterns (048)

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les petites frises des bordures

decorative bands of repeating motifs along the margins of a fabric (048)

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un déclic

trigger, releasing mechanism (039)

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se débattre inutilement

to struggle in vain (039)

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boisé

wooded (area, 039)

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se rasséréner

become calm again (lit., 039)

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s'effrayer

to become alarmed (044)

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à l'essai

on a trial basis (044)

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agréger quelqu'un à

to incorporate somebody into (a group, 044)

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brouiller

to mix up, confuse, confuse (044)

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brouiller les cartes

shuffle the cards, confuse the issue

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se flâner

to lounge around, linger (039); to stroll (se promener)

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brouiller X avec Y

to sow discord between X and Y (044)

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séance tenante

without further ado (044, 049)

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« Qu'en dis-tu ? »

What do you say about it? (044)

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avec un ton de marivaudage

with a light-hearted tone (044)

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qu'à partir du jour où il

from the day when he (045)

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un nuage oisif flânait longuement

an idle cloud lingered for a long time (039)

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Par moments, oppressée par l'ennui, une carpe se dressait hors de l'eau

At times, oppressed by boredom, a carp rose out of the water (lassitude, 039)

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ni ne connaîtraient

nor would ever know (039)

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le département

1 of the 101 primary administrative regions (039)

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ne...plus que

no more than, nothing but

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je ne voyais plus que le vide en face de mon attention

I saw nothing but the void before my eyes (039)

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des grappes de fleurs

clusters of flowers (039)

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convenir avec

agree with (039)

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À la rentrée de 1888

At the start of the 1888 school year

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« enfoncer »

to drive in, hammer; to surpass, outclass (informal, almost vulgar tone, 044)

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toute nouvelle recrue

each new recruit

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aller chez eux

go to their house

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déposer toute curiosité

to lay aside all curiosity

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un esprit d'examen

a critical spirit

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en dehors de

apart from

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bien que / si bien que

although / so that (049)

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des voluptés particulières

particular pleasures (049)

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elle n'était déjà plus insaisissable

it was no longer elusive (049)

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ne pas aller dans le monde

keep away from fashionable society (049)

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un valétudinaire

a person with poor health or chronic illness (049)

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une demi-mondaine

woman on the periphery of high society

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avoir d'avis

have an opinion

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accroire

to delude someone into believing

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si facile de faire accroire que

so easily led to believe that

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En ce qui me concerne

as far as I'm concerned

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mettre un couvert, « so

to lay a place-setting at a dining room table; "his place setting"

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tenir à

to be anxious to, want to (+ inf., cf. vouloir)

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l'ingéniosité

ingenuity

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les pur mondains

true socialites (045)

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ce n'était pas la peine de

it was not worth the trouble to (045)

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un hobereau

a country squire (045)

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un greffier

a town clerk (045)

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l'habitude de la vie

everyday life

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les dons de son esprit

his intellectual gifts (045)

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d'un seul coup

in one fell swoop (045)

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négligent

careless

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mépriser

to scorn, despise

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une femme de chambre

house maid

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faute de mieux

for lack of anything better (045)

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faute de faire signe à celui

for lack of reaching out to him (046)

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Swann, lui,

Swann, for his part,

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plantureuse

buxom (plump with large breasts, 045)

<p>buxom (plump with large breasts, 045)</p>
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une vision fugitive

a fleeting vision (045)

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s'allonger

to lengthen (045)

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traîner

be lying around (045)

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elle trouva une lettre qui traînait par mégarde

she found a letter that had been carelessly left lying around (045)

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paré

ready, prepared (045)

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un muret

a low wall

<p>a low wall</p>
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devant la vie

in the face of life

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affamé

starving, famished (045)

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dépêcher

to dispatch a message

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Même, après coup,

But, in retrospect, (045)

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mettre en relation avec

to put (so-and-so) in contact with (045)

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sur l'heure

at once, immediately

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racheté par

bought back by (045)

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une certaine muflerie

a certain boorishness

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affiné

refined

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des amis du monde

some society friends

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une douairière

a dowager (widow with a title or property)

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servir d'entremetteur

serve as an intermediary, go-between (045)

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une habileté diplomatique

diplomatic skill

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les maladresses

blunders

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je me suis souvent fait raconter

I have often been told

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les prières

the requests

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par mégarde

by mistake, unintentionally

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entraîner dans

draw into (a social circle)

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s'efforcer de

endeavour to do something (046)

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Il la faisait inviter dans

He had her invited to

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les salons particulièrement fermés

the most exclusive salons

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les gens à la mode

the fashionable people

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ils lui prodigueraient devant la femme

they would lavish on him in the presence of the woman (045)

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ils vivent cantonnés jusqu'à leur mort

they live confined lives until their death (045)

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les divertissements médiocres

mediocre entertainments (045)

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pousser

to urge, compel; grow flowers (045-6)

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Il poussait Mme Verdurin à laisse

He urged Mme Verdurin to allow