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mal faire les choses
do things badly
le marquis de Norpois
elderly pompous former diplomat (104)
Mais pour ce qui regarde celui-ci,
But with respect to the latter (104)
appropriée à
appropriate to (104)
des femmes tarées
women of ill repute; tainted (104)
se souvenant de
remembering (104, 226)
le rang
social rank, row, position (104)
des fonctionnaires
civil servants (104)
la plus grossière goujaterie
the crudest boorishness (104, 123)
jusqu'à la plus fine politesse
to the finest politeness (104)
prendre au dépourvu
to take by surprise (104)
comporter
to involve, include
des plates-bandes
flowerbeds (104)
longuement (adv)
much later (104)
le château de la Raspelière
county house of Verdurins (104)
Qu'il suffice actuellement
May it suffice for the present (104)
à son égard
with regard to him
à la rigueur
strictly speaking
faire étalage de
to flaunt, show off
il ne pouvait faire étalage de ses relations politiques
he couldn't display his political connections (104)
dissous entièrement
completely dissolved
une débauche de couleurs
a riot of colours (104)
si tu tiens à ta peau
if you value your life
le coup d'œil
insight, judgment (104)
en troisième lieu
thirdly (104)
flétri
faded, withered; diminished (104)
engouer de
become infatuated with (104)
les Verdurin s'étaient engoués de lui
the Verdurins had become enamored with him (104)
les brocards
the taunts, ridicule (104)
s'efforcer
endeavor, strive
Disons pour finir
Let's finally say (104)
Journal des débats (1789-1944)
the most widely read newspaper of the Restoration and July Monarchy, especially for French literature
ses pairs
his peers (104)
des opinions bien portées
orthodox opinions (104)
des gens bien pensants
'right-thinking' people (104)
En revanche
Conversely
se grandir aux yeux des
to enhance one's own importance in the opinion of (104)
être en mesure de
to be able to, in a position to (104)
il y avait surtout que
The main point was that (104)
il ne le peut que en
he can only do so by
primer
to predominate (104)
Mais en ce qui concernait (qn)
But as far as he was concerned (104)
le routinier
the routine
et à tout le moins
and at the very least
à leur tour
in turn
un autre genre d'esprit
another mindset (104)
Avare de ses mots
Sparing of his words (104)
par pli professionnel de
by professional habit (in one's character) of (104)
avoir plus de prix
have more value, more precious (104)
être très boutonné
be very reserved (104)
les formes surannées du langage
the antiquated forms of language (104)
une prédilection
a partiality, affection (for a person)
tout le premier
first and foremost
Il avait conscience que
he was aware that
envoyer un coup de chapeau
to give a tip of one's hat (104)
être exact
to be punctual
la guerre de 70
Franco-Prussian War
Dernièrement encore
Even recently
les propos bon compte
suitable, correct remarks
elle goûtait son air de bonté un peu désuète
she appreciated his somewhat old-fashioned kindness
il jetait au loin
he threw away
méconnus
little known
trop lui demander
too much ask of him
se départir de
to part with (sth), get rid of (sth)
l'abattement
despondency, dejection (low spirits caused by loss of hope, 105)
« je ne devais pas voir Gilberte »
I was not to see G. (impf. of devoir + inf., expressing a "future in the past," see Noms de pays)
Il devait partir le lendemain.
He was to leave tomorrow. (He was supposed to leave tomorrow.)
un souvenir à garder
a memory worth preserving (105)
l'atermoiement
postponement
la première mouture de
first version of
préconisé par
recommended by (105)
se destiner à une carrière dans
to intend to become, set one's sights on (a particular career, 105)
une trame
plot (story thread, 105)
que je savais par cœur
that I knew by heart (105)
les grandes scènes
the great stages (105)
le sous-entendu
innuendo (105)
déconseiller
to advise against (doing)
le quatrième art
theatre (after music, painting, literature), capable of synthesizing gesture, voice, and text to access profound emotional layers
Phèdre, par Jean Racine (1677)
based on Euripides' Hippolytus; a model for exploring hidden desires, akin to his own narrative style (a conduit to a superior reality in which performers embody eternal truths; cf. Elstir's paintings, Vinteuil's music; Proust views the theatre as a "living museum" of emotions)
« pli selon pli » (SM)
art "unfolds" truths layer by layer (but require active engagement)
« les vérités »
(la durée réelle de Bergson) theatre as a philosophical tool, facilitating our intuitive grasp of deeper realities (desire, jealousy, illusion, self-deception, and fate); these truths, once grasped, become our permanent possessions
« un monde plus réel que celui où je vivais »
timeless essences of human experience and passions, as distilled by theatre into archetypal forms (e.g., Phèdre's tragic desire mirroring the Marcel's obsession w Gilberte & Albertine; for Proust, tied to invol. memory and aesthetic epiphany: art reveals connections across time.)
ce que je demandais à cette matinée, c'était tout autre chose qu'un plaisir : des vérités appartenant à un monde plus réel que celui où je vivais, et desquelles l'acquisition une fois faite ne pourrait pas m'être enlevée par des incidents insignifiants, fussent-ils douloureux à mon corps, de mon oiseuse existence
encapsulates Proust's idealism about art as salvation from banality (theatre, w its blend of immediacy and illusion, exemplifies how aesthetic encounters can bridge the mundane and the eternal, 105)
je luttais du matin au soir contre
I struggled from morning to night against (105)
en fin de compte
ultimately
fussent-ils
even if there were
subrepticement
surreptitiously
un coup de fouet
a strong boost (105)
la distribution
the cast (of a play, 105))
cinglé
driven mad, crazed (105)
la représentation
performance
en voie de
in the process of (105)
la souillure, selon Eschyle
defilement (άγος, μίασμα) stemming from acts like murder, regicide, matricide (e.g., in the House of Atreus; Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy: Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides)
la souillure, selon Georges Bataille
acts of defilement - excess, violence, sexuality - lead to profound, ecstatic inner experiences (building on Aeschylus' portrayal of defilement as a catalyst for transformation via Mauss & Hubert)
Marcel Mauss et Henri Hubert, Essai sur la nature et la fonction du sacrifice (1899)
1899
Georges Bataille: « Plus grande est la beauté, plus profonde est la souillure » (Erotisme, 1957)
"The greater the beauty, the deeper the defilement" (erotic desire thrives on defiling the ideal to possess it fully; defilement linked to death, sacrifice, and liberation from societal taboos)
la purification
a rite or means of cleansing this defilement (το αγνισμα), often through blood rituals (Eumenides, ll. 327–328)
où après coup...où
either afterwards...or
savoir à quelle espèce d'homme
to know what kind of man
Et de la sorte,
And in this way,