Selected focabulary from in a body together
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE p.33 very absolute
by Robert Louis Stevenson the pink the highest degree of perfection
Penguin Classics 1979 the proprieties the rules and conventions of polite
society
the bands here, the ties blackmail chantage
to decree to ordain a caper a wild escapade
still here, always the drawer of a cheque celui qui a retiré un chèque
heather la bruyère to muse to ponder, to meditate
the broom le genêt to feel strongly about doing smg to disagree to do smg
bonnie ma belle to partake avoir quelque chose de
bland calm and unexcited
Story of the Door scarcely hardly, barely
p.29 rugged renfrogné p.34 downright thoroughly, completely
lighted illuminated sullenness morosity
scanty hardly sufficient; insufficient presently soon
backward retarded in development to resume to begin again after an interruption
dreary boring a bargain an agreement
beaconed radiated
vintages années millésimes Search for Mr Hyde
misdeeds wicked acts p.35 a bachelor an unmarried man
Cain's heresy sect (3rd century A.D.) whose members the cloth the tablecloth
regarded Cain (who murdered his brother, a will un testament
Abel, in the OldTestament) and other not clouded gloomy, troubled
very commendable biblical brow forehead
characters as saints a holograph a document written wholly in the
an acquaintance a person who one knows handwriting of the person whose
demeanour a person's manners toward others signature it bears
a feat an exploit M.D. Medicinae Doctor (Doctor of Medicine)
catholicity variety D.C.L. Doctor of Civil Law
ivy lierre LL.D. Legum Doctor (Doctor of Laws)
hence d'où, de là F.R.S. ? Royal Society
a kinsman a male blood relation &c. etc.
p.30 dull boring, insignificant burthen = burden : responsibility, duty
to hail to acclaim enthusiastically the fanciful here, caprices
a thoroughfare a main road to be the immodest to lack decency
dingy lugubre, minable to be clothed upon être paré de
shutters volets mists les brouillards (figuratively)
brasses objets en cuivre p.36 to buffle to perplex, to puzzle
sinister suggesting an evil force; a fiend a demon; an extremely evil or cruel
promising trouble person
to thrust forward s'avancer brusquement obnoxious highly disagreeable
a gable un pignon a safe un coffre
blind having no openings a butler the chief male servant of a household
blistered covered with blisters (= ampoules) to usher to precede and introduce
tramps vagrants dapper neatly dressed, trim
slouched affalé a shock a bushy mass
a recess a remote, secret place boisterous noisy, high-spirited, unrestrained
mouldings moulures geniality cordiality
abreast side by side thorough complete in all respects
p.31 to long for to desire smg very much fanciful eccentric
to stump to walk in a stiff, heavy manner balderdash nonsense
to trample over smy to beat down with the feet so as to to flush to redden, to blush
injure a spirt a spurt : a sudden short burst of smg
hallao interjection used to attract attention a relief un soulagement
a loathing extreme dislike; abhorence p.37 conveyancing (terme juridique) procédure
a apothecary a pharmacist translative de propriété
a bagpipe une cornemuse to toss to and fro to move oneself about vigorously
p.32 harpies (extremely) hot-tempered women and nervously
a sneer a slight raising of one corner of the toiling working strenuously
upper lip, expressive of contempt Juggernaut from a Hindi idol of Krishna; used to
to carry it off to handle (a situation) successfully speak of an overwhelming force that
to stick out tenir bon dans ses revendications crushes everything in its path
mischief trouble, complications to do smy's bidding faire ce que qqn ordonne de faire
to strike here, to conclude the bargain to doze to sleep lightly and intermittently
a check payable to bearer un chèque payable au porteur it was but to see... it was only to see
genuine authentic stealthily furtively
apocryphal false, counterfeit to dizziness jusqu'au vertige
to crush to press so as to injure
p.38 apace rapidly p.47 to club to strike or beat with or as if with a
to behold to gaze at; to look upon club (= massue, gourdin, matraque)
bondage servitude to hail down to pour down
startling astounding; astonishing to faint to lose consciousness for a short time
without bowels of mercy without compassion mangled butchered; disfigured
concourse gathering the stick = the cane
quaint unfamiliar; strange splintered fendue en éclats
p.39 to admit to permit to enter the gutter le caniveau
hoarsely d'une voix rauque a sealed envelope une enveloppe scellée
p.40 to snarl to growl while baring the teeth to quail to shrink back in fear
husky hoarse p.48 a pall smg that produces a gloomy atmosphere
hitherto until this time hues teintes
troglodytic pertaining to a fabulous and twilight le crépuscule
prehistoric race of people that lived lurid horrible; stressing violent or
in caves, dens, or holes sensational elements
radiance rayonnement a shaft of daylight un rayon de lumière du jour
foul wicked; immoral wreaths nappes (de brouillard)
clay argile dismal depressing; gloomy
a continent here, body slatterly untidy and very dirty
Harry diminutive of 'Henry'; Old Harry is to kindle allumer
also the devil's nickname gloomy cheerless; depressing; sombre
shady questionable; of dubious character dye colour
p.41 oak en chêne dingy rather dark and depressing;
a fender un pare-étincelles not well looked after
a shudder a shiver (trembling) huddled densely packed
to resume to begin again after an interruption umber a natural brown earth
to misgive => a misgiving a feeling of doubt and suspicion to cut off to separate
concealed hidden blackguardly infamous
pede clauda latin expression meaning 'limping' a heir one who is legally entitled to inherit
p.42 to condone to forgive, to overlook, to disregard the property of another
to brood to think and worry anxiously p.49 odious abominable; detestable
to grope to search blindly and uncertainly a ply (=> plies) l'épaisseur, un brin
lest de peur que ransacked searched thoroughly; pillaged
by chance par hasard the hearth /-a:-/ the floor of the fireplace (l'âtre)
a Jack-in the Box un diable (à ressort) the butt end the unburned end
an iniquity a wicked act; a sin to clinch = to confirm
a spark une étincelle (fig) p.50 the handbills = son signalement
a beholder a person who beholds, who gazes at
Dr Jekyll was Quite at Ease
p.43 a crony a close, long-standing friend Incident of the Letter
to befall to happen p.51 gaunt bleak and desolate
a score a group of 20 items strewn covered with
a host one who entertains guests crates des caisses
to detain to keep littered jonché
the threshhold the entrance straw de la paille
unobstrusive not readily noticed; quiet; baize a thick feltlike cloth
inconspicuous the grate the fireplace
to sober dégriser p.52 a trial un procès
after a lot of talking and animation
after the expense and strain of gaiety grounds reasons
with smg of a slyish cast with smg secretive about his attitude unworthily insufficiently
hidebound prejudiced; narrow-minded to labour under to suffer from
ruthlessly in a merciless way p.53 a qualm a sudden feeling of faintness or
a trifle a bit weakness
sharply abruptly; harshly the eddy le tourbillon
p.44 to mend to repair ticklish delicate
to fancy to imagine a longing for a desire for
to fish for to seek smg indirectly
The Carew Murder Case a hearth /-a:-/ a fireplace
p.46 startled surprised; alarmed; shocked a carbuncle une escarboucle (a jewel)
a lane a narrow way or road to muffle assourdir
a maid a female servant to smother étouffer
to bow to bend (the head, the body) to p.54 the imperial dye la pourpre impériale (fig.)
express greeting stained windows des vitraux
well-founded legitimous scarce hardly
self-content satisfaction with oneself to put smg to rights mettre qqch en ordre
presently soon obliging flatteur
to trifle with smg to play, to toy with smg to shape to give a particular form to
course = course of action
to elicit to bring forth a butler the chief male servant of a household
sedulously diligently; industriously beetles des blattes (insects)
p.55 sloped inclined p.65 to smuggle in to take [smg) in secretely
quaint strange a wholesale chemist un pharmacien en gros
to forge to reproduce for fraudulent purposes; the stuff the unspecified material
to counterfeit crumpled crushed together into wrinkles
a sample un échantillon
to purchase to buy
Remarkable Incident of Dr Lanyon sedulous diligent
p.56 callous insensitive p.66 composedly calmly
his whereabouts the location of smy sulkily d'un ton maussade
to blot out to erase hand of write handwriting
whilst while the theatre ici,un amphithéâtre
p.57 to betake oneself to cause oneself to go a crate une caisse
a death-warrant un ordre d'exécution to whip to move quickly
these tokens these signs quills les piquants (d'un hérisson) (fig)
swift rapid eagerness ardour; impatience
doomed condemned to death appalling frightful; dreadful
accursed cursed; hateful; abominable mottled spotted
p.58 in drift in meaning pallor paleness
henceforth from this time on p.67 a build une carrure; une charpente
seclusion isolation to break in to enter forcibly
unmanning causing to give up manly courage an axe une hache
and spirit a poker un tisonnier
amities friendly relations to make a clean breast to tell the plain truth
the tenor the general sense to swear to promise
wrecked ruined; destroyed p.68 'it gave me a turn' 'cela m'a donné un coup'
a fortnight quinze jours the marrow la moelle
p.59 restored returned I own I confess
the trustee a person who has legal control of to lurk to lie in wait, as in ambush
smg they are keeping for another a footman un valet
person amiss wrong
stringent rigorous; severe a malefactor a criminal; an evildoer
to mortify to discipline a scud had banked... les nuages s'étaient amoncelés...
bondage servitude; enslavement a well un puit
to fall off se relâcher to toss to throw
the shelter l'abri
Incident at the Window to and fro de long en large
p.60 an ass un âne p.69 a break un répit
damp humid a sample un échantillon
the twilight ici, le crépuscule oddly strangely
mien appearance the tread the manner of walking
p.61 uttered pronounced a chill a sensation of coldness, here from fear
a stack une pile
The Last Night bated restrained
p.62 plainly in a clear and intelligible manner a hinge un gond
doggedly stubbornly; tenaciously the frame l'encadrement
altered changed to bound to jerk upward
amiss wrong the fittings l'assemblement
foul play criminal violence or activity that workmanship the art, skill, or technique of a
results in a person's death or workman
unfair or dishonnest beahviour to break in sunder to break apart
p.63 seasonable suitable for the season the wreck the remains of smg that has been
to tilt to incline destroyed
to fleck to cause tiny marks to appear a besieger un assiégeant
to struggle to make a huge effort riot disturbance
to lash to strike as if with a whip to peer to look intently, as if with difficulty
the railing les grilles p.70 a kettle une bouilloire
to mop to wipe a strain a tune (fig)
dews droplets glazed vitré
exertion effort a press a cupboard; a storage closet
a flock a group on tiptoe sur la pointe des pieds
to braek into to begin suddenly the cords the muscles
p.64 to whimper to make soft, whining sounds a phial une fiole
peevishly irritably a kernel the inner part of a nut or fruit stone
unseemly improper (= une amande amère)
termination conclusion a cellar une cave
a jerk a sudden spasmodic movement lumber heavy, useless material
a mat a thickly tangled mass
a coobweb une toile d'araignée p.80 to deride to mock
a flag a flagstone (= une dalle) to reel to be thrown off balance or fall back
to hearken to listen to clutch to grasp or to attempt to grasp and
p.71 to stain to discolor; to soil; to spot hold tightly
rust de la rouille to shield to protect
awestruck filled with respect and fear to grope to search blindly and uncertainly
a heap un tas turpitude depravity
a saucer une soucoupe to dwell on to lay emphasis on
cosily comfortably
pious pieux Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case
startling shocking p.81 endowed equipped
a cheval glass a long mirror on swivels in a frame industry hard work
(une psyché) imperious domineering; pressing
p.72 an array an impressive collection to conceal to hide
to be disposed of to be gotten rid of duplicity deliberate deceptiveness in
to venture to dare behaviour or speech
to foresee to see or know in advance to blazon to display ostentatiously
dire dreadful; disastrous exacting demanding
a narrative a story a trench une coupure
p.73 credit reputation to sever to separate
to trudge to walk in a heavy-footed way inveterate persisting in an ingrained habit
a spring a source
Dr Lanyon's Narrative the furtherance the progress
p.74 to fail smy to disappoint or to forsake smy p.82 perennial perpetual
to grant to accord, as a favour to be doomed to be condemned
to be summoned to be sent for to outstrip to surpass
a locksmith un serrurier a polity an organized society (fig.)
to misdirect to direct incorrectly multifarious having great variety
p.75 to set out to leave incongruous conflicting
the shipwreck here, the destruction denizens citizens
to trifle with to deal with smg as if it were steadfastly firmly; constantly
insignificant extraneous coming from outside; alien
fancy imagination a curse a malediction
an errand a short trip taken to perform a faggots a bundle of twigs (= un faisceau)
specific task agonized tortured
this farrago ce brouillamini the womb a place where smg has its earliest
p.76 a hansom a two-wheeled covered carriage stages of development (literally, the
with the driver's seat above and behind uterus)
a carpenter un menuisier mist-like looking like mist
to avow to confess transience caractère éphémère et transitoire
handy manually adroit attired dressed (fig.)
dispensing preparing and giving out medicines to pluck back to remove
pungent qui pique fortement to remove smg
p.83 to cast smg off
an entry an item entered in a record an aura a distinctive feature that
to whet to sharpen characterizes a person
a tincture une teinture effulgence radiance
flighty capricious; impulsive to compound to produce by combining
p.77 ere before to bear the stamp porter le sceau
a weapon une arme potently powerfully
debility feebleness a scruple a unit of apothecary weight
idiosyncratic eccentric utterly completely
acuteness gravity to blot out to erase; to abolish
a hinge a motive a tabernacle a temple, here refering to the body
p.78 haunches the hips, the buttocks, and the to compound to mix
upperthighs to subside to become less
to sprawl wide open bâiller (vêtements) racking tormenting
ludicrous ridiculous a pang a sudden, sharp sensation, as of pain
misbegotten illegitimate heady intoxicating; stimulating
a pang a sudden, sharp sensation, as of pain recklessness imprudence; témérité
to wrestle to fight; to struggle a solution a dissolution
p.79 to grate grincer bonds (social) promises and obligations
to pluck away to pull away p.84 tenfold ten times
a hue une teinte to brace to strengthen
a compound a mixture the inmates the residents
to settle régler slumber sleep
parley discussion flushed excited
greed desire; avidity; eagerness wherein in which
to be blasted être foudroyé (fig.) hence for this reason
to stagger ébranler an imprint a mark
decay deterioration to obliterate to erase
hitherto until this time throes severe pangs of pain (= affres)
p.85 a misgiving a feeling of doubt and suspicion longings persistent desires
commingled mixed; blended together the draught the potion
to linger to remain as if reluctant to leave to make allowance for to acknowledge the existence of
beyond redemption irremediably unbridled unrestrained
a fiend an evil spirit; a demon propensity inclination
to slumber to be dormant to stir ro excite
undignified damaging to dignity civilities les politesses
to doff to discard; to get rid of a plaything a toy
p.86 to track to follow the traces of to strip oneself of to get rid of
to parry to avoid balancing counterbalancing
mishaps unfortunate accidents steadiness firmness
to befall to happen slightly légèrement
a bravo a villain, esp. a hired killer glee joy
to plod to work perseveringly weariness fatigue
genial cordial p.91 a fit une crise
to strip off to take off a thrill a quivering or trembling
a draught the potion forfeit doomed
to pass away to evaporate lust an overwhelming desire
the stain the mark screwed fastened; attached
in his stead in his place a peg a small cylindrical pin used to fasten
a study un cabinet de travail things or to fit a hole (here, fig.)
vicarious done by one person substituting for another (= une cheville) (here, fig.)
this familiar = this familiar demon thence from there
relentless persistent gloating feeling and expressing malicious pleasure
p.87 aghast shocked; appalled to devise to plan; to invent
to relax relâcher to harken to listen carefully
the grasp l'emprise an avenger un vengeur
unimpaired intact to pledge ici, boire à la santé de
to slumber to sleep clasped joined
to connive to cooperate secretly self-indulgence excessive indulgence in one's own
the steps the stages appetites and desires; self-centeredness
chastisement punishment rent torn
a passerby un passant self-denial ≠ self-indulgence
resentment anger toils anything that entangles (= les rets)
a doze un petit somme (toil unpleasant work that is physically
p.88 comely attractive; handsome exhausting)
corded noueux to smother down to calm
a knuckle une jointure des doigts to swarm grouiller; fourmiller
dusky rather dark in colour; pale petitions = supplications
swart dark iniquity wickedness; sinfulness
bounding leaping henceforth from this time on
overpowering overwhelming; submerging willing voluntary
a feint of un simulacre de patent obvious; plain
to spell out to make explicit; to specify to butress to reinforce
a tide un afflux the scaffold l'échafaud
p.89 to spy to catch sight of p.92 to peep to look very quickly, secretly and quietly
the balance l'équilibre to redeem to make up for
overthrown overturned to labour to work hard; to strive painstakingly
to be forfeited to be surrendered to relieve to lessen; to alleviate
to treble to triple to weary of to become very tired because of
to indulge to gratify; to satisfy beneficent charitable
of late recently the first edge of le premier feu de
to pamper to treat with excessive indulgence my penitence mon repentir
to cast in one's lot with smy s'en remettre à qqn to wear off s'atténuer
despised disregarded; looked dowm upon to growl for to ask in a threatening way for
a bargain un marché licence freedom
in the scales dans la balance to startle smy to frenzy affoler qqn
smartingly painfully to trifle with to play with
commonplace ordinary capacious spacieux
inducements = tentations condescension concession
to cast the die jeter les dés => décider du chirrupings pépillements, gazouillements
sort drowsed half asleep
it fell out with me... il en advint de moi... subsequent future
wanting in lacking vainglorious excessively proud and vain
to keep to to observe a qualm a sudden felling of sickness, faintness
p.90 bade farewell to... said goodbye to... p.93 the cloth the tablecloth
a quarry a hunted animal
thrall to esclave de
the gallows la potence
to waver to vacillate
utterly completely
to consign smy to to relegate smy to
to prevail to manage to convince
to rifle to rob
my own hand = my own handwriting
garments clothes
mirth gaiety; merriment
to gnash to grind (= grincer)
a gust an outburst of emotion, here of fury
his perch son siège (on the hansom)
obsequiously in a servile way
wherewithal aussitôt
p.94 thenceforward from that time on
to gnaw to bite and chew persistently
quailing shrinking back in fear
a cab a one-horse vehicle for public hire
attired dressed
to chatter to talk rapidly, incessantly, and insanely
skulking moving about furtively
he smote her... he inflicted a heavy blow on her...
to rack to torment
stringent poignant
p.95 to herald to announce
impending threatening
doom disaster
to wear off to diminish
brimming crammed
the slime la vase; le limon
(sticky substance; any thick, slippery substance
which covers a surface and which looks or smells
unpleasant)
a pit a relatively deep hole in the ground
insurgent rebellious; rising in revolt
knit joined closely
to mutter grommeler; grogner
p.96 to prevail to triumph; to be victorious
to depose smy out of smg to deprive smy of smg
station = situation
to loathe to dislike greatly; to abhor
despondency depression; sadness; melancholy
to resent to fell angry and bitter about
ape a large primate (such as a chimpanzee, a gorilla, etc.)
the tricks les mauvais tours
to scrawl to write hastily and illegibly
alleviation soulagement
callousness insensitivity
acquiescence acceptation
to sever to separate
ransacked searched thoroughly
the glass the mirror
to delay to postpone
p.97 hitherto until this time
throes severe pangs of pain
circumscription confinement; immersion (fig.)
spite rancune
doom fate
to close in on smy to come nearer and nearer and gradually
surround
to reindue revêtir (fig.)
ecsatsy a state of intense or extreme emotion
I am careless I don't care
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FdV/3.2000
Explain the following expressions :
p.29, "It was a nut to crack for many [...]"
p.30, l.5, "[...] the two men put the greatest store by these excursions"
p.30, l.9, "It chanced on one of these rambles that their way led them [...]"
p.32, l.5-l.6, "to pitch it in red hot"
p.32, l.10, "'If you choose to make capital out of this accident, [...]'"
p.32, l.12, "Name your figure."
p.35, l.23, "This document had long been the lawyer's eyesore."
p.42, l.6, "[...] few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension, [...]"
p.42, l.18, "I must put my shoulder to the wheel [...]"
p.70, l.15, "Utterson knew that he was lookin on the body of a self-destroyer."
p.70, l.17, "Hyde is gone to his account."