r\u00eavassait \u00e0 la crois\u00e9e ouverte => he was daydreaming by the open window
\nbaiser \u00e0 peine assagi => kisses scarcely mellowed
\nalit\u00e9e => bedridden
\ngisant => laid-out
\ngerbe => lock of hair
\nnatte => mat
\nse brouille et s’effondre => blur and collapse
\nrenfrogn\u00e9e => scowling
\npersiennes => shutters
\ncharria la guirlande fr\u00eale => carried the frail garland
\nbruine fr\u00e9quente des fins d’automne => frequent drizzle in late autumn
\npetite pluie verticale qui larmoie => small vertical rain that causes tears
\ntisse de l’eau => weave water
\nfaufile l’air => sneaks the air
\nh\u00e9risse d’aiguilles les canaux planes => bristles with needles the flat canals
\ncomme un oiseau dans un filet mouill\u00e9, aux mailles interminables => like a bird in a wet net, with endless meshes
\nun couteau de voyou \u00e0 cran d’arr\u00eat => switchblade of a thug
\nun canif => a penknife
\nun pantalon de velours chocolat \u00e0 larges c\u00f4tes => brown baggy jeans
\nla garde sculpt\u00e9e dans l’\u00e9corce => the safety groove set in the handle
\nla nacre lisse => the smooth mother-of-pearl
\nle signe cabalistique sur la lame qui fait les vrais initi\u00e9s => the maker’s mark on the blade to show its identity
\nun rossignol => a nightingale
\nqui gonfle inutilement la poche => which bulges uselessly in the pocket
\nl’odeur du sureau => the smell of elderberry
\nune religieuse au caf\u00e9 => a coffee-nun (type of cake)
\nun paris-brest => Paris-Brest (another type of cake)
\nune mille-feuille => thousand leaves (another type of cake)
\non \u00e9gr\u00e8ne les noms sans h\u00e2te => we list the names slowly
\nrelev\u00e9s => raised
\nengloutit => engulfs
\nde s\u00e9rieux de roi mage => with the seriousness of one of the the magi
\nfl\u00e2nerie => strolling
\npoireaux => leeks
\ncabas => shopping bag
\nostensoir => monastre (an ornament for showing a religious relic)
\n\u00e0 cette heure creuse de la matin\u00e9e => at the lull in the morning
\nles parfums mitonn\u00e9s du d\u00e9jeuner => the smells of lunch simmering
\nla toile cir\u00e9e => the table cloth
\nun tas de petits pois dans leur gousse => a pile of peas in their pods
\nsur la fente de la gousse => on the ridge of the pod
\nla peau faussement parchemin\u00e9e => a false parched skin
\nsur un torchon => on a tea-towel
\nc\u2019est dans le code => its the way it’s done
\nmais pour suivre le cours, \u00e0 l\u00e9ger contretemps => but for sticking to it, with slight setbacks
\nmanches retrouss\u00e9es => sleeves rolled up
\ntoutes ces rondeurs contigu\u00ebs font comme une eau vert tendre => all these contiguous curves look like tender green water
\ns’avachir => to slouch
\nfarniente bestial => bestial idleness
\n\u00e0 la mollesse v\u00e9g\u00e9tative => vegetative sluggishness
\nen filigrane => watermark
\ntout juste paraph\u00e9 => initialed with embroidery
\nvioline => purple
\nroues lenticulaires => lentil like wheels
\nboyaux crois\u00e9s => crossed inner tubes
\ncaillasse solitaire => solitary rock
\ns’\u00e9gr\u00e8ne => spread
\nhurluberlus surexcit\u00e9s => overexcited oddballs
\npaillardise franchouillarde => French bawdiness
\nmoissons => harvest
\nc’est un grand coup de jeune => quite a shake-up
\non peut changer le cours des choses au d\u00e9bott\u00e9 => we can change the things right from the start
\non ne va pas vous cantonner dans un fauteuil > => we are not going to confine you to an armchair
\nOn acc\u00e8de aux recoins, aux placards => you can access the corners, the cupboards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
r\u00eavassait \u00e0 la crois\u00e9e ouverte => he was daydreaming by the open window baiser \u00e0 peine assagi => kisses scarcely mellowed alit\u00e9e => bedridden gisant => laid-out gerbe => lock of hair natte => mat se brouille et s’effondre =>…<\/p>\n