 | Term | Definition |
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rien d'autre |
nothing else |
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qu'une motte de terre |
than a clod (motte) of earth (de terre) |
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si |
if |
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j'commencerais |
I would commence |
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vanter |
to boast |
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fier |
proud |
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d'être |
of to be |
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il faudra |
it is necessary |
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j'me hale |
I myself pull |
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en coin |
in corner |
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et là |
and then (there) |
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rappeler |
to remember |
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justement |
only |
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ma poussière |
my dust |
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serait pesé |
would be weighed |
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accroché |
hung |
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vieille romaine |
old scale |
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quand le vaux |
when the value |
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est calculé |
is calculated |
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j'entendrai |
I would hear |
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c'me fais d'la peine |
it pains me (what a pity) |
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enfin |
in a word |
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ce tit brin |
this little bit |
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d'terre grasse |
of clay |
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pourra pas remplir |
will not fill |
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la paume |
the palm |
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de ma main |
of my hand |
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si une personne marcheriat |
if a person were to walk |
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sur cette motte |
on this clod |
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a va être |
it (clod) will be |
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tout écrasé |
totally mashed |
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et pis là |
and then there |
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un tit vent |
a little wind |
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s'enlèverait |
were to arise |
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j'vas être tout épayé |
I will all scattered about |
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c'est pas d'la peine |
it is not worth the pain |
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qu'y essayent de chercher |
that they try to search |
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pour l'épaillage |
for the scattering |
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tous les grémilles |
all the small pieces |
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aussi égaré |
so haggard |
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vont presqu'empêcher |
will nearly prevent |
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de faire une tirage |
of to make a selection (regathering) |
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mais après y vont |
but after they will |
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me mettre ensemble, encore |
put me together, again |
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rien va changer |
nothing will change |
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j'vas toujours devenir |
I will alwasy become |
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une pauvre motte de terre |
a poor clod (clump) of earth |
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après jonger |
doing some thinking |
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si j'resterais dans le coin |
if I were to stay in the corner |
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après me rapeller |
to remind myself (reminding myself) |
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que j'sus rein d'autre |
that I am nothing of else (but) |
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très fragile |
very fragile |
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ô pitié |
how pitiful |
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y va être possible |
it will be possible |
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de servir |
of to serve |
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mes pauvres prochains |
my haggard fellow men |
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très bien |
very well |
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sans d'avoir peur |
without of to have fear |
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qu'y marcherons |
that they will walk |
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mais, plutôt |
but rather |
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m'accepterons |
they will accept me |
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comme un avantage |
like a benefit |
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parce que j'sus |
because I am |
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le même comme hier |
the same as yesterday |
