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Scan 132
Le luthier de Crémone et Le trésor, 1920
25 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Exercises for Translation into French
38. His compensation would be to improvise at the hour of sunrise a hymn of joy to awakening nature. (heure, hymne, joie, se lever, nature, récompense, réveiller, soleil)
59. Giannina wanted to know if he was deceiving himself in thinking that his violin had the same sound as Amati's. (celui, se flatter, même, penser, savoir, son, violon, vouloir)
710. Sitting on the hillside she asked him please to play anything he liked. (asseoir, coteau, jouer, plaire, prier, s'il, tout, vouloir)
9Exercise IV
10(Based on Le Luthier, Lines 368–504)
121. She soon began to show her grief. He noticed it at last and saw that she was going to burst into tears. (aller, en apercevoir, chagrin, enfin, fonder, larmes, tarder, voir)
142. He has a right to be proud for, although his art is all he has in this world, it will at least console him. (art, avoir, bien que, consoler, être, fier, ici-bas, moins, ne . . . que)
163. She was going to grieve him; she was sure of it; but he must not be too much hurt at it. (aller, en (2), fâcher, faire, falloir, peine, sûr, trop)
184. After what she had just heard she could not nurse a hope that Sandro had a right to aspire to the prize. (devoir entendre, espoir, nourrir, prétendre, prix, pouvoir)
205. She was foolish to try to hide her trouble from him. She wanted to smile but it was too much for her. (cacher, chagrin, fort, fou, sourire, vouloir)
226. He had seen himself in the glass and found it quite natural that at her age she should not love the cleverest hunchback. (âge, aimer, bossu, glace, habile, naturel, tout, trouver, voir)
247. Get yourself out of the way, he said to himself, break your violin, hide yourself and die. (aller, briser, cacher, dire, en, mourir, violon)
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