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Sentence 33 of 34 · Le petit Chaperon rouge, Charles Perrault, 1697

— C’est pour te manger !

“They are to eat you with!”

Where it stands

The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.

— C’est pour mieux te voir, mon enfant !

“All the better to see you with, my child!”

— Ma mère-grand, que vous avez de grandes dents !

“Grandmother, what big teeth you have!”

Et, en disant ces mots, ce méchant Loup se jeta sur le petit Chaperon rouge, et la mangea.

And, saying these words, this wicked Wolf threw himself upon Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her up.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
C cethis, that; these, those (dem. adj.); it, that (pron.) — c’est, it is; ce qui, ce que — what
est êtreto be (v.); c’est — it is; also forms the past of some verbs: elle est venue — she came
pour pourfor; in order to (prep.); pour moi — as for me; pour sa sœur — as for her sister
te teyou, to you; yourself (pron.)
manger mangerto eat (v.); mangé aux bords — worn, nibbled at the edges

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