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One sentence of «La Dernière Classe»
Tout ce qu’il disait me semblait facile, facile.
Everything he said seemed easy to me, easy.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Puis il prit une grammaire et nous lut notre leçon.
Then he took a grammar and read us our lesson.
J’étais étonné de voir comme je comprenais.
I was astonished to see how well I understood.
I believe, too, that I had never listened so well, and that he, for his part, had never put so much patience into his explanations.
You would have said that before going away the poor man wanted to give us everything he knew, to get it into our heads at a single stroke.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Tout | tout | all, every; quite, very (adj./adv.); tout à coup — suddenly; tout de suite — at once; tout à fait — entirely; tout à l’heure — right away |
| ce | ce | this, that; these, those (dem. adj.); it, that (pron.) — c’est, it is; ce qui, ce que — what |
| qu | que | that, which, whom; than; how…! (conj./rel. pron.); ne… que — only |
| il | il | he; it (il, ils — they) (pron.); il y a — there is; il faut — one must |
| disait | dire | to say, tell (v.); on aurait dit — you would have said; se dire — to say to oneself |
| me | me | me, to me, myself (pron.) |
| semblait | sembler | to seem (v.) |
| facile | facile | easy (adj.) |
Read «La Dernière Classe» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. The whole tale is free and asks for no account.