Souvent j'ai dit à mon mari: Nous en...
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Souvent j'ai dit à mon mari: Nous en prenons un?
Et il me dit: Ah non, non, ma pauvre femme. Notre
petit moment pour jouer est passé. Je ne peux rien
faire que de rester dans [ma]1 chaise en faisant des
grimaces, et ça fait trembler plus que ça ne fait rire un
petit enfant.
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1 Diamond: "une"
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- ENG English (Leonard Lehrman) , "Often I have said to my husband", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 55
Often I have said to my husband
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Often I have said to my husband: Shall we get one?
And he says to me: No, my poor dear wife. Our
little moment to play has passed. I can no longer
do anything but sit in a chair making
faces. And that would cause a little child to tremble
more than to laugh.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 54