Le Corbeau et Le Renard | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Jean de la Fontaine fable

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Maître Corbeau

Mr. Crow

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sur un arbre perché

perched on a tree branch

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Tenait en son bec un fromage

Held in his beak a piece of cheese

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Maître Renard

Mr. Fox

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par l'odeur alléché

attracted by the enticing smell

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Lui tint à peu près ce langage

Said more or less these words

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Que vous êtes joli !

How pretty you are

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que vous me semblez beau!

How beautiful you seem to me

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Sans mentir

Without lying

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si votre ramage

if your song/voice

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Se rapporte à votre plumage

Is as beautiful/as nice as your feathers

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Vous êtes le Phénix des hôtes de ces bois.

You are/would be the Phoenix of the hosts of these woods.

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À ces mots, le Corbeau ne se sent pas de joie.

At these words, the crow is overwhelmed with joy.

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pour montrer sa belle voix

to show off her beautiful voice

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Il ouvre un large bec

He opens his large beak

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laisse tomber sa proie.

letting his prey fall.

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