Then she too, became furious, and continued, raising her voice: "That is always the way—Impurity wishes to raise its head and bite honest women.

Puis des fureurs la prenaient à son tour, elle continuait en élevant le ton: – C’est toujours ainsi... l’impure veut lever la tête et mordre les femmes honnêtes.

Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat

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At one moment, he fancied his bedstead was being shaken in a peculiar manner. He imagined Camille was beneath it, and that it was he who was tossing him about in this way so as to make him fall and bite him.

A un moment, il lui sembla que sa couche était étrangement secouée; il s'imagina que Camille se trouvait caché sous le lit, et que c'était lui qui le remuait ainsi, pour le faire tomber et le mordre.

Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin

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But the bite Camille had given him stung as if his skin had been branded with a red-hot iron. When his thoughts settled on the pain this gash caused him, he suffered cruelly.

La morsure de Camille était comme un fer rouge posé sur sa peau; lorsque sa pensée se fut arrêtée sur la douleur que lui causait cette entaille, il en souffrit cruellement.

Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin

Therese Raquin

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Zola, Emile

There was only one poor lad, and him they have devoured; each had a bite at him, and their lips are covered with blood...

Il n’y avait qu’un pauvre enfant, et ils l’ont mangé; chacun a donné son coup de dent; ils ont encore du sang plein les lèvres…

Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon

La Fortune des Rougon

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Bands of enormous rats which had taken refuge under bits of the lowered scaffoldings would fight, and bite, and bound out of their holes in a gallop of terror.

Des bandes de rats énormes réfugiés sous les pièces des échafaudages abattus, se mordaient, bondissaient hors de leurs trous, dans un galop d’effroi.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes

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Zola, Emile

She generally pretended to sob, as soon as she caught sight of the bite, so as to make it more insufferable to Laurent.

D'ordinaire, elle feignait de sangloter, dès qu'elle voyait la morsure, afin de la rendre plus insupportable à Laurent.

Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin

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When she had been thus transformed, all was dark inwardly; she felt the birth of a new being within her frame, a being pitiless and cruel, who would have liked to bite the murderers of her son.

Quand elle eut été transformée, il fit noir en elle; elle sentit naître dans sa chair mourante un nouvel être, impitoyable et cruel, qui aurait voulu mordre les assassins de son fils.

Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin

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Then in her turn she paused and began to bite her pocket handkerchief.

Elle s'interrompit pour mordre son mouchoir.

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

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But his mouth differed--a sensual, voracious mouth it was, with wolfish teeth--a mouth of prey made for nights of rapine, when the only question is to bite, and tear, and devour others.

Mais la bouche différait, une bouche à la dentition de loup sensuelle et vorace, une bouche de proie, faite pour les soirs de bataille, quand il ne s’agit plus que de mordre à la conquête des autres.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome

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But his keenest suffering, both physical and moral, came from the bite Camille had given him in the neck.

Sa souffrance la plus aiguë, souffrance physique et morale, lui venait de la morsure que Camille lui avait faite au cou.

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Zola, Emile

Nevertheless, there was truth in what had just been said by this man, who so promptly showed his teeth, eager to bite whenever his faith was assailed; and Pierre looked at him with sympathy.

Il avait pourtant raison, ce garçon qui montrait les dents, toujours prêt à mordre, lorsqu’on touchait à sa foi ; et Pierre le regarda avec sympathie.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes

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The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes

Zola, Emile

It was as a poison flowing in his veins and giving him an impulse to bite like a mad dog.

C'était un venin qu'il portait à présent dans les veines et qui lui donnait des envies de mordre à la façon d'un chien enragé.

Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean

Pierre et Jean

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A cake, man, to say the truth, is an agreeable morsel, and I often see the time when I pine for a bite myself."

Un gâteau de farine d’orge, pour dire la vérité, est un morceau friand, et il y a des moments où je voudrais moi-même en avoir une tranche.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario

Le lac Ontario

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'I've not had a bite to eat for two days.

Je n'ai rien eu à me mettre sous la dent depuis deux jours.

Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches

Les Trente-Neuf Marches

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Thirty-Nine Steps

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Hair of the dog good for the bite.

Poil de chien guérit la morsure.

Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures

Les chausseurs de chevelures

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The Scalp Hunters

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