Then he left the room, biting the end off a cigar.

Il partit, mâchonnant un cigare.

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La Conquete des Plassans

Zola, Emile

The Conquest of Plassans

Zola, Emile

Then, in a rough way and with biting irony, he went on to speak of the amours of Rome.

Puis, rudement, avec une ironie sourde et âpre, il continua, en parlant des amours à Rome.

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

Les Trois Villes - Rome

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities - Rome

Zola, Emile

This sort of wound that lived upon him, which became active, flushed, and biting at the slightest trouble, frightened and tortured him.

Cette sorte de blessure vivant sur lui, se réveillant, rougissant et le mordant au moindre trouble, l'effrayait et le torturait.

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Therese Raquin

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Therese Raquin

Zola, Emile

With the collapse of any rapprochement by mid-October over the loosening of the economic sanctions which were biting hard in Japan, the government of Prince Konoye had resigned and been replaced by an administration headed by General Tojo.

Avec le fiasco, mi-octobre, de toutes les tentatives de rapprochement sur l'assouplissement des sanctions économiques qui pesaient lourd sur le Japon, le gouvernement du prince Konoye avait démissionné et cédé la place au général Tojo.

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Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis

Kershaw, Ian

© Ian Kershaw, 2000.

© Flammarion, 2000, pour la traduction franсaise. Edition revue, 2001.

Hitler. 1936-1945 Nemesis

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© 2000 by Ian Kershaw

The first whom Duvillard perceived was Duthil, looking extremely feverish, biting his moustaches, and constantly making grimaces in his efforts to force a smile.

Le premier qu’il aperçut fut Dutheil, fiévreux, mâchant ses fines moustaches, la face tirée par un tic, dans son effort de sourire quand même.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris

Les Trois Villes - Paris

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The Three Cities - Paris

Zola, Emile

When Du Poizat came back, he was biting his lips, and his face was as white as a sheet.

Lorsque Du Poizat est revenu, il pinçait les lèvres, la face blanche comme un linge.

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

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

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His Excellency

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When they reached Les Tulettes, Marthe hastened towards the house of her uncle Macquart, followed by the cook, who had now subsided into silence, contenting herself by shrugging her shoulders and biting her lips.

Aux Tulettes, Marthe se dirigea vivement vers la maison de l'oncle Macquart, suivie de la cuisinière, qui se taisait maintenant, haussant les épaules, les lèvres pincées.

Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans

La Conquete des Plassans

Zola, Emile

The Conquest of Plassans

Zola, Emile

Then the dispute became terrible, they all three spoke at once, coming at last to abominable reproaches, with such outbursts, and such furious motion of the jaw, that they seemed to be biting one another.

Alors, ce fut terrible, tous les trois parlèrent à la fois, en arrivèrent aux reproches abominables, avec des éclats tels, des coups si durs de mâchoires, qu’ils semblaient se mordre.

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

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His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

Look at Monsieur Peirotte's wife, she's biting her handkerchief.

Regarde donc la femme à M. Peirotte, elle mord son mouchoir.

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

La Fortune des Rougon

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The Fortune of the Rougons

Zola, Emile

© 2006 BiblioBazaar

The delusion of power, that's what's biting him.

Le mirage du pouvoir, c'est ça qui le ronge.

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Manhattan Transfer

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© Editions Gallimard, 1928, pour la traduction francaise.

Manhattan Transfer

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© 1925 by John Dos Passos

© 1953 by Elizabeth Dos Passos

Hitherto, Commander Sicardot had been ragefully biting his moustache, and muttering insulting words.

Jusque-là, le commandant Sicardot avait terriblement mordu ses moustaches, en mâchant de sourdes injures.

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

La Fortune des Rougon

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The Fortune of the Rougons

Zola, Emile

© 2006 BiblioBazaar

M. Kahn was just coming back, biting off the end of a cigar between his teeth.

M. Kahn rentrait, en coupant un cigare du bout des dents.

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

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

To-day youth is forced in a hot-house; it is trained to judge of thoughts, actions, and writings with biting severity; it slashes with a blade that has not been fleshed.

Aujourd’hui la jeunesse possède une science de serre chaude, partant tout acide, qui la porte à juger avec sévérité les actions, les pensées et les écrits; elle tranche avec le fil d’une lame qui n’a pas encore servi.

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Le Lys dans la vallee

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The Lily of the Valley

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Then, as if the solitude thereabouts did not suffice to reassure him, he led Pierre some distance away, through the icy, biting wind, which he himself did not seem to feel.

Puis, comme si la solitude ne suffisait pas à la rassurer il l’emmena à quelque distance, dans la bise glaciale qui soufflait, et qu’il paraissait ne pas sentir.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris

Les Trois Villes - Paris

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The Three Cities - Paris

Zola, Emile

And, biting his lip and winking his eye, he at length made himself understood by Octave, who at first' did not in the least catch what he meant.

Et, par des pincements de lèvres, des clignements d'yeux, il se fit enfin comprendre d'Octave, qui ne saisissait pas du tout.

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Pot-Bouille

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Pot-Bouille

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