"I recognised Burgat the blacksmith.

J’ai reconnu Burgat le forgeron…

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La Fortune des Rougon

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The Fortune of the Rougons

Zola, Emile

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"Yes, my husband, – he's a blacksmith.

–  Oui, mon mari; c’est un forgeron.

Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom

La case de l'oncle Tom

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

One might have thought he was a blacksmith striking hot iron – but a frock-coated blacksmith, short and bald, working in a wild and awkward way.

On aurait dit un forgeron battant un fer chaud; mais un forgeron en redingote, court et chauve, d’attitude maladroite et rageuse.

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La Fortune des Rougon

Zola, Emile

The Fortune of the Rougons

Zola, Emile

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After they had ridden about a mile, Haley suddenly drew up at the door of a blacksmith's shop, when, taking out with him a pair of handcuffs, he stepped into the shop, to have a little alteration in them.

Au bout d’environ un mille, Haley s’arrêta devant une forge, et y entra, une paire de menottes à la main.

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La case de l'oncle Tom

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

Of him her brother thus wrote, speaking of visiting his plantation, on a collecting tour; "He actually made me feel of his fist, which was like a blacksmith's hammer, or a nodule of iron, telling me that it was'calloused with knocking down niggers.'

En parlant de ce misérable, que dans sa tournée de recettes il venait de visiter, il m’écrivait: «Il m’a fait tâter son poing, tout semblable à un marteau de forge ou à une masse de fer, en se vantant qu’il l’avait endurci à terrasser des nègres.

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La case de l'oncle Tom

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

I rolled up my sleeves, and there was a forearm which might have been a blacksmith's, sunburnt and rough with old scars.

Je roulai mes manches jusqu'au coude, révélant ainsi des avant-bras dignes d'appartenir à un forgeron, brûlés de soleil et sillonnés de vieilles cicatrices.

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Les Trente-Neuf Marches

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Thirty-Nine Steps

Buchan, John

"For my part," says Cocon, "I wanted to go to the blacksmith's when we'd got quit of grubbing, to imbibe something hot, and pay for it.

– J’ai voulu, moi, dit Cocon, quand on a été quittes de becqueter, entrer chez l’forgeron pomper quelque chose de chaud, en l’achetant.

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Le feu

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