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'The brute!' muttered Bongrand, suffocating with grief, as indignant as at the outburst of some low-bred fellow beside a deathbed.
«Brute! » murmura Bongrand, étranglé de chagrin, révolté comme de l’éclat d’un rustre dans la chambre d’un mort.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
It would be better not to know anything at all about it, like that brute Chambouvard, or else to see very clearly into the business and then give up painting. . . .
Il vaudrait mieux ne pas y voir du tout, comme cet animal de Chambouvard, ou bien y voir très clair et ne plus peindre…
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
So long as he had acted, he had gone straight before him, with the obstinacy and blindness of a brute.
Tant qu'il avait agi, il était allé droit devant lui, avec un entêtement et un aveuglement de brute.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
At about midnight he went to bed, his mind confused and his head heavy; and he slept like a brute till nine next morning.
Puis il se coucha, vers minuit, l'esprit confus et la tête lourde. Et il dormit comme une brute jusqu'à neuf heures le lendemain.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
The poor woman was always prowling about La Noiraude, with brute obstinacy; she had no doubt recognised her old friend, and she came to see her as a matter of course, without thinking of any harm.
La pauvresse rôdait toujours autour de la Noiraude, par un entêtement de brute; elle avait sans doute reconnu son ancienne amie, elle venait pour la revoir, machinalement, sans songer à mal.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
He found greater calm and better health in this labour of a brute which kept him bent all day long over invoices, over enormous additions, each figure of which he patiently added up.
Il se trouvait plus calme, mieux portant, dans ce labeur de brute, dans ce travail d'employé qui le courbait tout le jour sur des factures, sur d'énormes additions dont il épelait patiemment chaque chiffre.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
The two together, the woman nervous and hypocritical, the man sanguineous and leading the life of a brute, formed a powerful couple allied.
A eux deux, la femme, nerveuse et hypocrite, l'homme, sanguin et vivant en brute, ils faisaient un couple puissamment lié.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
On two occasions, I wanted to run away, to go straight before me, towards the sun; but my courage failed. They had turned me into a docile brute with their tame benevolence and sickly tenderness.
A deux reprises, j'ai voulu fuir, aller devant moi, au soleil; le courage m'a manqué, ils avaient fait de moi une brute docile avec leur bienveillance molle et leur tendresse écœurante.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Yes, I'm a brute beast that would kill his brother!
Une bête brute qui tue son frère !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
But he hopped it on his top gear, the brute!"
Mais il a ripé à la quatrième vitesse, l’animau !
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
And with a clasp of the hand, he added: 'Well, if you only had such parishioners as that old brute Jeanbernat, you wouldn't often be disturbed.
Puis, lui serrant la main: - Hein! si tu n'avais que des paroissiens comme cet animal de Jeanbernat, tu n'aurais pas souvent à te déranger.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Just fancy that brute Tito coming back to dig his knife into my other shoulder--"
Voyez-vous cette brute de Tito revenir me planter son couteau dans l’autre épaule ! »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The latter, seeing the brute paying him unremitting attention, appeared to think it invited him to speak.
Celui-ci, voyant la bête prêter une attention soutenue, crut comprendre qu’elle l’invitait à parler.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
Dario, who was looking at him, at once guessed his thoughts, and without answering Victorine exclaimed: "Yes, Abbe, it was that brute Tito!
Dario, qui le regardait, vit bien ce qu’il pensait. Aussi, sans répondre à Victorine : « Eh ! oui, l’abbé, c’est cette brute de Tito...
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
It arose out of a sheep-dog, a yellow mongrel brute that came at us like a thunderbolt.
Un chien de berger, affreux bâtard jaunâtre, se rua sur nous comme un fou.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

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