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Here, you know, people stake their luck on a cardinal just as they nurse a 'trey' in the lottery, and if their cardinal proves the winning number and becomes pope they gain a fortune.
On met sa chance sur un cardinal, ainsi qu’on nourrit un terne à la loterie : si le cardinal sort pape, on gagne une fortune...
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This was the first cardinal Pierre had seen, and he felt greatly disappointed, for the newcomer had none of the majesty, none of the fine port and presence to which he had looked forward.
Mais, pour le premier cardinal qu’il voyait, Pierre éprouvait une déception vive, car il ne trouvait pas la majesté, le bel aspect décoratif, auquel il s’était attendu.
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However, each of the Catholic enterprises distributed throughout the world has a protector at Rome, a cardinal who is designated by the Pope to represent it and, if need be, to defend it.
À Rome, les œuvres catholiques du monde entier ont chacune pour protecteur un cardinal, désigné par le Saint-Père, chargé de la représenter et de la défendre au besoin.
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It is said that more than one cardinal shudders and mistrusts people.
On dit que plus d’un cardinal frissonne et se méfie.
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Perhaps Monsignor Nani would look in; perhaps he might be lucky enough to come across some cardinal or domestic prelate willing to help him.
Peut-être monsignore Nani serait-il là, peut-être aurait-il la chance de tomber sur quelque prélat ou sur quelque cardinal qui l’aiderait.
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And he was already dreaming of the coming Conclave, when the canopy of each other cardinal would fall, and his own, motionless and sovereign, would crown him with purple.
Déjà, il rêvait du conclave, lorsque les dais des autres cardinaux s’abattraient, et que le sien, immobile, souverain, le couronnerait de pourpre.
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But perhaps you already know which cardinal it is that the divine favour has thus elected in advance?"
Mais peut-être savez-vous déjà quel est le cardinal élu d’avance par la faveur divine ! »
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However, at that moment a cardinal came in, clad in town costume--his sash and his stockings red, but his simar black, with a red edging and red buttons.
Mais, à ce moment, un cardinal entra, vêtu de l’habit de ville, la ceinture et les bas rouges, la simarre noire, lisérée et boutonnée de rouge.
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To begin with, as soon as nominated, a cardinal gave public festivities, which were sometimes very splendid.
D’abord, le jour où il était nommé, le cardinal donnait des fêtes, des réjouissances publiques, dont certaines sont citées encore pour leur splendeur.
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His greatest source of expense was his carriage, the heavy pair-horse coach, which ceremonial usage compelled him to retain, for a cardinal cannot go on foot through the streets of Rome.
La plus grande dépense était son unique voiture, le lourd carrosse à deux chevaux que le cérémonial lui imposait, car un cardinal ne peut marcher à pied dans Rome.
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He is longing to become a cardinal, and if he some day becomes one, he'll long to be the next pope.
Il brûle d’être cardinal, et s’il devient cardinal un jour, il brûlera d’être pape.
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He had never had it at his pleasure, and simply hoped that he would always live with his uncle the cardinal, who would certainly not leave him and his young wife in the streets.
Il n’en avait jamais eu à son gré, il espérait simplement vivre toujours chez son oncle, le cardinal, qui ne laisserait pas le jeune ménage sur le pavé.
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The Palazzo Chigi was let: the ground floor to bankers and the first floor to the Austrian ambassador, while the Prince and his family divided the second floor with a cardinal.
Loué le palais Chigi, le rez-de-chaussée à des banques, le premier à l’ambassadeur d’Autriche, tandis que le prince et sa famille se partagent le second avec un cardinal.
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"If they study the fate of the Donna Julia, and his own weakness," said the widow, "they will have a salutary moral always at hand, to teach them the importance of two cardinal virtues at least-obedience and truth.»
– S’ils étudient l’histoire de dona Julia et la leur, dit la bonne veuve, ils auront toujours sous les yeux des exemples salutaires qui leur rappelleront l’importance de deux vertus cardinales, l’obéissance et la véracité.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
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The figs were certainly intended for Cardinal Boccanera, and on the whole it mattered little to him whether there were a cardinal the more or the fewer in the world.
Les figues étaient sûrement destinées au cardinal Boccanera, et peu lui importait en somme un cardinal de plus ou de moins, un pape possible dont l’action historique future était difficile à prévoir.
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