When at last his spirit was calmer, when his thoughts had settled like water that has been stirred and lashed, he could contemplate the situation which had come before him.
Quand son âme enfin se fut calmée, quand sa pensée se fut éclaircie ainsi qu'une eau battue et remuée, il envisagea la situation qu'on venait de lui révéler.
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Then they all began to chant the canticle: "Let us contemplate the heavenly Archangel!"
Puis, tous entonnèrent le cantique : « Contemplons le céleste archange... »
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(b)details of any amendments which they contemplate making to the lists of instruments referred to in (a) or any further instruments which they contemplate treating as equivalent to transferable securities, together with their reasons for so doing.
b)les modifications qu'ils envisagent d'apporter à la liste des titres visés au point a) ou les nouvelles assimilations qu'ils envisagent, ainsi que les raisons qui motivent ces modifications ou ces nouvelles assimilations.
Hitler's inability to bring Britain to the conference table had provided the spur to contemplate the bold move of a strike in the East even while the contest in the West remained unsettled.
L'incapacité de Hitler à amener la Grande-Bretagne à s'asseoir à la table de conférence l'avait incité à jouer d'audace en déclenchant une offensive à l'Est alors même que le conflit à l'Ouest restait en suspens.
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It is therefore difficult to contemplate obtaining adequate BBS coverage of the northern portion of this BCR without considerable investments of time and money.
Il est donc difficile d'envisager d'obtenir une couverture convenable de la partie nord de cette RCO par le BBS sans investir une somme appréciable de temps et d'argent.
But my necessities did not allow me to contemplate oddnesses or to pick and choose my supports.
Mais la nécessité m'interdisait de m'appesantir sur des incongruités, aussi bien que de choisir mes auxiliaires.
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Besides, he did not contemplate working all his life; already he began to find his office singularly tedious. The light labour entrusted to him became irksome owing to his laziness.
D'ailleurs, il comptait ne pas travailler toute sa vie; il commençait à s'ennuyer singulièrement à son bureau, la légère besogne qui lui était confiée devenait accablante pour sa paresse.
Santobono, whom he addressed, had a moment previously lowered his eyes as if to contemplate the little basket of figs which he held on his lap with as much care as if it had been the Blessed Sacrament.
Depuis un instant, Santobono, dans son immobilité, avait baissé les regards, comme s’il eût examiné sans fin le petit panier de figues, qu’il tenait sur ses genoux avec tant de précautions, tel qu’un saint sacrement.
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Frequently he planted himself before Notre Dame, to contemplate the scaffolding surrounding the cathedral which was then undergoing repair. These huge pieces of timber amused him although he failed to understand why.
Souvent il se plantait devant Notre-Dame, et contemplait les échafaudages dont l'église, alors en réparation, était entourée: ces grosses pièces de charpente l'amusaient, sans qu'il sût pourquoi.
According to Below, it was following the failure of his visit to Warsaw that Ribbentrop began to contemplate a link with Russia to prevent Poland looking for support to Britain.
Si l'on en croit Below, c'est à la suite de l'échec de sa visite à Varsovie que Ribbentrop commença à envisager un lien avec la Russie pour empêcher la Pologne de rechercher le soutien de la Grande-Bretagne.
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The Nazi regime could not contemplate introducing as controversial a measure as compulsory 'euthanasia' for the incurably sick, certain at the very least at that time to provoke the condemnation of the Catholic Church.
Le régime nazi ne pouvait envisager d'introduire une mesure aussi controversée que l'« euthanasie » obligatoire pour les malades incurables, qui ne pouvait que lui valoir, en tout cas à l'époque, la condamnation de l'Eglise catholique.
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He was a fine child, pink and white already; but only a father and mother could thus contemplate their offspring.
C’était un bel enfant, déjà blanc et rose ; mais il fallait être le père et la mère pour s’occuper ainsi de ce balbutiement, cette ébauche, à peine finie, où vacillaient les formes.
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If it wandered it was only to return and contemplate the four expressions on the faces of the two women, who were as like each other as two sisters.
Il ne s'en écartait que pour y revenir toujours, et toujours contempler les quatre expressions des deux femmes qui se ressemblaient comme deux soeurs.
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contemplate
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contemplate
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contemplating
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contemplated
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