So they remained where they were through cowardice, wretchedly dragging out their lives amidst the horror of their surroundings.

Et ils restaient par lâcheté, ils restaient et se traînaient misérablement dans l'horreur de leur existence.

Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin

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But the time for cowardice has not yet come.

Mais l’heure n’est pas venue d’être lâche.

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The latter, worn out, and declining another battle, had the cowardice to declare:" It is true; money is everything in our days."

Celui-ci, épuisé, refusant une nouvelle bataille, eut la lâcheté de déclarer: – C'est bien vrai, il n'y a que l'argent aujourd'hui.

Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille

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Pot-Bouille

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Frequently, she gave way to feelings of cowardice when she came face to face with the dejected and broken-down Therese, amidst the icy silence of the shop.

Des lâchetés lui venaient, lorsqu'elle se trouvait seule en face de Thérèse, morne et accablée, au milieu du silence glacial de la boutique.

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Therese Raquin

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He closed the window in the roof thinking someone might perhaps get in that way, and feeling more calm after taking these measures, he undressed, astonished at his cowardice.

Il ferma la fenêtre du toit, en pensant que quelqu'un pourrait bien descendre par là. Quand il eut pris ces dispositions, il se déshabilla, en s'étonnant de sa poltronnerie.

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Therese Raquin

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His need of calm was growing greater, and his desire not to lose Madeleine's love was even turning into cowardice; at certain moments he would have clung to her neck begging her to dry his tears even if she had beaten him.

Ses besoins de calme croissaient, son désir de conserver l’amour de Madeleine devenait de la lâcheté: elle l’eût battu, à certains moments, qu’il se serait pendu à son cou pour la supplier d’essuyer ses larmes.

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Madeleine Ferat

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Oh! my God, Thou wert in me; it was Thy voice that spoke in me, for I no longer felt the cowardice of the flesh, I could have cut asunder my very heart-strings. And now, O God, I offer Thee my bleeding heart.

O mon Dieu, vous étiez en moi; c'était vous qui parliez en moi, car je ne reconnaissais plus ma lâcheté de créature, je me sentais fort à couper tous les liens de mon coeur.

Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret

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Abbe Mouret's Transgression

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Your conscience and the voice of your own heart will show you the line where the cowardice of flattery begins and the courtesy of intercourse ceases.

Votre conscience et la voix du cœur vous diront la limite où commence la lâcheté des flatteries, où finit la grâce de la conversation.

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But his repeated bad dreams had aroused in him a feeling of sullen irritation, which triumphed over his cowardice, and restored his memory.

Mais sous les coups répétés de ses mauvais rêves, une irritation sourde l'envahit qui triompha de ses lâchetés et lui rendit la mémoire.

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Therese Raquin

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Still, he did not for one moment hesitate: if he must die of his love, he would die of it, but none should ever know it, he would conquer himself, he would flee to the ends of the earth should he ever feel the faintest cowardice.

Pas une seconde il n’hésita : s’il devait en mourir, il en mourrait, mais personne au monde ne connaîtrait son amour, il se vaincrait fuirait au loin s’il se sentait lâche.

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

Les Trois Villes - Paris

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The Three Cities - Paris

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It would be an act of cowardice and falsehood, for I regret nothing, I disown nothing.

Ce serait une lâcheté et un mensonge, car je ne regrette rien, je ne désavoue rien.

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

Les Trois Villes - Rome

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He was conscious, indeed, that he must presently think and act, but he would wait, refusing to understand, to know, to remember, out of fear, weakness, cowardice.

Il sentait bien qu'il lui faudrait penser tout à l'heure, et agir, mais il attendait, ne voulant même plus comprendre, savoir, se rappeler, par peur, par faiblesse, par lâcheté.

Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean

Pierre et Jean

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Pierre and Jean

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Boorish, crafty, and capable of any act of cowardice likely to prove useful to him, he was already beginning to feel his strength.

Plat, rusé, capable de toutes les lâchetés utiles, il sentait sa force.

Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat

Madeleine Ferat

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Madeleine Ferat

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Had his pride not sustained him, he would perhaps have become habituated to cowardice.

Si sa fierté ne l’avait pas soutenu, il se serait peut-être habitué à la lâcheté.

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Madeleine Ferat

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Commander Sicardot, enraged at the cowardice of the bourgeois, vowed he would die at the head of his men.

Le commandant Sicardot, furieux de la poltronnerie des bourgeois, parlait de mourir à la tête de ses hommes.

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

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