And as he took her back to her uncle, he continued: You've no idea how cunning they all are.

Et tout en la reconduisant, il continuait: --Vous ne savez pas comme ils sont tous malins ici!...

Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans

La Conquete des Plassans

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The Conquest of Plassans

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Ah ! that rascal Rougon, he was a bigger booby than a goose in most things, yet all the same he was very cunning.

Ah! ce gredin de Rougon! plus bête qu'une oie sur toutes sortes de choses, et malin avec cela!

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

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His Excellency

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You are not to suppose, however, that by this name we wish to say that he is treacherous, beyond what is lawful in a red-skin; but that he is wise, and has the cunning which becomes a warrior.

Mais n’allez pas supposer, d’après ce nom, qu’il soit plus traître que ne doit l’être un Indien ; cela veut dire seulement qu’il est prudent, et qu’il connaît les ruses qui conviennent à un guerrier.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario

Le lac Ontario

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The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea

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Fagerolles, who was very cunning, had decided to send nothing, for fear of displeasing his masters; and he chaffed the Salon, calling it 'a foul bazaar, where all the bad painting made even the good turn musty.'

Fagerolles, très malin, n’exposait pas, de peur de mécontenter ses maîtres; et il tapait sur le Salon, un bazar infect où la bonne peinture tournait à l’aigre avec la mauvaise.

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

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His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

"Too much smoke - too much cunning," said Arrowhead sententiously.

– Trop de fumée, trop d’astuce, – dit Arrowhead d’un ton sentencieux.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario

Le lac Ontario

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The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea

Cooper, James Fenimore

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But the most cunning of the whole lot was Fagerolles, to whom he, Claude, would tell a few plain truths and no mistake, when he met him.

Mais le malin des malins, c’était Fagerolles, auquel il flanquerait ses quatre vérités, quand il le verrait.

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

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His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

At the same time she acquired the instinctive cunning of a young girl in love.

Et en même temps une rouerie de fille amoureuse lui venait.

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

Zola, Emile

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His unworldliness has been used for a cunning political move, and his creed of space and simplicity for the furtherance of the last word in human degeneracy.

On a profité de la naïveté de Manteau-Vert pour effectuer une manœuvre politique fort habile, on s’est servi de son credo d’espace et de simplicité pour l’avancement de ce qui est le dernier mot en dégénérescence humaine.

Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert

Le prophète au manteau vert

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Greenmantle

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"That was like a fox!" cried Pathfinder, when she had ceased; "ay, and like a Mingo, too, cunning and cruel; that is the way with both the riptyles.

– C’était parler en renard, – s’écria-t-il alors ; – oui, et en Mingo, car ces deux genres de reptiles se ressemblent, et sont aussi astucieux et cruels l’un que l’autre.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario

Le lac Ontario

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The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea

Cooper, James Fenimore

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"Such, I fear, will turn out to be the fact, Deerslayer. Poor Hetty has hardly sufficient cunning to outwit a savage."

– Je crains que cela n’arrive, Deerslayer ; la pauvre Hetty n’a pas assez d’adresse pour tromper un sauvage.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims

Le tueur de daims

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The Deerslayer

Cooper, James Fenimore

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

"Big Sarpent - so called for his wisdom and cunning, Uncas is his ra'al name

– Le Grand Serpent. On l’a nommé ainsi à cause de sa prudence et de sa dextérité. Uncas est son véritable nom.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims

Le tueur de daims

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The Deerslayer

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Time now pressed; for Indian cunning could devise so many expedients for passing so narrow a stream, that the Pathfinder was getting impatient to quit the spot.

Le temps pressait, car les Indiens rusés pouvaient imaginer bien des expédients pour traverser une rivière si peu large, et il tardait à Pathfinder de pouvoir partir.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario

Le lac Ontario

Cooper, James Fenimore

The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea

Cooper, James Fenimore

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All the cunning, all the feverish activity within the old woman protested against this.

Tout l’esprit de ruse, toute l’activité fébrile de la petite vieille protestaient.

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

Zola, Emile

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"If it were true 't would be a miracle, indeed, Hetty. But all this is no more than Indian cunning and Indian treachery, striving to get the better of us by management, when they find it is not to be done by force."

– Si cela était vrai, ce serait un miracle, en vérité, Hetty ; mais tout cela n’est autre chose que ruse indienne et trahison indienne, pour l’emporter sur nous par l’adresse en voyant qu’ils ne peuvent y réussir par la force.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims

Le tueur de daims

Cooper, James Fenimore

The Deerslayer

Cooper, James Fenimore

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

Then all her low cunning was made use of to hide it.

Alors, toute sa ruse de sauvage fut employée à la dissimuler.

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

Pot-Bouille

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Pot-Bouille

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