She had obtained the recipe from her husband himself, and had become marvellously deft at it, so he said.

Elle en tenait la recette de son mari lui-même, elle y avait acquis un tour de main extraordinaire, disait-il.

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

L'Oeuvre

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His Masterpiece

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His mother, sitting up in bed, wrapped his swaddling clothes around him with her deft, nimble hands, jesting the while and answering each of his plaintive wails. " Yes, yes, I know, we are very, very hungry.

Assise sur son séant, la mère l’emmaillota largement, de ses mains expertes, plaisantant, répondant à chacun de ses cris : « Oui, oui, je sais, nous avons très faim, très faim...

Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite

Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite

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Fruitfulness

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He did it extraordinarily neatly, for, like all great hunters, he was as deft as a weaver bird.

Il s’acquitta extraordinairement bien de ceci, car, comme tous les grands chasseurs, il était agile comme un tisserin.

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Le prophète au manteau vert

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Greenmantle

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