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It is the keenest spur to exertion, and the surest of all guards against improbity".
Elle est la plus grande incitation à l'effort et la meilleure des protections contre l'improbité »
As the floating house now lay several hundred feet from the shore, and offered a complete protection against bullets, there was no longer any danger or any motive for immediate exertion.
Comme la maison flottante se trouvait actuellement assez éloignée du rivage, et qu’elle offrait une entière protection contre les balles, il n’y avait plus aucun danger ni aucun besoin pressant de faire de nouveaux efforts.
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
I keep my cowhide about, and sometimes I do lay it on; but the exertion is always too much for me.
Je prends mon nerf de bœuf, et leur en applique parfois quelques coups; mais c’est un exercice beaucoup trop fatigant pour moi.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
"God bless you, dearest sister, for that brave and ready act!" murmured Judith, herself unnerved so much as to be incapable of exertion -
– Que Dieu vous récompense de cet acte de bravoure et de présence d’esprit, chère sœur ! murmura Judith, abattue à un tel point qu’elle était incapable de tout mouvement.
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
But here, too, there were sighs of weariness, efforts as killing, exertion as fruitful in its results.
Mais, ici, le soupir était aussi las, l’effort aussi meurtrier, la fatigue aussi féconde.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
These preparations completed, Jasper's manner changed from the excitement of exertion to a look of calm but settled concern.
Ces préparatifs achevés, les manières de Jasper changèrent.
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
© State University of New York 1981
They agreed very well together in their avaricious rage at being unable to amass money by the handful without any great exertion, and in their ambition to make their son a gentleman, since only a gentleman could become wealthy.
Tous les deux s’entendaient à merveille dans leur colère avaricieuse de ne pas récolter les écus à la pelle, sans gros travail, ainsi que dans leur ambition de faire de leur fils un monsieur, puisque, seul, un monsieur pouvait s’enrichir.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
But he perceived that the slight exertion of walking somewhat disturbed his ideas, dislocated their continuity, weakened their precision, clouded his recollection.
Mais il sentit que la marche, le léger mouvement de ses pas, troublait un peu ses idées, dérangeait leur fixité, affaiblissait leur portée, voilait sa mémoire.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Marie, who had pulled her car up the balcony steps, was near him, her heart beating from her exertion, her face all aglow amidst the gold of her loosened hair.
Près de lui, Marie avait hissé le chariot, le cœur battant de la course, la face enflammée, dans l’or dénoué de ses cheveux.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
But she laughed; at headwork, yes; but exertion with her hands and feet did her good, seemed to straighten her like a young sapling.
Mais elle riait: le travail de tête, oui; tandis que le travail des pieds et des mains, au contraire, lui faisait du bien, la redressait comme un jeune arbre.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
The officers satisfied an appetite sharpened by exertion.
Les officiers attablés satisfaisaient un appétit que la fatigue avait aiguillonné.
Balzac, Honore de / El verdugoBalzac, Honore de / El verdugo
El verdugo
Balzac, Honore de
El verdugo
Balzac, Honore de
Then came over our heroine the full consciousness of her situation and of the necessity of exertion.
Notre héroïne apprécia alors sa situation et comprit qu’il était urgent d’agir.
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
© State University of New York 1981
But the majority of people are so intensely lazy and timid, that they prefer to encourage the imposition by giving in to it rather than put an end to it by the exertion of a little firmness.
Mais la plupart des gens sont si paresseux et si timides qu’ils préfèrent encourager cette pratique en lui cédant, au lieu d’y mettre fin par un peu de fermeté.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
When he went down to the late breakfast he felt exhausted as after unusual exertion, and he scarcely ate anything, still haunted as he was by the fear of what he had seen the night before.
Quand il descendait plus tard pour le déjeuner de midi, il se sentait courbaturé comme après de prodigieuses fatigues; et il mangeait à peine, hanté toujours par la crainte de celle qu'il reverrait la nuit suivante.
Maupassant, Guy de / Little Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de / La petite Roque
La petite Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
Little Louise Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
Well, you may see what that leads to; for St. Clare wouldn't raise his hand, if every one of them walked over him, and I – you see how cruel it would be to require me to make the exertion.
Vous pouvez deviner où cela mène! Saint-Clair ne les battrait pas, quand ils le fouleraient aux pieds! et moi… jugez si on peut, sans cruauté, m’infliger une pareille fatigue!
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet

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exertion

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