Rose again took up her Dickens; he supplied all her requirements; she would read a few more pages, then let the book slip into the bed, the same as she did every night, and fall off asleep, weary with emotion.

Rose reprit Dickens, qui avait glissé sur son ventre; il lui suffisait, elle en lirait encore quelques pages, puis s'endormirait, en le laissant couler dans le lit, comme tous les soirs, lasse d'émotion.

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

Pot-Bouille

Zola, Emile

Pot-Bouille

Zola, Emile

She once related, with hearty laughter, that she had seen a gendarme fall off his horse and break his leg.

Une fois, elle raconta avec de longs rires comment un gendarme devant elle, en tombant de cheval, s’était cassé la jambe.

Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon

La Fortune des Rougon

Zola, Emile

The Fortune of the Rougons

Zola, Emile

© 2006 BiblioBazaar

We made at least ten journeys backwards and forwards, and I felt as though my arms would fall off, but she only grumbled, and complained that we were getting on very slowly.

Nous avons dû faire plus de dix voyages. Moi, j'avais les bras rompus. Elle bougonnait, disant que ça ne marchait pas.

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

La Conquete des Plassans

Zola, Emile

The Conquest of Plassans

Zola, Emile

At its northern, or nearest end, it was bounded by an isolated mountain, lower land falling off east and west, gracefully relieving the sweep of the outline.

À l’extrémité septentrionale, le lac était borné par une montagne dont les flancs s’abaissaient régulièrement des deux côtés par une pente douce.

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

There came a moment when the struggle was so terrible that I wept the long nights through; my hair fell off,-- you have it!

Il y eut un moment où la lutte fut si terrible que je pleurais pendant toutes les nuits; mes cheveux tombaient. Ceux-là, vous les avez eus!

Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee

Le Lys dans la vallee

Balzac, Honore de

The Lily of the Valley

Balzac, Honore de

This is what is now taking place in France as well as in Germany, for in both of these countries exports have fallen off enormously.

Ce phénomène est actuellement observé en France comme en Allemagne. Les exportations y ont baissé énormément.

Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne

Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne

Le Bon, Gustave

© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.

The Psychology of the Great War

Le Bon, Gustave

© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey

But it was the nights especially that were so terrible: in vain did he turn over in his bed, he only succeeded in falling off, towards morning, into a feverish sleep, out of which the least groan from Lucy awoke him.

Mais ses nuits surtout étaient terribles: il se retournait vainement dans son lit, il parvenait seulement à s’assoupir, vers le matin, d’un sommeil fiévreux, dont le tirait la moindre plainte de Lucie.

Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat

Madeleine Ferat

Zola, Emile

Madeleine Ferat

Zola, Emile

And he grew astonished on thinking of the friends who had fallen off by the roadside, of the great affections lost on the way, of the others unceasingly changing around himself, in whom he found no change.

Et il s’étonnait des amis qu’il avait semés le long de la route, des grandes affections perdues en chemin, du perpétuel changement des autres, autour de son être qu’il ne voyait pas changer.

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

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

But Beauchene waxed passionate on the subject. That question of the birth-rate and the present-day falling off in population was one which he thought he had completely mastered, and on which he held forth at length authoritatively.

Beauchêne se passionna, cette question de la natalité et de la dépopulation actuelle était une de celles qu’il croyait posséder à fond et qu’il tranchait volontiers en beau parleur.

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

Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite

Zola, Emile

Fruitfulness

Zola, Emile

You might have thought that the mask she had worn had fallen off, and that the real face was now appearing from under the borrowed features.

On eût dit que le masque dont elle cachait son visage, venait de tomber, et qu’on apercevait, sous les traits d’emprunt, la figure réelle.

Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat

Madeleine Ferat

Zola, Emile

Madeleine Ferat

Zola, Emile

At that moment, Jasper, watching his time, put the helm up; the head of a staysail was loosened forward, and the light cutter, as if conscious she was now under the control of familiar hands, fell off, and was soon in the trough of the sea.

Jasper mit la barre au vent ; un bout de voile d’étai fut largué sur l’avant, et le léger cutter, comme s’il eût senti qu’il était alors gouverné par une main qu’il connaissait, fit une abattée et tomba dans le creux des lames.

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

The child, more and more troubled, did not notice that her fichu had fallen off and that one of her feet had thrown back the bedclothes.

L’enfant, de plus en plus troublée, ne s’aperçut pas que son fichu était tombé et que l’un de ses pieds avait rejeté la couverture.

Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon

Stories for Ninon

Zola, Emile

Contes à Ninon

Zola, Emile

Three neighbours had fallen off on the road, the ten had dwindled into seven.

Trois voisins avaient lâché en route, les dix n’étaient plus que sept.

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

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

This brief order was obeyed; the helm was put up, the cutter's bows fell off, and in a few minutes the water was heard murmuring under her head, as the Scud glanced through the lake at the rate of five miles in the hour.

Cet ordre fut exécuté. La barre fut mise au vent ; l’avant du cutter commença à plonger, et au bout de quelques minutes on entendit l’eau murmurer sur l’avant, le Scud glissant sur le lac à raison de cinq milles par heure.

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

Here and there the little stone turrets of this parapet had fallen off, showing evidence of neglect and decay.

Çà et là, l'absence de quelqu'une des dents de pierre de ces créneaux accusait la négligence et le délabrement.

Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures

Les chausseurs de chevelures

Reid, Mayne

The Scalp Hunters

Reid, Mayne

© 2008 BiblioBazaar