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Then he brought out all that he vaguely knew of Malthusianism, the geometrical increase of births, and the arithmetical increase of food-substances, the earth becoming so populous as to be reduced to a state of famine within two centuries.
Puis, il sortit tout ce qu’il savait vaguement de Malthus, la progression géométrique des naissances et la progression mathématique des subsistances, la terre peuplée et réduite à la famine en moins de deux siècles.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
To fear that the earth might become over-populated, that excess of life might produce famine, was this not idiotic ?
La crainte de la terre trop peuplée, de trop de vie amenant la famine, n’était-ce point imbécile ?
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
It evidently wanted to go on, and prognosticate drought, and water famine, and sunstroke, and simooms, and such things, but the peg prevented it, and it had to be content with pointing to the mere commonplace "very dry. "
Je sentais qu’il aurait aimé aller plus loin, annoncer sécheresse, disette d’eau, insolation, simoun , et autres agréments, mais le butoir l’en empêcha, et il se contenta d’indiquer un fort banal « très sec ».
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
Poverty, famine, and epidemic disease are universal, and those who have gone to the spot to relieve the suffering say that the losses of the civil population are greater than those of the battlefields."
Partout misère, famine, épidémies. Des témoins qui se sont rendus sur les lieux afin de porter secours à tant d'infortunes, déclarent que les pertes de la population civile dépassent celles des champs de bataille.
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
His brothers and sisters had already taken all the surrounding lands, and he stifled, threatened also, as it were, with famine, and ever sought the broad expanse that he dreamt of, where he might grow and reap bis bread.
Ses frères, ses sœurs, avant que son tour fût venu, avaient déjà pris toutes les terres environnantes, à ce point qu’il étouffait, menacé de famine, en quête du large champ rêvé qu’il cultiverait, où il moissonnerait son pain.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Furthermore, recent experience has shown that, at the very least, famine, floods and other environmentally related crises necessitate large transfers of relief funds to the countries that have been affected.
Qui plus est, l'expérience récente a montré que les famines, inondations et autres crises d'origine environnementale nécessitent à tout le moins d'importants transferts de tonds d'aide aux pays qui en ont été victimes.
©Ministre des Travaux publics et des Services gouvernementaux Canada 2005
©Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada 2005
Natives migrated in response to events such as war, epidemic, famine, dwindling game reserves, etc.
Poussés par divers événements telles des guerres, des épidémies, des famines et la rareté du gibier, les autochtones migraient.
Sunken eyes and hollow cheeks - wet, cold, and famine - and horrors before them all, that were even worse - we must forget such things if we would be tranquil here.'
Les yeux fatigués et les joues creuses, la pluie, le froid et la faim, et avant cela des horreurs pires encore, voilà ce qu’il nous faut oublier si nous voulons vivre tranquilles ici.
Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles / Le magasin d'antiquites
Le magasin d'antiquites
Dickens, Charles
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
If the Pope had to provide for his living out of the gifts of the Italian Catholics there would soon be a famine at the Vatican.
Si le pape n’avait pour vivre que les cadeaux des catholiques italiens, la famine régnerait vite au Vatican.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
And then comes black famine, brutishness, and finally revolt and the snapping of all social ties under the frightful injustice meted out to poor beings who by their weakness are condemned to death.
Alors, c’était la famine noire, l’abrutissement, puis la révolte, tous les liens sociaux rompus, sous cette affreuse injustice de pauvres êtres que leur faiblesse condamnait à la mort.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile

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famine

noun
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Common casefaminefamines
Possessive casefamine'sfamines'