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The kitchen and the hall shared the contempt of the father-in-law, who paid for everything, and treated 'madame's' husband like a beggar whose presence was merely tolerated out of charity.L’office et l’antichambre, épousant les mépris du beau-père qui payait, traitaient le mari de madame en mendiant toléré par charité.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
However, the strongest intellect of the yellow drawing-room was certainly Commander Sicardot, Aristide's father-in-law.Mais la plus forte tête du salon jaune était à coup sûr le commandant Sicardot, le beau-père d’Aristide.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Curiously enough, it came to pass that Gregorre, once married and installed at the mill in accordance with his wife's desire, agreed with his father-in-law far better than had been anticipated.Or il arriva que, le mariage fait, Grégoire, installé au Moulin, selon le désir de sa femme Thérèse, s’entendit avec son beau-père beaucoup mieux qu’on ne pouvait s’y attendre.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
Give my father-in-law the last joy of believing that he alone has always been in the right, and that we have never been anything but fools."Donnez cette dernière joie à mon beau-père, de croire que lui seul a eu raison toujours, et que nous n’avons jamais été que des imbéciles !Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
And I understand that he is always complaining of his father-in-law, because the other had three daughters and a son. Of course that cut down his wife's dowry; she inherited only a part of her father's property.Et j’ai compris que, s’il ne veut pas d’autres enfants, c’est qu’il accuse surtout son beau-père d’avoir trois filles et un garçon, ce qui a rogne la part de sa femme.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
It is said that he has taken his wife back again three separate times, after she had been detected in actual unfaithfulness, and after he had made his good-natured father-in-law pay him a hundred thousand francs on each occasion.Il aurait repris trois fois sa femme, trouvée en flagrant délit, après s'être fait donner cent mille francs chaque fois par son bonhomme de beau-père.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
Your father-in-law is dying."Votre beau-père se meurt.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
Then, Duveyrier felt the necessity of regretting his father-in-law.Alors, Duveyrier sentit la nécessité de regretter son beau-père.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
You received such idiots: my father-in-law, Granoux, and the others!Vous receviez de telles brutes: mon beau-père, Granoux et les autres!…Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
On a score of occasions he had almost broken off all relations with his father-in-law, Lepailleur, who certainly abused his seventy years.Vingt fois, il avait failli rompre avec son beau-père Lepailleur, qui abusait de ses soixante-dix ans.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
The young woman made excuses for her father-in-law, whose age kept him at home, and who, moreover, preferred to work of an evening.La jeune femme excusa son beau-père, que son âge retenait chez lui, et qui, d'ailleurs, préférait travailler le soir.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
He, later on, wishing to revive his father-in-law's business, had launched into all sorts of terrible, complicated, suspicious affairs, which by unforeseen luck had ended in his election as a deputy.Sacco, dès lors, voulant relever la maison de son beau-père, s’était lancé dans des affaires terribles, compliquées et louches, au bout desquelles il avait eu la chance imprévue de se faire nommer député.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
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father-in-law
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| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | father-in-law | father-in-laws |
| Possessive case | father-in-law's | father-in-laws' |