He next raised his right hand wide open, placed his thumb at the tip of his own nose, and, turning to the four points of the horizon, saluted the earth by playing with his fingers in the air in the most gallant manner conceivable.
Il leva ensuite la main droite grande ouverte, appuya délicatement le pouce au bout de son propre nez ; et, se tournant aux quatre points de l’horizon, il salua la terre en agitant les doigts de l’air le plus galant qu’on puisse voir.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
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Contes à Ninon
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She had kept in front of M. de Marsy in order to compel him to offer her his arm, which he did with a gallant air.
Elle était restée devant M. de Marsy, pour le forcer à lui offrir son bras, ce qu'il fit d'ailleurs d'un air galant.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
He then took a plate of biscuits, handed it to Monsieur Rastoil's daughter with a gallant bow, and after putting it down again continued: And to think this wretched man has mixed himself up in politics!
Il prit l'assiette de biscuits, qu'il présenta aux demoiselles Rastoil en cambrant sa taille de bel officier; puis, reposant l'assiette, il continua: --Quand on pense que ce malheureux s'est occupé de politique!
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Then, on catching sight of Abbé Faujas, she inquired, with a smile: Is your reverence a gallant man? '
Puis, ayant aperçu l'abbé Faujas: --Monsieur l'abbé, dit-elle en riant, êtes-vous un homme galant?
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
No unpleasant scandal was associated with his name; he was simply regarded as a prelate of gallant ways who took pleasure in the society of ladies.
Aucune histoire leste ne circulait sur son compte, il était accepté simplement comme un prélat galant qui se plaisait dans la compagnie des femmes.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
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The Three Cities - Rome
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"We noticed to-day the equipage of the gallant Lord Pendennyss before the gates of Annandale-house, and understand the noble earl is last from Bolton castle, Northamptonshire."
« Nous avons remarqué aujourd’hui l’équipage de lord Pendennys devant la porte d’Annerdale-House, et on nous assure que le noble comte revient de Bolton-Castle dans le Northamptonshire. »
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
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Precaution
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As for the two gallant gentlemen in summer jackets beside them, they realised the ideal of everything most distingue ; while afar off a footman was pulling a hamper off the box of a landau drawn up behind the trees.
Quant aux deux messieurs, galants, en vestons de campagne, ils réalisaient le rêve du distingué; tandis qu’un valet, au loin, tirait encore un panier du landau, arrêté derrière les arbres.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
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His Masterpiece
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Between ourselves, I may say, now that the gallant colonel can't hear us, that it was a great mistake on Rougon's part to take that young man into his office in defiance of the regulations.
Ainsi, entre nous, pendant que le brave colonel n'est pas là, Rougon a eu le plus grand tort de prendre ce jeune homme au ministère, en passant par-dessus les formalités.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
"Keep well up the current, Jasper," shouted the gallant guide, as he swept the water with long, steady, vigorous strokes of the paddle; "keep well up the current, and pull for the alder bushes opposite.
– Continuez à remonter le courant, Jasper, – s’écria-t-il tout en donnant de longs et vigoureux coups de rame, – et tâchez d’aborder sous ces buissons d’aunes sur l’autre rive.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
He, a handsome fellow, fair and square shouldered, had the gallant mien of a musketeer with his streaming moustache.
Lui, beau garçon, blond et carré des épaules, avait la mine empanachée d’un mousquetaire, les moustaches et la barbiche au vent.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
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Fruitfulness
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I thought of the gallant people whose capital this had been, how three times they had flung the Austrians back over the Danube, and then had only been beaten by the black treachery of their so-called allies.
Je songeai au peuple vaillant dont Belgrade avait été la capitale – aux Serbes, qui avaient trois fois rejeté les Autrichiens au-delà du Danube et n’avaient été battus que par la trahison de leurs soi-disant alliés.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Then the old senator, squeezing her arm like some young gallant, began to scold her again.
Alors, tout en serrant son bras nu avec une ardeur de jeune galant, il recommença à prêcher.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
"Oh!" continued the dowager, in the same strain, "I see how it is; the ladies have too many attractions for so gallant a young man as yourself."
– Oh ! je vois ce que c’est, continua-t-elle sur le même ton ; les dames ont trop d’attraits pour un jeune homme aussi galant que vous.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
Eltringham was honored on the present happy occasion with the presence of his grace of Derwent, and the gallant Lord Pendennyss, kinsmen of the bridegroom, and Captain Lord Henry Stapleton of the Royal Navy.
Eltringham fut honoré à cette occasion de la présence de Sa Grâce le duc de Derwent et du noble comte de Pendennyss, cousin du marié, ainsi que de celle de lord Henry Stapleton, capitaine de marine.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
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gallant
noun
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gallant
gallants
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gallant's
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gallant
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gallanted
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Present Participle (Participle I)
gallanting
Past Participle (Participle II)
gallanted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I gallant
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I am gallanting
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I have gallanted
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I have been gallanting
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I had gallanted
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I had been gallanting
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I shall/will gallant
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I shall/will be gallanting
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you will be gallanting
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I shall/will have gallanted
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I shall/will have been gallanting
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I should/would gallant
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I should/would be gallanting
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