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'Ah, the hypocrite!--Ah! le tartufe!...Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
You needn't both of you look at me in that way; I don't mean to let the priest make a hypocrite of the boy.'Vous avez beau me regarder toutes les deux, je ne veux pas que le curé fasse un cagot du petit.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
She's another hypocrite of whom we shall hear some pretty things one of these days!Encore une hypocrite, celle-là, qui va nous en faire voir de belles....Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
They have turned me into a liar and a hypocrite.Ils ont fait de moi une hypocrite et une menteuse...Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
I bet you're giving all your savings to that little hypocrite, Silvere.Je parie que tu donnes tes économies à cette sainte nitouche de Silvère.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
‘I should be a hypocrite if I went into ecstasies over his picture, which I scarcely like; but he himself is really a very nice fellow indeed.… Je mentirais, si je m’extasiais sur son tableau, que je n’aime guère; mais lui est très gentil, vraiment…Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
I wanted to see if you would have the courage to vote against me. I shall have a good laugh when those hypocrites bang the door in my face.Je veux voir si vous aurez le courage de voter contre moi.... Je rirai bien, le jour où ces cagots me fermeront la porte au nez.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
Then he went on to have a rap at the Rougons' guests, whom he called hypocrites, canting humbugs and stuck-up idiots, who were afraid of a man of real virtue.Et il glissait des allusions sur les personnes que recevaient les Rougon, un tas d'hypocrites, de cafards, de sots vaniteux, qui craignaient l'éclat de la véritable vertu.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
You are quite right; he's like all the other priests, they are all a set of hypocrites.Vous avez raison, tous les curés, ça se vaut, c'est hypocrite et compagnie....Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
But for these canting hypocrites, the lad and his mother, I could get this fiery gentleman as comfortably into my net as our old friend - our mutual friend, ha! ha! - and chubby, rosy Nell.Sans ces cafards, ces hypocrites, ce garçon et sa mère, j’eusse aussi facilement enveloppé dans mon filet ce farouche gentleman que mon vieil ami, notre ami commun, ah ! ah ! ah ! et la potelée, la fraîche Nelly.Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles / Le magasin d'antiquitesLe magasin d'antiquitesDickens, CharlesThe Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Why, they have more lovers than we have, only they conceal it because they are such hypocrites.Elles ont plus d'amants que nous, seulement elles les cachent parce qu'elles sont hypocrites.Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et JeanPierre et JeanMaupassant, Guy dePierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de
He would have come forward himself, he said, if his wife's brother had not been a parson, but as he was-to his great regret, he declared-forced to eat the bread of the hypocrites, he felt bound to remain in the background.Il se serait mis lui-même en avant, disait-il, s'il n'avait pas eu le frère de sa femme dans la calotte; à son grand regret, il se voyait forcé de manger le pain des cagots, ce qui l'obligeait à rester dans l'ombre.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
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hypocrite
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | hypocrite | hypocrites |
| Possessive case | hypocrite's | hypocrites' |