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A general wagging of heads ensued in the cold, irksome silence which fell upon the room.
Il y eut un hochement de tête général, dans le silence froid et gêné qui s’était fait.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Besides, he did not contemplate working all his life; already he began to find his office singularly tedious. The light labour entrusted to him became irksome owing to his laziness.
D'ailleurs, il comptait ne pas travailler toute sa vie; il commençait à s'ennuyer singulièrement à son bureau, la légère besogne qui lui était confiée devenait accablante pour sa paresse.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Thus their days passed by and solitude did not prove irksome to them.
Les jours passaient cependant, et ils ne souffraient point de la solitude.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
He had kept up his connection with Marie to help him to wait patiently; only, though she was convenient and cost him nothing, she might perhaps one day become irksome, with her faithfulness of a beaten cur.
Il avait gardé Marie, afin de patienter; seulement, si elle était commode et si elle ne lui coûtait rien, elle pouvait devenir gênante peut-être, avec sa fidélité de chien battu.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
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They were irksome days to me.
Ce furent des jours pénibles pour moi.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
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Tiburce, who had entirely shaken off his provincial rusticity, had the bored and irritated air of a man engaged in an irksome duty; his face, with its thin lips, did not even attempt to conceal a sort of fury, and a secret desire to be brutal.
Tiburce, entièrement débarbouillé de sa crasse provinciale, avait l’air ennuyé et irrité d’un homme qui accomplit une corvée accablante; sa face, aux lèvres minces, ne cherchait pas même à cacher une sorte de rage, un besoin secret de brutalité.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
"Your niece finds life irksome because she had been alone for nearly two years.
Votre nièce s'ennuie, parce qu'elle est seule, le soir, dans sa chambre, depuis bientôt deux ans.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile

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