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His face is turned skyward and is covered with a leprosy of ice, the eyelids are white as the eyes, the mustache caked with hard slime.
Sa face, dirigée vers le ciel, est recouverte d’une lèpre de verglas, la paupière blanche comme l’œil, la moustache enduite d’une bave dure.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The rust-hued lichens gnawed away at the rough plasterwork like fiery leprosy.
Les lichens, couleur de rouille, pareils à une lèpre enflammée, mangèrent d'abord les crépis de plâtre.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Our faces assume congealed and fixed grimaces under the wan leprosy of dust.
Les figures font des grimaces qui se figent et se fixent sous la lèpre pâle de la poussière.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Above the glazed cupboards, ascends the roughly plastered black wall, looking as if covered with leprosy, and all seamed with defacements.
Au-dessus du vitrage, la muraille monte, noire, grossièrement crépie, comme couverte d'une lèpre et toute couturée de cicatrices.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile

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leprosy

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseleprosy*leprosies
Possessive caseleprosy's*leprosies'