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It was the magpie who was the thief.
C'était une pie qui était la voleuse.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Two months afterwards, while a tree was being felled, the knife and fork were discovered in the nest of a magpie.
Deux mois après, comme on abattait un arbre, on trouva le couvert dans un nid de pie.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Over yonder, there falls eddying from a poplar's peak a magpie—half white, half black, like a shred of partly-burned paper.
Là-bas, du faîte d’un peuplier descend, toute tourbillonnante, une pie qui, mi-blanche, mi-noire, semble un morceau de journal à moitié brûlé.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Sometimes Juliette, rather ashamed of monopolizing all the talk, would cease her magpie chatter.
Parfois, Juliette arrêtait son bavardage de pie, un peu honteuse de toujours parler.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeZola, Emile / Une page d'amour
Une page d'amour
Zola, Emile
© 2009 GRIN Verlag
A Love Episode
Zola, Emile
© 2005 Mondial
As Jory was smoking, she took his cigarette out of his mouth and set it in her own, but without pausing in her chatter, which suggested that of a saucy magpie.
Comme il fumait, elle lui enleva sa cigarette de la bouche et la mit à la sienne; cela, sans interrompre son bavardage de vie polissonne.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
More, I could hear the chatter of the machine-guns, a magpie note among the baying of hounds.
Et les crépitements des mitrailleuses retentissaient comme le bavardage d’une pie au milieu des aboiements d’une meute formidable.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
"Then, they put the magpie in prison," said he.
--Alors, dit-il, on a mis la pie en prison?
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
"They call it 'the juice,'" corrects the magpie-man.
– On dit le « jus », rectifie l’homme-pie.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Their eyes met, and for a couple of seconds their glances mingled. Then he, with flushed cheeks and an angry air, resumed, addressing one and all: "As soon as the superintendent turns her back you chatter away like so many magpies.
Leurs yeux se rencontrèrent, s’oublièrent deux secondes les uns dans les autres ; et il reprit, les joues colorées, s’adressant à toutes : « Dès que la surveillante tourne le dos, vous jacassez, vous vous querellez.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
She was talking about the magpies' nests, which are so difficult to steal, and she dragged him along with her.
Elle parlait des nids de pies, qui sont si difficiles à dénicher, et elle l’entraînait.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
'I do believe you yourself wouldn't mind a bit if the magpies actually built their nests in the church.
- Oh! vous! reprit-elle, vous accepteriez que les pies elles-mêmes bâtissent leurs nids dans l'église.
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
Have you ever taken a magpie's nest?
Est-ce que tu as jamais déniché des pies, toi?
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

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magpie

noun
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Common casemagpiemagpies
Possessive casemagpie'smagpies'