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Beneath his meek submission there was probably a feeling that she was his superior, well able to do whatever she liked with him.
Au fond de sa soumission, peut-être la sentait-il vaguement supérieure, assez forte pour faire de lui ce qu'il lui plairait.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
He became meek and cringing.
Il redevint doux et caressant.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
During the time she had travelled in company with this woman, Mabel had been won by the gentleness of manner, the meek simplicity, and the mingled awe and affection with which she regarded her husband.
Durant le voyage qu’elles avaient fait ensemble, Mabel avait remarqué l’amabilité, la douce simplicité et le respect mêlé d’affection de cette Indienne envers son mari.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
Then he clasped his hands and in the meek voice of despair: " My poor James," he said, seeming to address himself to a shadow seen only by himself; " my poor James, you will never love me more as you used to love me
Puis il joignit les mains, et, de cette voix humble des désespérés: – Mon pauvre Jacques, dit-il en paraissant s’adresser à une ombre que lui seul aurait vue, mon pauvre Jacques, tu ne m’aimeras plus comme tu savais m’aimer...
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Poor and lowly and meek ones swarmed there, reposing beneath the soil, whilst up above the sun continued its everlasting task.
Des pauvres, des petits, des simples, le peuple pullulant couché, endormi sous la terre, pendant que le soleil, là-haut, continuait son œuvre.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
And Ferat, as he heard these words murmured in a meek endearing voice, would press her to his bosom, his heart full of unutterable love.
» Et Férat, en entendant ces mots murmurés d’une voix humble et caressante, la prenait sur sa poitrine, avec des élans ineffables de cœur.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Then a sweet young lady entered, leading a meek-looking little fox- terrier, and left him, chained up there, between the bull-dog and the poodle.
Entra alors une gentille demoiselle, menant un petit fox-terrier à l’air soumis, qu’elle abandonna après l’avoir attaché entre le bouledogue et le caniche.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
My advice to you is, never to aggravate Judith; though you may tell anything to Hetty, and she'll take it as meek as a lamb.
L’avis que j’ai à vous donner, c’est de ne pas vous frotter à elle. Quant à Hetty, vous pouvez tout lui dire, et elle vous écoutera avec la douceur d’un agneau.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
"Can this be so, Sergeant?" said the guide, whose meek and modest nature shrank from viewing himself in colors so favorable.
– Cela est-il possible, sergent ? – s’écria le guide, à la modestie duquel il répugnait de se regarder sous un jour si favorable ;
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
One sister loves finery, some say overmuch; while t'other is as meek and lowly as God ever created goodness and truth.
L’une des sœurs, dit-on, aime à l’excès les belles choses ; tandis que l’autre est aussi douce et aussi humble que Dieu ait jamais créé la bonté et la vérité.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
As for our meek suggestions of stables, billiard-room, or coal-cellars, she laughed them all to scorn: all these nooks had been snatched up long ago.
Nos modestes propositions d’écurie, salle de billard, ou cave à charbon provoquèrent son hilarité : tous ces lieux étaient combles depuis longtemps !
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
The Abbe was a meek officiating priest at Notre-Dame-de-Grace, the parish church of Passy; however, his charity was such that he was more beloved and more respectfully hearkened to than any other priest in the district.
C’était un humble desservant de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, la paroisse de Passy ; mais sa charité faisait de lui le prêtre le plus aimé et le plus écouté du quartier.
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
In the morning the three departed, Pathfinder earnest and intelligent in all he did, the Great Serpent silent and imitative, and June meek, resigned, but sorrowful.
Dans la matinée ils partirent tous les trois. Pathfinder se montra comme à l’ordinaire, soigneux et intelligent, le Grand-Serpent silencieux, et Rosée-de-Juin douce, résignée, mais triste.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
As this movement was by no means unusual in his feeble-minded child, the old man paid no other attention to it than to lay his hand kindly on her head, in an affectionate and approving manner; an act of grace that the girl received in meek silence.
Ce n’était pas en elle une chose extraordinaire, et Hutter n’y fit attention qu’en passant la main avec affection sur la tête de sa fille, sorte de caresse qu’elle reçut en silence.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
He has a mild face, meek and unhappy, and while he tries to catch the remains of intestines in the corners, he mutters a string of "Oh's!" like sighs.
Il a une physionomie douce, débonnaire et malheureuse, et tout en tâchant d’attraper dans les coins des débris d’intestins, marmotte d’un air consterné un chapelet de « Oh ! » semblables à des soupirs.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

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meek

adjective
Positive degreemeek
Comparative degreemeeker
Superlative degreemeekest