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An extraordinary fever was sustaining him, throwing him forward, as solid as a rock, with eyes glowing like live coals, and an excited face covered with perspiration.Une extraordinaire fièvre le soutenait, le jetait en avant, d’une solidité de roc, les yeux pareils à des tisons, la face exaltée, couverte de sueur.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - LourdesLes Trois Villes - LourdesZola, EmileThe Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile
I cast a look of pity on the poor fellow who was bathed in perspiration, whilst Leon seemed to be thanking me for having accepted a burden that made the young woman laugh rather wickedly.J’eus un regard de pitié pour le pauvre diable qui suait, tandis que Léon parut me remercier d’avoir accepté un fardeau qui fit rire un peu méchamment la jeune femme.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
From that time she lived in a perspiration of anguish which stood in beads on her brow, when the thought of death presented itself to her.Dès lors elle vécut dans des sueurs d’angoisse qui lui mouillaient le dos, lorsque la pensée de la mort se présentait à elle.Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratMadeleine FeratZola, EmileMadeleine FeratZola, Emile
With his hand he wiped away the perspiration that streamed down his brow, and reflected that, that very morning, he had made his usual self-examination without finding any great guilt within him.Il essuya de la main la sueur qui coulait de ses tempes, il songea que, le matin encore, il avait fait son examen de conscience, sans trouver en lui aucune offense grave.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Gneuss, erect, his forehead bathed in perspiration, thought of ascending the hillock to extinguish the pale torch of night.Gneuss, debout, la sueur au front, eut la pensée de monter sur la colline éteindre le pâle flambeau des nuits.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
Sandoz, who had been the ringleader on that occasion, now frankly avowed his terror; the cold perspiration that had come upon him when he had scrambled out of the choir, wrapt in darkness.Sandoz, qui avait fait le coup, avouait maintenant son épouvante, sa sueur froide, en dégringolant du chœur, noyé de ténèbres.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
Every time he halted, the better to trim some detail of the load, or puffingly to mop the greasy flow of perspiration, he furtively surveyed all the corners of the horizon and scrutinized the edges of the wood.Chaque fois qu’il s’arrêtait pour arrimer mieux un bagage, pour souffler et essuyer l’eau grasse de sa transpiration, il examinait furtivement tous les coins de l’horizon et scrutait la lisière du bois.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Beads of perspiration covered her face, and her hands were burning.Des moiteurs lui montaient au visage; ses mains brûlaient.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
This gossip of the two girls made perspiration start from Abbé Faujas's brows.Ce bavardage des deux demoiselles mit une sueur aux tempes de l'abbé Faujas.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
You see how it is; Monsieur de Mortsauf took that walk in the sun which put him into a perspiration, and sitting under the walnut-tree may be the cause of a great misfortune."Vous le voyez, la course de monsieur de Mortsauf par ce temps si chaud l’avait mis en sueur, et sa station sous le noyer a pu devenir la cause d’un malheur.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
A cold perspiration broke out over him, and he went on his way again, hoping that Felicite would give him some accurate information.Il eut une sueur froide, il se remit en marche, espérant que Félicité lui donnerait des renseignements exacts.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
And small drops of perspiration pearled at the roots of the hair of Therese, while chilly puffs of breath gave imperceptible shivers to the skin of Laurent.Et de petites gouttes de sueur perlaient à la racine des cheveux de Thérèse, et des souffles froids donnaient des frissons imperceptibles à la peau de Laurent.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
I dream that I haven't packed it, and wake up in a cold perspiration, and get out of bed and hunt for it.Je rêve que je l’ai oubliée, me réveille avec des sueurs froides, et bondis hors du lit, pour la chercher.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
He was bathed in perspiration.Il était trempé d'une sueur glacée.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
Rougon, though his neck was still wet with perspiration, his voice hoarse and his big frame exhausted by his previous exertions, insisted upon replying at once.Rougon, la nuque encore mouillée de sueur, la voix enrouée, son grand corps brisé par son premier discours, s'entêta à répondre tout de suite.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
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perspiration rate
débit sudoral
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perspiration
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | perspiration | *perspirations |
| Possessive case | perspiration's | *perspirations' |