"Shut up!" was Tulacque's peremptory interruption; "they're all alike. There isn't one that can put another right."

– Tais-toi, interrompit péremptoirement Tulacque. I’ s’valent tous ; y en a pas un pour raccommoder l’autre.

Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu

Le feu

Barbusse, Henri

© BELENUS, 2008

Under fire

Barbusse, Henri

© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

" Shut up! " said the mother.

– Fiche-moi la paix! dit la mère.

Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille

Pot-Bouille

Zola, Emile

Pot-Bouille

Zola, Emile

'Shut up!' resumed a comrade, a very irascible little painter with a fair complexion. ‘You surely don't want to make us swallow such a turnip as that?'

– Tais-toi donc! reprit un camarade, un petit peintre blond très rageur, tu ne vas pas vouloir nous faire avaler un pareil navet! »

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

' You would never guess how Mouret spends his time in that room where he shuts himself up!' the conservator of rivers and forests said the next morning when he called at the Sub-Prefecture.

--Vous n'imagineriez jamais à quoi Mouret passe son temps dans la pièce où il s'enferme? dit le lendemain le conservateur des eaux et forêts, lorsqu'il se rendit à la sous-préfecture.

Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans

La Conquete des Plassans

Zola, Emile

The Conquest of Plassans

Zola, Emile

She drew Theophile into the little room, to hide the scandal; and said to him furiously:"Look here! will you shut up?

Elle attira Théophile dans le petit salon, pour étouffer le scandale. Elle lui dit furieusement: – Ah! ça, finirez-vous par nous ficher la paix?

Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille

Pot-Bouille

Zola, Emile

Pot-Bouille

Zola, Emile