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A snail could have kept pace with it.
Un escargot y aurait tenu le pied !
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The tomb was closed once more; the white gap was for ever boarded up with that damp-stained mossy timber over which the snails had shed silvery tears.
La tombe était refermée, la trouée blanche se trouvait à jamais bouchée par ces quelques planches noires d’humidité, vertes de mousse, sur lesquelles les escargots avaient pleuré des larmes d’argent.
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
the snails must be checked before being boiled.
les escargots doivent être contrôlés avant l'échaudage;
Some distance away I can make out others, curled up and clinging like snails all along a rounded embankment, from which they have partly slipped back into the water.
À quelque distance, j’en distingue d’autres, recroquevillés et collés comme des escargots le long d’un talus arrondi et à demi résorbé par l’eau.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
I don't know any sorer trial than to be mad for speed and have to crawl at a snail's pace.
Je ne connais aucune épreuve plus pénible que d’aspirer à la vitesse et d’être contraint à avancer comme une tortue.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

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snail mail
courrier escargot
snail mail
courrier ordinaire

Word forms

snail

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesnailsnails
Possessive casesnail'ssnails'