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And in particular the roofs of the colossal Palazzo delle Finanze had a disastrous effect, spreading out like far, bare steppes of cruel hideousness.
Surtout, les toitures du colossal ministère des Finances étalaient des steppes désastreuses, infinies et blafardes, d’une cruelle laideur.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Salt steppes (Limonietalia)
Steppes salées (Limonietalia)
The wind from the steppes on this hillside is appalling.
Sur cette colline, le vent venu des steppes est atroce.
Makine, Andreï / The Earth And Sky Of Jacques DormeMakine, Andreï / La terre et le ciel de Jacques Dorme
La terre et le ciel de Jacques Dorme
Makine, Andreï
© 2003 by Mercure de France
The Earth And Sky Of Jacques Dorme
Makine, Andreï
© 2005 by Geoffrey Strachan
© 2003 by Mercure de France
He waved his hand as he spoke towards the livid roofs of the Palazzo delle Finanze, that vast and desolate steppe, as though he could see the harvest of glory all stripped off and bankruptcy appear with its fearful, threatening bareness.
Et c’étaient les toitures blafardes du ministère des Finances, l’immense steppe désolée, qu’il montrait, comme s’il y eût vu la moisson de gloire coupée en herbe, l’affreuse nudité de la banqueroute menaçante.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
After walking for several minutes I realized that I had left behind the book we used to take with us during those long days spent on the steppe beside the river.
Après quelques minutes de marche, je me rendis compte que j'avais oublié, à l'endroit de notre halte, le livre que nous emportions durant ces longues journées passées dans la steppe, au bord d'une rivière.
Makine, Andreï / Requiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï / Requiem pour l'Est
Requiem pour l'Est
Makine, Andreï
© 2000 by Mercure de France
Requiem For A Lost Empire
Makine, Andreï
© 2001 by Geoffrey Strachan
© 2000 by Mercure de France

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steppe

noun
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Common casesteppesteppes
Possessive casesteppe'ssteppes'