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Moreover, if the latter should ever see her returning she intended to tell him some tale or other, staring at him the while with that stern look which always reduced him to silence.
Elle comptait d’ailleurs, si ce dernier la voyait jamais rentrer, lui faire quelque histoire, en le regardant de cet air dur qui lui fermait la bouche.
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
Thanks to his will power he moulded his stern nature like wax.
Sous l'effort de la volonté, sa nature sévère se pliait ainsi qu'une cire molle.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
M. Pierre is at the stern, all alone, plainly to be seen!
M. Pierre est à l'arrière, tout seul, bien en vue.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
As this superseded the necessity of rowing, an occupation that an Indian would not be likely to desire, Deerslayer, Chingachgook and Judith seated themselves in the stern of the scow, where they first governed its movements by holding the oar.
De cette façon, comme il était inutile de ramer, sorte d’occupation peu goûtée d’un Indien, Deerslayer, Chingachgook et Judith s’assirent à l’arrière de l’esquif, dont le premier dirigea les mouvements en tenant l’aviron qui servait de gouvernail.
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
But partially discernible in the waning light, this painting represented a woman seated on some projecting stone-work, on the threshold of a great stern building, whence she seemed to have been driven forth.
C’était, à peine éclairée par le jour mourant, une figure de femme, assise sur un soubassement de pierre, au seuil d’un grand et sévère logis, dont on semblait l’avoir chassée.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
She looked him in the face, and her steady, almost stern gaze, said plainly: " No, I am not your wife."
Elle le regarda en face, et son regard droit, presque dur, disait clairement: « Non, je ne suis pas ta femme. »
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Mabel was half reclining behind her uncle, while the Pathfinder and Eau-douce stood erect, the one in the bow, and the other in the stern, each using a paddle, with a long, steady, noiseless sweep.
Mabel était à demi couchée sur une partie de son bagage derrière son oncle, tandis que Pathfinder et Eau-douce se tenaient debout, l’un sur l’avant, l’autre sur l’arrière, chacun ayant en main une rame qu’il savait manier sans bruit.
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
Great pity came to the heart at the sight of all those mournful, weary beings, prostrated by five days of wild hope and infinite ecstasy, and destined to awaken, on the very morrow, to the stern realities of life.
Et une grande pitié montait de ces tristes gens, las, écrasés par cinq journées d’espoirs fous, d’extases infinies, qui allaient, le lendemain, se réveiller à la dure réalité de l’existence.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
And so, between the dream of his youth and the stern experience of his life, he now hardly knew in which direction the truth lay.
De sorte qu’il ne savait plus trop au juste, partagé entre la chimère de sa jeunesse et la rude expérience de sa vie.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Gigantic buildings rose from the ground, five or six millions of francs had already been expended, everything being sacrificed to the stern determination to leave the poor parish out in the cold and keep the entire plunder for self and friends.
Des constructions géantes poussaient du sol, cinq ou six millions étaient déjà dépensés, on avait sacrifié tout à cette volonté absolue de tenir la paroisse à l’écart, afin de garder la proie entière.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
A stern landlord had sold her furniture during the previous winter to pay himself his rent, and since then she had resided at the lodginghouse in the Rue Dauphine with her daughter Dede, a child of ten.
Un propriétaire intraitable lui avait vendu ses meubles, l'hiver dernier ; et, depuis ce temps, elle logeait à l'hôtel, avec sa fille Adèle, une gamine de dix ans.
Zola, Emile / The Death of Oliver BecailleZola, Emile / La mort d'Olivier Becaille
La mort d'Olivier Becaille
Zola, Emile
The Death of Oliver Becaille
Zola, Emile
His name was a synonym for stern repression, the refusal of all liberties ; despotic rule, in fact.
Son nom signifiait répression à outrance; refus de toutes les libertés, gouvernement absolu.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Lifeless quietude reigned in that stern, sad-looking anteroom, wainscoted with oak, and pervaded with the smell peculiar to hospitals.
Une paix morte régnait dans cette antichambre lambrissée de chêne, sévère, triste, et qui sentait l’hôpital.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Smiles, sweeter than thy frowns are stern: Earth sends from all her thousand isles, A shout at thy return.
Les îles innombrables de la terre célèbrent ton retour par des cris d’allégresse.
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
And all the fellows were frowning, and looking stern and noble.
Et la gent mâle fronçait le sourcil, l’expression grave et noble.
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

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