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Yes, it's a perfect sinecure, which with its stipend of a thousand francs enables him to live there like a peasant philosopher, cultivating the somewhat extensive garden whose big walls you see yonder."Oui, une véritable sinécure, qui lui permet de vivre, avec son millier de francs de traitement, en paysan philosophe, cultivant le jardin assez vaste, que vous voyez là, entouré de grands murs. »Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
At Frascati the officiating minister of a little church may receive a stipend of some nine hundred lire a year, and he has only bread and meat to buy if his garden yields him wine and fruit and vegetables.À Frascati, le desservant d’une petite église pouvait toucher neuf cents francs, et il ne dépensait que le pain et la viande, s’il récoltait le vin, les fruits, les légumes de son jardin.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
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stipend
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | stipend | stipends |
Possessive case | stipend's | stipends' |