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On the previous day Rougon had been a Brutus, a stoic soul sacrificing his own affections to his country; now he was nothing but an ambitious villain, who felled his brother to the ground and made use of him as a stepping-stone to fortune.Hier Rougon était un Brutus, une âme stoïque qui sacrifiait ses affections à la patrie; aujourd’hui Rougon n’était plus qu’un vil ambitieux qui passait sur le ventre de son pauvre frère, et s’en servait comme d’un marchepied pour monter à la fortune.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
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stoic
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | stoic | stoics |
Possessive case | stoic's | stoics' |