However, he had drawn rather further into the recess, for fear, no doubt, that people might remark his pallor, and the painful twitch which contracted his mouth.

Mai il s’était renfoncé un peu dans l’embrasure, de crainte sans doute, qu’on ne remarquât sa pâleur, le tic douloureux qui contractait ses lèvres.

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Death of amphipods is defined as the cessation of all visible signs of movement or other activity (e.g., absence of a pleopod twitch).

Dans le cas des amphipodes, on entend par "mort" la cessation de tous les signes visibles de mouvement ou d'activité (p. ex., absence de tremblement des pléopodes).

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The dark shadows under his eyes and the nervous twitch of his right shoulder when he walked made Shirer think he was on the edge of a breakdown.

De gros cernes sous les yeux et la crispation nerveuse de son épaule droite quand il marchait lui donnèrent l'impression qu'il était au bord de la crise de nerfs.

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A painful twitch came over his ecstatic face, and he shivered as if he had dropped from the stars.

Sa face enchantée eut une contraction douloureuse, et il grelotta, comme s’il retombait d’un astre.

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Then, when the two footmen had cleared the table and brought in the coffee and liqueurs, Clorinde glanced at Rougon and gave a slight twitch of her eyebrows which he perfectly understood.

Puis, quand les deux laquais, après avoir desservi, eurent apporté le café et les liqueurs, la jeune femme lui adressa un léger mouvement des sourcils, qu'il comprit parfaitement.

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Benedetta smiled at her friend's enthusiasm; but her lips twitched somewhat painfully, for, however sensible she might be, this passion, which she realised to be so naive and so strong, was beginning to make her suffer.

Benedetta s’égaya doucement de son enthousiasme. Mais un pli un peu douloureux attristait sa bouche ; car, bien que très raisonnable, elle finissait par souffrir de cette passion, qu’elle sentait si naïve et si forte.

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Madeleine looked at her hand, and there really was a nervous twitching of the fingers.

La jeune femme regardait sa main dont un frémissement nerveux agitait en effet les doigts.

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There was no motion to be detected in the features of any, save the twitching of angry muscles.

On ne voyait sur leurs visages d'autre mouvement que celui de la contraction des muscles.

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Les chausseurs de chevelures

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She turned and looked at him with twitching nostrils.

Elle se retourna et le regarda, les narines contractées.

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Assef’s brow twitched.

U plissa le front.

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Her cheeks were pale, and she looked at her sweetheart with a clouded brow, while her lips were twitching.

Les joues pâles, elle regardait son amant avec des yeux sombres; des battements agitaient ses lèvres.

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His fingers gave slight twitches, and his cheeks became flushed.

Ses doigts eurent de légers frémissements, des lueurs rouges montèrent à ses joues.

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Had not her lips twitched as if with pain?

N’avait-elle pas eu un pli douloureux de la bouche ?

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He had not winced, he had only turned pale amidst the laughter, and if his lips quivered it was merely with a slight nervous twitching; nobody knew him, it was his work alone that was being buffeted.

Il n’avait point faibli, pâle seulement sous les rires, les lèvres agitées d’un léger tic nerveux: personne ne le connaissait, son œuvre seule était souffletée.

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Wasn't she amusing, eh? when she blazed up like that, with her lustrous wicked eyes, and her twitching mouth, eager to indulge in vituperation?

Hein? était-elle amusante, quand elle s’allumait ainsi? l’œil en coin luisant de vice, la bouche tordue pour l’engueulade!

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