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There was great poverty in the surrounding country, especially that year, the winter being a hard one, and bread so dear, that only well-to-do folk could purchase it.
Il y avait grande misère dans le pays, surtout cette année-là, où l’hiver était rude et le pain si cher, que les riches seuls en pouvaient acheter.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
The new town forms a sort of parallelogram to the north-east; the well-to-do, those who have slowly amassed a fortune, and those engaged in the liberal professions, here occupy houses set out in straight lines and coloured a light yellow.
La ville neuve, enfin, forme une sorte de carré long, au nord-est; la bourgeoisie, ceux qui ont amassé sou à sou une fortune, et ceux qui exercent une profession libérale, y habitent des maisons bien alignées, enduites d’un badigeon jaune clair.
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
During a recess, which preceded the hour when the man-of-all-work took us to the Charlemagne Lyceum, the well-to-do pupils used to breakfast with the porter, named Doisy.
Pendant la récréation qui précédait l’heure où le "gâcheux" nous conduisait au lycée Charlemagne, les camarades opulents allaient déjeuner chez notre portier, nommé Doisy.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
"If you were to go into society," she said to him, "you would get some well-to-do patients.
«Si tu fréquentais le beau monde, lui disait-elle, tu aurais des clients dans la haute société.
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
Those heathens will only come to God's house when they think He is well-to-do.
Ces païens ne viennent chez Dieu que lorsqu'ils le croient riche...
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
One might have taken her for some worthy, well-to-do provincial bourgeoise in full dress.
On aurait dit une bonne bourgeoise de province, cossue, en toilette de cérémonie.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
And just listen to his plan. He had some olive oil sent to him from Saint-Firmin, his village, and then he tramped the streets and found a market for the oil among well-to-do families from Provence living in Paris.
Hein? très fort, le bonhomme! et tu vas voir son plan: il se faisait envoyer de l’huile d’olive de Saint-Firmin, son village, puis il battait le pavé, il plaçait l’huile dans les riches familles provençales, qui ont des positions à Paris.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
These people were evidently well-to-do bourgeois, the father and mother very correct in appearance and demeanour, while their two big girls, attired in light-coloured dresses, had the smiling faces of happy creatures who are amusing themselves.
Ce devaient être de riches bourgeois, le père et la mère très corrects, les deux grandes filles vêtues de robes claires, avec des visages riants d’heureuses personnes qui s’amusent.
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
One of her most cherished ambitions, as in Du Poizat's case, was to return to her own neighbourhood as a well-to-do and honoured woman.
Une de ses idées fixes était de retourner là-bas, comme Du Poizat, pour s'y montrer en femme cossue et respectée.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Antoine now injured them very much among the well-to-do people of the new town.
Antoine leur causait le plus grand tort auprès des rentiers de la ville neuve.
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
No well-to-do trader would have given him his daughter.
Jamais un commerçant à son aise ne lui eût donné sa fille.
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
Astonished and anticipating now the fullest success, they treated them as well-to-do relatives, and occasionally visited them, delighted with the aspect of that big, bustling farm, so full of life and prosperity.
Étonnés, acquis d’avance à tous les succès, ils les ménageaient, les traitaient désormais en parents riches, daignaient les visiter parfois, l’air ravi de cette grande ferme remuante, vivante, toute sonnante de prospérité.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
The well-to-do citizens of the new quarter merely pass along before quitting the town by the Grand'-Porte and taking the Avenue du Mail on the right, where they walk up and down till nightfall.
Les bourgeois de la ville neuve ne font que passer; ils sortent par la Grand-Porte et prennent, à droite, l’avenue du Mail, le long de laquelle ils vont et viennent, jusqu’à la tombée de la nuit.
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
The well-to-do people, the retired tradesmen, the lawyers and notaries, all those of the little easy-going, ambitious world that inhabits the new town, endeavour to infuse some liveliness into Plassans.
La bourgeoisie, les commerçants retirés, les avocats, les notaires, tout le petit monde aisé et ambitieux qui peuple la ville neuve, tâche de donner quelque vie à Plassans.
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
Some of the people in this street are even so well-to-do as to keep a "slavey."
Quelques-uns des habitants de la rue sont même si bien huppés qu'ils peuvent se payer le luxe d'une « esclave ».
London, Jack / The People of the AbyssLondon, Jack / Le Peuple de l'Abime
Le Peuple de l'Abime
London, Jack
The People of the Abyss
London, Jack
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

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well-to-do

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