Again did she give vent to a dry laugh which distorted her wheedling face.
De nouveau, elle eut le rire sec, dont grimaçait sa face doucereuse.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
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Fruitfulness
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Abbé Surin, however, clasped his hands with such a wheedling look of curiosity that Monseigneur Bousselot went on to say: He bad some bother or other at Besançon.
L'abbé Surin joignit les mains, d'un geste de curiosité si câline, que monseigneur Rousselot continua: --Il avait eu des difficultés à Besançon....
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
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The Conquest of Plassans
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The mistress of the house eagerly hastened up to him ; she grasped one of his hands within both her own, and drew him into the middle of the room, with wheedling glances and a gentle swaying of her head.
Mais la maîtresse de la maison se précipita; elle prit dans ses deux mains une des mains de l'abbé, l'amenant au milieu du salon, le cajolant du regard, avec un doux balancement de tête.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
She had wheedled him into a confession as though he had been a mere child ; whereas he, for the last two months, had been doing his best to make her speak, but had only succeeded in extracting peals of laughter from her.
Elle venait de le confesser comme un enfant, lui qui depuis deux mois cherchait à la faire parler, sans tirer d'elle autre chose que de beaux rires.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
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His Excellency
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He stood there for a whole quarter of an hour prattling away in wheedling fashion, addressing Rougon sometimes as ' your 'excellency,' and sometimes as ' dear master.'
Et il demeura là un grand quart d'heure, souple et caressant, cajolant Rougon, qu'il appelait tantôt «Votre Excellence» et tantôt «cher maître».
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
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His Excellency
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Her words came more slowly, and she seemed to be waiting to see by the expression of Helene's face what effect her remarks might have on her, with that wheedling, anxious air of the poor who are desirous of pleasing people.
Elle avait ralenti la voix, elle semblait attendre sur le visage d’Hélène l’effet de ses paroles, de cet air câlin et anxieux des pauvres qui veulent faire plaisir au monde.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeZola, Emile / Une page d'amour
He no longer treated Bongrand in the wheedling, respectful manner of yore.
Son attitude n’avait plus pour Bongrand l’humilité câline et respectueuse d’autrefois.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
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His Masterpiece
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She now did her best to make him forget her lapse of memory in greeting him, by recalling a thousand little incidents of the past, and by adopting a wheedling manner towards him that was quite maternal.
Elle voulut lui faire oublier son accueil étonné par un flot de souvenirs, par des cajoleries toutes maternelles.
And thus they went on, relinquishing Fagerolles, whom they reproached for toadying the newspapers, for allying himself with their enemies and wheedling sexagenarian baronesses, to fall upon Claude, who now became the great culprit.
Et ils continuèrent, abandonnant Fagerolles auquel ils reprochaient son aplatissement devant les journaux, son alliance avec leurs ennemis, ses câlineries à des baronnes sexagénaires, tapant désormais sur Claude devenu le grand coupable.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
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His Masterpiece
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Beneath his wheedling air there was the determination to devour everything.
Sous des dehors très câlins, il était résolu à dévorer tout.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
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The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
With her dry hands, which were used to handling goods of this description, she caught up the child, perhaps, however, a little roughly, forgetting her assumed wheedling good nature now that she was simply chained with conveying it to hospital.
De ses mains sèches, habituées à manier la marchandise, elle avait saisi l’enfant, peut-être avec un peu de rudesse, oubliant sa bonhomie câline, du moment qu’elle n’était chargée que de le porter à la concurrence.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
He tapped Claude on the shoulders, for he had divined his old master's secret contempt, and wished to win him back by his old-time caresses --all the wheedling practices of a hussy.
Il lui tapait sur les épaules, il avait senti le mépris secret de son ancien maître; et il voulait le reprendre, par ses caresses d’autrefois, des câlineries de gueuse disant: «Je suis une gueuse » , pour qu’on l’aime.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
"If time would only remove mine, pretty Mabel," rejoined the Quartermaster in a wheedling tone, "I should feel no envy of the commander-in-chief.
– Si le temps pouvait seulement détruire la mienne, charmante Mabel, – répliqua le quartier-maître, je ne porterais pas envie à notre commandant en chef.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario