Now I hope I have convinced you. I willingly allow, my friend, that you are a very clever fellow; but be quite sure of this, that a woman can always topple you over if she chooses to take the trouble.'

Eh bien, sans rancune... vous êtes très fort, mon cher. Mais dites-vous bien une chose: une femme vous roulera toujours quand elle voudra en prendre la peine.»

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

I am dreadfully distressed about it, and would willingly give two fingers of my right hand to extricate him from prison.

J’en suis tout à fait contrarié, je donnerais volontiers deux doigts de ma main, pour le tirer de prison.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome

Les Trois Villes - Rome

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities - Rome

Zola, Emile

"Well, do you know, I've been wondering how it was I couldn't get on with these," answers bow, quite brightening up, and most willingly assisting in the exchange.

Telle était l’unique cause de tous leurs ennuis. L’« Avant » approuve, rasséréné : « Mais oui ! Je me disais bien aussi que je ne savais pas me servir de ceux-ci.

Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau

Trois hommes dans le bateau

Jerome, Jerome Klapka

Three Men in a Boat

Jerome, Jerome Klapka

Clorinde, on her side, so far as he was concerned, seemed to accept the subordinate position of a disciple quite willingly.

Clorinde, d'ailleurs, acceptait volontiers le rôle de disciple.

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

"Oh! right willingly, my son," she responded.

– Ah ! de grand cœur, mon fils.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris

Les Trois Villes - Paris

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities - Paris

Zola, Emile

"And you would willingly eat a peach?'

– Et vous mangerez volontiers une pêche ?

Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon

Stories for Ninon

Zola, Emile

Contes à Ninon

Zola, Emile

Moreover, he was not in her way, and she willingly tolerated him, though his conversational powers were not great. It was company all the same, and she would still sing her ballad in a low and expiring voice.

Du reste, il ne la gênait pas, elle le tolérait volontiers, bien qu'il manquât de conversation; c'était une compagnie tout de même, et elle se mettait à chanter sa romance, d'une voix basse et mourante.

Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille

Pot-Bouille

Zola, Emile

Pot-Bouille

Zola, Emile

"I would willingly man anything to save Mabel," answered Jasper, with a melancholy smile; "but no human hand, Pathfinder, could carry that canoe through yonder breakers in a gale like this.

– Je ferais tout au monde pour sauver Mabel, – répondit Jasper avec un sourire mélancolique ; – mais il n’existe pas un seul homme, Pathfinder, qui puisse conduire un canot à travers ces brisants par un ouragan comme celui-ci.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario

Le lac Ontario

Cooper, James Fenimore

The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea

Cooper, James Fenimore

© State University of New York 1981

"I know that my uncle loves me, and will never think of himself until he has first thought of me; and I believe you are all my father's friends, and would willingly assist his child.

– Je sais que mon oncle m’aime, et qu’il ne pensera jamais à lui qu’après avoir pensé à moi, et je crois que vous êtes tous les amis de mon père, et disposés à aider sa fille.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario

Le lac Ontario

Cooper, James Fenimore

The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea

Cooper, James Fenimore

© State University of New York 1981

I willingly renounced all hope of inheritance.

J’ai renoncé volontiers à toute espérance d’héritage.

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

" I admit it willingly, my beauty.

– Je l’avoue volontiers, mon mignon.

Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon

Stories for Ninon

Zola, Emile

Contes à Ninon

Zola, Emile

If it is necessary, we will spend willingly all our fortune therein.

Toute notre fortune, s'il le faut, y sera jetée, à main ouverte.

Zola, Emile / The DreamZola, Emile / Le Reve

Le Reve

Zola, Emile

The Dream

Zola, Emile

© BiblioBazaar, LLC

Judith would not willingly have said this to any other man, but there was so much confidence awakened by the guileless simplicity of Deerslayer, that one of her nature found it a constant temptation to overstep the bounds of habit.

Judith aurait difficilement fait cet aveu à tout autre homme, mais la simplicité vraie de Deerslayer éveillait une telle confiance, qu’avec des dispositions comme les siennes, elle était sans cesse tentée de franchir les limites de ses habitudes.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims

Le tueur de daims

Cooper, James Fenimore

The Deerslayer

Cooper, James Fenimore

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

Deerslayer was not sorry to hear this proposal, for he felt anxious to join the females, and he took the offered hand of the Indian very willingly.

Deerslayer ne fut pas fâché d’entendre cette proposition, car il lui tardait d’aller rejoindre les filles de Hutter, et il serra avec plaisir la main que l’Indien lui offrait.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims

Le tueur de daims

Cooper, James Fenimore

The Deerslayer

Cooper, James Fenimore

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

This was a sentiment which Pierre himself would willingly have re-echoed.

C’est ce que Pierre aurait crié volontiers, lui aussi.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris

Les Trois Villes - Paris

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities - Paris

Zola, Emile