Some slight embarrassment followed, an exchange of anxious and evil glances.
Il y eut une gêne, un échange d’inquiets et mauvais regards.
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The Three Cities - Paris
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Then he crossed his arms behind his head, and began talking of other things, without, however, taking his eyes off his picture, over which the twilight began to cast a slight shadow.
Il avait croisé les deux bras sous sa nuque, il se mit à parler d’autre chose, sans quitter des yeux son tableau, que le crépuscule commençait à obscurcir d’une ombre fine.
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L'Oeuvre
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His Masterpiece
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A slight fog had again begun to fall, and the streets were steeped in icy dampness.
Un petit brouillard s’était remis à tomber, et les rues se noyaient sous une humidité glaciale.
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Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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Then, having deposited his valise in his own place, he remained on the platform waiting and looking around him, with a slight feeling of surprise at not perceiving Doctor Chassaigne, who had promised to come and embrace him before the train started.
Puis, lorsqu’il eut posé sa valise à sa place, il resta sur le quai, patientant, regardant, un peu surpris de ne pas apercevoir le docteur Chassaigne, qui lui avait promis de venir l’embrasser, au départ.
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Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
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It was nearly eleven o'clock when Mouret threw down the cards with some slight irritation.
Il était près d'onze heures, lorsque Mouret jeta ses cartes avec quelque dépit.
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La Conquete des Plassans
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The Conquest of Plassans
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Then, after he had drawn back the bolts with a slight effort, he opened the door, and stepped out into the alley, where Doctor Porquier overwhelmed him with thanks and compliments.
Alors, d'un léger effort, il ouvrit la porte, dont il avait tiré les verroux. Puis, il sortit dans l'impasse des Chevillottes, où le docteur Porquier l'accabla de bonnes paroles.
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The Conquest of Plassans
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She had noted the slight, dry cough, the daily brightening cheek; nor could the lustre of the eye, and the airy buoyancy born of fever, deceive her.
Elle avait remarqué cette toux légère et sèche, ces joues plus brillantes de jour en jour. L’éclat de l’œil, l’agitation fébrile des mouvements ne pouvaient lui faire illusion.
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Yet, when he thought himself slighted, he would draw himself up in a burst of pride.
Puis, quand il se croyait méconnu, des élans de fierté le redressaient.
how small was the influence exercised by the whites over their savage allies, when the latter had begun to taste of blood; or how slight, indeed, was the disposition to divert them from their cruelties.
Combien est faible l’influence exercée par les blancs sur leurs alliés sauvages, quand ceux-ci ont commencé à répandre le sang, et combien a peu de force sur eux le désir de les détourner de leurs cruautés.
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With a slight shrug of her shoulders, the Princess replied that poets were beginning to bore her.
D’un léger haussement d’épaules, elle dit combien les poètes commençaient à l’ennuyer.
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Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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Every since he had last paid his rent, Octave had been asking his landlord for some slight repairs — two new screws in tbe staple of his lock, which scarcely held to the wood.
Depuis le dernier terme, Octave demandait au propriétaire une petite réparation, deux vis neuves pour la gâche de sa serrure, qui branlait dans le bois.