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catalogues en ligne de
Le site contient l'annuaire des libraires avec leurs spécialités, des catalogues en ligne de livres anciens avec illustrations, un petit guide du livre ancien avec des conseils et les termes techniques employés par les professionnels, et aussi un service de recherche de livres rares.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Cuba entre las dos
La isla de Cuba, entre las dos Américas,
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

como es la de
[2] como es la de, as is; like .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

chemin est long du
Le chemin est long du projet à la close —The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment. Molière.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Cuál es la distribución
—¿Cuál es la distribución que se
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

combattirent encontre les deables
et ammenoient à grant feste l'ame du roy Dagobert, si le misrent entre eulx et se combattirent encontre les deables".
— from The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles X by Sophia Beale

crew experienced little difficulty
As the rope continued to be pulled thorough investigations were now made and the train crew experienced little difficulty in tracing the cause of the trouble to the elephant.
— from Sawdust & Spangles: Stories & Secrets of the Circus by W. C. (William Cameron) Coup

could entertain little doubt
Indeed, those who were capable of comprehending the events passing before them could entertain little doubt that England had not yet seen the last of the Wars of the Roses.
— from The Wars of the Roses; or, Stories of the Struggle of York and Lancaster by John G. (John George) Edgar

cape et la dague
‘Dans la cité au bord de la mer, la cape et la dague lourdes De pierres jaunes, et sur ton chapeau des plumes de perroquets, Tu t’en venais, devisant telles bourdes, Tu t’en venais entre tes deux laquais
— from Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau

call every lame dog
They used to call every lame dog and donkey a Trapani ; and now every blind animal is sure to be christened a Monpenseer .”
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various

comely elderly lady dressed
I entered a well-lighted passage, and from thence a well-lighted bar room, on the right hand, in which sat a stout, comely, elderly lady, dressed in silks and satins, with a cambric coif on her head, in company with a thin, elderly man with a hat on his head, dressed in a rather prim and precise manner.
— from Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Borrow

concentrated energy laying down
For half an hour Holmes worked with concentrated energy, laying down one tool, picking up another, handling each with the strength and delicacy of the trained mechanic.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various

called Eugenio long distance
So I called Eugenio long distance from Dallas.
— from Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission


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