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Le monde noir et le monde blanc l’avaient longtemps choisie comme un champ de bataille, pour y échanger les plus incroyables médisances, des commérages sans fin, des histoires à dormir debout.
The black and white worlds had long chosen it as a battlefield for the exchange of incredible slander, endless gossip, the most nonsensical tittle-tattle.
Zola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeZola, Emile / The Three Cities - Rome
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
Sa tactique tendit ainsi à ameuter les pauvres gens, en leur contant des histoires à dormir debout, auxquelles il finissait souvent par croire lui-même.
His tactics thus tended to rouse the poor people by a repetition of absurdly ridiculous tales, which he often came to believe in himself.
Zola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonZola, Emile / The Fortune of the Rougons
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
Ceux qui avaient vu ou entendu la bande insurrectionnelle racontaient des histoires à dormir debout, se contredisaient, avançaient des suppositions atroces.
Those who had seen or heard the insurrectionary forces, related the most foolish stories, contradicting each other, and indulging in the wildest suppositions.
Zola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonZola, Emile / The Fortune of the Rougons
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile

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    a cock and bull story

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