lion
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noun
- lion
- male lion
- lionbrave person
- lioncelebrity; famous person
- a style of elegant young man that came after the dandy
Used in the library
- «Maintenant, dit Planchet, lions-le à un arbre.»"Now," said Planchet, "let us bind him to a tree."B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Mais il fallait la révolution batave, la révolution de l'Angleterre, des États-Unis d'Amérique, et surtout celle de la France, pour rétablir solidement le lion populaire sur son piédestal.But the Batavian revolution, the revolution of England, the United States of America, and especially that of France, was necessary to restore the popular lion firmly to its pedestal.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
- Jette aux lions le martyr: Dieu te fera repentir!…Throw the martyr to the lions: God will make you repent!...B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Quand ils eurent appris à venir en renards, à attaquer en lions, à fuir en oiseaux, c'est leur langage, alors ils ne craignirent plus de se mesurer avec l'Algonquin.When they had learned to come as foxes, to attack in lions, to flee in birds, it was their language, so they no longer feared to compete with the Algonquin.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I