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mourant

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adjective
  1. dying
  2. in agony
nounmasculine
  1. person who is dying

Used in the library

  • Pendant que le prêtre accomplissait les gestes consacrés et que son murmure se mêlait aux soupirs de la mourante, Samuel Chapdelaine et ses enfants priaient sans relever la tête, presque consolés, exempts de doute et d'inquiétude, sûrs que ce qui se passait là était un pacte conclu avec la divinité, qui faisait du paradis bleu semé d'étoiles d'or un bien légitime.While the priest carried out the consecrated gestures and his murmur mixed with the sighs of the dying woman, Samuel Chapdelaine and his children prayed without raising their heads, almost comforted, free of doubt and worry, sure that what was happening there was a pact with the divinity, which made the blue paradise sown with golden stars a legitimate good.B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • On le croit mourant.We think he's dying.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • — À moi, monsieur…, répondit la jeune femme d’une voix mourante."To me, sir," replied the young woman in a dying voice.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • Mais Colbert avait perdu son influence à la cour, et était mourant.But Colbert had lost his influence in the court, and was dying.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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