ramper
B1#3,688Hear it
verb
to crawl, worm (along); to creep
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- Il se laissa glisser sans bruit jusqu'au parapet, et, silencieux comme une ombre, rampa vers la sentinelle.He let himself slide without noise to the parapet, and, silent as a shadow, crawled towards the sentry.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Quoique le jeune homme fût brave, on le sait, il fut épouvanté de cette figure bouleversée, de ces pupilles dilatées horriblement, de ces joues pâles et de ces lèvres sanglantes; il recula jusqu’à la ruelle, comme il eût fait à l’approche d’un serpent qui eût rampé vers lui, et son épée se rencontrant sous sa main souillée de sueur, il la tira du fourreau.Although the young man was brave, it is known, he was terrified of this upset figure, of these dilated pupils horribly, of these pale cheeks and of these bloody lips; he retreated to the alley, as he would have done as he approached a serpent that would have crawled towards him, and his sword met under his hand defiled with sweat, and drew it out of the sheath.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Cet espace de temps écoulé il tourna le dos à la palissade, rampa vers le ouigouam de Griffe-d'Ours où avait eu lieu le festin.This space of time passed he turned his back to the palissade, crawling towards the Ouigouam of Griffe-d'Ours where the feast had taken place.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
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