tambour

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• Tu entends les tambours ?Do you hear the drums?A2Sur le mont Royal — On Mount Royal
• — Sur ma parole, le tambour se rapproche, dit d’Artagnan."On my word, the drum is approaching," said d'Artagnan.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
• Tout à coup l'on entendit, venant de la basse-ville, le son martial des tambours qui battaient aux champs, et les cris aigus du fifre qui montaient en trilles joyeuses par-dessus le fort des Hurons.Suddenly it was heard, coming from the lower town, the martial sound of the drums that were beating in the fields, and the sharp cries of the fife that were riding in joyful trills over the fort of the Hurons.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
• Les Agniers n'osèrent pas attendre les Français, qui traversèrent tambour battant, drapeaux déployés, tous leurs villages.The Mohawks dared not wait for the French, who crossed beating drum, flags deployed, all their villages.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I