Translations for file in French
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From where we lay we could look down a brown aisle, arched with green, formed
by the trunks and branches. Along this a party of the ape-men were passing.
They went in single file, with bent legs and rounded backs, their hands
occasionally touching the ground, their heads turning to left and right as they
trotted along. Their crouching gait took away from their height, but I should
put them at five feet or so, with long arms and enormous chests. Many of them
carried sticks, and at the distance they looked like a line of very hairy and
deformed human beings. For a moment I caught this clear glimpse of them. Then
they were lost among the bushes.
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De la place où nous étions, nous découvrions un bas-côté de troncs bruns
à voûte de verdure, le long duquel s’avançait une troupe
d’hommes-singes. Ils trottinaient à la file, tournant la tête de gauche à
droite, les jambes infléchies, le dos arrondi, les mains touchant parfois le
sol ; bien qu’ainsi ployés ils perdissent de leur taille, j’estime
qu’ils avaient environ cinq pieds de haut, avec de longs bras et d’énormes
torses. Beaucoup portaient des bâtons. À distance, on eût dit une procession
d’êtres humains velus et difformes. Je les aperçus très bien un
moment ; puis, ils se perdirent dans la brousse.
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The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Le Monde perdu, de Arthur Conan Doyle
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We were too excited to return to the camp, but must make our first
exploration at once. Lord John had an electric torch in his knapsack, and this
had to serve us as light. He advanced, throwing his little clear circlet of
yellow radiance before him, while in single file we followed at his heels.
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Dans notre impatience, nous décidâmes de le reconnaître tout de suite.
Lord Roxton avait sur lui une lampe électrique : il s’en servit pour
éclairer notre marche. Il s’avançait, précédé d’un petit rond de
lumière, et nous suivions sur ses talons, en file indienne.
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The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Le Monde perdu, de Arthur Conan Doyle
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