Indeed, during the previous weeks—when they had been eating normally—the behavior of the artichokes had been dignified and judicious.
En effet, au cours des semaines précédentes — lorsqu’ils mangeaient à leur faim —, ils s’étaient comportés avec bon sens et dignité.
It was the owner of the field, who was coming on tiptoes to see if, by chance, he had caught the Weasels which had been eating his chickens.
C’était le propriétaire du champ. A pas de loup, il venait voir s’il avait pris au piège l’une de ces fouines qui venaient la nuit manger ses poulets.
The sea had been eating away at those cliffs for centuries.
La mer rongeait ces falaises depuis des siècles.
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