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Des cornes lui perçaient la peau des épaules.
He had horns busting through the skin of the shoulders.
Ils criaient, se tapaient la poitrine, se perçaient de couteaux, mais les dieux faisaient la sourde oreille à leurs prières.
They were shouting, boasting,and stabbing themselves, but their gods remained deaf to their prayers.
Pourquoi cet être énigmatique, dont les yeux perçaient la plus profonde obscurité, venait-il en rampant sur le rivage du lac Malcolm ?
Why should the strange being, with eyes flashing through the deepest darkness, come cautiously creeping along the shores of Lake Malcolm?
Mais au-delà des seules questions d'efficacité pratique, et même au-delà des questions politiques apparentes, les révoltés perçaient toute la façade spectaculaire et goûtaient un peu de la vie réelle, de la communauté réelle.
But beyond mere questions of practical efficiency, and even beyond the ostensible political issues, the insurgents were breaking through the whole spectacular façade and getting a taste of real life, real community.
Les aboiements du chien perçaient la nuit silencieuse.
The barking of the dog pierced the silent night.
Les mineurs perçaient la roche avec une foreuse.
The miners perforated the rock with a drill.
Les balles de la mitrailleuse ne perçaient pas le blindage du char.
The machine gun bullets didn't pierce the armor plating of the tank.
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