plaintivement

C'était une belle soirée, le soleil brillait entre les troncs d'arbres, clair sur le vert sombre de la forêt, et la tourterelle chantait plaintivement sur les vieux hêtres.
It was a beautiful evening; the sun shone brightly between the trunks of the trees into the dark green of the forest, and the turtle-doves sang mournfully upon the young boughs of the birch-trees.
C’était une belle soirée, le soleil brillait entre les troncs d’arbres, clair sur le vert sombre de la forêt, et la tourterelle chantait plaintivement sur les vieux hêtres.
It was a beautiful evening; the sun shone brightly between the trunks of the trees into the dark green of the forest, and the turtle-doves sang mournfully upon the young boughs of the birch-trees.
Pour ceux qui viennent sans bouteille, Damaso ouvre sa propre cave à vin et chante, encore une fois plaintivement, les nouveautés, pas nécessairement récentes, qui sont arrivées dans sa cave, qui n'est jamais mal approvisionnée.
For those who do not come without their own bottle, Damaso opens his wine closet and sings, again complaining, news, not necessarily new, that have appeared in his cellar, which is never bad served.
Le chat miaulait plaintivement à la fenêtre.
The cat was mewing plaintively at the window.
Les vaches meuglaient plaintivement en avançant.
The cows were mooing plaintively as they went along.
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