somnoler

Sur d’autres bancs, des hommes crasseux lisaient le journal ou somnolaient.
On other benches shabby men read the newspaper or dozed.
On doit tout de même supposer que les parlementaires qui ont soutenu à l'unanimité un avis ne somnolaient pas au moment du vote, mais qu'ils le soutiennent vraiment.
One must surely be able to assume that Members who participated in a unanimous report did not sleep through the entire proceedings but actually support it.
Quelques gros matous castrés somnolaient sur la vieille couverture.
Some fat gibs were dozing on the old counterpane.
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