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De plus quand les effets s'arretent (au bout de 1h30/2h00) je m'ecroule litteralement, c'est comme un coup de massue car toute la fatigue qu'elles camouflent pendant ces 2h00 arrive d'un seul coup et je tombe.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008
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Et lil au ciel, la main sur la massue antique, 10
La Mort d'Hercule 1920
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Comme les bois s’affaissaient sous les coins pesants de leur massue !
Literary translation (English) Rene Meertens 2010
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-- it makes a coup de massue -- a gale to sink the bravest vessel: and a woman must preserve her smoothest front; chat, smile -- or else!
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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-- it makes a coup de massue -- a gale to sink the bravest vessel: and a woman must preserve her smoothest front; chat, smile -- or else!
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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-- it makes a coup de massue -- a gale to sink the bravest vessel: and a woman must preserve her smoothest front; chat, smile -- or else!
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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