Were trembling (fr. Tremblaient)

Translation into English

Pendant que mes collègues bâtissaient de grandes et belles cathédrales et achetaient des terrains en dehors de la ville et déménageaient leurs congrégations afin de pouvoir créer ou recréer leurs villes de Dieu, les structures sociales des quartiers défavorisés tremblaient sous le poids de toute cette violence.

And so while my colleagues were building these cathedrals great and tall and buying property outside of the city and moving their congregations out so that they could create or recreate their cities of God, the social structures in the inner cities were sagging under the weight of all of this violence.

Mes mains tremblaient, mais pas autant que mes entrailles tremblaient.

My hands were shaking, but not nearly as much as my insides quivered.

Quand il me parlait, mes genoux tremblaient.

When he spoke to me, my knees used to tremble.

Tom remarqua que les mains de Mary tremblaient.

Tom noticed Mary's hands shaking.

Elle avait, de plus, le repas de ses pensionnaires, celui du médecin, de sa femme et de leur bonne; le billard retentissait d’éclats de rire; trois meuniers, dans la petite salle, appelaient pour qu’on leur apportât de l’eau-de-vie; le bois flambait, la braise craquait, et, sur la longue table de la cuisine, parmi les quartiers de mouton cru, s’élevaient des piles d’assiettes qui tremblaient aux secousses du billot où l’on hachait des épinards.

Moreover, she had the boarders' meal to see to, and that of the doctor, his wife, and their servant; the billiard-room was echoing with bursts of laughter; three millers in a small parlour were calling for brandy; the wood was blazing, the brazen pan was hissing, and on the long kitchen table, amid the quarters of raw mutton, rose piles of plates that rattled with the shaking of the block on which spinach was being chopped.

Mes mains tremblaient, j'avais des hallucinations.

My hands trembled, and I had hallucinations.

Mes genoux tremblaient, tout ce que je pouvais voir c'était cet énorme étui, j'ai pensé nous sommes faits.

My knees were trembling and all I could see was this huge holster, I thought We're done.

Synonyms

vibrer
agiter
frémir
osciller