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chills

/t͡ʃɪlz/ nom B2

En français : frissons

  1. A biological response to being tickled; being cold; or experiencing fear, euphoria or sexual arousal in which the person forms goose bumps. · I get chills every time I hear that song.· That feathery touch on my neck gave me the chills.
  2. A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.
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Dans la bibliothèque

These horrible chills, which make my teeth chatter and seem to dislocate my bones, begin to pervade my whole frame; in five minutes the malady will reach its height, and in a quarter of an hour there will be nothing left of me but a corpse.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 205 · C1
From time to time chills ran through his whole body, and clutched his heart in a grasp of ice.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 217 · C1
So saying, she once more climbed the staircase leading to her chamber, her body convulsed with chills, and her teeth rattling in her head, in spite of the intense heat of the weather.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 295 · C1

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