English Translation
He was seized with fear.
accès (nm)
[crise de folie, de jalousie] = fit
un accès de colère = a fit of anger, an angry outburst
un accès de fièvre =
-a. MÉDECINE a bout of fever
-b. figuré a sudden burst of activity
un accès de joie = a surge of happiness
un accès de tristesse = a wave of sadness
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