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Whether it was bliss or pain that so powerfully oppressed me that I scarce could breathe, I cannot tell.Selbst wüßt ich nicht, war es Lust oder Qual, was meine Brust so gewaltsam zusammenpreßte, daß ich kaum zu atmen vermochte.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Instead of the vigorous Berklinger, this was a little lean, timid creature, oppressed by poverty.Statt des kräftigen Berklinger war dieser alte Maler ein kleinlicher, magerer, furchtsamer, von Armut gedrückter Mann.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
"Senza Amare," she whispered gently. " Senza Amare —non pub consolare." Tears, like pearls, rose in her heWenly eyes; sighs heaved her breast, which rose and fell, oppressed.»Senza amare - senza amare - non puö consolare«, lispelte sie leise und Tränen glänzten wie helle Perlen in den Himmelsaugen und Seufzer entflohen der Brust, die auf- und niederwallte vor innerer Beklemmung.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
What he meant by this is that the artist, like the neurotic, is oppressed by unusually powerful instinctual needs which lead him to turn away from reality to fantasy.Damit meinte er, daß der Künstler, ähnlich dem Neurotiker, von ungewöhnlich mächtigen instinktiven Bedürfnissen gequält wird, die ihn dazu bringen, sich von der Realität ab- und der Phantasie zuzuwenden.Eagleton, Terry / Literary Theory, An IntroductionEagleton, Terry / Einführung in die LiteraturtheorieEinführung in die LiteraturtheorieEagleton, Terry© Terry Eagleton 1983, 1996© 1997 J.В. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH in StuttgartLiterary Theory, An IntroductionEagleton, Terry© Terry Eagleton 1983, 1996
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Word forms
oppress
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | oppressed |
Imperative | oppress |
Present Participle (Participle I) | oppressing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | oppressed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I oppress | we oppress |
you oppress | you oppress |
he/she/it oppresses | they oppress |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am oppressing | we are oppressing |
you are oppressing | you are oppressing |
he/she/it is oppressing | they are oppressing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have oppressed | we have oppressed |
you have oppressed | you have oppressed |
he/she/it has oppressed | they have oppressed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been oppressing | we have been oppressing |
you have been oppressing | you have been oppressing |
he/she/it has been oppressing | they have been oppressing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I oppressed | we oppressed |
you oppressed | you oppressed |
he/she/it oppressed | they oppressed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was oppressing | we were oppressing |
you were oppressing | you were oppressing |
he/she/it was oppressing | they were oppressing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had oppressed | we had oppressed |
you had oppressed | you had oppressed |
he/she/it had oppressed | they had oppressed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been oppressing | we had been oppressing |
you had been oppressing | you had been oppressing |
he/she/it had been oppressing | they had been oppressing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will oppress | we shall/will oppress |
you will oppress | you will oppress |
he/she/it will oppress | they will oppress |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be oppressing | we shall/will be oppressing |
you will be oppressing | you will be oppressing |
he/she/it will be oppressing | they will be oppressing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have oppressed | we shall/will have oppressed |
you will have oppressed | you will have oppressed |
he/she/it will have oppressed | they will have oppressed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been oppressing | we shall/will have been oppressing |
you will have been oppressing | you will have been oppressing |
he/she/it will have been oppressing | they will have been oppressing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would oppress | we should/would oppress |
you would oppress | you would oppress |
he/she/it would oppress | they would oppress |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be oppressing | we should/would be oppressing |
you would be oppressing | you would be oppressing |
he/she/it would be oppressing | they would be oppressing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have oppressed | we should/would have oppressed |
you would have oppressed | you would have oppressed |
he/she/it would have oppressed | they would have oppressed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been oppressing | we should/would have been oppressing |
you would have been oppressing | you would have been oppressing |
he/she/it would have been oppressing | they would have been oppressing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am oppressed | we are oppressed |
you are oppressed | you are oppressed |
he/she/it is oppressed | they are oppressed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being oppressed | we are being oppressed |
you are being oppressed | you are being oppressed |
he/she/it is being oppressed | they are being oppressed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been oppressed | we have been oppressed |
you have been oppressed | you have been oppressed |
he/she/it has been oppressed | they have been oppressed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was oppressed | we were oppressed |
you were oppressed | you were oppressed |
he/she/it was oppressed | they were oppressed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being oppressed | we were being oppressed |
you were being oppressed | you were being oppressed |
he/she/it was being oppressed | they were being oppressed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been oppressed | we had been oppressed |
you had been oppressed | you had been oppressed |
he/she/it had been oppressed | they had been oppressed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be oppressed | we shall/will be oppressed |
you will be oppressed | you will be oppressed |
he/she/it will be oppressed | they will be oppressed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been oppressed | we shall/will have been oppressed |
you will have been oppressed | you will have been oppressed |
he/she/it will have been oppressed | they will have been oppressed |