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He renounced his life as an active man, and almost as a member of society. He now spent the greater part of his time at home, looking at the newspapers and television, and pottering in the garden at the back of the house.Er <entsagte> seinem bisherigen aktiven Leben, zog sich aus dem gesellschaftlichen Leben zurück, verbrachte nun den größten Teil seiner Zeit zu Hause, las Zeitungen, sah fern und beschäftigte sich im Garten hinter seinem Haus.Sacks, Oliver / AwakeningsSacks, Oliver / Awakenings: Zeit des ErwachensAwakenings: Zeit des ErwachensSacks, Oliver© 1973, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, Oliver Sacks© 1989 by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, WeinheimAwakeningsSacks, Oliver© Oliver Sacks 1973, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1990
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Collocations
potter's wheel
Drehscheibe
potter's clay
Ton
potter's clay
Töpferton
potter's clay
Töpfererde
Word forms
potter
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | potter | potters |
Possessive case | potter's | potters' |
potter
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | pottered |
Imperative | potter |
Present Participle (Participle I) | pottering |
Past Participle (Participle II) | pottered |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I potter | we potter |
you potter | you potter |
he/she/it potters | they potter |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am pottering | we are pottering |
you are pottering | you are pottering |
he/she/it is pottering | they are pottering |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have pottered | we have pottered |
you have pottered | you have pottered |
he/she/it has pottered | they have pottered |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been pottering | we have been pottering |
you have been pottering | you have been pottering |
he/she/it has been pottering | they have been pottering |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I pottered | we pottered |
you pottered | you pottered |
he/she/it pottered | they pottered |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was pottering | we were pottering |
you were pottering | you were pottering |
he/she/it was pottering | they were pottering |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had pottered | we had pottered |
you had pottered | you had pottered |
he/she/it had pottered | they had pottered |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been pottering | we had been pottering |
you had been pottering | you had been pottering |
he/she/it had been pottering | they had been pottering |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will potter | we shall/will potter |
you will potter | you will potter |
he/she/it will potter | they will potter |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be pottering | we shall/will be pottering |
you will be pottering | you will be pottering |
he/she/it will be pottering | they will be pottering |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have pottered | we shall/will have pottered |
you will have pottered | you will have pottered |
he/she/it will have pottered | they will have pottered |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been pottering | we shall/will have been pottering |
you will have been pottering | you will have been pottering |
he/she/it will have been pottering | they will have been pottering |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would potter | we should/would potter |
you would potter | you would potter |
he/she/it would potter | they would potter |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be pottering | we should/would be pottering |
you would be pottering | you would be pottering |
he/she/it would be pottering | they would be pottering |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have pottered | we should/would have pottered |
you would have pottered | you would have pottered |
he/she/it would have pottered | they would have pottered |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been pottering | we should/would have been pottering |
you would have been pottering | you would have been pottering |
he/she/it would have been pottering | they would have been pottering |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am pottered | we are pottered |
you are pottered | you are pottered |
he/she/it is pottered | they are pottered |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being pottered | we are being pottered |
you are being pottered | you are being pottered |
he/she/it is being pottered | they are being pottered |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been pottered | we have been pottered |
you have been pottered | you have been pottered |
he/she/it has been pottered | they have been pottered |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was pottered | we were pottered |
you were pottered | you were pottered |
he/she/it was pottered | they were pottered |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being pottered | we were being pottered |
you were being pottered | you were being pottered |
he/she/it was being pottered | they were being pottered |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been pottered | we had been pottered |
you had been pottered | you had been pottered |
he/she/it had been pottered | they had been pottered |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be pottered | we shall/will be pottered |
you will be pottered | you will be pottered |
he/she/it will be pottered | they will be pottered |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been pottered | we shall/will have been pottered |
you will have been pottered | you will have been pottered |
he/she/it will have been pottered | they will have been pottered |