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In what other house do streams of sweet savour flow up and down but in a wine-cask ?In welchem andern Häuslein treiben würzige Fluten als in dem Weinfaß?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.
He seemed, at one time, to possess power and courage enough; but he merely gnawed at the bitter shell, and never got so far as to savour the sweetness of the kernel.Es schien, als wenn er Mut und Kraft hätte, aber nur an der bittern Schale nagte er, ohne die Süßigkeit des Kerns zu schmecken!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.
I eat one of those cakes in her honour, just to savour once more the taste of her mouth.Aus Pietät esse ich so ein Ding, um den Geschmack ihres Mundes noch einmal zu kosten.Nooteboom, Cees / The following storyNooteboom, Cees / Die folgende GeschichteDie folgende GeschichteNooteboom, Cees© Cees Nooteboom 1991© der deutschen Ausgabe Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt am Main 1991The following storyNooteboom, Cees© 1991 Cees Nooteboom© Harvill 1993
Here Theodore slowly savoured, with intense gusto, the last drops of the glowing Eleatic which Edward had poured out for him.Mit vieler Behaglichkeit schlürfte Theodor die Neige des glühenden Eleatiko aus, die ihm Eduard eingeschenkt.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.
And all the masters nodded their heads, and said, as they savoured the last drops out of their tall drinking-glasses: " Aye, aye, it is so ! All right!Und alle Meister nickten mit den Häuptern und sprachen, die letzten Tropfen aus den hohen Trinkgläsern nippend: »Ja, ja! - Eure, des Meister Martins brave wackre Gesellen!«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.
Victory - Savouring the passionDer Sieg - Seine Leidenschaft auskosten© Internationales Olympisches Komitee (IOC), Olympisches Museum© 2012http://www.olympic.org 7/14/2011
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savour
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | savour | savours |
Possessive case | savour's | savours' |
savour
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | savoured |
Imperative | savour |
Present Participle (Participle I) | savouring |
Past Participle (Participle II) | savoured |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I savour | we savour |
you savour | you savour |
he/she/it savours | they savour |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am savouring | we are savouring |
you are savouring | you are savouring |
he/she/it is savouring | they are savouring |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have savoured | we have savoured |
you have savoured | you have savoured |
he/she/it has savoured | they have savoured |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been savouring | we have been savouring |
you have been savouring | you have been savouring |
he/she/it has been savouring | they have been savouring |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I savoured | we savoured |
you savoured | you savoured |
he/she/it savoured | they savoured |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was savouring | we were savouring |
you were savouring | you were savouring |
he/she/it was savouring | they were savouring |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had savoured | we had savoured |
you had savoured | you had savoured |
he/she/it had savoured | they had savoured |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been savouring | we had been savouring |
you had been savouring | you had been savouring |
he/she/it had been savouring | they had been savouring |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will savour | we shall/will savour |
you will savour | you will savour |
he/she/it will savour | they will savour |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be savouring | we shall/will be savouring |
you will be savouring | you will be savouring |
he/she/it will be savouring | they will be savouring |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have savoured | we shall/will have savoured |
you will have savoured | you will have savoured |
he/she/it will have savoured | they will have savoured |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been savouring | we shall/will have been savouring |
you will have been savouring | you will have been savouring |
he/she/it will have been savouring | they will have been savouring |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would savour | we should/would savour |
you would savour | you would savour |
he/she/it would savour | they would savour |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be savouring | we should/would be savouring |
you would be savouring | you would be savouring |
he/she/it would be savouring | they would be savouring |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have savoured | we should/would have savoured |
you would have savoured | you would have savoured |
he/she/it would have savoured | they would have savoured |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been savouring | we should/would have been savouring |
you would have been savouring | you would have been savouring |
he/she/it would have been savouring | they would have been savouring |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am savoured | we are savoured |
you are savoured | you are savoured |
he/she/it is savoured | they are savoured |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being savoured | we are being savoured |
you are being savoured | you are being savoured |
he/she/it is being savoured | they are being savoured |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been savoured | we have been savoured |
you have been savoured | you have been savoured |
he/she/it has been savoured | they have been savoured |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was savoured | we were savoured |
you were savoured | you were savoured |
he/she/it was savoured | they were savoured |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being savoured | we were being savoured |
you were being savoured | you were being savoured |
he/she/it was being savoured | they were being savoured |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been savoured | we had been savoured |
you had been savoured | you had been savoured |
he/she/it had been savoured | they had been savoured |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be savoured | we shall/will be savoured |
you will be savoured | you will be savoured |
he/she/it will be savoured | they will be savoured |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been savoured | we shall/will have been savoured |
you will have been savoured | you will have been savoured |
he/she/it will have been savoured | they will have been savoured |