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Lying on their stomachs in the long grass growing along the crest of the low ridge, the skirmish line of the Sixth Century watched helplessly as the Britons smothered the Ninth's attack.Tendidos boca abajo sobre la alta hierba que crecía a lo largo de la cima de la colina, la línea de escaramuza de la sexta centuria observaba, sin poder hacer nada, cómo los britanos frenaban el ataque de la novena.Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!Roma Vincit!Scarrow, Simon© 2001 by Simon Scarrow© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
The sunsets in the Carpathians were endless, but the sky seemed too low, just a few yards above the soldiers' heads, which produced a sense of smothering or unease.Los atardeceres de los Cárpatos eran interminables, pero el cielo daba la impresión de estar demasiado bajo, sólo unos metros por encima de sus cabezas, lo que contribuía a proporcionar una sensación de asfixia en los soldados o de inquietud.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
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smother
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | smother | smothers |
Possessive case | smother's | smothers' |
smother
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | smothered |
Imperative | smother |
Present Participle (Participle I) | smothering |
Past Participle (Participle II) | smothered |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I smother | we smother |
you smother | you smother |
he/she/it smothers | they smother |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am smothering | we are smothering |
you are smothering | you are smothering |
he/she/it is smothering | they are smothering |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have smothered | we have smothered |
you have smothered | you have smothered |
he/she/it has smothered | they have smothered |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been smothering | we have been smothering |
you have been smothering | you have been smothering |
he/she/it has been smothering | they have been smothering |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I smothered | we smothered |
you smothered | you smothered |
he/she/it smothered | they smothered |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was smothering | we were smothering |
you were smothering | you were smothering |
he/she/it was smothering | they were smothering |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had smothered | we had smothered |
you had smothered | you had smothered |
he/she/it had smothered | they had smothered |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been smothering | we had been smothering |
you had been smothering | you had been smothering |
he/she/it had been smothering | they had been smothering |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will smother | we shall/will smother |
you will smother | you will smother |
he/she/it will smother | they will smother |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be smothering | we shall/will be smothering |
you will be smothering | you will be smothering |
he/she/it will be smothering | they will be smothering |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have smothered | we shall/will have smothered |
you will have smothered | you will have smothered |
he/she/it will have smothered | they will have smothered |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been smothering | we shall/will have been smothering |
you will have been smothering | you will have been smothering |
he/she/it will have been smothering | they will have been smothering |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would smother | we should/would smother |
you would smother | you would smother |
he/she/it would smother | they would smother |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be smothering | we should/would be smothering |
you would be smothering | you would be smothering |
he/she/it would be smothering | they would be smothering |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have smothered | we should/would have smothered |
you would have smothered | you would have smothered |
he/she/it would have smothered | they would have smothered |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been smothering | we should/would have been smothering |
you would have been smothering | you would have been smothering |
he/she/it would have been smothering | they would have been smothering |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am smothered | we are smothered |
you are smothered | you are smothered |
he/she/it is smothered | they are smothered |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being smothered | we are being smothered |
you are being smothered | you are being smothered |
he/she/it is being smothered | they are being smothered |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been smothered | we have been smothered |
you have been smothered | you have been smothered |
he/she/it has been smothered | they have been smothered |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was smothered | we were smothered |
you were smothered | you were smothered |
he/she/it was smothered | they were smothered |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being smothered | we were being smothered |
you were being smothered | you were being smothered |
he/she/it was being smothered | they were being smothered |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been smothered | we had been smothered |
you had been smothered | you had been smothered |
he/she/it had been smothered | they had been smothered |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be smothered | we shall/will be smothered |
you will be smothered | you will be smothered |
he/she/it will be smothered | they will be smothered |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been smothered | we shall/will have been smothered |
you will have been smothered | you will have been smothered |
he/she/it will have been smothered | they will have been smothered |