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He had been acting, while the others had merely been talking ; so it was with genuine satisfaction that he received the great man's thanks.
Lui, agissait, pendant que les autres parlaient. Aussi reçut-il avec une véritable jouissance les remerciements très vifs du grand homme.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
My resolution is unshakable; I was a long time coming to it, and in carrying it out I shall simply be acting in accordance with my reason and my conscience."
Ma résolution est formelle, je l’ai discutée longtemps, je ne vais agir que selon ma raison et ma conscience. »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Starting on 25 October 1933, Roosevelt, Henry Morgenthau, his acting Secretary of the Treasury, and Jesse Jones, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, met every morning in Roosevelt's bedroom to set the price of gold.
Dès le 25 octobre 1933, Roosevelt, Henry Morgenthau, son Secrétaire au Trésor, et Jesse Jones, directeur de la Reconstruction Finance Corporation, se réunirent chaque matin dans la chambre de Roosevelt pour définir le prix de l'or.
Skidelsky, RobertSkidelsky, Robert
idelsky, Robert
Skidelsky, Rober
© Project Syndicate 1995 - 2011
idelsky, Robert
Skidelsky, Rober
© Project Syndicate 1995 - 2011
Any person or organisation acting on behalf of a city must respect, in particular, the following provisions:
Toute personne ou organisation agissant au nom d'une ville doit, en particulier, respecter les dispositions suivantes :
© Copyright 2009
© Copyright 2009
The Council, acting by a qualified majority after consulting the European Parliament, shall adopt provisions on the amounts of the fees and the conditions governing them, to apply as from 1 January 1998.
Le Conseil, statuant à la majorité qualifiée après consultation du Parlement européen, arrête les dispositions relatives aux montants des redevances et aux conditions les régissant, à appliquer à partir du 1er janvier 1998.
FITA would like to propose 13 International Judges, acting under the responsibility of the Judges Committee: seven judges being under 42 years old and six being between 18 and 25 years old.
La FITA souhaite proposer un staff de 13 juges internationaux, sous la responsabilité du Comité des Juges: sept d'entre eux auraient moins de 42 ans et six seraient âgés de 18 à 25 ans.
© FITA
www.archery.org 02.08.2011
© FITA
www.archery.org 02.08.2011
Before the end of 2003, the Contracting Parties, acting in the Joint Committee, undertake to replace all references in this Protocol to GRT with GT and to adapt all the provisions affected thereby accordingly.
D'ici la fin de 2003, les parties s'engagent, dans le cadre de la Commission mixte, à remplacer dans le présent protocole toute référence en TJB en GT et à adapter, en conséquence, toutes les dispositions ainsi affectées.
The general rules concerning national crisis units and the Community crisis units shall be laid down by the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.
Les règles générales concernant les cellules de crise nationales et la cellule de crise communautaire sont arrêtées par le Conseil, statuant à la majorité qualifiée sur proposition de la Commission.
A growing number of educators groups are now dedicated to enhancing the skills of their members and also acting as resources to other teachers.
On observe un nombre grandissants de ces éducateurs médicaux qui ont notamment la responsabilité d'agir comme personnes ressources pour l'ensemble des précepteurs.
© the College of Family Physicians of Canada
© the College of Family Physicians of Canada
In the energy of cohesion we have therefore a force which is very great, but which has the characteristic of only acting upon the particles of bodies when they are a very small distance apart.
Nous avons donc dans l'énergie de cohésion une force très grande, mais dont le caractère est de n'agir sur les particules des corps que lorsqu'ils ne sont séparés que par des distances très petites.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
The appellant, who is acting on his own behalf, is challenging a decision of Justice Bedard (judge) of the Tax Court of Canada.
L'appelant, qui se représente seul, conteste une décision du juge Bédard (juge) de la Cour canadienne de l'impôt.
She acted well; but two or three of the old men were equally satisfied that it was merely acting.
Elle jouait bien son rôle, mais deux ou trois vieux chefs étaient convaincus que c’était un rôle qu’elle jouait.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
She did not threaten to do so, but, amidst her virginal calmness, there was so much contempt for everything foreign to her love, that her father felt her to be capable of acting with the greatest folly in all ingenuousness.
Elle ne l’en menaçait pas, mais il y avait, dans son calme de vierge ignorante, un tel mépris de tout ce qui n’était pas son amour, qu’il la sentait capable des pires folies, commises ingénument.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
In front of the chimney of the lamp, a region fairly warm and acting as a heated body, there is no longer any illumination.
Devant la cheminée de la lampe, c'est-à-dire dans la région assez chaude, et agissant comme corps chaud, il n'y en a plus.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
'Spring brakes` are braking devices for which the energy required for braking is supplied by one or more springs acting as an energy accumulator.
Les «freins à ressort» sont des dispositifs qui utilisent pour freiner l'énergie fournie par un ou plusieurs ressorts fonctionnant comme accumulateur d'énergie.

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Collocations

acting manager
directeur intérimaire
act of god
cas de force majeure
act of god
catastrophe naturelle
act of god
force majeure
act of violence
voie de fait
administrative act
acte administratif
constitutional act
acte constitutionnel
act of God
cas de force majeure
act of God
cas fortuit
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts
Traité d'Amsterdam modifiant le traité sur l'Union européenne, les traités instituant les Communautés européennes et certains actes connexes
Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts
Traité de Nice modifiant le traité sur l'Union européenne, les traités instituant les Communautés européennes et certains actes connexes
malicious act
actes malveillants
National Housing act
Loi nationale sur l'habitation
Old age security act
Loi sur la sécurité de la vieillesse
pension fund societies act
Loi sur les sociétés de caisse de retraite

Word forms

act

verb
Basic forms
Pastacted
Imperativeact
Present Participle (Participle I)acting
Past Participle (Participle II)acted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I actwe act
you actyou act
he/she/it actsthey act
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am actingwe are acting
you are actingyou are acting
he/she/it is actingthey are acting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have actedwe have acted
you have actedyou have acted
he/she/it has actedthey have acted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been actingwe have been acting
you have been actingyou have been acting
he/she/it has been actingthey have been acting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I actedwe acted
you actedyou acted
he/she/it actedthey acted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was actingwe were acting
you were actingyou were acting
he/she/it was actingthey were acting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had actedwe had acted
you had actedyou had acted
he/she/it had actedthey had acted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been actingwe had been acting
you had been actingyou had been acting
he/she/it had been actingthey had been acting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will actwe shall/will act
you will actyou will act
he/she/it will actthey will act
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be actingwe shall/will be acting
you will be actingyou will be acting
he/she/it will be actingthey will be acting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have actedwe shall/will have acted
you will have actedyou will have acted
he/she/it will have actedthey will have acted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been actingwe shall/will have been acting
you will have been actingyou will have been acting
he/she/it will have been actingthey will have been acting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would actwe should/would act
you would actyou would act
he/she/it would actthey would act
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be actingwe should/would be acting
you would be actingyou would be acting
he/she/it would be actingthey would be acting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have actedwe should/would have acted
you would have actedyou would have acted
he/she/it would have actedthey would have acted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been actingwe should/would have been acting
you would have been actingyou would have been acting
he/she/it would have been actingthey would have been acting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am actedwe are acted
you are actedyou are acted
he/she/it is actedthey are acted
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being actedwe are being acted
you are being actedyou are being acted
he/she/it is being actedthey are being acted
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been actedwe have been acted
you have been actedyou have been acted
he/she/it has been actedthey have been acted
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was actedwe were acted
you were actedyou were acted
he/she/it was actedthey were acted
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being actedwe were being acted
you were being actedyou were being acted
he/she/it was being actedthey were being acted
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been actedwe had been acted
you had been actedyou had been acted
he/she/it had been actedthey had been acted
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be actedwe shall/will be acted
you will be actedyou will be acted
he/she/it will be actedthey will be acted
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been actedwe shall/will have been acted
you will have been actedyou will have been acted
he/she/it will have been actedthey will have been acted

acting

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseacting*actings
Possessive caseacting's*actings'