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They agreed very well together in their avaricious rage at being unable to amass money by the handful without any great exertion, and in their ambition to make their son a gentleman, since only a gentleman could become wealthy.Tous les deux s’entendaient à merveille dans leur colère avaricieuse de ne pas récolter les écus à la pelle, sans gros travail, ainsi que dans leur ambition de faire de leur fils un monsieur, puisque, seul, un monsieur pouvait s’enrichir.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
Sou by sou he amassed a few thousand francs.Il amassa sou à sou quelques milliers de francs.Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratMadeleine FeratZola, EmileMadeleine FeratZola, Emile
The new town forms a sort of parallelogram to the north-east; the well-to-do, those who have slowly amassed a fortune, and those engaged in the liberal professions, here occupy houses set out in straight lines and coloured a light yellow.La ville neuve, enfin, forme une sorte de carré long, au nord-est; la bourgeoisie, ceux qui ont amassé sou à sou une fortune, et ceux qui exercent une profession libérale, y habitent des maisons bien alignées, enduites d’un badigeon jaune clair.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Up yonder, on the old marshy plateau, the fertility was such, thanks to the humus amassed during long centuries, that Mathieu did not even manure the ground as yet.Là-haut, sur l’ancien plateau marécageux, c’était une telle fertilité dans les terreaux amassés par les siècles, qu’on ne fumait pas encore.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
When he had amassed nearly a million francs, he asked himself what he could possibly do with it.Quand il eut amassé près d’un million, il se demanda ce qu’il pourrait bien en faire.Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratMadeleine FeratZola, EmileMadeleine FeratZola, Emile
More importantly for bird conservation, however, is the huge database on the distribution and numbers of North American birds that the Christmas Bird Count has amassed.L'immense base de données sur la répartition et le nombre d'oiseaux en Amérique du Nord que le Recensement des oiseaux de Noël a permis d'accumuler est, cependant, d'une très grande importance pour la conservation des oiseaux.http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/27/2012http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/27/2012
It is true that we must have amassed considerable and patient treasure within us for this will power to find the resources it needs.Il est vrai qu'il faut accumuler en soi, un lourd, un patient trésor, pour que cette volonté trouve, au moment solennel, les forces nécessaires.Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destineeLa sagesse et la destineeMaeterlinck, MauriceWisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice
This, indeed, was his real discovery, not to mention the layer of humus which he felt certain would be found amassed on the plateau, and the wondrous fertility which it would display as soon as a ploughshare had passed through it.C’était même là sa vraie trouvaille, sans parler de la certitude où il était de la couche d’humus amassée sur le plateau, de la fécondité formidable qui s’y déclarerait, dès que la charrue y aurait passé.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
We seemed to have been amassing enemies at a furious pace.Il me sembla que nous nous étions amusés à amasser des ennemis.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
She would have much preferred the straw, the reward of labour, to this money which she amassed without much merit.Elle préférait de beaucoup cette paille, récompense du travail, à cette monnaie qu’elle entassait sans grand mérite.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
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amass
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | amassed |
| Imperative | amass |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | amassing |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | amassed |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I amass | we amass |
| you amass | you amass |
| he/she/it amasses | they amass |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am amassing | we are amassing |
| you are amassing | you are amassing |
| he/she/it is amassing | they are amassing |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have amassed | we have amassed |
| you have amassed | you have amassed |
| he/she/it has amassed | they have amassed |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been amassing | we have been amassing |
| you have been amassing | you have been amassing |
| he/she/it has been amassing | they have been amassing |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I amassed | we amassed |
| you amassed | you amassed |
| he/she/it amassed | they amassed |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was amassing | we were amassing |
| you were amassing | you were amassing |
| he/she/it was amassing | they were amassing |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had amassed | we had amassed |
| you had amassed | you had amassed |
| he/she/it had amassed | they had amassed |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been amassing | we had been amassing |
| you had been amassing | you had been amassing |
| he/she/it had been amassing | they had been amassing |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will amass | we shall/will amass |
| you will amass | you will amass |
| he/she/it will amass | they will amass |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be amassing | we shall/will be amassing |
| you will be amassing | you will be amassing |
| he/she/it will be amassing | they will be amassing |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have amassed | we shall/will have amassed |
| you will have amassed | you will have amassed |
| he/she/it will have amassed | they will have amassed |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been amassing | we shall/will have been amassing |
| you will have been amassing | you will have been amassing |
| he/she/it will have been amassing | they will have been amassing |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would amass | we should/would amass |
| you would amass | you would amass |
| he/she/it would amass | they would amass |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be amassing | we should/would be amassing |
| you would be amassing | you would be amassing |
| he/she/it would be amassing | they would be amassing |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have amassed | we should/would have amassed |
| you would have amassed | you would have amassed |
| he/she/it would have amassed | they would have amassed |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been amassing | we should/would have been amassing |
| you would have been amassing | you would have been amassing |
| he/she/it would have been amassing | they would have been amassing |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am amassed | we are amassed |
| you are amassed | you are amassed |
| he/she/it is amassed | they are amassed |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being amassed | we are being amassed |
| you are being amassed | you are being amassed |
| he/she/it is being amassed | they are being amassed |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been amassed | we have been amassed |
| you have been amassed | you have been amassed |
| he/she/it has been amassed | they have been amassed |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was amassed | we were amassed |
| you were amassed | you were amassed |
| he/she/it was amassed | they were amassed |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being amassed | we were being amassed |
| you were being amassed | you were being amassed |
| he/she/it was being amassed | they were being amassed |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been amassed | we had been amassed |
| you had been amassed | you had been amassed |
| he/she/it had been amassed | they had been amassed |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be amassed | we shall/will be amassed |
| you will be amassed | you will be amassed |
| he/she/it will be amassed | they will be amassed |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been amassed | we shall/will have been amassed |
| you will have been amassed | you will have been amassed |
| he/she/it will have been amassed | they will have been amassed |