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A soldier crouched over the mane of his horse, welded to it as if into a single dark arrow, streaking past the trunks of the birch trees.Un militaire courbé vers la crinière de son cheval, uni à lui en une seule flèche noire qui raya les troncs des bouleaux.Makine, Andreï / Requiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï / Requiem pour l'EstRequiem pour l'EstMakine, Andreï© 2000 by Mercure de FranceRequiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï© 2001 by Geoffrey Strachan© 2000 by Mercure de France
The branches of the birch tree held hidden within their foliage the light, tuneful lives of several invisible birds.Les branches du bouleau cachaient dans leur feuillage la vie légère et volubile de quelques oiseaux invisibles.Makine, Andrei / Once Upon The River LoveMakine, Andrei / Au temps du fleuve AmourAu temps du fleuve AmourMakine, Andrei© 1994 by Editions du FelinOnce Upon The River LoveMakine, Andrei© 1998 by Geoffrey Strachan© 1994 by Editions du Felin
Perhaps they had already willed that she should spring up next summer as a rose in the flower-garden, or a pale willow in the meadow-lands, or a tender birch in the forest.Peut-être avaient- ils déjà résolu qu'à la saison prochaine elle serait un rosier du parterre, un saule blond des prairies, ou un jeune bouleau de la forêt.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
There has been birch dieback along the fog belt of the Bay of Fundy coast of New Brunswick.Au Nouveau-Brunswick, on a observé le dessèchement des rameaux de bouleau dans la bande de brouillard de la côte de la baie de Fundy.http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/1/2012http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/1/2012
You big as great pine - Huron gal little slender birch - why you fall on her and crush her?– Vous grand comme un pin, Huronne petite comme un bouleau ; pourquoi grand arbre briser l’arbrisseau ?Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
In any event, a new trial will be held with respect to Dr. Birch, and the judgment of this Court will not put an end to the litigation.Il y aura de toute façon un nouveau procès concernant le Dr Birch et le présent arrêt ne mettra pas un terme au litige.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 29.11.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 29.11.2011
However, Dr. Birch did not warn Ms. Hollis that there were risks of post-surgical complications.Le Dr Birch ne l'a toutefois pas mise en garde contre les risques de complications postopératoires.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 29.11.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 29.11.2011
Maple/Beech/Yellow BirchErable - Hêtre à grandes feuilles - Bouleau jauneKennedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J.Kennedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J.nnedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J.Kennedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J© Ministre de Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada, 1999http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/3/2012nnedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J.Kennedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J© Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1999http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/3/2012
or was it one of those lovely planes, or one of those pale, maidenly birches, or one of those creaking elms?Ou bien un de ces beaux platanes, un de ces bouleaux blancs comme des femmes, un de ces ormes dont les muscles craquaient?Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
But, although nobody could be seen, though nothing was visible in the air above save the birches rocking more and more violently, they heard a clear, laughing voice call out: 'Good-bye, doctor! good-bye, Monsieur le Cure!Mais, sans qu'on vit personne, sans qu'on aperçût autre chose, en l'air, que les bouleaux balancés de plus en plus furieusement, on entendit une voix claire, coupée de rires, qui criait: - Au revoir, docteur! au revoir, monsieur le curé!...Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
The treeless fields stretch out from the high road, like a broad band of green wool, as far as the willows and birches by the river.Les terrains s’étendent au ras de la route, nus, pareils à une large bande de laine verte, jusqu’aux saules et aux bouleaux de la rivière.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
The birches and the alders, delicate as sylphs, swayed their slim figures in the breeze to which they surrendered the foliage that streamed around them like the locks of goddesses already half metamorphosed into trees.Les bouleaux, les aunes, avec leurs blancheurs de fille, cambraient des tailles minces, abandonnaient au vent des chevelures de grandes déesses, déjà à moitié métamorphosées en arbres.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
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birch bark
écorce de bouleau
Word forms
birch
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | birch | birches |
Possessive case | birch's | birches' |
birch
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | birched |
Imperative | birch |
Present Participle (Participle I) | birching |
Past Participle (Participle II) | birched |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I birch | we birch |
you birch | you birch |
he/she/it birches | they birch |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am birching | we are birching |
you are birching | you are birching |
he/she/it is birching | they are birching |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have birched | we have birched |
you have birched | you have birched |
he/she/it has birched | they have birched |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been birching | we have been birching |
you have been birching | you have been birching |
he/she/it has been birching | they have been birching |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I birched | we birched |
you birched | you birched |
he/she/it birched | they birched |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was birching | we were birching |
you were birching | you were birching |
he/she/it was birching | they were birching |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had birched | we had birched |
you had birched | you had birched |
he/she/it had birched | they had birched |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been birching | we had been birching |
you had been birching | you had been birching |
he/she/it had been birching | they had been birching |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will birch | we shall/will birch |
you will birch | you will birch |
he/she/it will birch | they will birch |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be birching | we shall/will be birching |
you will be birching | you will be birching |
he/she/it will be birching | they will be birching |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have birched | we shall/will have birched |
you will have birched | you will have birched |
he/she/it will have birched | they will have birched |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been birching | we shall/will have been birching |
you will have been birching | you will have been birching |
he/she/it will have been birching | they will have been birching |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would birch | we should/would birch |
you would birch | you would birch |
he/she/it would birch | they would birch |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be birching | we should/would be birching |
you would be birching | you would be birching |
he/she/it would be birching | they would be birching |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have birched | we should/would have birched |
you would have birched | you would have birched |
he/she/it would have birched | they would have birched |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been birching | we should/would have been birching |
you would have been birching | you would have been birching |
he/she/it would have been birching | they would have been birching |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am birched | we are birched |
you are birched | you are birched |
he/she/it is birched | they are birched |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being birched | we are being birched |
you are being birched | you are being birched |
he/she/it is being birched | they are being birched |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been birched | we have been birched |
you have been birched | you have been birched |
he/she/it has been birched | they have been birched |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was birched | we were birched |
you were birched | you were birched |
he/she/it was birched | they were birched |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being birched | we were being birched |
you were being birched | you were being birched |
he/she/it was being birched | they were being birched |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been birched | we had been birched |
you had been birched | you had been birched |
he/she/it had been birched | they had been birched |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be birched | we shall/will be birched |
you will be birched | you will be birched |
he/she/it will be birched | they will be birched |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been birched | we shall/will have been birched |
you will have been birched | you will have been birched |
he/she/it will have been birched | they will have been birched |