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Now and again, however, at this particular moment, some feeling of uneasiness, some human anxiety, occasionally made her blink.
À cette heure, pourtant, une inquiétude, un souci humain faisait par instants battre ses paupières.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
The sudden glare made them blink, and I stood scanning the three faces.
La brusque illumination les éblouit tous, et j'en profitai pour examiner les trois visages.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
And Auguste approved what he said by a weary blink of his eyelids, thoroughly incensed at last by the bellicose rage of the two others, whose duty it was on the contrary to have been conciliatory.
Aussi Auguste l'approuvait-il d'un mouvement las des paupières, outré à la fin de la rage belliqueuse des deux autres, dont le rôle pourtant aurait dû être tout de conciliation.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Uncle Bachelard did not so much as blink his eyes.
L'oncle Bachelard ne sourcilla pas.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
The doctor gave his consent to all this with a simple blink of the eyes.
Le docteur autorisait ces choses, d'un simple clignement de paupières.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
The other did not even blink.
L’autre ne sourcilla pas.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Then seeing him blink, still dazed as it were, she smiled and added: "You were bidding Rome goodbye.
Puis, le voyant battre des paupières, effaré encore, elle eut un sourire. « Vous faisiez vos adieux à Rome.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
But all at once Mother Fetu's words came to an end. Her brain was evidently working beneath the myriad wrinkles of her face, and her little eyes began to blink.
Tout d’un coup, la mère Fétu s’arrêta ; un travail se faisait dans les mille plis de son visage, ses yeux minces clignotaient.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeZola, Emile / Une page d'amour
Une page d'amour
Zola, Emile
© 2009 GRIN Verlag
A Love Episode
Zola, Emile
© 2005 Mondial
And he still smiled, although a slight feverish quiver made him blink.
Il souriait toujours, bien qu’un léger mouvement fébrile fit battre ses paupières.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
And as I spoke two legs dangled through the trap and a dusty and blinking Peter descended in our midst.
Comme je parlais, deux jambes glissèrent dans l’entrebâillement de la trappe, et Peter apparut. Il était très poussiéreux et clignotait des yeux.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Topsy came up; her round, hard eyes glittering and blinking with a mixture of apprehensiveness and their usual odd drollery.
Topsy s’avança. Une certaine terreur, mêlée à sa drôle d’expression habituelle, faisait briller et clignoter ses yeux perçants et ronds.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
The pointer changes to a hollow arrow and the object that can be selected (the vertex) blinks.
Le pointeur prend la forme d'une flèche vide et l'objet pouvant être sélectionné (le sommet) clignote.
© Copyright 1995-2010 Texas Instruments Incorporated.
© Copyright 1995-2010 Texas Instruments Incorporated.
He seemed to be trying to read her flabby face, her pale eyes, which blinked beneath light and scanty brows.
Il semblait interroger une dernière fois cette grosse face molle, où des yeux pâles clignotaient sous les rares poils blonds des sourcils.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
He sat blinking like an owl, fluttering with nerves and yet desperately determined.
Il s'assit en clignotant comme une chouette, trépidant de nervosité et néanmoins résolu à fond.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Haggard, blinking and distorted, in face of the flood of iron and embers that the hurricanes of light bring with them, the wounded arise and scatter and try to take flight.
Hagards, clignotants, tordus, en face de cette inondation de mitraille et de charbon qu’accompagnent des ouragans de clarté, les blessés se lèvent, s’éparpillent, cherchent à fuir.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

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blinking light
feu clignotant

Word forms

blink

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseblinkblinks
Possessive caseblink'sblinks'

blink

verb
Basic forms
Pastblinked
Imperativeblink
Present Participle (Participle I)blinking
Past Participle (Participle II)blinked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I blinkwe blink
you blinkyou blink
he/she/it blinksthey blink
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am blinkingwe are blinking
you are blinkingyou are blinking
he/she/it is blinkingthey are blinking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have blinkedwe have blinked
you have blinkedyou have blinked
he/she/it has blinkedthey have blinked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been blinkingwe have been blinking
you have been blinkingyou have been blinking
he/she/it has been blinkingthey have been blinking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I blinkedwe blinked
you blinkedyou blinked
he/she/it blinkedthey blinked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was blinkingwe were blinking
you were blinkingyou were blinking
he/she/it was blinkingthey were blinking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had blinkedwe had blinked
you had blinkedyou had blinked
he/she/it had blinkedthey had blinked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been blinkingwe had been blinking
you had been blinkingyou had been blinking
he/she/it had been blinkingthey had been blinking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will blinkwe shall/will blink
you will blinkyou will blink
he/she/it will blinkthey will blink
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be blinkingwe shall/will be blinking
you will be blinkingyou will be blinking
he/she/it will be blinkingthey will be blinking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have blinkedwe shall/will have blinked
you will have blinkedyou will have blinked
he/she/it will have blinkedthey will have blinked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been blinkingwe shall/will have been blinking
you will have been blinkingyou will have been blinking
he/she/it will have been blinkingthey will have been blinking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would blinkwe should/would blink
you would blinkyou would blink
he/she/it would blinkthey would blink
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be blinkingwe should/would be blinking
you would be blinkingyou would be blinking
he/she/it would be blinkingthey would be blinking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have blinkedwe should/would have blinked
you would have blinkedyou would have blinked
he/she/it would have blinkedthey would have blinked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been blinkingwe should/would have been blinking
you would have been blinkingyou would have been blinking
he/she/it would have been blinkingthey would have been blinking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am blinkedwe are blinked
you are blinkedyou are blinked
he/she/it is blinkedthey are blinked
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being blinkedwe are being blinked
you are being blinkedyou are being blinked
he/she/it is being blinkedthey are being blinked
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been blinkedwe have been blinked
you have been blinkedyou have been blinked
he/she/it has been blinkedthey have been blinked
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was blinkedwe were blinked
you were blinkedyou were blinked
he/she/it was blinkedthey were blinked
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being blinkedwe were being blinked
you were being blinkedyou were being blinked
he/she/it was being blinkedthey were being blinked
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been blinkedwe had been blinked
you had been blinkedyou had been blinked
he/she/it had been blinkedthey had been blinked
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be blinkedwe shall/will be blinked
you will be blinkedyou will be blinked
he/she/it will be blinkedthey will be blinked
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been blinkedwe shall/will have been blinked
you will have been blinkedyou will have been blinked
he/she/it will have been blinkedthey will have been blinked