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We see upright boot-soles, outstretched necks, the hollows of uncertain faces, hands half clenched in the air over the dark medley.On perçoit des semelles dressées, des gorges tendues, le creux de vagues faces, des mains à demi crispées en l’air, au-dessus du fouillis noir.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The whole boot sinks in, and it is a labor of acute pain to withdraw the foot every time.Tout le soulier s’enfonce et c’est une meurtrissure aiguë de fatigue pour retirer le pied chaque fois.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
One, no higher than a boot, scarcely three years of age, proudly tottered along on his little feet, and looked so comical that she plunged her hands into her basket and literally covered him with flowers.Un, pas plus haut qu'une botte, trois ans à peine, chancelant et fier sur ses petits pieds, passait si drôle, qu'elle plongea la main dans la corbeille et le couvrit d'une poignée de fleurs.Zola, Emile / The DreamZola, Emile / Le ReveLe ReveZola, EmileThe DreamZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Then the young gentleman from the boot-shop stopped, and joined Biggs's boy; while the empty-can superintendent from "The Blue Posts" took up an independent position on the curb.Puis le jeune apprenti du cordonnier s’arrêta et se joignit à nos deux curieux, tandis qu’un vendeur du journal Blue Port prenait une position isolée sur le trottoir.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
I put the things back one by one, and held everything up and shook it. Then I found it inside a boot.Je refis mon rangement, soulevant et secouant chaque objet, et finis par la découvrir à l’intérieur d’un soulier.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
' Mouret, said the captain, in a paternal fashion,' fasten up your boot-lace.'--Mouret, dit paternellement le capitaine, nouez donc les cordons de votre soulier.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
One has the skin of a black boot and the other of a yellow shoe.L’un a un teint de botte noire, l’autre un teint de soulier jaune.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
One only heard Saturnin, on the other side of the door, polishing her husband's boot with a regular movement of the brush.On entendait seulement, derrière la porte, Saturnin faisant reluire les bottes du mari, à larges coups de brosse réguliers.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
"What's he want to howl like that for when I'm playing?" George would exclaim indignantly, while taking aim at him with a boot.« Qu’est-ce qu’il a à hurler comme ça quand je joue ? s’écriait-il, indigné, tout en le visant avec un soulier.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
And where the polish has bestowed a beautiful black his fingers move over the body of the boot, which opens widely in the upper part and betrays—ever such a little—the lower curves of the leg.Et il promène ses doigts, où le cirage a mis du beau noir, sur la tige qui, s’évasant largement du haut, décèle un tout petit peu la forme du bas de la jambe.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
If he had got me, this yarn would have had an abrupt ending. But by the mercy of God I was moving sideways when he let out, and his heavy boot just grazed my left thigh.S’il m’avait atteint, mon histoire s’arrêterait là; mais, grâce à Dieu! je sautai de côté et sa lourde botte ne fit qu’effleurer ma cuisse gauche, précisément à l’endroit où tout le shrapnell avait pénétré.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
For instance, was it not shameful that art should be dishonoured by all those medals, all those crosses, all those rewards, which were so badly distributed to boot?Par exemple, n’était-ce pas une honte, ces médailles, ces croix, toutes ces récompenses qui déshonoraient l’art, tant on les distribuait mal?Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
I'd wake him up with boot-toe, I'd "J’te l’réveillerais à coups d’tartine sur la tétère, et j’te l’poîsserais par un abattis…Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Then, between her father, who nudged her knee, and her lover, who gently rubbed her boot, she felt quite happy.Alors, entre son père, qui lui poussait le genou, et son amant, qui frottait doucement sa bottine, elle se sentit pleine d'aise.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
The spur is curiously fashioned and fastened to the boot by straps of stamped leather.Ces éperons, curieusement travaillés, sont attachés à la botte par des courroies de cuir ouvré.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
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Collocations
ski boot
chaussure de ski
half-boot
demi-botte
hiking boot
chaussure de marche
riding boot
botte de cheval
knee boot
botte
work boot
botte de travail
boot disk
disquette de démarrage
warm boot
redémarrage à chaud
hard boot
botte rigide
hard boot
chaussure rigide
soft boot
botte souple
riding boot
botte
football boots
chaussures de football
put boots on
botter
put on one's boots
se chausser
Word forms
boot
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | boot | boots |
Possessive case | boot's | boots' |
boot
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | booted |
Imperative | boot |
Present Participle (Participle I) | booting |
Past Participle (Participle II) | booted |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I boot | we boot |
you boot | you boot |
he/she/it boots | they boot |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am booting | we are booting |
you are booting | you are booting |
he/she/it is booting | they are booting |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have booted | we have booted |
you have booted | you have booted |
he/she/it has booted | they have booted |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been booting | we have been booting |
you have been booting | you have been booting |
he/she/it has been booting | they have been booting |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I booted | we booted |
you booted | you booted |
he/she/it booted | they booted |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was booting | we were booting |
you were booting | you were booting |
he/she/it was booting | they were booting |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had booted | we had booted |
you had booted | you had booted |
he/she/it had booted | they had booted |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been booting | we had been booting |
you had been booting | you had been booting |
he/she/it had been booting | they had been booting |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will boot | we shall/will boot |
you will boot | you will boot |
he/she/it will boot | they will boot |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be booting | we shall/will be booting |
you will be booting | you will be booting |
he/she/it will be booting | they will be booting |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have booted | we shall/will have booted |
you will have booted | you will have booted |
he/she/it will have booted | they will have booted |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been booting | we shall/will have been booting |
you will have been booting | you will have been booting |
he/she/it will have been booting | they will have been booting |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would boot | we should/would boot |
you would boot | you would boot |
he/she/it would boot | they would boot |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be booting | we should/would be booting |
you would be booting | you would be booting |
he/she/it would be booting | they would be booting |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have booted | we should/would have booted |
you would have booted | you would have booted |
he/she/it would have booted | they would have booted |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been booting | we should/would have been booting |
you would have been booting | you would have been booting |
he/she/it would have been booting | they would have been booting |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am booted | we are booted |
you are booted | you are booted |
he/she/it is booted | they are booted |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being booted | we are being booted |
you are being booted | you are being booted |
he/she/it is being booted | they are being booted |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been booted | we have been booted |
you have been booted | you have been booted |
he/she/it has been booted | they have been booted |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was booted | we were booted |
you were booted | you were booted |
he/she/it was booted | they were booted |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being booted | we were being booted |
you were being booted | you were being booted |
he/she/it was being booted | they were being booted |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been booted | we had been booted |
you had been booted | you had been booted |
he/she/it had been booted | they had been booted |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be booted | we shall/will be booted |
you will be booted | you will be booted |
he/she/it will be booted | they will be booted |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been booted | we shall/will have been booted |
you will have been booted | you will have been booted |
he/she/it will have been booted | they will have been booted |