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The brass of the latter was tarnished.
Le cuivre était piqué de taches ternes.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
The only furniture was a table and some stools; and a large brass crucifix hung from the wall.
Il n’y avait là qu’une table et des escabeaux, avec un grand crucifix de cuivre, pendu au mur.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The little bookshelf had come from a sitting-room on the ground-floor where William remembered to have seen it in his childhood; it was of foreign wood, ornamented at the corners with brass, and very chastely inlaid at the sides.
La petite bibliothèque provenait d’un salon du rez-de-chaussée où Guillaume se souvenait de l’avoir vue dans son enfance; elle était en bois des îles, garnie aux angles d’ornements de cuivre et marquetée très délicatement sur les côtés.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
"Ay," rejoined Garey, "we may thank the piece o' brass.
– Oui, répliqua Garey, nous pouvons remercier ce morceau de métal.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
"He must be adored, under some name or other, and not creatur's of brass or ivory.
Il doit être adoré sous un nom ou sous un autre, et non pas comme une créature de cuivre ou d’ivoire.
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
Below was the courtyard, looking sad and clean, with its regular pavement, and the shining brass top of its cistern.
La cour s'enfonçait, triste et propre, avec son pavé régulier, sa fontaine dont le robinet de cuivre luisait.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
It's like that brass knob beside me.
C’est comme ce bouton de cuivre, à côté de moi.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
A sort of Louis XIV writing-desk with ornaments of engraved brass stood face to face with a large gilded and painted Louis XV pier table on which a lamp was burning beside a lofty crucifix.
Un meuble Louis XIV, une sorte de bureau à cuivres ciselés, faisait face à une grande console Louis XV, dorée et peinte, sur laquelle, près d’un haut crucifix, brûlait une lampe.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
By the light of the candle which Pierre then took from one of the holders, he at last succeeded in unfastening the brass padlock, which was covered with vert-de-gris.
Lorsque Pierre l’eut éclairé, avec un cierge, qu’il avait pris à une des herses, il réussit enfin à ouvrir le cadenas de cuivre, mangé de vert-de-gris.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
I dreamed Assef was standing in the doorway of my hospital room, brass ball still in his eye socket.
Assef surgissait sur le pas de la porte, la boule de cuivre toujours fichée dans son œil.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
In jazz, bassists initially fought a battle to be heard in bands powered by bold brass.
À leurs débuts dans les orchestres de jazz, les contrebassistes ont eu du mal à se faire entendre: ils risquaient à tout instant d'être noyés dans le son des cuivres.
Sutro, Dirk / Jazz For DummiesSutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane / Le Jazz pour les nuls
Le Jazz pour les nuls
Sutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane
© Edition First, 2008. Publié en accord avec Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Jazz For Dummies
Sutro, Dirk
© 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
The next article that offered was enveloped in cloth, and on opening it, it proved to be one of the mathematical instruments that were then in use among seamen, possessing the usual ornaments and fastenings in brass.
Le premier objet qui s’offrit était enveloppé dans du drap, et après l’en avoir tiré, ils le reconnurent pour un de ces instruments de mathématiques dont se servaient alors les marins, et les ornements ordinaires étaient en cuivre.
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
The drawing-room and the parlor were also empty : not a stick of furniture, not a curtain at the windows, not even a brass rod.
Vide aussi le grand salon et vide le petit salon: plus un meuble, plus un rideau aux fenêtres, plus une tringle.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
I could not have made a more public departure if I had left with a bugler and a brass band.
Mon départ eût été moins public si je m'étais retiré clairon sonnant et musique en tête.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
You'll be a blighted brass-hat, coming it heavy over the hard-working regimental officer.
Vous allez devenir un sale embusqué et vous dédaignerez les malheureux officiers de troupe!
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

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Collocations

brass knuckles
coup-de-poing américain
brass tacks
passer aux choses sérieuses

Word forms

brass

noun
SingularPlural
Common casebrassbrasses
Possessive casebrass', brass'sbrasses'

brass

verb
Basic forms
Pastbrassed
Imperativebrass
Present Participle (Participle I)brassing
Past Participle (Participle II)brassed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I brasswe brass
you brassyou brass
he/she/it brassesthey brass
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am brassingwe are brassing
you are brassingyou are brassing
he/she/it is brassingthey are brassing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have brassedwe have brassed
you have brassedyou have brassed
he/she/it has brassedthey have brassed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been brassingwe have been brassing
you have been brassingyou have been brassing
he/she/it has been brassingthey have been brassing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I brassedwe brassed
you brassedyou brassed
he/she/it brassedthey brassed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was brassingwe were brassing
you were brassingyou were brassing
he/she/it was brassingthey were brassing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had brassedwe had brassed
you had brassedyou had brassed
he/she/it had brassedthey had brassed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been brassingwe had been brassing
you had been brassingyou had been brassing
he/she/it had been brassingthey had been brassing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will brasswe shall/will brass
you will brassyou will brass
he/she/it will brassthey will brass
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be brassingwe shall/will be brassing
you will be brassingyou will be brassing
he/she/it will be brassingthey will be brassing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have brassedwe shall/will have brassed
you will have brassedyou will have brassed
he/she/it will have brassedthey will have brassed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been brassingwe shall/will have been brassing
you will have been brassingyou will have been brassing
he/she/it will have been brassingthey will have been brassing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would brasswe should/would brass
you would brassyou would brass
he/she/it would brassthey would brass
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be brassingwe should/would be brassing
you would be brassingyou would be brassing
he/she/it would be brassingthey would be brassing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have brassedwe should/would have brassed
you would have brassedyou would have brassed
he/she/it would have brassedthey would have brassed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been brassingwe should/would have been brassing
you would have been brassingyou would have been brassing
he/she/it would have been brassingthey would have been brassing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am brassedwe are brassed
you are brassedyou are brassed
he/she/it is brassedthey are brassed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being brassedwe are being brassed
you are being brassedyou are being brassed
he/she/it is being brassedthey are being brassed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been brassedwe have been brassed
you have been brassedyou have been brassed
he/she/it has been brassedthey have been brassed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was brassedwe were brassed
you were brassedyou were brassed
he/she/it was brassedthey were brassed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being brassedwe were being brassed
you were being brassedyou were being brassed
he/she/it was being brassedthey were being brassed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been brassedwe had been brassed
you had been brassedyou had been brassed
he/she/it had been brassedthey had been brassed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be brassedwe shall/will be brassed
you will be brassedyou will be brassed
he/she/it will be brassedthey will be brassed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been brassedwe shall/will have been brassed
you will have been brassedyou will have been brassed
he/she/it will have been brassedthey will have been brassed