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Valerie and Berthe's new servants, a big camel and a little jade, as they were termed, looked curiously at Adele's pale face.Les nouvelles bonnes de Valérie et de Berthe, un grand chameau et une petite rosse, comme on les nommait, regardaient avec curiosité le visage pâle d'Adèle.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
The big camel and the little jade were bent over the hand-rails of their windows, wriggling in a mad burst of laughter.Le grand chameau et la petite rosse se tordaient, pliées sur le bord de leur fenêtre, dans une crise de fou rire.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
He took a pen upon the instant, and wrote the following note (in appropriate hieroglyphics) to his brother: Dear Jack, - All up at Coketown. Bored out of the place, and going in for camels.Il saisit aussitôt une plume pour écrire à son frère le billet suivant, dans un griffonnage hiéroglyphique approprié au sujet :« Cher Jack, tout est fini pour Cokevllle ; je m’ennuie trop, je quitte la place et je vais essayer des chameaux.Dickens, Charles / Hard TimesDickens, Charles / Les temps difficilesLes temps difficilesDickens, CharlesHard TimesDickens, Charles© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Volpatte postpones his decision till later. "I'll see about it in the morning, when I'm loading the camel's back."Volpatte remet sa décision à plus tard :– J’verrai ça demain au matin, quand j’mont’rai Phîlibert.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"We'll finish the camel's humps off to-morrow.On finira de monter Azor demain.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
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Word forms
camel
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | camel | camels |
Possessive case | camel's | camels' |
camel
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | cameled, camelled |
Imperative | camel |
Present Participle (Participle I) | cameling, camelling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | cameled, camelled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I camel | we camel |
you camel | you camel |
he/she/it camels | they camel |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am cameling, camelling | we are cameling, camelling |
you are cameling, camelling | you are cameling, camelling |
he/she/it is cameling, camelling | they are cameling, camelling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have cameled, camelled | we have cameled, camelled |
you have cameled, camelled | you have cameled, camelled |
he/she/it has cameled, camelled | they have cameled, camelled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been cameling, camelling | we have been cameling, camelling |
you have been cameling, camelling | you have been cameling, camelling |
he/she/it has been cameling, camelling | they have been cameling, camelling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I cameled, camelled | we cameled, camelled |
you cameled, camelled | you cameled, camelled |
he/she/it cameled, camelled | they cameled, camelled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was cameling, camelling | we were cameling, camelling |
you were cameling, camelling | you were cameling, camelling |
he/she/it was cameling, camelling | they were cameling, camelling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had cameled, camelled | we had cameled, camelled |
you had cameled, camelled | you had cameled, camelled |
he/she/it had cameled, camelled | they had cameled, camelled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been cameling, camelling | we had been cameling, camelling |
you had been cameling, camelling | you had been cameling, camelling |
he/she/it had been cameling, camelling | they had been cameling, camelling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will camel | we shall/will camel |
you will camel | you will camel |
he/she/it will camel | they will camel |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be cameling, camelling | we shall/will be cameling, camelling |
you will be cameling, camelling | you will be cameling, camelling |
he/she/it will be cameling, camelling | they will be cameling, camelling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have cameled, camelled | we shall/will have cameled, camelled |
you will have cameled, camelled | you will have cameled, camelled |
he/she/it will have cameled, camelled | they will have cameled, camelled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been cameling, camelling | we shall/will have been cameling, camelling |
you will have been cameling, camelling | you will have been cameling, camelling |
he/she/it will have been cameling, camelling | they will have been cameling, camelling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would camel | we should/would camel |
you would camel | you would camel |
he/she/it would camel | they would camel |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be cameling, camelling | we should/would be cameling, camelling |
you would be cameling, camelling | you would be cameling, camelling |
he/she/it would be cameling, camelling | they would be cameling, camelling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have cameled, camelled | we should/would have cameled, camelled |
you would have cameled, camelled | you would have cameled, camelled |
he/she/it would have cameled, camelled | they would have cameled, camelled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been cameling, camelling | we should/would have been cameling, camelling |
you would have been cameling, camelling | you would have been cameling, camelling |
he/she/it would have been cameling, camelling | they would have been cameling, camelling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am cameled, camelled | we are cameled, camelled |
you are cameled, camelled | you are cameled, camelled |
he/she/it is cameled, camelled | they are cameled, camelled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being cameled, camelled | we are being cameled, camelled |
you are being cameled, camelled | you are being cameled, camelled |
he/she/it is being cameled, camelled | they are being cameled, camelled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been cameled, camelled | we have been cameled, camelled |
you have been cameled, camelled | you have been cameled, camelled |
he/she/it has been cameled, camelled | they have been cameled, camelled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was cameled, camelled | we were cameled, camelled |
you were cameled, camelled | you were cameled, camelled |
he/she/it was cameled, camelled | they were cameled, camelled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being cameled, camelled | we were being cameled, camelled |
you were being cameled, camelled | you were being cameled, camelled |
he/she/it was being cameled, camelled | they were being cameled, camelled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been cameled, camelled | we had been cameled, camelled |
you had been cameled, camelled | you had been cameled, camelled |
he/she/it had been cameled, camelled | they had been cameled, camelled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be cameled, camelled | we shall/will be cameled, camelled |
you will be cameled, camelled | you will be cameled, camelled |
he/she/it will be cameled, camelled | they will be cameled, camelled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been cameled, camelled | we shall/will have been cameled, camelled |
you will have been cameled, camelled | you will have been cameled, camelled |
he/she/it will have been cameled, camelled | they will have been cameled, camelled |