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The road has become blinding—a long-drawn cloud of desicсated chalk and dust that rises high above our columns and powders us as we go.
La route s’est faite aveuglante et c’est maintenant un long nuage desséché de calcaire et de poussière qui s’étend au-dessus de notre marche et nous frotte au passage.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Erzerum isn't invested by a long chalk.
Il s’en faut de beaucoup qu’Erzurum soit investi.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
magnesian chalk, ground magnesium limestone, etc.)
craie magnésienne, roche calcique magnésienne moulue,...)"
It is a chalk country through which we are passing on this torrid forenoon—"They mend this road with lime, the dirty devils!"
La région que nous traversons dans la matinée torride, c’est le pays de la craie. – I’s empierrent avec de la pierre à chaux, ces salauds-là !
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Molinia meadows on chalk and clay (Eu-Molinion)
Prairies à molinies sur calcaire et argile (Eu-Molinion)
The wall-paper was defaced, in spots, by slops of beer and wine; or garnished with chalk memorandums, and long sums footed up, as if somebody had been practising arithmetic there.
Des taches de bière et de vin souillaient le papier, barbouillé de notes et d’additions à la craie, comme si là quelqu’un se fût livré à l’étude de l’arithmétique.
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
-- then, leaving these woods so cool and branchy, behold a chalk-land lying fallow, where among the warm and cavernous mosses adders glide to their lairs, or lift their proud slim heads.
Puis au sortir de ces bois frais et touffus, une jachère crayeuse où sur des mousses ardentes et sonores, des couleuvres repues rentrent chez elles en levant leurs têtes élégantes et fines.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
He wasn't a coward by a long chalk, but he was a bully, and had never been struck in his life.
Il était loin d’être poltron, mais c’était un bravache qui n’avait jamais été frappé.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Thereupon Dubuche turned to a corner of the greyish wall on which the addresses of several models were written in chalk, haphazard.
Et Dubuche s’était tourné vers un pan de mur grisâtre, où se trouvaient, écrites à la craie, jetées dans tous les sens, des adresses de modèles.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
'The big chalk headland in Kent, close to Bradgate.
– C'est un grand promontoire de craie, dans le Kent, tout près de Bradgate.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
billiard chalks (heading No 9504);
les craies de billards (n° 9504);
Pencils, crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks
Assortiments d'articles pour écriture et parties
billiard chalks
les craies de billards

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chalk

noun
SingularPlural
Common casechalkchalks
Possessive casechalk'schalks'

chalk

verb
Basic forms
Pastchalked
Imperativechalk
Present Participle (Participle I)chalking
Past Participle (Participle II)chalked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I chalkwe chalk
you chalkyou chalk
he/she/it chalksthey chalk
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am chalkingwe are chalking
you are chalkingyou are chalking
he/she/it is chalkingthey are chalking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have chalkedwe have chalked
you have chalkedyou have chalked
he/she/it has chalkedthey have chalked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been chalkingwe have been chalking
you have been chalkingyou have been chalking
he/she/it has been chalkingthey have been chalking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I chalkedwe chalked
you chalkedyou chalked
he/she/it chalkedthey chalked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was chalkingwe were chalking
you were chalkingyou were chalking
he/she/it was chalkingthey were chalking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had chalkedwe had chalked
you had chalkedyou had chalked
he/she/it had chalkedthey had chalked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been chalkingwe had been chalking
you had been chalkingyou had been chalking
he/she/it had been chalkingthey had been chalking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will chalkwe shall/will chalk
you will chalkyou will chalk
he/she/it will chalkthey will chalk
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be chalkingwe shall/will be chalking
you will be chalkingyou will be chalking
he/she/it will be chalkingthey will be chalking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have chalkedwe shall/will have chalked
you will have chalkedyou will have chalked
he/she/it will have chalkedthey will have chalked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been chalkingwe shall/will have been chalking
you will have been chalkingyou will have been chalking
he/she/it will have been chalkingthey will have been chalking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would chalkwe should/would chalk
you would chalkyou would chalk
he/she/it would chalkthey would chalk
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be chalkingwe should/would be chalking
you would be chalkingyou would be chalking
he/she/it would be chalkingthey would be chalking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have chalkedwe should/would have chalked
you would have chalkedyou would have chalked
he/she/it would have chalkedthey would have chalked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been chalkingwe should/would have been chalking
you would have been chalkingyou would have been chalking
he/she/it would have been chalkingthey would have been chalking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am chalkedwe are chalked
you are chalkedyou are chalked
he/she/it is chalkedthey are chalked
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being chalkedwe are being chalked
you are being chalkedyou are being chalked
he/she/it is being chalkedthey are being chalked
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been chalkedwe have been chalked
you have been chalkedyou have been chalked
he/she/it has been chalkedthey have been chalked
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was chalkedwe were chalked
you were chalkedyou were chalked
he/she/it was chalkedthey were chalked
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being chalkedwe were being chalked
you were being chalkedyou were being chalked
he/she/it was being chalkedthey were being chalked
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been chalkedwe had been chalked
you had been chalkedyou had been chalked
he/she/it had been chalkedthey had been chalked
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be chalkedwe shall/will be chalked
you will be chalkedyou will be chalked
he/she/it will be chalkedthey will be chalked
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been chalkedwe shall/will have been chalked
you will have been chalkedyou will have been chalked
he/she/it will have been chalkedthey will have been chalked