He tried to clasp her in his arms again and to soothe her with a caress; but she slipped away from him, and, with a despairing gesture, made sign that they were not alone.
Il voulait la reprendre, la calmer d'une caresse; mais elle s'écarta, elle lui fit signe, d'un geste désespéré, qu'ils n'étaient plus seuls.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
When she passed the door of this room and heard the noise of his bellows, she would clasp her hands in terror, convinced that he was hastening on the fire of hell with his breath.
Quand elle passait devant la porte de cette pièce et qu’elle entendait le bruit de son soufflet, elle joignait les mains de terreur, persuadée qu’il activait de son haleine le feu de l’enfer.
Father Niger has his tempests, too, and his days of fire, when his waters beget life in the burning clasp of the sun. And he has his delightful nights, his soft and rosy nights, when peace descends on earth from the stars.
Il a ses tempêtes, il a ses jours de flammes, lorsque ses eaux engendrent sous l’étreinte brûlante du soleil, il a ses nuits délicieuses, ses nuits roses, d’une infinie douceur, lorsque la paix de la terre descend des étoiles...
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
At such times, St. Clare would feel a sudden thrill, and clasp her in his arms, as if that fond clasp could save her; and his heart rose up with wild determination to keep her, never to let her go.
Alors Saint-Clair tressaillait; il la serrait entre ses bras, comme si l’étreinte passionnée avait pu la sauver; et d’énergiques, de frénétiques résolutions de la conserver, de ne jamais se séparer d’elle, gonflaient sa poitrine.
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 two sweethearts shivered on feeling their skins touch, and remained with their burning fingers pressed together, in a nervous clasp.
Les deux amants eurent un frisson en sentant leur peau se toucher. Ils restèrent les doigts serrés et brûlants, dans une étreinte nerveuse.
Jean went forward holding out his hand, and when he felt his fingers in the old man's fatherly clasp, a strange, unforeseen emotion thrilled through him, and a sense as of parting and farewell without return.
Jean s'avança, la main ouverte, et quand il sentit se refermer sur ses doigts l'étreinte paternelle du vieillard, une émotion bizarre et imprévue le crispa, l'émotion des séparations et des adieux sans espoir de retour.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
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clasp
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
clasp
clasps
Possessive case
clasp's
clasps'
clasp
verb
Basic forms
Past
clasped
Imperative
clasp
Present Participle (Participle I)
clasping
Past Participle (Participle II)
clasped
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I clasp
we clasp
you clasp
you clasp
he/she/it clasps
they clasp
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am clasping
we are clasping
you are clasping
you are clasping
he/she/it is clasping
they are clasping
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have clasped
we have clasped
you have clasped
you have clasped
he/she/it has clasped
they have clasped
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been clasping
we have been clasping
you have been clasping
you have been clasping
he/she/it has been clasping
they have been clasping
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I clasped
we clasped
you clasped
you clasped
he/she/it clasped
they clasped
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was clasping
we were clasping
you were clasping
you were clasping
he/she/it was clasping
they were clasping
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had clasped
we had clasped
you had clasped
you had clasped
he/she/it had clasped
they had clasped
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been clasping
we had been clasping
you had been clasping
you had been clasping
he/she/it had been clasping
they had been clasping
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will clasp
we shall/will clasp
you will clasp
you will clasp
he/she/it will clasp
they will clasp
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be clasping
we shall/will be clasping
you will be clasping
you will be clasping
he/she/it will be clasping
they will be clasping
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have clasped
we shall/will have clasped
you will have clasped
you will have clasped
he/she/it will have clasped
they will have clasped
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been clasping
we shall/will have been clasping
you will have been clasping
you will have been clasping
he/she/it will have been clasping
they will have been clasping
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would clasp
we should/would clasp
you would clasp
you would clasp
he/she/it would clasp
they would clasp
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be clasping
we should/would be clasping
you would be clasping
you would be clasping
he/she/it would be clasping
they would be clasping
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have clasped
we should/would have clasped
you would have clasped
you would have clasped
he/she/it would have clasped
they would have clasped
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice