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"You clinch the position?» Tu saisis la position.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
With me the case is different, and I never want to clinch an idee, that I do not feel a wish to swear about it.Quant à moi, le cas est tout différent, et je n’ai jamais besoin de river une idée dans mon cerveau sans sentir une démangeaison de jurer que j’y tiendrai.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
And always before us the long road unrolled, with somewhere at the end of it two armies clinched in a death-grapple.Devant nous se déroulait toujours la longue route au bout de laquelle deux armées étaient aux prises dans une étreinte mortelle.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
The young fellow would come, with clinched lips and pale face, doubling his fists and trying to get his mistress into a comer so as to bully her.Celui-ci arrivait, les lèvres serrées, la face pâle, fermant les poings, tâchant d’attirer sa maîtresse dans quelque coin pour la brutaliser.Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratMadeleine FeratZola, EmileMadeleine FeratZola, Emile
The Pathfinder gave a significant glance at Jasper, and he clinched his teeth in order to suppress the sound of his own breathing.Pathfinder jeta un regard expressif sur Jasper, et serra les dents pour étouffer le léger bruit de sa respiration.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
He stood still, his fingers clinched on the door-handle, trying to devise a reason, an excuse.Il demeurait debout, les doigts crispés sur la serrure et cherchant une raison, un prétexte.Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et JeanPierre et JeanMaupassant, Guy dePierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de
Madame Josserand resumed her walk, clinching her fists.Madame Josserand reprit sa marche, les poings crispés.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
With his teeth set, his brow knit, his legs rigid, his hands clinched on the oar, he made it bend from end to end at every stroke, and the Pearl was veering landward.Les dents serrées, le front plissé, les jambes tendues, les mains crispées sur l'aviron, il le faisait plier dans toute sa longueur à chacun de ses efforts; et la Perle s'en venait vers la côte.Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et JeanPierre et JeanMaupassant, Guy dePierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de
This wire clinches it.Cette dépêche le confirme.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
But the mere touch of this rigid form, of those arms so convulsively clinched, communicated to him the shock of her unspeakable torture.Mais le contact de ce corps raidi, de ces bras crispés, lui communiqua la secousse de son indicible torture.Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et JeanPierre et JeanMaupassant, Guy dePierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de
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clinch
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | clinch | clinches |
Possessive case | clinch's | clinches' |
clinch
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | clinched |
Imperative | clinch |
Present Participle (Participle I) | clinching |
Past Participle (Participle II) | clinched |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I clinch | we clinch |
you clinch | you clinch |
he/she/it clinches | they clinch |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am clinching | we are clinching |
you are clinching | you are clinching |
he/she/it is clinching | they are clinching |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have clinched | we have clinched |
you have clinched | you have clinched |
he/she/it has clinched | they have clinched |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been clinching | we have been clinching |
you have been clinching | you have been clinching |
he/she/it has been clinching | they have been clinching |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I clinched | we clinched |
you clinched | you clinched |
he/she/it clinched | they clinched |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was clinching | we were clinching |
you were clinching | you were clinching |
he/she/it was clinching | they were clinching |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had clinched | we had clinched |
you had clinched | you had clinched |
he/she/it had clinched | they had clinched |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been clinching | we had been clinching |
you had been clinching | you had been clinching |
he/she/it had been clinching | they had been clinching |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will clinch | we shall/will clinch |
you will clinch | you will clinch |
he/she/it will clinch | they will clinch |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be clinching | we shall/will be clinching |
you will be clinching | you will be clinching |
he/she/it will be clinching | they will be clinching |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have clinched | we shall/will have clinched |
you will have clinched | you will have clinched |
he/she/it will have clinched | they will have clinched |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been clinching | we shall/will have been clinching |
you will have been clinching | you will have been clinching |
he/she/it will have been clinching | they will have been clinching |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would clinch | we should/would clinch |
you would clinch | you would clinch |
he/she/it would clinch | they would clinch |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be clinching | we should/would be clinching |
you would be clinching | you would be clinching |
he/she/it would be clinching | they would be clinching |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have clinched | we should/would have clinched |
you would have clinched | you would have clinched |
he/she/it would have clinched | they would have clinched |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been clinching | we should/would have been clinching |
you would have been clinching | you would have been clinching |
he/she/it would have been clinching | they would have been clinching |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am clinched | we are clinched |
you are clinched | you are clinched |
he/she/it is clinched | they are clinched |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being clinched | we are being clinched |
you are being clinched | you are being clinched |
he/she/it is being clinched | they are being clinched |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been clinched | we have been clinched |
you have been clinched | you have been clinched |
he/she/it has been clinched | they have been clinched |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was clinched | we were clinched |
you were clinched | you were clinched |
he/she/it was clinched | they were clinched |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being clinched | we were being clinched |
you were being clinched | you were being clinched |
he/she/it was being clinched | they were being clinched |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been clinched | we had been clinched |
you had been clinched | you had been clinched |
he/she/it had been clinched | they had been clinched |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be clinched | we shall/will be clinched |
you will be clinched | you will be clinched |
he/she/it will be clinched | they will be clinched |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been clinched | we shall/will have been clinched |
you will have been clinched | you will have been clinched |
he/she/it will have been clinched | they will have been clinched |