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"You clinch the position?
» Tu saisis la position.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, 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 daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, 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 vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, 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 Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, 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 Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, 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 Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Madame Josserand resumed her walk, clinching her fists.
Madame Josserand reprit sa marche, les poings crispés.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, 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 Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
This wire clinches it.
Cette dépêche le confirme.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, 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 Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de

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clinch

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseclinchclinches
Possessive caseclinch'sclinches'

clinch

verb
Basic forms
Pastclinched
Imperativeclinch
Present Participle (Participle I)clinching
Past Participle (Participle II)clinched
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I clinchwe clinch
you clinchyou clinch
he/she/it clinchesthey clinch
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am clinchingwe are clinching
you are clinchingyou are clinching
he/she/it is clinchingthey are clinching
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have clinchedwe have clinched
you have clinchedyou have clinched
he/she/it has clinchedthey have clinched
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been clinchingwe have been clinching
you have been clinchingyou have been clinching
he/she/it has been clinchingthey have been clinching
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I clinchedwe clinched
you clinchedyou clinched
he/she/it clinchedthey clinched
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was clinchingwe were clinching
you were clinchingyou were clinching
he/she/it was clinchingthey were clinching
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had clinchedwe had clinched
you had clinchedyou had clinched
he/she/it had clinchedthey had clinched
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been clinchingwe had been clinching
you had been clinchingyou had been clinching
he/she/it had been clinchingthey had been clinching
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will clinchwe shall/will clinch
you will clinchyou will clinch
he/she/it will clinchthey will clinch
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be clinchingwe shall/will be clinching
you will be clinchingyou will be clinching
he/she/it will be clinchingthey will be clinching
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have clinchedwe shall/will have clinched
you will have clinchedyou will have clinched
he/she/it will have clinchedthey will have clinched
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been clinchingwe shall/will have been clinching
you will have been clinchingyou will have been clinching
he/she/it will have been clinchingthey will have been clinching
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would clinchwe should/would clinch
you would clinchyou would clinch
he/she/it would clinchthey would clinch
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be clinchingwe should/would be clinching
you would be clinchingyou would be clinching
he/she/it would be clinchingthey would be clinching
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have clinchedwe should/would have clinched
you would have clinchedyou would have clinched
he/she/it would have clinchedthey would have clinched
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been clinchingwe should/would have been clinching
you would have been clinchingyou would have been clinching
he/she/it would have been clinchingthey would have been clinching
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am clinchedwe are clinched
you are clinchedyou are clinched
he/she/it is clinchedthey are clinched
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being clinchedwe are being clinched
you are being clinchedyou are being clinched
he/she/it is being clinchedthey are being clinched
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been clinchedwe have been clinched
you have been clinchedyou have been clinched
he/she/it has been clinchedthey have been clinched
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was clinchedwe were clinched
you were clinchedyou were clinched
he/she/it was clinchedthey were clinched
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being clinchedwe were being clinched
you were being clinchedyou were being clinched
he/she/it was being clinchedthey were being clinched
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been clinchedwe had been clinched
you had been clinchedyou had been clinched
he/she/it had been clinchedthey had been clinched
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be clinchedwe shall/will be clinched
you will be clinchedyou will be clinched
he/she/it will be clinchedthey will be clinched
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been clinchedwe shall/will have been clinched
you will have been clinchedyou will have been clinched
he/she/it will have been clinchedthey will have been clinched