They rented a little closet for him, on the fifth floor of the house, over their own room, and they nursed him and bought him food and clothes with his pension-money, to which they added a good deal of their own.
Elles lui avaient loué un cabinet au-dessus de leur chambre, au cinquième, elles le soignaient, dépensaient sa maigre pension à sa nourriture à son entretien, en ajoutant beaucoup du leur.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
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Fruitfulness
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Why would she have to hide in the closet in the same house?
Pourquoi a-t-elle dû se cacher dans le placard dans la même maison?
Without a word, he left her, stopping in the ante-room as he hesitated for a moment; then, as there was a door facing him, the door of the closet, he pushed it open; and, without the slightest hurry, he sat down.
Sans dire une parole, il sortit, s'arrêta dans l'antichambre, hésita une seconde; puis, comme une porte se trouvait devant lui, la porte des lieux d'aisance, il la poussa; et, sans hâte, il s'assit au milieu du siège.
As it happened, Sister Hyacinthe was just bringing Ferrand, whom Sister Saint-Francois had kept with her in a closet near the linen-room which he proposed to make his quarters.
Justement, sœur Hyacinthe amenait Ferrand, que la sœur Saint-François avait gardé avec elle, dans un cabinet voisin de la lingerie, où il se proposait de se tenir en permanence.
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The dining-room into which they passed was so small that, in order to make room for a piano, a kind of alcove had been made out of a dark closet which had formerly served for the accommodation of crockery.
La salle à manger où l’on passa, était si petite que, voulant y installer le piano, on avait dû percer une sorte d’alcôve, dans un cabinet noir, réservé jusque-là à la vaisselle.
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For this purpose they both withdrew to the little closet at the back, a narrow apartment which merely contained a safe, a desk, two chairs and a sofa.
Pour cette besogne, tous deux se retiraient dans le cabinet du fond, une étroite pièce où il y avait seulement une caisse, un bureau, deux chaises et un canapé.
Mrs. Bird cast a glance at a camphor-bottle, which stood in the half-open closet, and appeared to meditate an approach to it, but her husband interposed.
Madame Bird lança un coup d’œil au flacon de camphre que laissait apercevoir une armoire entr’ouverte; elle se levait, M. Bird l’arrêta.
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The more drawers and closets there were, the more hiding-holes could Dinah make for the accommodation of old rags, hair-combs, old shoes, ribbons, cast-off artificial flowers, and other articles of vertu, wherein her soul delighted.
Plus il y avait de tiroirs, de resserres, plus Dinah trouvait de cachettes pour les chiffons, les peignes, les vieux souliers, les rubans, les fleurs artificielles fanées, et autres articles de toilette qui faisaient ses délices.
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And for more than ten minutes now he had been closeted with Cardinal Boccanera, nothing but an occasional murmur of their voices being heard through the closed door.
Et il était, depuis plus de dix minutes, avec le cardinal, sans qu’on entendît autre chose, par moments, au travers de la porte, que le murmure de leurs deux voix.
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As soon as he had locked himself in he looked, under the bed, opened all the closets, explored every corner, rummaged through all the furniture.
Dès qu'il s'y fut enfermé, il regarda sous son lit, ouvrit toutes ses armoires, explora tous les coins, fouilla tous les meubles.
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water closet
water-closet
Word forms
closet
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
closet
closets
Possessive case
closet's
closets'
closet
verb
Basic forms
Past
closeted
Imperative
closet
Present Participle (Participle I)
closeting
Past Participle (Participle II)
closeted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I closet
we closet
you closet
you closet
he/she/it closets
they closet
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am closeting
we are closeting
you are closeting
you are closeting
he/she/it is closeting
they are closeting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have closeted
we have closeted
you have closeted
you have closeted
he/she/it has closeted
they have closeted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been closeting
we have been closeting
you have been closeting
you have been closeting
he/she/it has been closeting
they have been closeting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I closeted
we closeted
you closeted
you closeted
he/she/it closeted
they closeted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was closeting
we were closeting
you were closeting
you were closeting
he/she/it was closeting
they were closeting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had closeted
we had closeted
you had closeted
you had closeted
he/she/it had closeted
they had closeted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been closeting
we had been closeting
you had been closeting
you had been closeting
he/she/it had been closeting
they had been closeting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will closet
we shall/will closet
you will closet
you will closet
he/she/it will closet
they will closet
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be closeting
we shall/will be closeting
you will be closeting
you will be closeting
he/she/it will be closeting
they will be closeting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have closeted
we shall/will have closeted
you will have closeted
you will have closeted
he/she/it will have closeted
they will have closeted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been closeting
we shall/will have been closeting
you will have been closeting
you will have been closeting
he/she/it will have been closeting
they will have been closeting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would closet
we should/would closet
you would closet
you would closet
he/she/it would closet
they would closet
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be closeting
we should/would be closeting
you would be closeting
you would be closeting
he/she/it would be closeting
they would be closeting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have closeted
we should/would have closeted
you would have closeted
you would have closeted
he/she/it would have closeted
they would have closeted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice