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The muttering lasted for a few seconds, and then the Baron rushed off, and clove his way through the crowd with two bearers carrying a covered litter.Pendant quelques secondes, il y eut des chuchotements. Puis, le baron Suire s’élança fendit la foule, avec deux brancardiers qui portaient une civière couverte.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - LourdesLes Trois Villes - LourdesZola, EmileThe Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile
But she began to stifle as passion drew nigh with the clove-like breath of the carnations, which burst upon her in brazen notes that seemed to drown all others.Mais elle suffoquait davantage, la passion arrivait avec l'éclat brusque des oeillets, à l'odeur poivrée, dont la voix de cuivre dominait un moment toutes les autres.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Politeness, dear, consists in seeming to forget ourselves for others; with many it is social cant, laid aside when personal self-interest shows its cloven-foot; a noble then becomes ignoble.La politesse, cher enfant, consiste à paraître s’oublier pour les autres; chez beaucoup de gens, elle est une grimace sociale qui se dément aussitôt que l’intérêt trop froissé montre le bout de l’oreille, un grand devient alors ignoble.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
He had a great, lazy, smiling face, with a square cleft chin which stuck out beyond the rest. His brow retreated and the stubby back of his head ran forward to meet it, while his neck below bulged out over his collar.Il avait un grand visage paresseux et souriant, un menton carré à fossette, très proéminent; un front fuyant et un cou qui débordait de son col.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
The Gave, now upon their right hand, was flowing through a deep gorge, a kind of cleft into which it plunged, vanishing from sight among the bushes.Sur leur droite maintenant, le Gave coulait dans une gorge profonde, une sorte d’entaille où il s’engouffrait, comme disparu, parmi des arbustes.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - LourdesLes Trois Villes - LourdesZola, EmileThe Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile
At last after another supreme effort the lid was cleft from end to end.Enfin, je tentai un nouvel effort, et cette fois le couvercle se brisa, d'un bout à l'autre.Zola, Emile / The Death of Oliver BecailleZola, Emile / La mort d'Olivier BecailleLa mort d'Olivier BecailleZola, EmileThe Death of Oliver BecailleZola, Emile
has been obtained from animals that have remained separate since birth from wild cloven-hoofed animals;proviennent d'animaux qui n'ont pas été en contact avec des biongulés sauvages depuis leur naissance;http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
Then, marching with us on both sides, we see through the shadows ghostly dwarfs of trees, wide-cloven like spreading palms; botched and jumbled into round blocks or long strips; doubled upon themselves, as if they knelt.Puis, nous accompagnant, de chaque côté, dans l’ombre, on aperçoit des fantômes nabots d’arbres, fendus en palmiers ou tout bousillés en charpie de bois, en ficelle, repliés sur eux-mêmes et comme agenouillés.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Then I cleave the heavy odor that fills the dug-out and crawl out in the middle of the dense gloom between the collapsed bodies of the sleepers.Puis je rampe au milieu de l’ombre lourde qui obstrue l’abri, en fendant l’odeur épaisse, entre les corps intensément affalés des dormeurs.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The heads of other pillars could be descried around, and these the cleft seemed to be reaching, for little slits branched out in all directions.D’autres piliers s’indiquaient aux alentours, que la lézarde paraissait aussi gagner, par des fendillements ramifiés en tous sens.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
Where is the Islam which this tyrant transformed into killing, plunder, rape and barbarous forms of torture whereby women are killed in front of their fathers and sons, eyes are gouged out with red-hot skewers and heads are cleft, open with axes?Qu'en est-il de cet islam que ce tyran a transformé en carnages, en pillages, en viols et en tortures barbares, des femmes tuées devant leurs pères et leurs fils, des yeux crevés à l'aide de tisons et des crânes brisés à coups de pioche!© Organisations des Nations Unies, 2010http://www.un.org/ 12.03.2011© United Nations 2010http://www.un.org/ 12.03.2011
where during the last 12 months, no vaccination against these diseases has been carried out and imports of domestic cloven-hoofed animals vaccinated against these diseases are not permitted;sur lequel aucune vaccination n'a été pratiquée contre lesdites maladies au cours des douze derniers mois et où les importations de biongulés domestiques vaccinés contre ces maladies ne sont pas autorisées;http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
You must give up father and mother, you must cleave only to your husband, and you must obey him that you may obey God also.Vous abandonnerez votre père et votre mère, vous vous attacherez à votre époux, vous lui obéirez, afin d'obéir à Dieu lui-même.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
unskinned carcases of wild cloven-hoofed game intended for human consumption after further processing;carcasses non dépouillées de gibier biongulé sauvage destinées à la consommation humaine après transformation;http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
He had told Fortune that God had sent him a companion, because He did not wish man to live alone; and he had told Rosalie that she must cleave to her husband, never leaving him, but always acting as his obedient helpmate.Il disait au grand Fortuné que Dieu lui envoyait une compagne, parce qu'il n'a pas voulu que l'homme vécût solitaire. Il disait à la Rosalie qu'elle devait s'attacher à son mari, ne le quitter jamais, être sa servante soumise.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
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clove
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | cloved |
Imperative | clove |
Present Participle (Participle I) | cloving |
Past Participle (Participle II) | cloved |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I clove | we clove |
you clove | you clove |
he/she/it cloves | they clove |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am cloving | we are cloving |
you are cloving | you are cloving |
he/she/it is cloving | they are cloving |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have cloved | we have cloved |
you have cloved | you have cloved |
he/she/it has cloved | they have cloved |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been cloving | we have been cloving |
you have been cloving | you have been cloving |
he/she/it has been cloving | they have been cloving |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I cloved | we cloved |
you cloved | you cloved |
he/she/it cloved | they cloved |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was cloving | we were cloving |
you were cloving | you were cloving |
he/she/it was cloving | they were cloving |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had cloved | we had cloved |
you had cloved | you had cloved |
he/she/it had cloved | they had cloved |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been cloving | we had been cloving |
you had been cloving | you had been cloving |
he/she/it had been cloving | they had been cloving |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will clove | we shall/will clove |
you will clove | you will clove |
he/she/it will clove | they will clove |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be cloving | we shall/will be cloving |
you will be cloving | you will be cloving |
he/she/it will be cloving | they will be cloving |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have cloved | we shall/will have cloved |
you will have cloved | you will have cloved |
he/she/it will have cloved | they will have cloved |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been cloving | we shall/will have been cloving |
you will have been cloving | you will have been cloving |
he/she/it will have been cloving | they will have been cloving |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would clove | we should/would clove |
you would clove | you would clove |
he/she/it would clove | they would clove |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be cloving | we should/would be cloving |
you would be cloving | you would be cloving |
he/she/it would be cloving | they would be cloving |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have cloved | we should/would have cloved |
you would have cloved | you would have cloved |
he/she/it would have cloved | they would have cloved |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been cloving | we should/would have been cloving |
you would have been cloving | you would have been cloving |
he/she/it would have been cloving | they would have been cloving |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am cloved | we are cloved |
you are cloved | you are cloved |
he/she/it is cloved | they are cloved |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being cloved | we are being cloved |
you are being cloved | you are being cloved |
he/she/it is being cloved | they are being cloved |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been cloved | we have been cloved |
you have been cloved | you have been cloved |
he/she/it has been cloved | they have been cloved |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was cloved | we were cloved |
you were cloved | you were cloved |
he/she/it was cloved | they were cloved |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being cloved | we were being cloved |
you were being cloved | you were being cloved |
he/she/it was being cloved | they were being cloved |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been cloved | we had been cloved |
you had been cloved | you had been cloved |
he/she/it had been cloved | they had been cloved |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be cloved | we shall/will be cloved |
you will be cloved | you will be cloved |
he/she/it will be cloved | they will be cloved |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been cloved | we shall/will have been cloved |
you will have been cloved | you will have been cloved |
he/she/it will have been cloved | they will have been cloved |
cleave
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | cleft, clove |
Imperative | cleave |
Present Participle (Participle I) | cleaving |
Past Participle (Participle II) | cleft, cloven |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I cleave | we cleave |
you cleave | you cleave |
he/she/it cleaves, clave | they cleave |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am cleaving | we are cleaving |
you are cleaving | you are cleaving |
he/she/it is cleaving | they are cleaving |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have cleft, cloven | we have cleft, cloven |
you have cleft, cloven | you have cleft, cloven |
he/she/it has cleft, cloven | they have cleft, cloven |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been cleaving | we have been cleaving |
you have been cleaving | you have been cleaving |
he/she/it has been cleaving | they have been cleaving |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I cleft, clove | we cleft, clove |
you cleft, clove | you cleft, clove |
he/she/it cleft, clove | they cleft, clove |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was cleaving | we were cleaving |
you were cleaving | you were cleaving |
he/she/it was cleaving | they were cleaving |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had cleft, cloven | we had cleft, cloven |
you had cleft, cloven | you had cleft, cloven |
he/she/it had cleft, cloven | they had cleft, cloven |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been cleaving | we had been cleaving |
you had been cleaving | you had been cleaving |
he/she/it had been cleaving | they had been cleaving |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will cleave | we shall/will cleave |
you will cleave | you will cleave |
he/she/it will cleave | they will cleave |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be cleaving | we shall/will be cleaving |
you will be cleaving | you will be cleaving |
he/she/it will be cleaving | they will be cleaving |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have cleft, cloven | we shall/will have cleft, cloven |
you will have cleft, cloven | you will have cleft, cloven |
he/she/it will have cleft, cloven | they will have cleft, cloven |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been cleaving | we shall/will have been cleaving |
you will have been cleaving | you will have been cleaving |
he/she/it will have been cleaving | they will have been cleaving |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would cleave | we should/would cleave |
you would cleave | you would cleave |
he/she/it would cleave | they would cleave |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be cleaving | we should/would be cleaving |
you would be cleaving | you would be cleaving |
he/she/it would be cleaving | they would be cleaving |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have cleft, cloven | we should/would have cleft, cloven |
you would have cleft, cloven | you would have cleft, cloven |
he/she/it would have cleft, cloven | they would have cleft, cloven |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been cleaving | we should/would have been cleaving |
you would have been cleaving | you would have been cleaving |
he/she/it would have been cleaving | they would have been cleaving |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am cleft, cloven | we are cleft, cloven |
you are cleft, cloven | you are cleft, cloven |
he/she/it is cleft, cloven | they are cleft, cloven |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being cleft, cloven | we are being cleft, cloven |
you are being cleft, cloven | you are being cleft, cloven |
he/she/it is being cleft, cloven | they are being cleft, cloven |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been cleft, cloven | we have been cleft, cloven |
you have been cleft, cloven | you have been cleft, cloven |
he/she/it has been cleft, cloven | they have been cleft, cloven |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was cleft, cloven | we were cleft, cloven |
you were cleft, cloven | you were cleft, cloven |
he/she/it was cleft, cloven | they were cleft, cloven |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being cleft, cloven | we were being cleft, cloven |
you were being cleft, cloven | you were being cleft, cloven |
he/she/it was being cleft, cloven | they were being cleft, cloven |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been cleft, cloven | we had been cleft, cloven |
you had been cleft, cloven | you had been cleft, cloven |
he/she/it had been cleft, cloven | they had been cleft, cloven |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be cleft, cloven | we shall/will be cleft, cloven |
you will be cleft, cloven | you will be cleft, cloven |
he/she/it will be cleft, cloven | they will be cleft, cloven |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been cleft, cloven | we shall/will have been cleft, cloven |
you will have been cleft, cloven | you will have been cleft, cloven |
he/she/it will have been cleft, cloven | they will have been cleft, cloven |
clove
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | clove | cloves |
Possessive case | clove's | cloves' |