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As I sat beside the stove I was casting back to think if I had got the slightest clue to my real job.
Assis près du poêle, je m’efforçai de voir si j’avais découvert le moindre filon se rapportant à ma véritable mission.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
'Don't you see it's a clue,' I shouted.
– Ne comprenez-vous pas que c'est un indice? m'écriai-je.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
The big green brute would be the safest kind of clue to me over the breadth of Scotland.
Cette grosse machine verte était le plus sûr moyen de me faire repérer sur toute l'étendue de l'Écosse.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Even the soothsayer-astrologer who had appeared at one of my mother's luncheons in Milwaukee when I was a teenager and had predicted for me a second husband "in the public eye," hadn't a clue.
Même l'astrologue-devin apparue dans l'un des déjeuners organisés par ma mère à Milwaukee quand j'étais adolescente et qui m'avait prédit un second mari « connu du public » n'en avait la moindre idée.
Mingus, Sue / Tonight at noonMingus, Sue / Pour l'amour de Mingus
Pour l'amour de Mingus
Mingus, Sue
© 2003 Editions du Layeur
Tonight at noon
Mingus, Sue
© 2002 by Sue Graham Mingus
What an Englishman may say when in a state of normal calm gives no clue to what he will do at a moment of personal or national crisis.
Ce qu'un Anglais peut dire dans un état de tranquillité normale ne fournit aucun indice de ce qu'il fera dans un moment de crise individuelle ou nationale.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
The accursed mischance of my costume had given him the clue to an identity which was otherwise buried deep in the Bosporus.
La ressemblance maudite entre ces deux costumes lui avait fourni la preuve d’une identité qui était noyée au fond du Bosphore.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
For a moment my heart jumped, for I thought I had fallen by accident on the clue I wanted.
Mon cœur battit très fort, car je crus que j’étais tombé par hasard sur l’indice que je cherchais.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
'That is the only clue we possess,' he said.
– Voilà le seul indice que nous possédions, dit-il.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
He must have written them in order that, if he perished and his body was found, his friends might get a clue.
Envisageant la possibilité de sa mort, il avait dû prendre ces précautions afin que ses amis eussent ainsi une indication au cas où son corps serait retrouvé.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
As she obtained the clue to their import, her impatience would not admit of delay, and she soon got to glancing her eyes over a page by way of coming at the truth in the briefest manner possible.
Mais son impatience ne lui permit bientôt que de jeter un coup d’œil rapide sur les pages pour arriver plus vite à la connaissance de la vérité.
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
'Good God,' I cried, 'and we have not a rag of a clue.'
– Bon Dieu! m'écriai-je, mais nous n'avons pas l'ombre d'un indice.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
I was being hustled out of Germany without picking up the slenderest clue.
Et peut-être Stumm allait-il me faire quitter l’Allemagne sans que j’eusse découvert le moindre indice.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
A clue may be dumb in London and shout aloud at Baghdad.'
À Londres, tel indice peut être muet, et devenir lumineux à Bagdad.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
The thing that worried me was the reflection that my enemies knew that I had got my knowledge from Scudder, and it was Scudder who had given me the clue to this place.
Mon principal souci était de me dire que mes ennemis savaient que je tenais mes informations de Scudder, et que c'était Scudder qui m'avait mis sur la piste pour trouver cet endroit.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Here Lady Jarvis, who had entered during the dialogue, and caught a clue to the topic they were engaged in, drew near, and ventured to ask if he thought a simple knight too low.
Lady Jarvis, qui était entrée pendant ce dialogue et qui y prenait un vif intérêt, s’aventura à demander s’il ne se contenterait pas de celle d’un chevalier.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore

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clue

verb
Basic forms
Pastclued
Imperativeclue
Present Participle (Participle I)cluing
Past Participle (Participle II)clued
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I cluewe clue
you clueyou clue
he/she/it cluesthey clue
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am cluingwe are cluing
you are cluingyou are cluing
he/she/it is cluingthey are cluing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have cluedwe have clued
you have cluedyou have clued
he/she/it has cluedthey have clued
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been cluingwe have been cluing
you have been cluingyou have been cluing
he/she/it has been cluingthey have been cluing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I cluedwe clued
you cluedyou clued
he/she/it cluedthey clued
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was cluingwe were cluing
you were cluingyou were cluing
he/she/it was cluingthey were cluing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had cluedwe had clued
you had cluedyou had clued
he/she/it had cluedthey had clued
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been cluingwe had been cluing
you had been cluingyou had been cluing
he/she/it had been cluingthey had been cluing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will cluewe shall/will clue
you will clueyou will clue
he/she/it will cluethey will clue
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be cluingwe shall/will be cluing
you will be cluingyou will be cluing
he/she/it will be cluingthey will be cluing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have cluedwe shall/will have clued
you will have cluedyou will have clued
he/she/it will have cluedthey will have clued
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been cluingwe shall/will have been cluing
you will have been cluingyou will have been cluing
he/she/it will have been cluingthey will have been cluing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would cluewe should/would clue
you would clueyou would clue
he/she/it would cluethey would clue
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be cluingwe should/would be cluing
you would be cluingyou would be cluing
he/she/it would be cluingthey would be cluing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have cluedwe should/would have clued
you would have cluedyou would have clued
he/she/it would have cluedthey would have clued
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been cluingwe should/would have been cluing
you would have been cluingyou would have been cluing
he/she/it would have been cluingthey would have been cluing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am cluedwe are clued
you are cluedyou are clued
he/she/it is cluedthey are clued
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being cluedwe are being clued
you are being cluedyou are being clued
he/she/it is being cluedthey are being clued
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been cluedwe have been clued
you have been cluedyou have been clued
he/she/it has been cluedthey have been clued
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was cluedwe were clued
you were cluedyou were clued
he/she/it was cluedthey were clued
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being cluedwe were being clued
you were being cluedyou were being clued
he/she/it was being cluedthey were being clued
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been cluedwe had been clued
you had been cluedyou had been clued
he/she/it had been cluedthey had been clued
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be cluedwe shall/will be clued
you will be cluedyou will be clued
he/she/it will be cluedthey will be clued
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been cluedwe shall/will have been clued
you will have been cluedyou will have been clued
he/she/it will have been cluedthey will have been clued

clue

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseclueclues
Possessive caseclue'sclues'