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Disposing of the canoe in such a manner that Hist must see it, should she come to the place of meeting previously to their return, the young men looked to their arms and prepared to enter the wood.Après avoir placé la pirogue de manière à ce qu’elle fût aperçue de Hist, au cas où elle viendrait au rendez-vous avant leur retour, ils examinèrent leurs armes et se disposèrent à entrer dans le bois.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
And they could not find words warm enough to express their happiness at seeing such coveted wealth and luxury come to seek their daughter.Et ils ne trouvaient plus de remerciements assez chauds, pour dire leur bonheur de tout ce luxe, si convoité par eux, qui était ainsi venu chercher leur fille.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
The Thirty Years' War and the Hundred Years' War are examples; only the battles to come will be far more ruinous and sanguinary than those of former days.Guerre de Trente ans, guerre de Cent ans, etc. Les batailles futures seront seulement beaucoup plus ruineuses et meurtrières que celles d'autrefois.Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneEnseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneLe Bon, Gustave© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
One of the patients can no longer hold back his tears; they come in floods, and as he shakes his head he sprinkles his neighbors.Un des patients ne peut plus retenir ses larmes, les lâche à flots, et, secouant la tête, en arrose ses voisins.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
We shall leave them to destroy each other, and then, at the last moment, we shall come forward.Nous les laisserons se détruire l'un par l'autre, nous n'interviendrons qu'au dernier moment....Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
For some time past Clarisse bad been torturing him to such a pitch that he would at times come home to his wife to weep.Depuis quelque temps, Clarisse le torturait à un tel point, qu'il revenait parfois pleurer chez sa femme.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
"You are duffers not to come in.Quelles poules mouillées vous faites !Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
Claude had to come down here on a business matter.Claude a dû se rendre dans le pays, pour des affaires.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
I have come this long journey as much to satisfy my own eyes concerning these facts, as to oblige the Sergeant and Magnet, though the first was my sister's husband, and I love the last like a child."J’ai fait ce long voyage autant pour mettre mes yeux et mon palais en état de prononcer sur ces faits que pour obliger le sergent et Magnet, quoique le premier ait été le mari de ma sœur et que j’aime l’autre comme si elle était ma fille.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
She rose and began to slowly dress herself, in anticipation of the arrival of Suzanne, who was to come and assist her with her bridal toilet.Elle se leva, puis s'habilla lentement, en attendant Suzanne qui devait venir l'aider à faire sa toilette de mariée.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
It is a guarantee of origin and inferentially, an assurance to the consumer that the quality will be what he or she has come to associate with a particular trade-mark (as in the case of the mythical "Maytag" repairman).Il s'agit d'une garantie d'origine et, implicitement, d'un gage de la qualité que le consommateur en est venu à associer à une marque de commerce en particulier (comme c'est le cas du personnage mythique du réparateur « Maytag »).http://csc.lexum.umontreal.ca 11/25/2010http://csc.lexum.umontreal.ca 11/25/2010
"Here y' are, Maria; come along, plenty of room. "« Par là, Maria. Viens vite, il y a plein de places ! »Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
It seems to me—yes, I am sure now—that three days ago, the night when we were so tired out, before I went to sleep I heard what sounded like the ticking of a watch and even wondered where it could come from.Il me semble, oui, il me semble bien, en ce moment, qu’avant de m’endormir, il y a trois jours, la nuit où on était si fatigués, j’ai entendu comme un tic-tac de montre et que même je me suis demandé d’ou cela sortait.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Then, having deposited his valise in his own place, he remained on the platform waiting and looking around him, with a slight feeling of surprise at not perceiving Doctor Chassaigne, who had promised to come and embrace him before the train started.Puis, lorsqu’il eut posé sa valise à sa place, il resta sur le quai, patientant, regardant, un peu surpris de ne pas apercevoir le docteur Chassaigne, qui lui avait promis de venir l’embrasser, au départ.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - LourdesLes Trois Villes - LourdesZola, EmileThe Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile
Why had not Claude come to Sandoz's on the previous Thursday?Pourquoi donc Claude n’était-il pas venu, l’autre jeudi, chez Sandoz?Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
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Collocations
come out
sortir
how come
pourquoi
come to rest
s'immobiliser
come alongside
accoster
come forward
avancer
come out
ouverture
come out point
point d'ouverture
come along
amener
come to life
animer
come into
entrer
come up
lever
come past
passer
come from
provenir
come back to life
ressusciter
come to an end
prendre fin
Word forms
come
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | came |
Imperative | come |
Present Participle (Participle I) | coming |
Past Participle (Participle II) | come |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I come | we come |
you come | you come |
he/she/it comes | they come |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am coming | we are coming |
you are coming | you are coming |
he/she/it is coming | they are coming |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have come | we have come |
you have come | you have come |
he/she/it has come | they have come |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been coming | we have been coming |
you have been coming | you have been coming |
he/she/it has been coming | they have been coming |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I came | we came |
you came | you came |
he/she/it came | they came |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was coming | we were coming |
you were coming | you were coming |
he/she/it was coming | they were coming |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had come | we had come |
you had come | you had come |
he/she/it had come | they had come |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been coming | we had been coming |
you had been coming | you had been coming |
he/she/it had been coming | they had been coming |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will come | we shall/will come |
you will come | you will come |
he/she/it will come | they will come |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be coming | we shall/will be coming |
you will be coming | you will be coming |
he/she/it will be coming | they will be coming |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have come | we shall/will have come |
you will have come | you will have come |
he/she/it will have come | they will have come |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been coming | we shall/will have been coming |
you will have been coming | you will have been coming |
he/she/it will have been coming | they will have been coming |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would come | we should/would come |
you would come | you would come |
he/she/it would come | they would come |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be coming | we should/would be coming |
you would be coming | you would be coming |
he/she/it would be coming | they would be coming |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have come | we should/would have come |
you would have come | you would have come |
he/she/it would have come | they would have come |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been coming | we should/would have been coming |
you would have been coming | you would have been coming |
he/she/it would have been coming | they would have been coming |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am come | we are come |
you are come | you are come |
he/she/it is come | they are come |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being come | we are being come |
you are being come | you are being come |
he/she/it is being come | they are being come |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been come | we have been come |
you have been come | you have been come |
he/she/it has been come | they have been come |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was come | we were come |
you were come | you were come |
he/she/it was come | they were come |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being come | we were being come |
you were being come | you were being come |
he/she/it was being come | they were being come |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been come | we had been come |
you had been come | you had been come |
he/she/it had been come | they had been come |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be come | we shall/will be come |
you will be come | you will be come |
he/she/it will be come | they will be come |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been come | we shall/will have been come |
you will have been come | you will have been come |
he/she/it will have been come | they will have been come |