Early in the morning those bidden to the feast began to arrive in bands; the dispersed family returned to the common nest, swooping down upon it from the four points of the compass.
Puis, ce fut, dès le matin, l’arrivée en bandes, le retour au nid commun de la famille dispersée, s’abattant des quatre points de l’horizon.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
It was spread with a couple of small mattresses and some pillows; a box near by was plentifully stored with candles, provisions, and all the clothing necessary to their journey, which Cassy had arranged into bundles of an astonishingly small compass.
Il était garni de deux matelas et d’oreillers: tout à côté, une boîte était remplie de chandelles, de vivres et de tous les vêtements nécessaires au voyage, rassemblés en paquets étonnamment petits et compacts.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
'We've a map and compass, anyhow.
– En tout cas, nous possédons une carte et une boussole.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
We steer by the stars and the compass on these lakes, running from headland to headland; and having little need of figures and calculations, make no use of them.
Nous naviguons sur nos lacs à l’aide des astres et de la boussole, passant d’un cap à un autre, et n’ayant guère besoin de chiffres et de calculs, nous n’en faisons pas usage.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Their house also annoyed them -that barracks where they had to take their meals amid the greasy refuse of the kitchen, where their room seemed a meeting-place for the winds from every point of the compass.
Leur maison aussi les irritait, cette caserne où il fallait manger dans le graillon de la cuisine, où leur chambre était le rendez-vous des quatre vents du ciel.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
We were without compass, too, but this we heeded not.
Nous n'avions pas de boussole, mais nous pouvions nous en passer.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
I had out the map and the compass, and tried to fix our route so as to round the flank of a spur of the mountains which separated us from the valley we were aiming at.
Aidé de la carte et de la boussole, j’essayai de faire en sorte que notre chemin côtoyât le flanc d’un des éperons qui nous séparait de la vallée à atteindre.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
It had been a dyer's drying shed, and was nearly fifty feet long and more than thirty broad, with walls of board and plaster admitting the wind from every point of the compass.
C’était un ancien séchoir de teinturier, une baraque de quinze mètres de long sur dix de large, dont les planches et le plâtre laissaient passer tous les vents du ciel.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
So they begin to walk quickly to and fro in the scanty place that three strides might compass; they turn about and cross and brush each other, bent forward, hands pocketed—tramp, tramp.
Et les voilà qui se mettent à déambuler très vite, de long en large, dans ce local exigu qu’on a parcouru en trois enjambées, qui tournent en rond, se croisant, se frôlant, penchés en avant, les mains dans les poches, en tapant la semelle par terre.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
A few glances of the eye sufficed for Arrowhead; but old Cap deliberately set the smoke by a pocket-compass, before he trusted himself within the shadows of the trees.
Il ne fallut pour cela qu’un coup d’œil à Arrowhead ; mais le vieux Cap, avant de se fier à la sombre obscurité des bois, reconnut la situation d’où partait la fumée par le moyen d’une boussole de poche.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Now we have got the p'ints of the compass in our minds once more, and 't will be our own faults if we let anything turn them topsy-turvy ag'in, as has just happened.
À présent, nous avons retrouvé tous les points du compas, et ce sera notre faute si nous les perdons encore, comme cela vient de nous arriver.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Peter had a compass, but he didn't need to use it, for he had a kind of 'feel' for landscape, a special sense which is born in savages and can only be acquired after long experience by the white man.
Peter possédait une boussole, mais il ne s’en servit pas, car il savait instinctivement s’orienter, possédant ce sens spécial inné chez les sauvages et que les Blancs n’acquièrent qu’avec une longue expérience.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Rachel Halliday moved quietly to and fro, collecting from her household stores such needments as could be arranged in the smallest compass, for the wanderers who were to go forth that night.
Rachel Halliday, toujours calme, allait et venait, choisissant parmi ses provisions de ménage ce qui pouvait tenir le moins de place dans le bagage des voyageurs.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
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magnetic compass
compas magnétique
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compass
noun
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Common case
compass
compasses
Possessive case
compass', compass's
compasses'
compass
verb
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Past
compassed
Imperative
compass
Present Participle (Participle I)
compassing
Past Participle (Participle II)
compassed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I compass
we compass
you compass
you compass
he/she/it compasses
they compass
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am compassing
we are compassing
you are compassing
you are compassing
he/she/it is compassing
they are compassing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have compassed
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you have compassed
you have compassed
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they have compassed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been compassing
we have been compassing
you have been compassing
you have been compassing
he/she/it has been compassing
they have been compassing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I compassed
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you compassed
you compassed
he/she/it compassed
they compassed
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I was compassing
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you were compassing
you were compassing
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they were compassing
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I had compassed
we had compassed
you had compassed
you had compassed
he/she/it had compassed
they had compassed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been compassing
we had been compassing
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you had been compassing
he/she/it had been compassing
they had been compassing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will compass
we shall/will compass
you will compass
you will compass
he/she/it will compass
they will compass
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I shall/will be compassing
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you will be compassing
you will be compassing
he/she/it will be compassing
they will be compassing
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I shall/will have compassed
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you will have compassed
you will have compassed
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they will have compassed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been compassing
we shall/will have been compassing
you will have been compassing
you will have been compassing
he/she/it will have been compassing
they will have been compassing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would compass
we should/would compass
you would compass
you would compass
he/she/it would compass
they would compass
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I should/would be compassing
we should/would be compassing
you would be compassing
you would be compassing
he/she/it would be compassing
they would be compassing
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I should/would have compassed
we should/would have compassed
you would have compassed
you would have compassed
he/she/it would have compassed
they would have compassed
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