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And the old trapper chuckled at the conceit, as if he had just been witnessing some scene of amusement, and there was not an enemy within a hundred miles of him.
Et le vieux trappeur se livra à un accès de gaieté, tout comme s'il eût assisté à quelque farce de tréteaux à cent milles de toute espèce de danger.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
To get somebody to stumble over him, and curse him steadily for an hour, is his highest aim and object; and, when he has succeeded in accomplishing this, his conceit becomes quite unbearable.
Obtenir que quelqu’un trébuche sur lui et le maudisse une heure d’affilée, est certainement son ambition la plus haute, et ce tour de force accompli, il devient d’une suffisance tout à fait intolérable.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Ah! believe me, that passing conceit has been doubly punished!
Cette fatuité passagère a été doublement punie, croyez-le bien!
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
We are dealing in this case with a break and enter committed by several intruders acting in conceit.
Nous avons affaire en l'espèce à une introduction par effraction perpétrée par plusieurs individus agissant de concert.
But there is no end to conceit in this world: for a fellow who never saw salt water often fancies he knows more than one who has gone round the Horn.
Mais il n’y a pas de bornes à la vanité dans ce monde ; car un drôle qui n’a jamais vu l’eau salée, s’imagine souvent en savoir plus que celui qui a doublé le cap de Horn.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
Deerslayer laughed heartily at his own conceit, and, in a minute or two, they were both standing on the platform, selecting some object in the Ark for their target.
Deerslayer se prit à rire de tout cœur à cette pensée, et au bout d’une minute ou deux ils allèrent sur la plate-forme, et choisirent quelque objet sur la surface extérieure de l’arche pour leur servir de but.
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
Up above, around the Pope, reigned the pontifical family, the high and noble cardinals and prelates whose conceit was great in spite of their apparent familiarity.
Au sommet, autour du pape, régnait la famille pontificale, les cardinaux et les prélats, très hauts, très nobles, d’une grande morgue, sous leur apparente familiarité.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
I told myself it was sheer silly conceit, that four or five of the cleverest people living, with all the might of the British Empire at their back, had the job in hand.
Je me répétais que c'était là une sotte outrecuidance, que trois ou quatre des plus habiles personnages qui fussent, et disposant de toutes les ressources de l'Empire britannique, s'occupaient de l'affaire.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
He thereupon took the linen wraps off a bust, showing a long face still further elongated by whiskers, a face full of conceit and infinite imbecility.
Il débarrassait un buste de ses linges, il montra une figure longue, allongée encore par des favoris, monstrueuse de prétention et d’infinie bêtise.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
"We are not over-conceited consarning our gifts," observed the Pathfinder, after a short pause, "and well know that such as live in the towns, and near the sea - "
– Les dons que nous avons reçus du ciel ne nous inspirent pas trop d’amour-propre. Nous savons que ceux qui vivent dans les villes et près de la mer...
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
Such conceits will come over men from long habit; and prejudice is, perhaps, the commonest failing of human natur'."
L’habitude donne aux hommes de pareils préjugés, et c’est peut-être le défaut le plus commun de la nature humaine.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
Was it a god, or his blind reliance on Marie Antoinette, that led him to entrust de Fersen--a stupid, conceited, and tactless creature--with the preparations and control of this disastrous journey?
Etait-ce un dieu ou son aveugle complaisance pour Marie-Antoinette qui le poussait à confier au sot, vaniteux et maladroit de Fersen les préparatifs et la direction du désastreux voyage?
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
But on whom should he first call if he were to steer clear of blunders in that intricate and conceited ecclesiastical world?
Mais une incertitude l’avait pris : chez qui frapper d’abord, par quel personnage commencer ses visites, s’il désirait éviter toute faute, dans un monde qu’il sentait si compliqué et si vaniteux ?
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
He was very conceited, and, showing his white teeth, he tried to re-assert himself by murmuring tenderly: All I if you had only been willing, Octavie, we might have governed Plassans between us.
Il était très-fat, il montra ses dents blanches, chercha à se tirer du ridicule, en murmurant tendrement: --Si vous aviez voulu, Octavie, nous aurions gouverné Plassans à nous deux.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile

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self-conceited
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conceit

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conceit

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Pastconceited
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Present Participle (Participle I)conceiting
Past Participle (Participle II)conceited
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I conceitwe conceit
you conceityou conceit
he/she/it conceitsthey conceit
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am conceitingwe are conceiting
you are conceitingyou are conceiting
he/she/it is conceitingthey are conceiting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have conceitedwe have conceited
you have conceitedyou have conceited
he/she/it has conceitedthey have conceited
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been conceitingwe have been conceiting
you have been conceitingyou have been conceiting
he/she/it has been conceitingthey have been conceiting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I conceitedwe conceited
you conceitedyou conceited
he/she/it conceitedthey conceited
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was conceitingwe were conceiting
you were conceitingyou were conceiting
he/she/it was conceitingthey were conceiting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had conceitedwe had conceited
you had conceitedyou had conceited
he/she/it had conceitedthey had conceited
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been conceitingwe had been conceiting
you had been conceitingyou had been conceiting
he/she/it had been conceitingthey had been conceiting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will conceitwe shall/will conceit
you will conceityou will conceit
he/she/it will conceitthey will conceit
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be conceitingwe shall/will be conceiting
you will be conceitingyou will be conceiting
he/she/it will be conceitingthey will be conceiting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have conceitedwe shall/will have conceited
you will have conceitedyou will have conceited
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Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been conceitingwe shall/will have been conceiting
you will have been conceitingyou will have been conceiting
he/she/it will have been conceitingthey will have been conceiting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would conceitwe should/would conceit
you would conceityou would conceit
he/she/it would conceitthey would conceit
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be conceitingwe should/would be conceiting
you would be conceitingyou would be conceiting
he/she/it would be conceitingthey would be conceiting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have conceitedwe should/would have conceited
you would have conceitedyou would have conceited
he/she/it would have conceitedthey would have conceited
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been conceitingwe should/would have been conceiting
you would have been conceitingyou would have been conceiting
he/she/it would have been conceitingthey would have been conceiting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am conceitedwe are conceited
you are conceitedyou are conceited
he/she/it is conceitedthey are conceited
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being conceitedwe are being conceited
you are being conceitedyou are being conceited
he/she/it is being conceitedthey are being conceited
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been conceitedwe have been conceited
you have been conceitedyou have been conceited
he/she/it has been conceitedthey have been conceited
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was conceitedwe were conceited
you were conceitedyou were conceited
he/she/it was conceitedthey were conceited
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being conceitedwe were being conceited
you were being conceitedyou were being conceited
he/she/it was being conceitedthey were being conceited
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been conceitedwe had been conceited
you had been conceitedyou had been conceited
he/she/it had been conceitedthey had been conceited
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be conceitedwe shall/will be conceited
you will be conceitedyou will be conceited
he/she/it will be conceitedthey will be conceited
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been conceitedwe shall/will have been conceited
you will have been conceitedyou will have been conceited
he/she/it will have been conceitedthey will have been conceited