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In that case I might wait on another convoy.En ce cas, il me faudrait attendre un autre convoi.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Peter was in the middle of the convoy, and I found him pretty unhappy, principally through not being allowed to smoke.Peter était sur la péniche mitoyenne du convoi, je le trouvai assez malheureux de ne pouvoir fumer.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Between the declining road on the right that falls into the gloom, and the black cloud of the Alleux Wood—where we hear the convoy teams assembling and getting under way—a field extends.Entre le chemin en pente qui, à droite, descend des ténèbres, et le nuage sombre du bois des Alleux – où l’on entend sans les voir les attelages du Train de combat s’apprêter et démarrer – s’étend un champ.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The convoy of lorries, a long chain of foursquare and huge projectiles, rolling up with diabolical din, hurls itself along the road.Le convoi de camions – longue chaîne d’énormes bolides carrés, enroulés dans un infernal tintamarre – se rue sur la route.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Far down on the main road a convoy was moving - I heard the creak of the wheels two miles away, for the air was deathly still.Un convoi s’avançait, dans le lointain, sur la grand-route, et j’entendis le grincement des roues à plus de 3 kilomètres de distance, car l’air était absolument immobile.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Some fifty cavalrymen were due to come surging out of a copse and bear down on the soldiers preparing to ford a river with a convoy of wagons.Une cinquantaine de cavaliers devaient jaillir d'un taillis pour foncer sur les soldats qui se préparaient à passer à gué avec un convoi de chariots.Makine, Andreï / Requiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï / Requiem pour l'EstRequiem pour l'EstMakine, Andreï© 2000 by Mercure de FranceRequiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï© 2001 by Geoffrey Strachan© 2000 by Mercure de France
One big fellow - an eight-inch - landed not ten yards from a convoy to the east of us, and another in the hollow through which we had come.Un obus éclata à moins de 10 mètres d’un convoi sur notre gauche, et un autre tomba dans le vallon que nous venions de quitter.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
"After that, he growled against another woolly-leg, because on the memorandum of the distribution of maps they hadn't put the names of the Ration Department, the Cattle Department, and the Administrative Convoy of the 328th D.I.» Après, i’ rouspétait contre une autre jambe de laine, parce que sur le bordereau de réparation des cartes, qu’i’ disait, on n’avait pas mis le Service des Subsistances, le Troupeau de Bétail et le Convoi administratif de la 328e D.I.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
I've never seen so many, so many convoys in the night, never!"Jamais j’en avais tant vu, d’convois dans la nuit, jamais !Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
We're on a bigger business than wrecking munition convoys.Nous poursuivons un but plus important que le sabotage de quelques convois de munitions.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
In the thinnest of the dark you could see the jumble of poilus that went on and up—like the sea itself, you'd say—and carrying on across all the convoys of artillery and ambulance wagons that we met that night.On voyait dans l’clair de l’ombre le fouillis des poilus qui montaient, qui montaient – t’aurais dit d’l’eau d’la mer – et gesticulaient à travers tous les convois d’artillerie et d’autos d’ambulance qu’on a croisés cette nuit-là.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
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convoy escort
escorte de convoi
convoy route
route de convoi
military convoy
convoi militaire
Word forms
convoy
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | convoy | convoys |
Possessive case | convoy's | convoys' |
convoy
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | convoyed |
Imperative | convoy |
Present Participle (Participle I) | convoying |
Past Participle (Participle II) | convoyed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I convoy | we convoy |
you convoy | you convoy |
he/she/it convoys | they convoy |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am convoying | we are convoying |
you are convoying | you are convoying |
he/she/it is convoying | they are convoying |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have convoyed | we have convoyed |
you have convoyed | you have convoyed |
he/she/it has convoyed | they have convoyed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been convoying | we have been convoying |
you have been convoying | you have been convoying |
he/she/it has been convoying | they have been convoying |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I convoyed | we convoyed |
you convoyed | you convoyed |
he/she/it convoyed | they convoyed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was convoying | we were convoying |
you were convoying | you were convoying |
he/she/it was convoying | they were convoying |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had convoyed | we had convoyed |
you had convoyed | you had convoyed |
he/she/it had convoyed | they had convoyed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been convoying | we had been convoying |
you had been convoying | you had been convoying |
he/she/it had been convoying | they had been convoying |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will convoy | we shall/will convoy |
you will convoy | you will convoy |
he/she/it will convoy | they will convoy |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be convoying | we shall/will be convoying |
you will be convoying | you will be convoying |
he/she/it will be convoying | they will be convoying |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have convoyed | we shall/will have convoyed |
you will have convoyed | you will have convoyed |
he/she/it will have convoyed | they will have convoyed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been convoying | we shall/will have been convoying |
you will have been convoying | you will have been convoying |
he/she/it will have been convoying | they will have been convoying |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would convoy | we should/would convoy |
you would convoy | you would convoy |
he/she/it would convoy | they would convoy |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be convoying | we should/would be convoying |
you would be convoying | you would be convoying |
he/she/it would be convoying | they would be convoying |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have convoyed | we should/would have convoyed |
you would have convoyed | you would have convoyed |
he/she/it would have convoyed | they would have convoyed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been convoying | we should/would have been convoying |
you would have been convoying | you would have been convoying |
he/she/it would have been convoying | they would have been convoying |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am convoyed | we are convoyed |
you are convoyed | you are convoyed |
he/she/it is convoyed | they are convoyed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being convoyed | we are being convoyed |
you are being convoyed | you are being convoyed |
he/she/it is being convoyed | they are being convoyed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been convoyed | we have been convoyed |
you have been convoyed | you have been convoyed |
he/she/it has been convoyed | they have been convoyed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was convoyed | we were convoyed |
you were convoyed | you were convoyed |
he/she/it was convoyed | they were convoyed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being convoyed | we were being convoyed |
you were being convoyed | you were being convoyed |
he/she/it was being convoyed | they were being convoyed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been convoyed | we had been convoyed |
you had been convoyed | you had been convoyed |
he/she/it had been convoyed | they had been convoyed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be convoyed | we shall/will be convoyed |
you will be convoyed | you will be convoyed |
he/she/it will be convoyed | they will be convoyed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been convoyed | we shall/will have been convoyed |
you will have been convoyed | you will have been convoyed |
he/she/it will have been convoyed | they will have been convoyed |