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Ah! poor old man, cripple that he was, ending like some beast of burden that has foundered by the roadside--that goal of labour!
Ah ! ce vieil homme, cet éclopé du travail, finissant en bête fourbue, tombée à la borne !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Then there was Hist to embarrass his movements, and to cripple his efforts.
D’une autre part, Hist gênait les mouvements du Delaware, et mettait obstacle à ce qu’il aurait voulu faire.
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
Yes, if we don't take care of her like a cripple, she will end by becoming a scullery-maid somewhere.'
Oui, si nous ne prenons pas soin d’elle comme d’une infirme, elle finira laveuse de vaisselle quelque part.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
For years it made me feel like a damn cripple. It changed the way I looked at everything and everybody.
Pendant des années, j'ai eu l'impression d'être estropiée ; ma vision du monde en était bouleversée.
Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William / Lady sings the bluesHoliday, Billie,Dufty, William / Lady sings the blues
Lady sings the blues
Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William
© 1956, by Eleonora Fagan and William F. Dufty.
© 1984, 2003, 2009, pour la traduction francaise: Editions Parentheses
Lady sings the blues
Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William
© 1956, by Eleonora Fagan and William F. Dufty.
She was almost a cripple, with legs so weak that she only walked with difficulty, and her mind also was belated, still full of childish naivete.
Presque infirme, les jambes prises elle marchait difficilement ; et l’intelligence, chez elle, semblait aussi en retard, restée simple, d’une grande naïveté enfantine.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
It was a cripple, as you may say; that means something that doesn't move.
C’est un tortillard, qu’on appelle. Ça doit vouloir dire « qui se grouille pas ».
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
As yet none of their bullets had taken effect, at least so as to cripple him.
Aucune balle ne l'avait encore atteint, assez grièvement du moins pour ralentir sa course.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
The second girl, Gervaise, born the following year, was a cripple from birth.
La seconde fille, Gervaise, née l’année suivante, était bancale de naissance.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
On the ground, a legless cripple was painfully dragging herself about in search of nobody knew what.
Par terre, un cul-de-jatte se traînait péniblement, en quête d’on ne savait quoi.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
"A fine thing that will be to do; you will fall out with your father, cripple your resources, and one doesn't find thirty thousand francs from one day to another.
– Vous allez faire là une belle chose; vous brouiller avec votre père, entraver vos ressources, et l'on ne trouve pas ainsi trente mille francs du jour au lendemain.
Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux Camelias
La Dame aux Camelias
Dumas fils, Alexandre
Camille
Dumas fils, Alexandre
© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
--"I was crippled in both legs, and now I am healed."
– J’étais infirme des deux jambes, je suis guérie.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
With a mental effort, the layperson can then imagine these poisonous sausages, otherwise known as "toxic assets," spreading through the world's banks, ruining their digestions and crippling the economies they are meant to serve.
Avec un effort d'imagination, le profane peut imaginer ces saucisses empoisonnées, ou 'actifs toxiques', inondant les banques du monde, déréglant leur digestion et paralysant les économies qu'ils étaient supposé servir.
Skidelsky, RobertSkidelsky, Robert
idelsky, Robert
Skidelsky, Rober
© Project Syndicate 1995 - 2011
idelsky, Robert
Skidelsky, Rober
© Project Syndicate 1995 - 2011
Do you know what Charles said the other evening when he found his father on that chair, crippled like that, and unable to speak?
Savez-vous ce que Charles a dit lorsque, l’autre soir, il a trouvé son père sur cette chaise, sans bras ni jambes, la langue morte ?
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
She might have been sixty, but was older than that by hard work and disease, was partially blind, and somewhat crippled with rheumatism.
Elle pouvait avoir soixante ans, mais le dur travail et la maladie l’avaient faite plus vieille.
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
I am so crippled with fatigue I really cannot walk farther."
je suis tellement engourdi par la fatigue, que je ne pourrais marcher. —
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

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cripple

verb
Basic forms
Pastcrippled
Imperativecripple
Present Participle (Participle I)crippling
Past Participle (Participle II)crippled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I cripplewe cripple
you crippleyou cripple
he/she/it cripplesthey cripple
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am cripplingwe are crippling
you are cripplingyou are crippling
he/she/it is cripplingthey are crippling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have crippledwe have crippled
you have crippledyou have crippled
he/she/it has crippledthey have crippled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been cripplingwe have been crippling
you have been cripplingyou have been crippling
he/she/it has been cripplingthey have been crippling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I crippledwe crippled
you crippledyou crippled
he/she/it crippledthey crippled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was cripplingwe were crippling
you were cripplingyou were crippling
he/she/it was cripplingthey were crippling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had crippledwe had crippled
you had crippledyou had crippled
he/she/it had crippledthey had crippled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been cripplingwe had been crippling
you had been cripplingyou had been crippling
he/she/it had been cripplingthey had been crippling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will cripplewe shall/will cripple
you will crippleyou will cripple
he/she/it will cripplethey will cripple
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be cripplingwe shall/will be crippling
you will be cripplingyou will be crippling
he/she/it will be cripplingthey will be crippling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have crippledwe shall/will have crippled
you will have crippledyou will have crippled
he/she/it will have crippledthey will have crippled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been cripplingwe shall/will have been crippling
you will have been cripplingyou will have been crippling
he/she/it will have been cripplingthey will have been crippling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would cripplewe should/would cripple
you would crippleyou would cripple
he/she/it would cripplethey would cripple
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be cripplingwe should/would be crippling
you would be cripplingyou would be crippling
he/she/it would be cripplingthey would be crippling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have crippledwe should/would have crippled
you would have crippledyou would have crippled
he/she/it would have crippledthey would have crippled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been cripplingwe should/would have been crippling
you would have been cripplingyou would have been crippling
he/she/it would have been cripplingthey would have been crippling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am crippledwe are crippled
you are crippledyou are crippled
he/she/it is crippledthey are crippled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being crippledwe are being crippled
you are being crippledyou are being crippled
he/she/it is being crippledthey are being crippled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been crippledwe have been crippled
you have been crippledyou have been crippled
he/she/it has been crippledthey have been crippled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was crippledwe were crippled
you were crippledyou were crippled
he/she/it was crippledthey were crippled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being crippledwe were being crippled
you were being crippledyou were being crippled
he/she/it was being crippledthey were being crippled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been crippledwe had been crippled
you had been crippledyou had been crippled
he/she/it had been crippledthey had been crippled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be crippledwe shall/will be crippled
you will be crippledyou will be crippled
he/she/it will be crippledthey will be crippled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been crippledwe shall/will have been crippled
you will have been crippledyou will have been crippled
he/she/it will have been crippledthey will have been crippled

cripple

noun
SingularPlural
Common casecripplecripples
Possessive casecripple'scripples'