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Silent, like sorrowing children, the birds have ceased their song, and only the moorhen's plaintive cry and the harsh croak of the corncrake stirs the awed hush around the couch of waters, where the dying day breathes out her last.Silencieux comme des enfants tristes, les oiseaux se sont tus ; seuls le cri plaintif du coq de bruyère et le croassement rauque de la corneille troublent la paix vespérale des eaux du fleuve où le jour mourant exhale son dernier souffle.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
'They're enough to make one croak.Ça suffit pour faire crever les gens.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
And then, just as I thought he might have drifted to sleep, he said with a croak, “I am so khasta.”Puis, juste quand je le supposai endormi, il déclara de sa voix éraillée: — Je suis si khasta.Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de KaboulLes cerfs-volants de KaboulHosseini, KhaledThe Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
Seven feet of earth, if you like, just to be able to croak on my back.'Deux mètres de terre, si vous voulez, pour crever sur le dos.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
"Don't worry about that," croaked Mr. Wilkinson,"accidents will happen in the best regulated families."— Ne vous tourmentez pas pour cela, croassa Mr. Wilkinson, ces choses-là arrivent dans les familles les plus rangées.Dos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferManhattan TransferDos Passos, John© Editions Gallimard, 1928, pour la traduction francaise.Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John© 1925 by John Dos Passos© 1953 by Elizabeth Dos Passos
'I love her,' croaked the dwarf.– Je l’aime ! coassa le nain.Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles / Le magasin d'antiquitesLe magasin d'antiquitesDickens, CharlesThe Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
A flight of crows, skimming aloft across the cloudless sky, took fright with much noisy croaking.Un vol de corbeaux, volant dans le ciel pur, à une grande hauteur, s'effaroucha, avec des croassements prolongés.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
"Don't be croaking, Cousin, – I hate it!" he would say; "don't you see that the child is only growing.«Oh! trêve aux croassements, cousine, je les ai en horreur! Ne voyez-vous pas que l’enfant grandit? –Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
Is it true that you almost croaked ? "vous avez failli claquer?Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
For once the speeches were delightful, made me think of old times," croaked a cultivated voice behind her ear.Pour une fois, les discours ont été charmants. Ça m'a rappelé le vieux temps, croassa une voix cultivée derrière son oreille.Dos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferManhattan TransferDos Passos, John© Editions Gallimard, 1928, pour la traduction francaise.Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John© 1925 by John Dos Passos© 1953 by Elizabeth Dos Passos
In the depths of the woods an owl raised its soft, regular cry, while from a pond on the right ascended a faint croaking of frogs, so far away that it sounded like the vibration of crystal.Une chouette, du fond des bois, jetait son cri doux et régulier, pendant que, sur la droite, d’une mare lointaine, arrivait un coassement de grenouilles, si perdu, qu’il prenait une vibration légère de cristal.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
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croak
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | croak | croaks |
Possessive case | croak's | croaks' |
croak
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | croaked |
Imperative | croak |
Present Participle (Participle I) | croaking |
Past Participle (Participle II) | croaked |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I croak | we croak |
you croak | you croak |
he/she/it croaks | they croak |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am croaking | we are croaking |
you are croaking | you are croaking |
he/she/it is croaking | they are croaking |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have croaked | we have croaked |
you have croaked | you have croaked |
he/she/it has croaked | they have croaked |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been croaking | we have been croaking |
you have been croaking | you have been croaking |
he/she/it has been croaking | they have been croaking |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I croaked | we croaked |
you croaked | you croaked |
he/she/it croaked | they croaked |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was croaking | we were croaking |
you were croaking | you were croaking |
he/she/it was croaking | they were croaking |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had croaked | we had croaked |
you had croaked | you had croaked |
he/she/it had croaked | they had croaked |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been croaking | we had been croaking |
you had been croaking | you had been croaking |
he/she/it had been croaking | they had been croaking |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will croak | we shall/will croak |
you will croak | you will croak |
he/she/it will croak | they will croak |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be croaking | we shall/will be croaking |
you will be croaking | you will be croaking |
he/she/it will be croaking | they will be croaking |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have croaked | we shall/will have croaked |
you will have croaked | you will have croaked |
he/she/it will have croaked | they will have croaked |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been croaking | we shall/will have been croaking |
you will have been croaking | you will have been croaking |
he/she/it will have been croaking | they will have been croaking |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would croak | we should/would croak |
you would croak | you would croak |
he/she/it would croak | they would croak |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be croaking | we should/would be croaking |
you would be croaking | you would be croaking |
he/she/it would be croaking | they would be croaking |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have croaked | we should/would have croaked |
you would have croaked | you would have croaked |
he/she/it would have croaked | they would have croaked |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been croaking | we should/would have been croaking |
you would have been croaking | you would have been croaking |
he/she/it would have been croaking | they would have been croaking |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am croaked | we are croaked |
you are croaked | you are croaked |
he/she/it is croaked | they are croaked |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being croaked | we are being croaked |
you are being croaked | you are being croaked |
he/she/it is being croaked | they are being croaked |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been croaked | we have been croaked |
you have been croaked | you have been croaked |
he/she/it has been croaked | they have been croaked |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was croaked | we were croaked |
you were croaked | you were croaked |
he/she/it was croaked | they were croaked |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being croaked | we were being croaked |
you were being croaked | you were being croaked |
he/she/it was being croaked | they were being croaked |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been croaked | we had been croaked |
you had been croaked | you had been croaked |
he/she/it had been croaked | they had been croaked |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be croaked | we shall/will be croaked |
you will be croaked | you will be croaked |
he/she/it will be croaked | they will be croaked |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been croaked | we shall/will have been croaked |
you will have been croaked | you will have been croaked |
he/she/it will have been croaked | they will have been croaked |