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With his usual priorities, the comic-strip ad was as aggressively concerned with alerting the public to rip-offs at the hands of crooked record companies, bootleggers, and thieves, as it was with the albums we were selling.
Conformément à ses priorités habituelles, cette publicité-bd expliquait autant au public la manière dont escrocs des compagnies de disques, boot-leggers et voleurs dépouillaient les musiciens qu'elle leur parlait des disques que nous vendions.
Mingus, Sue / Tonight at noonMingus, Sue / Pour l'amour de Mingus
Pour l'amour de Mingus
Mingus, Sue
© 2003 Editions du Layeur
Tonight at noon
Mingus, Sue
© 2002 by Sue Graham Mingus
They steal from us left, right and centre and any which way, they find others as crooked as they are to buy the stolen property. It's a pitiful sight.
Ils nous volent left and right, de gauche à droite, en avant, en arrière, ils se trouvent d'autres personnes aussi bandits qu'eux autres pour acheter la marchandise volée, ça fait pitié.
One could see her bony ankles and her dried-up calves covered with coarse blue stockings shaking horribly. She was digging the soil with her crooked fingers, as though she were trying to make a hole in which to hide herself.
On voyait ses chevilles osseuses et ses mollets secs enveloppés de gros bas bleus frissonner horriblement; et elle creusait le sol de ses doigts crochus comme pour y faire un trou et s'y cacher.
Maupassant, Guy de / Little Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de / La petite Roque
La petite Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
Little Louise Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
My professional pride was up in arms, and I couldn't bear to have a hand in a crooked deal.
Mon orgueil professionnel était en jeu et il m’eût été insupportable d’être mêlé à quelque louche transaction.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Human nature' is crooked in these matters.
La nature humaine ne marche pas sur la même ligne en cela, voyez-vous.
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
The path to our villages is very long and crooked, and we shall travel it under a cloudy sky.
– Le chemin qui conduit à nos villages est long et tortueux.
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
They settle down and stagnate, and by the by they degenerate into that appalling subtlety which is their ruling passion gone crooked.
Ils s’installent, croupissent, et peu à peu, ils dégénèrent en cette subtilité effrayante qui est la déviation de leur passion dominante.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Is that which can bend and turn, and descend and ascend, to fit every crooked phase of selfish, worldly society, religion?
Appelez-vous religion ce qui peut se courber, se tourner, descendre, monter, pour justifier chaque phase tortue d’une société égoïste et mondaine?
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
'Do you think they WERE crooked?' said Brass, in an insinuating tone.
– Pensez-vous qu’elles fussent torses ? dit Brass d’un air confidentiel.
Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles / Le magasin d'antiquites
Le magasin d'antiquites
Dickens, Charles
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
He now bethought him of the stick, which was crooked and offered some facilities for rowing without the necessity of rising.
Il pensa alors à son bâton, dont un bout était en crosse, ce qui lui donnait quelque facilité à s’en servir pour ramer sans être obligé de se lever.
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
"I am afraid none of us could live to reach the fort." "It would be a risky path, Mabel, and a crooked one; though some of your sex have undergone even more than that in this wilderness.
– Le chemin de la forêt ne serait pas sans risque, Mabel, et nous ne pourrions aller en droite ligne, – répondit Pathfinder ; – mais quelques personnes de votre sexe en ont traversé de plus mauvais dans ces déserts.
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
"Look this a way, Hurry - here, in a line with the black oak-don't you see the crooked sapling that is hooked up in the branches of the bass-wood, near it?
– Regardez par ici, par ici, en ligne avec ce chêne noir. Voyez-vous ce jeune hêtre un peu tortu qui est accroché dans les branches de ce chêne dont il est voisin ?
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
Crooked-backed already, his hands hardened, his face coarse and heavy, he blinked his eyes in a stupid manner, with the stubborn, distrustful expression of an animal subject to the lash.
Déjà voûté, les mains roidies, la face plate, il clignait les yeux, hébété, avec cette expression entêtée et méfiante des animaux battus.
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
"Sodger guns" were sent to perdition; and as the old trapper was angry about the wound which his mare had received, "crook-eyed greenhorns" came in for a share of his anathemas.
Sa colère était doublement motivée. Les fusils de munition furent voués à tous les diables, et comme le vieux trappeur était inquiet de la blessure reçue par sa jument, les fichues ganaches à l'œil de travers reçurent une large part de ses anathèmes.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Therefore, by hook or by crook, we've got to get that information through to them.'
Il faut donc, coûte que coûte, que nous leur fassions parvenir ces renseignements.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

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crook

verb
Basic forms
Pastcrooked
Imperativecrook
Present Participle (Participle I)crooking
Past Participle (Participle II)crooked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I crookwe crook
you crookyou crook
he/she/it crooksthey crook
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am crookingwe are crooking
you are crookingyou are crooking
he/she/it is crookingthey are crooking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have crookedwe have crooked
you have crookedyou have crooked
he/she/it has crookedthey have crooked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been crookingwe have been crooking
you have been crookingyou have been crooking
he/she/it has been crookingthey have been crooking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I crookedwe crooked
you crookedyou crooked
he/she/it crookedthey crooked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was crookingwe were crooking
you were crookingyou were crooking
he/she/it was crookingthey were crooking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had crookedwe had crooked
you had crookedyou had crooked
he/she/it had crookedthey had crooked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been crookingwe had been crooking
you had been crookingyou had been crooking
he/she/it had been crookingthey had been crooking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will crookwe shall/will crook
you will crookyou will crook
he/she/it will crookthey will crook
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be crookingwe shall/will be crooking
you will be crookingyou will be crooking
he/she/it will be crookingthey will be crooking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have crookedwe shall/will have crooked
you will have crookedyou will have crooked
he/she/it will have crookedthey will have crooked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been crookingwe shall/will have been crooking
you will have been crookingyou will have been crooking
he/she/it will have been crookingthey will have been crooking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would crookwe should/would crook
you would crookyou would crook
he/she/it would crookthey would crook
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be crookingwe should/would be crooking
you would be crookingyou would be crooking
he/she/it would be crookingthey would be crooking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have crookedwe should/would have crooked
you would have crookedyou would have crooked
he/she/it would have crookedthey would have crooked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been crookingwe should/would have been crooking
you would have been crookingyou would have been crooking
he/she/it would have been crookingthey would have been crooking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am crookedwe are crooked
you are crookedyou are crooked
he/she/it is crookedthey are crooked
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being crookedwe are being crooked
you are being crookedyou are being crooked
he/she/it is being crookedthey are being crooked
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been crookedwe have been crooked
you have been crookedyou have been crooked
he/she/it has been crookedthey have been crooked
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was crookedwe were crooked
you were crookedyou were crooked
he/she/it was crookedthey were crooked
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being crookedwe were being crooked
you were being crookedyou were being crooked
he/she/it was being crookedthey were being crooked
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been crookedwe had been crooked
you had been crookedyou had been crooked
he/she/it had been crookedthey had been crooked
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be crookedwe shall/will be crooked
you will be crookedyou will be crooked
he/she/it will be crookedthey will be crooked
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been crookedwe shall/will have been crooked
you will have been crookedyou will have been crooked
he/she/it will have been crookedthey will have been crooked