And a fissure was there, a scarcely perceptible crack that had rent the old, sworn friendships, and some day would make them crumble into a thousand pieces.
La fissure était là, la fente à peine visible, qui avait fêlé les vieilles amitiés jurées, et qui devait les faire craquer, un jour, en mille pièces.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Let us not think virtue will crumble, though God Himself seem unjust.
Ne nous imaginons pas que les bases de la vertu s'effondrent parce que Dieu nous semble injuste.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
At this Constance remained silent to avoid casting his ignominy in his face, amid her despair at feeling the walls of the house crumble and fall, bit by bit, upon her.
Et elle se taisait, pour ne pas lui jeter son ignominie au visage, dans son désespoir de sentir les murs de la maison morceau à morceau, crouler sur elle.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Was I not the whole world, and would not the universe crumble away when I was no more?
N'étais-je pas le monde, et tout ne croulerait-il pas, lorsque je m'en irais?
Zola, Emile / The Death of Oliver BecailleZola, Emile / La mort d'Olivier Becaille
La mort d'Olivier Becaille
Zola, Emile
The Death of Oliver Becaille
Zola, Emile
Was everything then to crumble with them? was everything to fade away and disappear in the falling night following upon accomplished Time?
Était-ce donc que tout allait ainsi crouler avec eux, que tout allait s’éteindre et disparaître dans la nuit des temps révolus ?
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Twice already had he failed to be ready for the Salon, for invariably, at the last moment, when he hoped to have finished in a few sittings, he found some void, felt his composition crack and crumble beneath his fingers.
Déjà deux fois, il n’avait pu être prêt pour le Salon; car toujours, au dernier moment, lorsqu’il espérait terminer en quelques séances, des trous se déclaraient, il sentait la composition craquer et crouler sous ses doigts.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
"You! what, am I to lose you, my last affection!" he faltered, "I who have seen the old world I belong to crumble away, I who only live in the hope that you at all events will still be here to close my eyes!"
« Vous, mon amie ! ce serait vous que je perdrais, comme mon dernier culte ! Moi qui ai vu sombrer le vieux monde dont je suis, et qui vis dans l’unique espoir que vous restez au moins pour me fermer les yeux. »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Ah! how pleasant it would be to live together and for ever in the sunlight, to do nothing and care for nothing, and even if the world should crumble somewhere to heed it not!
Ah ! comme cela serait bon de vivre toujours ensemble au soleil et de ne rien faire, et de ne se soucier de rien, le monde dût-il crouler quelque part, sans qu’on se donnât la peine d’y aller voir !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Cars, the gelding, a green flag, red houses whirl and crumble into blackness.
Des wagons, le cheval, un drapeau vert, des maisons rouges qui tourbillonnent et s'écroulent pêle-mêle dans un grand trou noir...
Dos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John / Manhattan Transfer
But it is difficult for us not to believe that a wound, that bleeds a few hours, must crumble away into nothingness all the peace of a lifetime.
Mais trop souvent au fond de nos pensées il semble qu'une blessure qui saigne quelques heures anéantisse la paix d'une existence entière.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
For a moment the clear song of the water sounded in Pierre's ears like a long-drawn sob, and all seemed to crumble in the terrible shadow which had fallen from the invisible.
Un instant, la claire chanson de la fontaine lui parut un long sanglot, et il lui sembla que tout s’anéantissait, dans cette ombre formidable venue de l’invisible.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The walls of the Shadow crumble in vague ruin.
Les murs de l’ombre, confusément, croulent.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
And, besides, would not the danger perhaps be even greater if all that has been done were allowed to crumble?
Et puis, le danger ne serait-il pas plus grand peut-être, si on laissait crouler brusquement tout ce qui a été fait ?
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
But you are right; we know nothing, and now we shall always be living with that threat over our heads, in fear that everything will crumble down upon us."
Et tu as raison, nous ne savons rien, nous allons vivre à présent sous cette menace, avec la peur continuelle que la maison ne s’écroule sur notre tête. »
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
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Collocations
cause to crumble
effriter
Word forms
crumble
verb
Basic forms
Past
crumbled
Imperative
crumble
Present Participle (Participle I)
crumbling
Past Participle (Participle II)
crumbled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I crumble
we crumble
you crumble
you crumble
he/she/it crumbles
they crumble
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am crumbling
we are crumbling
you are crumbling
you are crumbling
he/she/it is crumbling
they are crumbling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have crumbled
we have crumbled
you have crumbled
you have crumbled
he/she/it has crumbled
they have crumbled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been crumbling
we have been crumbling
you have been crumbling
you have been crumbling
he/she/it has been crumbling
they have been crumbling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I crumbled
we crumbled
you crumbled
you crumbled
he/she/it crumbled
they crumbled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was crumbling
we were crumbling
you were crumbling
you were crumbling
he/she/it was crumbling
they were crumbling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had crumbled
we had crumbled
you had crumbled
you had crumbled
he/she/it had crumbled
they had crumbled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been crumbling
we had been crumbling
you had been crumbling
you had been crumbling
he/she/it had been crumbling
they had been crumbling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will crumble
we shall/will crumble
you will crumble
you will crumble
he/she/it will crumble
they will crumble
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be crumbling
we shall/will be crumbling
you will be crumbling
you will be crumbling
he/she/it will be crumbling
they will be crumbling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have crumbled
we shall/will have crumbled
you will have crumbled
you will have crumbled
he/she/it will have crumbled
they will have crumbled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been crumbling
we shall/will have been crumbling
you will have been crumbling
you will have been crumbling
he/she/it will have been crumbling
they will have been crumbling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would crumble
we should/would crumble
you would crumble
you would crumble
he/she/it would crumble
they would crumble
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be crumbling
we should/would be crumbling
you would be crumbling
you would be crumbling
he/she/it would be crumbling
they would be crumbling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have crumbled
we should/would have crumbled
you would have crumbled
you would have crumbled
he/she/it would have crumbled
they would have crumbled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice