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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
Manhattan Transfer
Dos Passos, John
© Editions Gallimard, 1928, pour la traduction francaise.
Manhattan Transfer
Dos Passos, John
© 1925 by John Dos Passos
© 1953 by Elizabeth Dos Passos
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
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
And, who knows? perhaps then she would crumble into dust.
Et, qui sait? peut-être alors tomberait-elle en poussière.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
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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cause to crumble
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Word forms

crumble

verb
Basic forms
Pastcrumbled
Imperativecrumble
Present Participle (Participle I)crumbling
Past Participle (Participle II)crumbled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I crumblewe crumble
you crumbleyou crumble
he/she/it crumblesthey crumble
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am crumblingwe are crumbling
you are crumblingyou are crumbling
he/she/it is crumblingthey are crumbling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have crumbledwe have crumbled
you have crumbledyou have crumbled
he/she/it has crumbledthey have crumbled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been crumblingwe have been crumbling
you have been crumblingyou have been crumbling
he/she/it has been crumblingthey have been crumbling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I crumbledwe crumbled
you crumbledyou crumbled
he/she/it crumbledthey crumbled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was crumblingwe were crumbling
you were crumblingyou were crumbling
he/she/it was crumblingthey were crumbling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had crumbledwe had crumbled
you had crumbledyou had crumbled
he/she/it had crumbledthey had crumbled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been crumblingwe had been crumbling
you had been crumblingyou had been crumbling
he/she/it had been crumblingthey had been crumbling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will crumblewe shall/will crumble
you will crumbleyou will crumble
he/she/it will crumblethey will crumble
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be crumblingwe shall/will be crumbling
you will be crumblingyou will be crumbling
he/she/it will be crumblingthey will be crumbling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have crumbledwe shall/will have crumbled
you will have crumbledyou will have crumbled
he/she/it will have crumbledthey will have crumbled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been crumblingwe shall/will have been crumbling
you will have been crumblingyou will have been crumbling
he/she/it will have been crumblingthey will have been crumbling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would crumblewe should/would crumble
you would crumbleyou would crumble
he/she/it would crumblethey would crumble
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be crumblingwe should/would be crumbling
you would be crumblingyou would be crumbling
he/she/it would be crumblingthey would be crumbling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have crumbledwe should/would have crumbled
you would have crumbledyou would have crumbled
he/she/it would have crumbledthey would have crumbled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been crumblingwe should/would have been crumbling
you would have been crumblingyou would have been crumbling
he/she/it would have been crumblingthey would have been crumbling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am crumbledwe are crumbled
you are crumbledyou are crumbled
he/she/it is crumbledthey are crumbled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being crumbledwe are being crumbled
you are being crumbledyou are being crumbled
he/she/it is being crumbledthey are being crumbled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been crumbledwe have been crumbled
you have been crumbledyou have been crumbled
he/she/it has been crumbledthey have been crumbled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was crumbledwe were crumbled
you were crumbledyou were crumbled
he/she/it was crumbledthey were crumbled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being crumbledwe were being crumbled
you were being crumbledyou were being crumbled
he/she/it was being crumbledthey were being crumbled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been crumbledwe had been crumbled
you had been crumbledyou had been crumbled
he/she/it had been crumbledthey had been crumbled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be crumbledwe shall/will be crumbled
you will be crumbledyou will be crumbled
he/she/it will be crumbledthey will be crumbled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been crumbledwe shall/will have been crumbled
you will have been crumbledyou will have been crumbled
he/she/it will have been crumbledthey will have been crumbled