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When I played with him, I felt my fingers sink into the flesh of his limbs as into damp clay.
Lorsque je jouais avec lui, je sentais mes doigts s'enfoncer dans ses membres comme dans de l'argile.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
And he was stretching out his head over this damp well, which exhaled the greasy odors of dirty sinks, when a sound of voices made him hastily withdraw.
Et il allongeait le nez au-dessus de ce puits humide, qui exhalait des odeurs grasses d'évier mal tenu, lorsqu'un bruit de voix le fit se retirer vivement.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Then, rapidly entering the passage, he ascended the narrow, dark staircase, leaning against the walls which were clammy with damp.
Alors, rapidement, il entra dans l'allée; il monta l'escalier étroit et obscur, en s'appuyant aux murs gras d'humidité.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
And when there is any sun it soon disappears in the middle of this great damp sky.
Et, quand il y a du soleil, le soleil s’éteint vite au milieu de ce grand ciel humide.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Behind a glass partition one perceived the dim back shop, which served as kitchen and dining-room and bedchamber, and which received only a little air from a damp inner yard which suggested a sewer shaft.
Derrière une cloison vitrée, on apercevait, au fond, la pièce obscure dans laquelle vivait le ménage, à la fois cuisine, salle à manger et chambre à coucher, ne prenant un peu d’air que sur une cour humide, pareille à un regard d’égout.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
All the tints had turned dirty grey in this cupboard, rotting with dust and damp.
Toutes les teintes avaient tourné au gris sale, dans cette armoire que la poussière et l'humidité pourrissaient.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Then, as the damp became quite intolerable, Pierre set out towards the town.
Puis, comme l'humidité du brouillard devenait intolérable, Pierre se remit en route vers la ville.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Words that would have been night, the dark, damp granite of cobbled streets, solitude.
Des mots qui auraient été nuit, granit noir et humide des rues, solitude.
Makine, Andreï / Requiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï / Requiem pour l'Est
Requiem pour l'Est
Makine, Andreï
© 2000 by Mercure de France
Requiem For A Lost Empire
Makine, Andreï
© 2001 by Geoffrey Strachan
© 2000 by Mercure de France
She could hear a terrible struggle going on within, screams like those of a pig being slaughtered; then a dull fall like that of a bundle of damp linen, and afterwards death-like silence.
Elle entendit, dans le cabanon, un bruit da lutte, des cris de cochon qu'on égorge; puis, il y eut une chute sourde, pareille à celle d'un paquet de linge mouillé; et un silence de mort régna.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
The tomb was closed once more; the white gap was for ever boarded up with that damp-stained mossy timber over which the snails had shed silvery tears.
La tombe était refermée, la trouée blanche se trouvait à jamais bouchée par ces quelques planches noires d’humidité, vertes de mousse, sur lesquelles les escargots avaient pleuré des larmes d’argent.
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
It smelled close and fusty, and there was a lurking perfume of old linen, cast-off clothes, and damp dust.
Elle sentait le renfermé, le moisi, un vague parfum de vieux linge, d’étoffes usées, de poussière humide.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
The place had that peculiar sickening, unwholesome smell, compounded of mingled damp, dirt and decay, which one often notices in close old houses.
Une odeur nauséabonde et malsaine, mélange d’humidité, de poussière et de pourriture, odeur particulière aux vieilles maisons désertes et longtemps fermées, s’y faisait sentir.
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
And still nothing was heard, not a sound; the damp breath of the darkness alone ascended as from the deep silence of the tomb.
Et toujours rien, pas un bruit, l’humide souffle des ténèbres montait seul, comme du lourd silence d’une tombe.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Once the headlamp has been stabilized to the ambient temperature, the headlamp lens and the external lens, if any, shall be cleaned with a clean, damp cotton cloth.
Une fois la température du projecteur stabilisée à la température ambiante, on nettoie la glace du projecteur et la glace extérieure s'il y en a avec un chiffon de coton propre et humide.
These were cane-seated chairs, with all the varnish worn away by the damp linen which was constantly hung over their backs.
C'étaient des chaises cannées, toutes dévernies par les linges mouillés qui traînaient sans cesse sur les dossiers.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile

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Collocations

damp air
air humide
damping factor
coefficient d'amortissement

Word forms

damp

noun
SingularPlural
Common casedampdamps
Possessive casedamp'sdamps'

damp

adjective
Positive degreedamp
Comparative degreedamper
Superlative degreedampest

damp

verb
Basic forms
Pastdamped
Imperativedamp
Present Participle (Participle I)damping
Past Participle (Participle II)damped
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I dampwe damp
you dampyou damp
he/she/it dampsthey damp
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am dampingwe are damping
you are dampingyou are damping
he/she/it is dampingthey are damping
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have dampedwe have damped
you have dampedyou have damped
he/she/it has dampedthey have damped
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been dampingwe have been damping
you have been dampingyou have been damping
he/she/it has been dampingthey have been damping
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I dampedwe damped
you dampedyou damped
he/she/it dampedthey damped
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was dampingwe were damping
you were dampingyou were damping
he/she/it was dampingthey were damping
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had dampedwe had damped
you had dampedyou had damped
he/she/it had dampedthey had damped
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been dampingwe had been damping
you had been dampingyou had been damping
he/she/it had been dampingthey had been damping
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will dampwe shall/will damp
you will dampyou will damp
he/she/it will dampthey will damp
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be dampingwe shall/will be damping
you will be dampingyou will be damping
he/she/it will be dampingthey will be damping
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have dampedwe shall/will have damped
you will have dampedyou will have damped
he/she/it will have dampedthey will have damped
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been dampingwe shall/will have been damping
you will have been dampingyou will have been damping
he/she/it will have been dampingthey will have been damping
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would dampwe should/would damp
you would dampyou would damp
he/she/it would dampthey would damp
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be dampingwe should/would be damping
you would be dampingyou would be damping
he/she/it would be dampingthey would be damping
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have dampedwe should/would have damped
you would have dampedyou would have damped
he/she/it would have dampedthey would have damped
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been dampingwe should/would have been damping
you would have been dampingyou would have been damping
he/she/it would have been dampingthey would have been damping
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am dampedwe are damped
you are dampedyou are damped
he/she/it is dampedthey are damped
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being dampedwe are being damped
you are being dampedyou are being damped
he/she/it is being dampedthey are being damped
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been dampedwe have been damped
you have been dampedyou have been damped
he/she/it has been dampedthey have been damped
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was dampedwe were damped
you were dampedyou were damped
he/she/it was dampedthey were damped
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being dampedwe were being damped
you were being dampedyou were being damped
he/she/it was being dampedthey were being damped
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been dampedwe had been damped
you had been dampedyou had been damped
he/she/it had been dampedthey had been damped
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be dampedwe shall/will be damped
you will be dampedyou will be damped
he/she/it will be dampedthey will be damped
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been dampedwe shall/will have been damped
you will have been dampedyou will have been damped
he/she/it will have been dampedthey will have been damped