The terrorist mob, in despair, publicly acknowledged its defeat and intensified its virulent and strident campaign to intimidate the court as the trial drew ever closer to its end.
La mafia terroriste, en désespoir de cause, a publiquement admis sa défaite et intensifié sa campagne virulente pour intimider le tribunal, à mesure que le procès approchait de sa fin.
At the close of another year, Claude, on one of those days of defeat, when he fled from his miscarried picture, met an old acquaintance.
Après une année encore, Claude, dans un de ces jours de défaite où il fuyait son tableau manqué, fit une rencontre.
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Abbé Fenil, having sustained another defeat on two or three matters of detail, now seemed to have left his adversary free to do as he pleased.
L'abbé Fenil, vaincu de nouveau sur deux ou trois questions de détail, paraissait laisser la place libre à son adversaire.
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Then, in all sincerity, she foresaw the likelihood of defeat.
Puis, sincèrement, elle prévit sa défaite.
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He showed some irritation at his defeat, and tried to console himself by saying that those second-floor tenants of his were mere nobodies.
Il garda quelque aigreur de sa défaite. Par rancune, il se plut à dire que ces gens du second étaient des gens très-insignifiants.
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On the contrary, the grief and humiliation of defeat would tend, as they did then, to revive and stimulate the patriotic feelings of the Germans.
Au contraire, la douleur et l'humiliation de la défaite agiraient, comme elles agirent alors, pour raviver et stimuler les sentiments patriotiques des Allemands.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
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But the great battles seemed all over, the epic era was closed; Venice was to be won by defeat.
Désormais les grands combats semblaient finis, l’ère de l’épopée se trouvait close. Venise allait être donnée par la défaite.
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Following the German request on 3 October for an armistice, which had shocked a German population totally unprepared for defeat, the movement for peace had gathered pace like a bush-fire.
Le 3 octobre, la demande d'armistice avait choqué une population allemande qui n'était aucunement préparée à la défaite. Dès lors, le mouvement pacifiste s'était propagé comme un feu de brousse.
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Neither did she raise her eyelids, nor did her lips part again. It was as if she had already quitted the world amid the mute agony of her defeat.
Ni ses paupières ni ses lèvres ne se rouvraient, comme déjà hors du monde, dans la muette agonie de sa défaite.
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There were partial failures at first, and defeat even seemed possible, so great was the patient determination which the creative effort demanded.
Il y eut d’abord des mécomptes, on put craindre la défaite, tant il fallut de patiente volonté à l’effort créateur.
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An hour, a minute suffices for Destiny to intervene and turn defeat into victory!"
Une heure, une minute suffit pour que le destin agisse et change les défaites en victoires. »
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And Bongrand remained there out of pride, erect in defeat, firmly planted on his legs, those of an old combatant, and gazing with limpid eyes upon ungrateful Paris.
Et Bongrand restait là par fierté, tout droit dans sa défaite, solide sur ses vieilles jambes de lutteur, les regards clairs sur Paris ingrat.
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suffer a defeat
essuyer une défaite
Word forms
defeat
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
defeat
defeats
Possessive case
defeat's
defeats'
defeat
verb
Basic forms
Past
defeated
Imperative
defeat
Present Participle (Participle I)
defeating
Past Participle (Participle II)
defeated
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I defeat
we defeat
you defeat
you defeat
he/she/it defeats
they defeat
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am defeating
we are defeating
you are defeating
you are defeating
he/she/it is defeating
they are defeating
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have defeated
we have defeated
you have defeated
you have defeated
he/she/it has defeated
they have defeated
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been defeating
we have been defeating
you have been defeating
you have been defeating
he/she/it has been defeating
they have been defeating
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I defeated
we defeated
you defeated
you defeated
he/she/it defeated
they defeated
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was defeating
we were defeating
you were defeating
you were defeating
he/she/it was defeating
they were defeating
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had defeated
we had defeated
you had defeated
you had defeated
he/she/it had defeated
they had defeated
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been defeating
we had been defeating
you had been defeating
you had been defeating
he/she/it had been defeating
they had been defeating
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will defeat
we shall/will defeat
you will defeat
you will defeat
he/she/it will defeat
they will defeat
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be defeating
we shall/will be defeating
you will be defeating
you will be defeating
he/she/it will be defeating
they will be defeating
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have defeated
we shall/will have defeated
you will have defeated
you will have defeated
he/she/it will have defeated
they will have defeated
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been defeating
we shall/will have been defeating
you will have been defeating
you will have been defeating
he/she/it will have been defeating
they will have been defeating
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would defeat
we should/would defeat
you would defeat
you would defeat
he/she/it would defeat
they would defeat
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be defeating
we should/would be defeating
you would be defeating
you would be defeating
he/she/it would be defeating
they would be defeating
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have defeated
we should/would have defeated
you would have defeated
you would have defeated
he/she/it would have defeated
they would have defeated
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice