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They detest him whilst doting on him.
Elles le détestent tout en l’adorant.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
She had never loved Madeleine, and she now began to detest her with a disdain mingled with dread.
Elle n’avait jamais aimé Madeleine, elle se mit à la détester avec un mépris mêlé d’épouvante.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
As for the girl herself, I detest her.
Moi, je l'abomine, cette fille.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Do you know,' she said to him, laughing, that the ladies are beginning to detest you?
--Savez-vous que ces dames commencent à vous détester? lui dit-elle en riant.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
And if I detest that man Sacco it is because to my mind he is the incarnation of all the enjoyers and intriguers whose appetite for the spoils of our conquest has retarded everything.
Et c’est bien vrai que j’exècre ce Sacco, parce qu’il incarne pour moi les intrigants, les jouisseurs dont les appétits ont tout retardé, en se ruant à la curée de notre conquête, qui nous avait coûté tant de sang et tant de larmes.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
She smiled, and murmured reproachfully:" Do you detest them, then ?
Elle eut un sourire, elle murmura d'un ton de reproche: – Vous les détestez donc?
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
' You will end by making Ovide quite detest you.
Vous finirez par vous faire détester d'Ovide.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
" I detest a lot of phrases," said he.
– Moi, dit-il, je déteste les phrases....
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Tell the truth and say you detest Abbé Faujas; it would be much more straightforward.'
Dites que vous ne pouvez pas souffrir l'abbé Faujas, cela vaudra mieux.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Now she smiled tenderly, and gave an easy suppleness to her form, as she recollected that men detest sticks.
Maintenant, elle souriait tendrement, elle avait la taille souple, se rappelant que les hommes détestent les planches.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Marriages of this kind are delightful, but they always turn out badly; the husband and wife worship one another for a few years, and then detest each other for the rest of their days."
Ces sortes de mariages sont exquis, mais ils tournent toujours mal: on s’adore pendant quelques années et l’on se déteste le restant de ses jours.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Still, I did not dislike you; but listen! it is far better as it is, we should be detesting each other now."
Vous ne me déplaisiez pas, mais j'en avais si peu envie!... Et, tenez! ça vaut mieux, nous nous détesterions à cette heure.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
' He detests you, and he would treat me even worse than he does already if he knew that I talked of these matters to you.'
Il vous déteste. Il me traiterait encore plus mal, s'il savait que je vous raconte ces choses.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Not least, they would make him attractive to the broader nationalist Right, which had made its home in Bavaria and was seeking to build up its challenge to the democratic Republic it so detested.
Et surtout, elles allaient l'aider à séduire la droite nationaliste en général, qui était déjà bien implantée en Bavière et qui cherchait à se renforcer pour défier la République démocratique qu'elle détestait.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 HubrisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 1998.
© Flammarion, 1999, pour la traduction francaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© 1998 by Ian Kershaw
© 1939, 1943 by Houghton Mifflin Company
But the other was an incarnation of all that makes Germany detested, and yet he wasn't altogether the ordinary German, and I couldn't help admiring him.
Mais Stumm incarnait tout ce qui rend l’Allemagne haïssable. Ce n’était pourtant pas l’Allemand commun, et je ne pouvais m’empêcher de l’admirer.
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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detest

verb
Basic forms
Pastdetested
Imperativedetest
Present Participle (Participle I)detesting
Past Participle (Participle II)detested
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I detestwe detest
you detestyou detest
he/she/it deteststhey detest
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am detestingwe are detesting
you are detestingyou are detesting
he/she/it is detestingthey are detesting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have detestedwe have detested
you have detestedyou have detested
he/she/it has detestedthey have detested
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been detestingwe have been detesting
you have been detestingyou have been detesting
he/she/it has been detestingthey have been detesting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I detestedwe detested
you detestedyou detested
he/she/it detestedthey detested
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was detestingwe were detesting
you were detestingyou were detesting
he/she/it was detestingthey were detesting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had detestedwe had detested
you had detestedyou had detested
he/she/it had detestedthey had detested
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been detestingwe had been detesting
you had been detestingyou had been detesting
he/she/it had been detestingthey had been detesting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will detestwe shall/will detest
you will detestyou will detest
he/she/it will detestthey will detest
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be detestingwe shall/will be detesting
you will be detestingyou will be detesting
he/she/it will be detestingthey will be detesting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have detestedwe shall/will have detested
you will have detestedyou will have detested
he/she/it will have detestedthey will have detested
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been detestingwe shall/will have been detesting
you will have been detestingyou will have been detesting
he/she/it will have been detestingthey will have been detesting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would detestwe should/would detest
you would detestyou would detest
he/she/it would detestthey would detest
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be detestingwe should/would be detesting
you would be detestingyou would be detesting
he/she/it would be detestingthey would be detesting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have detestedwe should/would have detested
you would have detestedyou would have detested
he/she/it would have detestedthey would have detested
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been detestingwe should/would have been detesting
you would have been detestingyou would have been detesting
he/she/it would have been detestingthey would have been detesting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am detestedwe are detested
you are detestedyou are detested
he/she/it is detestedthey are detested
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being detestedwe are being detested
you are being detestedyou are being detested
he/she/it is being detestedthey are being detested
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been detestedwe have been detested
you have been detestedyou have been detested
he/she/it has been detestedthey have been detested
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was detestedwe were detested
you were detestedyou were detested
he/she/it was detestedthey were detested
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being detestedwe were being detested
you were being detestedyou were being detested
he/she/it was being detestedthey were being detested
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been detestedwe had been detested
you had been detestedyou had been detested
he/she/it had been detestedthey had been detested
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be detestedwe shall/will be detested
you will be detestedyou will be detested
he/she/it will be detestedthey will be detested
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been detestedwe shall/will have been detested
you will have been detestedyou will have been detested
he/she/it will have been detestedthey will have been detested