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The canoe adrift being directed by no such intelligence, pursued its proper way, and grounded on a small sunken rock, at the distance of three or four yards from the shore.La pirogue abandonnée à elle-même continua à dériver, et toucha sur un petit rocher à fleur d’eau à vingt ou vint-cinq pieds du rivage.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
The distance between the two lines must be at least 15 mm.La distance entre les deux traits doit être d'au moins 15 mmhttp://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/25/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/25/2009
And, finally, the Peeping Toms, professionals in the pay of arms manufacturers, specialists who observed the fighting from a reasonable distance, took photos, noted the performance of weapons, filmed death.Enfin, les «voyeurs», ces professionnels engagés par les entreprises d'armement, des spécialistes qui, d'une distance raisonnable, suivaient les combats, prenaient des photos, notaient les performances des armes, filmaient la mort.Makine, Andreï / Requiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï / Requiem pour l'EstRequiem pour l'EstMakine, Andreï© 2000 by Mercure de FranceRequiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï© 2001 by Geoffrey Strachan© 2000 by Mercure de France
He bore her away; her sobs were lost in the distance, and I fancied I saw them both-he, tall and strong, pressing her to his breast; she, fainting, powerless and conquered, following him wherever he listed.Il l'emporta, les sanglots se perdirent, et je m'imaginais les voir, lui grand et solide, l'emmenant sur sa poitrine, à son cou, et elle, éplorée, brisée, s'abandonnant, le suivant désormais partout où il voudrait la conduire.Zola, Emile / The Death of Oliver BecailleZola, Emile / La mort d'Olivier BecailleLa mort d'Olivier BecailleZola, EmileThe Death of Oliver BecailleZola, Emile
To convince oneself of this, it is sufficient to reduce the intensity of the waves emitted by the radiator by using a smaller induction coil—which comes to exactly the same thing as if the distance were increased with a higher source of radiation.Pour s'en convaincre, il suffit de réduire l'intensité des ondes émises par le radiateur en se servant d'une bobine d'induction plus petite, ce qui revient au même que si l'on augmentait la distance avec une source de radiation plus forte.Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
All close together and back to back, the men seemed from a distance like a great moving sponge.Les hommes serrés là, dos à dos, formaient, de loin, comme une vaste éponge grouillante.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Shooting distance: 15 to 20 meters, depending on archers' ability.Distance de tir : de 15 à 20 mètres, en fonction du niveau des archers© FITAwww.archery.org 18.08.2011© FITAwww.archery.org 18.08.2011
At intervals the flashes of lightning showed the mule tracks in the mud, and the white peak that beckoned us in the distance.De temps en temps la lueur d'un éclair nous montrait les pas des mules marqués dans la boue, et le pic blanc qui nous servait de point de mire.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Indians can read the smoke at a great distance.Les Indiens reconnaissent une fumée à d'énormes distances.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Sidoine was very busy keeping the wolves at a distance; right and left he distributed kicks which would have over thrown a mountain.Sidoine avait fort à faire pour tenir les loups à distance ; il lançait à droite et à gauche des coups de pied à renverser une montagne.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
At length the keen eye of Chingachgook caught a glimpse of this important guide. It was glimmering at a distance among the trunks of trees.À la fin, l’œil perçant de Chingachgook entrevit un indice de ce guide important : c’était une faible lueur qu’on apercevait à travers les arbres, à quelque distance.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
For my part, I can do without their confessions; I watch them from a distance; I have got their records at home among my botanical specimens and medical notes.Moi, je n'ai pas besoin qu'ils se confessent, je les suis de loin, j'ai leurs dossiers chez moi, avec mes herbiers et mes notes de praticien.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
In the energy of cohesion we have therefore a force which is very great, but which has the characteristic of only acting upon the particles of bodies when they are a very small distance apart.Nous avons donc dans l'énergie de cohésion une force très grande, mais dont le caractère est de n'agir sur les particules des corps que lorsqu'ils ne sont séparés que par des distances très petites.Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
"I wish," cried John, with impatience, when at the distance of a couple of miles from the parsonage, "that gentleman had driven his gig out of the road."À deux mille du presbytère ils prirent une avenue assez étroite, dont un cabriolet, qui était arrêté, tenait le milieu. – Peste soit du cabriolet ! s’écria John avec impatience, il devrait bien au moins se mettre sur le côté.Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mariPrécaution. Le choix d'un mariCooper, James FenimorePrecautionCooper, James Fenimore
The gradient is simply the ratio of the difference in pressure between two points to the distance between them.Pour le connaître, il suffit de faire le rapport entre la différence de pression entre deux points et la distance qui les sépare.http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/30/2012http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/30/2012
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Collocations
interatomic distance
distance interatomique
buffer distance
marge de sécurité
hyperfocal distance
distance hyperfocale
offset distance
distance de décentrement
safe distance
distance de sécurité
safety distance
distance de sécurité
hamming distance
distance de hamming
reach distance
amplitude des gestes
focal distance
distance focale
distance criteria
critère de distance
chief distance measurer
chef des mesureurs
cover the distance
couvrir la distance
distance point
note de longueur
height and distance
hauteur et distance
horizontal distance
distance horizontale
Word forms
distance
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | distanced |
Imperative | distance |
Present Participle (Participle I) | distancing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | distanced |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I distance | we distance |
you distance | you distance |
he/she/it distances | they distance |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am distancing | we are distancing |
you are distancing | you are distancing |
he/she/it is distancing | they are distancing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have distanced | we have distanced |
you have distanced | you have distanced |
he/she/it has distanced | they have distanced |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been distancing | we have been distancing |
you have been distancing | you have been distancing |
he/she/it has been distancing | they have been distancing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I distanced | we distanced |
you distanced | you distanced |
he/she/it distanced | they distanced |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was distancing | we were distancing |
you were distancing | you were distancing |
he/she/it was distancing | they were distancing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had distanced | we had distanced |
you had distanced | you had distanced |
he/she/it had distanced | they had distanced |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been distancing | we had been distancing |
you had been distancing | you had been distancing |
he/she/it had been distancing | they had been distancing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will distance | we shall/will distance |
you will distance | you will distance |
he/she/it will distance | they will distance |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be distancing | we shall/will be distancing |
you will be distancing | you will be distancing |
he/she/it will be distancing | they will be distancing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have distanced | we shall/will have distanced |
you will have distanced | you will have distanced |
he/she/it will have distanced | they will have distanced |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been distancing | we shall/will have been distancing |
you will have been distancing | you will have been distancing |
he/she/it will have been distancing | they will have been distancing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would distance | we should/would distance |
you would distance | you would distance |
he/she/it would distance | they would distance |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be distancing | we should/would be distancing |
you would be distancing | you would be distancing |
he/she/it would be distancing | they would be distancing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have distanced | we should/would have distanced |
you would have distanced | you would have distanced |
he/she/it would have distanced | they would have distanced |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been distancing | we should/would have been distancing |
you would have been distancing | you would have been distancing |
he/she/it would have been distancing | they would have been distancing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am distanced | we are distanced |
you are distanced | you are distanced |
he/she/it is distanced | they are distanced |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being distanced | we are being distanced |
you are being distanced | you are being distanced |
he/she/it is being distanced | they are being distanced |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been distanced | we have been distanced |
you have been distanced | you have been distanced |
he/she/it has been distanced | they have been distanced |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was distanced | we were distanced |
you were distanced | you were distanced |
he/she/it was distanced | they were distanced |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being distanced | we were being distanced |
you were being distanced | you were being distanced |
he/she/it was being distanced | they were being distanced |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been distanced | we had been distanced |
you had been distanced | you had been distanced |
he/she/it had been distanced | they had been distanced |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be distanced | we shall/will be distanced |
you will be distanced | you will be distanced |
he/she/it will be distanced | they will be distanced |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been distanced | we shall/will have been distanced |
you will have been distanced | you will have been distanced |
he/she/it will have been distanced | they will have been distanced |
distance
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | distance | distances |
Possessive case | distance's | distances' |