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Large-scale projects to dam or divert water flows can therefore have a significant influence on regional climates.
Les projets à grande échelle visant à retenir ou à détourner l'écoulement de l'eau pourraient donc avoir une influence significative sur les climats régionaux.
©Ministre des Travaux publics et des Services gouvernementaux Canada 2005
©Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada 2005
how small was the influence exercised by the whites over their savage allies, when the latter had begun to taste of blood; or how slight, indeed, was the disposition to divert them from their cruelties.
Combien est faible l’influence exercée par les blancs sur leurs alliés sauvages, quand ceux-ci ont commencé à répandre le sang, et combien a peu de force sur eux le désir de les détourner de leurs cruautés.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
At first the little one helped to divert her mind.
D’abord, l’enfant lui fut une distraction.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
"Thus for my own part," he continued, "during our long journey from Paris I tried to divert my thoughts by counting the bands in the roofing up there.
« Ainsi, moi, tenez ! continua-t-il, pendant le long voyage, en venant, je m’étais distrait à compter les frises, au plafond, là-haut.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Her mother, who had imagined this trouble to be forgotten, vainly tried to divert her thoughts by showing her the doll.
Sa mère, qui croyait ce chagrin oublié, eut beau lui montrer la poupée.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
It would help to divert his thoughts.
Ça le distrairait.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
The coastal State should not stop or divert a foreign ship passing through the territorial sea for the purpose of exercising civil jurisdiction in relation to a person on board the ship.
L'État côtier ne devrait ni stopper ni dérouter un navire étranger passant dans la mer territoriale pour exercer sa juridiction civile à l'égard d'une personne se trouvant à bord.
Now we wish our plaything to be harmless, to entertain, to divert us in accordance with our tastes, without our running the risk of wounding ourselves in turning it over and over between our fingers.
Or nous souhaitons que notre hochet soit inoffensif, qu’il nous réjouisse, qu’il nous divertisse, selon nos goûts, sans que nous courions le risque de nous blesser, à le tourner et le retourner entre nos doigts.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
When strangers were in the dining-room, between herself and Laurent, she felt more calm. She would have liked to always have guests there, to hear a noise, something to divert her, and detach her from her thoughts.
Lorsqu'il y avait des étrangers dans la salle à manger, entre elle et Laurent, elle se sentait plus calme; elle aurait voulu qu'il y eût toujours là des invités, du bruit, quelque chose qui l'étourdit et l'isolât.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
At first, unwilling as he was to afflict Marie, he had striven to divert his thoughts by gazing though the carriage window at the fields, trees, and houses which defiled before his eyes.
D’abord, ne voulant point affliger Marie, il s’était efforcé de se distraire, de regarder, au-dehors, les champs, les arbres, les maisons qui défilaient.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
That is, our divert shell script could direct its output to various different descriptors which the invoking program can send to different destinations.
Autrement dit, devier peut envoyer sa sortie vers différents descripteurs, que le programme appelant peut rediriger vers différentes destinations.
Albing, Carl,Vossen, JP,Newham, Cameron / bash CookbookAlbing, Carl,Vossen, JP,Newham, Cameron / bash Le livre de recettes
bash Le livre de recettes
Albing, Carl,Vossen, JP,Newham, Cameron
© 2007 O’Reilly Media, Inc.
© ÉDITIONS O’REILLY, Paris, 2007
bash Cookbook
Albing, Carl,Vossen, JP,Newham, Cameron
© 2007 O’Reilly Media, Inc.
As she gave me no hint to leave, perhaps she thought backgammon might divert the count's mind and quiet those fatal nervous susceptibilities, the excitements of which were killing him.
Si elle ne me pria point de m’en aller, peut-être crut-elle que la partie de trictrac égaierait le comte et dissiperait ces fatales susceptibilités nerveuses dont les éclats la tuaient.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
"How have the changes at the Cassine and the Rhetoriere answered?" I asked, to divert her mind from bitter thoughts.
— Comment vont les changements à la Cassine et à la Rhétorière? lui demandai-je pour la tirer de ses amères pensées.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
Only, as Marie Pichon was always in the passage of a morning, Octave considered it prudent to divert her attention, whilst the other young woman made her escape,
Seulement, comme Marie Pichon, le matin, était toujours dans le couloir, l'idée vint au jeune homme de l'occuper, par prudence, pendant que l'autre s'échapperait.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Little accustomed as he was to grief, he instinctively sought to divert his mind, and began searching in the little address-books for the purpose of drawing up a list of the persons who must be invited to the funeral.
Et, obsédé, si peu habitué au chagrin, qu’il avait l’instinctif besoin de s’étourdir, il se mit à fouiller les petits registres, des livres d’adresse, pour dresser la liste des invitations.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile

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divert

verb
Basic forms
Pastdiverted
Imperativedivert
Present Participle (Participle I)diverting
Past Participle (Participle II)diverted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I divertwe divert
you divertyou divert
he/she/it divertsthey divert
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am divertingwe are diverting
you are divertingyou are diverting
he/she/it is divertingthey are diverting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have divertedwe have diverted
you have divertedyou have diverted
he/she/it has divertedthey have diverted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been divertingwe have been diverting
you have been divertingyou have been diverting
he/she/it has been divertingthey have been diverting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I divertedwe diverted
you divertedyou diverted
he/she/it divertedthey diverted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was divertingwe were diverting
you were divertingyou were diverting
he/she/it was divertingthey were diverting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had divertedwe had diverted
you had divertedyou had diverted
he/she/it had divertedthey had diverted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been divertingwe had been diverting
you had been divertingyou had been diverting
he/she/it had been divertingthey had been diverting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will divertwe shall/will divert
you will divertyou will divert
he/she/it will divertthey will divert
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be divertingwe shall/will be diverting
you will be divertingyou will be diverting
he/she/it will be divertingthey will be diverting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have divertedwe shall/will have diverted
you will have divertedyou will have diverted
he/she/it will have divertedthey will have diverted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been divertingwe shall/will have been diverting
you will have been divertingyou will have been diverting
he/she/it will have been divertingthey will have been diverting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would divertwe should/would divert
you would divertyou would divert
he/she/it would divertthey would divert
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be divertingwe should/would be diverting
you would be divertingyou would be diverting
he/she/it would be divertingthey would be diverting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have divertedwe should/would have diverted
you would have divertedyou would have diverted
he/she/it would have divertedthey would have diverted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been divertingwe should/would have been diverting
you would have been divertingyou would have been diverting
he/she/it would have been divertingthey would have been diverting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am divertedwe are diverted
you are divertedyou are diverted
he/she/it is divertedthey are diverted
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being divertedwe are being diverted
you are being divertedyou are being diverted
he/she/it is being divertedthey are being diverted
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been divertedwe have been diverted
you have been divertedyou have been diverted
he/she/it has been divertedthey have been diverted
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was divertedwe were diverted
you were divertedyou were diverted
he/she/it was divertedthey were diverted
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being divertedwe were being diverted
you were being divertedyou were being diverted
he/she/it was being divertedthey were being diverted
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been divertedwe had been diverted
you had been divertedyou had been diverted
he/she/it had been divertedthey had been diverted
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be divertedwe shall/will be diverted
you will be divertedyou will be diverted
he/she/it will be divertedthey will be diverted
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been divertedwe shall/will have been diverted
you will have been divertedyou will have been diverted
he/she/it will have been divertedthey will have been diverted