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"With a drift of her length in a minute?"
– Avec une dérive de toute sa longueur par minute ?
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
And he finished with a sarcastic allusion, the drift of which was as yet patent to him alone. ‘Ah, well! if you let yourself be influenced by the fools who laugh, you'll have enough to do by and by.'
Et il ajouta cette allusion méchante, dont lui seul put jouir: «Ah bien! si tu te laisses influencer par les imbéciles qui rient, tu vas en voir bien d’autres, tout à l’heure! »
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Just at this moment, too, the wind inopportunely freshened, rendering the drift of the light craft much more rapid than certain.
Précisément en ce moment le vent fraîchit fort mal à propos, et rendit la dérive, du petit esquif plus rapide et plus certaine.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
I shall ware every watch, and then we shall be safe against all dangers but those of the drift, which, in a light low craft like this, without top-hamper, will be next to nothing.
Je virerai de bord à chaque quart, et alors nous serons à l’abri de tout danger, sauf la dérive ; et avec un bâtiment léger comme celui-ci, ayant des bords plus élevés et n’étant pas chargé du haut, ce dernier péril n’est presque rien.
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
Laurent, resting on his skulls, allowed the boat to drift along in the current.
Laurent cessa de ramer et laissa descendre le canot au fil du courant.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
"I have no liking for the woods," said Cap, "while one has a clear drift like this on the river. Besides, Master Pathfinder, to say nothing of the savages, you overlook the sharks."
– Je ne me soucie point des bois, – dit Cap, – quand j’ai devant moi un bon courant comme celui-ci ; d’ailleurs, maître Pathfinder, pour ne rien dire des sauvages, vous oubliez les requins.
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
The lobby's drift to the right has been reinforced by the emergence of the neoconservatives.
La dérive à droite du lobby a été accentuée par l'émergence des néoconservateurs.
Mearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M. / The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign PolicyMearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M. / Le lobby pro-israélien et la politique étrangère américaine
Le lobby pro-israélien et la politique étrangère américaine
Mearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M.
© John J. Mearsheimer et Stephen M. Walt, 2007.
© Editions La Decouverte, Paris, 2007 pour la traduction francaise ; 2009.
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
Mearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M.
© 2007 by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
The drift continued; though, as the kedges and hawsers with which the anchors were backed took the strains, it became sensibly less.
La dérive continuait, quoiqu’elle diminuât sensiblement à mesure que les ancres à jet qui étaient empennelées sur des ancres de bossoir commençaient à produire leur effet.
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
"By bringing the cutter head to sea we should lessen her drift; and even if we dragged through the breakers, it would be with the least possible danger.
– En gouvernant de manière à prendre la mer debout, nous diminuerions la dérive ; et quand même nous chasserions sur nos ancres parmi les brisants, ce serait avec le moins de danger possible.
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
I came to Paris, studied law, was called to the bar, and, like many other young men, put my diploma in my pocket, and let myself drift, as one so easily does in Paris.
Je suis donc venu à Paris, j'ai fait mon droit, j'ai été reçu avocat, et, comme beaucoup de jeunes gens, j'ai mis mon diplôme dans ma poche et me suis laissé aller un peu à la vie nonchalante de Paris.
Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux Camelias
La Dame aux Camelias
Dumas fils, Alexandre
Camille
Dumas fils, Alexandre
© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
Not twenty yards above where I stood, and just entering the canon, came a brown and foaming mass. It was water, bearing on its crested front huge logs of drift and the torn branches of trees.
À moins de vingt yards de la place où je suis, et entrant dans le cañon, je vois une montagne noire et écumante: c'est l'eau, portant sur la crête de ses vagues des arbres déracinés et des branches tordues.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
The change in the drift of the canoe had been altogether owing to the baffling nature of the light currents of the air, aided by some eddies in the water.
Le changement de la dérive avait été causé par celui du vent et par un courant du lac.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Thus increased rates of violent behaviour could be in part a product of a drift into a disturbed and disrupted lifestyle consequent upon a failure to adequately support those with schizophrenia.
Le risque accru de comportement violent pourrait donc être en partie imputable au mode de vie perturbé et chaotique auquel confine l'absence de ressources adéquates pour les schizophrènes.
He began to suspect the influence of some unseen current in the water, and he quickened his exertions, in order to regain possession of it before it could drift into a dangerous proximity to the woods.
Il redoubla donc d’efforts pour s’en remettre en possession avant qu’elle arrivât à une proximité dangereuse de la terre.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Surrendering themselves as it were to the silent waves of night, over which they seemed to drift, they recounted to one another, with lovers' rapture, the thousand trifles of the day.
Se livrant à ces ondes silencieuses de la nuit, la chair et l’esprit flottants, ils se contaient, ces soirs-là, les mille riens de leur journée, avec des frissons d’amoureux.
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

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Collocations

continental drift
dérive des continents
drift net
filet dérivant
drift-netting
pêche aux filets dérivants
North Atlantic drift
dérive nord-atlantique
wage drift
glissement des salaires
drifting mine
mine dérivante

Word forms

drift

noun
SingularPlural
Common casedriftdrifts
Possessive casedrift'sdrifts'

drift

verb
Basic forms
Pastdrifted
Imperativedrift
Present Participle (Participle I)drifting
Past Participle (Participle II)drifted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I driftwe drift
you driftyou drift
he/she/it driftsthey drift
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am driftingwe are drifting
you are driftingyou are drifting
he/she/it is driftingthey are drifting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have driftedwe have drifted
you have driftedyou have drifted
he/she/it has driftedthey have drifted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been driftingwe have been drifting
you have been driftingyou have been drifting
he/she/it has been driftingthey have been drifting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I driftedwe drifted
you driftedyou drifted
he/she/it driftedthey drifted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was driftingwe were drifting
you were driftingyou were drifting
he/she/it was driftingthey were drifting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had driftedwe had drifted
you had driftedyou had drifted
he/she/it had driftedthey had drifted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been driftingwe had been drifting
you had been driftingyou had been drifting
he/she/it had been driftingthey had been drifting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will driftwe shall/will drift
you will driftyou will drift
he/she/it will driftthey will drift
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be driftingwe shall/will be drifting
you will be driftingyou will be drifting
he/she/it will be driftingthey will be drifting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have driftedwe shall/will have drifted
you will have driftedyou will have drifted
he/she/it will have driftedthey will have drifted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been driftingwe shall/will have been drifting
you will have been driftingyou will have been drifting
he/she/it will have been driftingthey will have been drifting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would driftwe should/would drift
you would driftyou would drift
he/she/it would driftthey would drift
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be driftingwe should/would be drifting
you would be driftingyou would be drifting
he/she/it would be driftingthey would be drifting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have driftedwe should/would have drifted
you would have driftedyou would have drifted
he/she/it would have driftedthey would have drifted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been driftingwe should/would have been drifting
you would have been driftingyou would have been drifting
he/she/it would have been driftingthey would have been drifting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am driftedwe are drifted
you are driftedyou are drifted
he/she/it is driftedthey are drifted
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being driftedwe are being drifted
you are being driftedyou are being drifted
he/she/it is being driftedthey are being drifted
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been driftedwe have been drifted
you have been driftedyou have been drifted
he/she/it has been driftedthey have been drifted
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was driftedwe were drifted
you were driftedyou were drifted
he/she/it was driftedthey were drifted
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being driftedwe were being drifted
you were being driftedyou were being drifted
he/she/it was being driftedthey were being drifted
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been driftedwe had been drifted
you had been driftedyou had been drifted
he/she/it had been driftedthey had been drifted
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be driftedwe shall/will be drifted
you will be driftedyou will be drifted
he/she/it will be driftedthey will be drifted
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been driftedwe shall/will have been drifted
you will have been driftedyou will have been drifted
he/she/it will have been driftedthey will have been drifted