From the moment Lord Herriefield became suspicious that he had been the dupe of the management of Kate and her mother, he viewed every act of his wife with a prejudiced eye.
Du moment où lord Herriefield soupçonna qu’il avait été dupe des artifices de la douairière et de Catherine, il ne vit plus cette dernière qu’avec la prévention la plus défavorable.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
" I am the dupe of life," he would think bitterly. "
– Je suis une dupe de la vie, songeait-il avec amertume.
"And that big dunderhead Mege who works for every party except his own!" exclaimed Morin; "what a dupe he is with that idea that he need merely overthrow first one cabinet and then another, in order to become the leader of one himself!"
– Et ce grand niais de Mège, dit Morin, qui fait les affaires de tous les partis, excepté du sien ! Est-il assez dupe, avec son idée qu’il lui suffira d’user un à un les cabinets, pour aboutir à celui dont il sera le chef ? »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
This was natural; the feeling being aided by the resentment of an Indian who found how near he had been to becoming the dupe of an inexperienced girl.
Cela était tout naturel, car les Indiens devaient être piqués en voyant qu’ils avaient été sur le point d’être dupes du stratagème d’une jeune fille.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
I now allowed myself the more willingly to be kept under the heel of primogeniture because I was not my brother's dupe.
Je me laissai d’autant plus volontiers écraser sous la supériorité du droit d’aînesse, que je n’étais pas la dupe de Charles.
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
Never fear to be the dupe and victim of this social virtue; you will some day gather the fruit of seeds scattered apparently to the winds.
Ne craignez pas d’être souvent la dupe de cette vertu sociale, tôt on tard vous recueillerez le fruit de tant de grains en apparence jetés au vent.
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
The bourgeoisie, wielding power, would relinquish naught of the sovereignty which it had conquered, wholly stolen, while the people, the eternal dupe, silent so long, clenched its fists and growled, claiming its legitimate share.
La bourgeoisie, au pouvoir, ne voulait rien lâcher de la souveraineté conquise, volée tout entière, tandis que le peuple, l’éternelle dupe, le grand muet, serrait les poings, grondait en réclamant sa légitime part.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
She remembered his smiles and his scornful serenity; and she told herself that her deaf husband had, no doubt, heard and understood everything, and that it was she herself who was turning out to be the dupe.
Elle se rappelait ses sourires, ses sérénités dédaigneuses; elle se disait que le sourd avait sans doute tout entendu, tout compris, et que c’était elle qui se trouvait être la dupe.
Ah! it was evident the others were right, the others were sensible. And he felt unhinged, he regarded himself with contempt, like a fool who has allowed himself to be duped.
Évidemment, ceux-là étaient dans la vérité, dans le simple bon sens, tandis qu’il commençait à se prendre lui-même en mépris, désemparé, envahi par la crainte de n’avoir été, jusqu’à ce jour, que la victime d’une imbécile duperie.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
There, ye wise saints, behold your light, your star, Ye would be dupes and victims and ye are.
Là, vous autres saints sages, voyez vos lumières et vos astres ; vous avez voulu être dupes et victimes, et vous l’êtes.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
"And among them all I have noticed that a fear of being duped leads them to reaction against the entire effort, the whole work of the century. Disgust with liberty, distrust of science, denial of the future, that is what they now profess.
Et, chez tous, j’ai trouvé cette terreur d’être dupes, aboutissant à la réaction contre tout l’effort, tout le travail du siècle : dégoût de la liberté, méfiance devant la science, négation de l’avenir.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Well, well, we can't change our natures, and I suppose we shall continue being dupes to the end!
N'importe, on ne peut pas se changer, n'est-ce pas? Nous serons des dupes jusqu'à la fin ...
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
As she spoke she smiled, like an intelligent woman who feels that those who give their services as wet nurses to bourgeois families are simply fools and dupes.
Elle eut un faible sourire de femme intelligente, qui disait combien ce métier de vache laitière, au service des bourgeois, lui semblait une duperie.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
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dupe
verb
Basic forms
Past
duped
Imperative
dupe
Present Participle (Participle I)
duping
Past Participle (Participle II)
duped
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I dupe
we dupe
you dupe
you dupe
he/she/it dupes
they dupe
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am duping
we are duping
you are duping
you are duping
he/she/it is duping
they are duping
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have duped
we have duped
you have duped
you have duped
he/she/it has duped
they have duped
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been duping
we have been duping
you have been duping
you have been duping
he/she/it has been duping
they have been duping
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I duped
we duped
you duped
you duped
he/she/it duped
they duped
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was duping
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you were duping
you were duping
he/she/it was duping
they were duping
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had duped
we had duped
you had duped
you had duped
he/she/it had duped
they had duped
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been duping
we had been duping
you had been duping
you had been duping
he/she/it had been duping
they had been duping
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will dupe
we shall/will dupe
you will dupe
you will dupe
he/she/it will dupe
they will dupe
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be duping
we shall/will be duping
you will be duping
you will be duping
he/she/it will be duping
they will be duping
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have duped
we shall/will have duped
you will have duped
you will have duped
he/she/it will have duped
they will have duped
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been duping
we shall/will have been duping
you will have been duping
you will have been duping
he/she/it will have been duping
they will have been duping
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would dupe
we should/would dupe
you would dupe
you would dupe
he/she/it would dupe
they would dupe
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be duping
we should/would be duping
you would be duping
you would be duping
he/she/it would be duping
they would be duping
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have duped
we should/would have duped
you would have duped
you would have duped
he/she/it would have duped
they would have duped
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice