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And Dubuche went off towards La Richaudiere, whilst Claude watched his figure dwindle as he crossed the cultivated plain, until nothing remained but the shiny silk of his hat and the black spot of his coat.
Et Dubuche s’en alla vers la Richaudière, et Claude le regarda qui se rapetissait au milieu des cultures, avec la soie luisante de son chapeau et la tache noire de sa redingote.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
As you climb up a mountain towards nightfall, the trees and the houses, the steeple, the fields and the orchards, the road, and even the river, will gradually dwindle and fade, and at last disappear in the gloom that steals over the valley.
Si vous gravissez vers le soir une haute montagne, vous voyez diminuer peu à peu, se perdre enfin dans l'ombre envahissante de la vallée, les arbres, les maisons, le clocher, les prés, les vergers, la route et la rivière même.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
As I sat on the hillside, watching the tail-light dwindle, I reflected on the various kinds of crime I had now sampled.
Je m'assis sur le versant de la hauteur, et tout en regardant décroître les feux arrière, je réfléchis aux divers genres de crimes que j'avais déjà collectionnés.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
The bunker community had by this time dwindled still further.
A cette heure, la communauté du bunker s'était encore réduite.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 2000.
© Flammarion, 2000, pour la traduction franсaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1936-1945 Nemesis
Kershaw, Ian
© 2000 by Ian Kershaw
And poverty was as nothing to them; they found contentment in their immense pride, and without a plaint sequestered themselves amidst the silence and gloom in which their race was dwindling away.
Et la pauvreté n’était rien, ils contentaient là leur orgueil immense, ils vivaient à part, sans une plainte, au fond du silence et de l’ombre où s’achevait leur race.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
What, I ask, had Mederic's intellect dwindled to whilst his body had but two wretched legs to depend on?
Je le demande, où baguenaudait l’esprit de Médéric, tandis que son corps n’avait que deux misérables jambes à son service ?
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
We close again, one after the other, all the doors we had half-opened, and look at each other, on the wrong side of the threshold, with dwindling hope in our eyes.
Successivement, on referme toutes les portes qu’on a entrouvertes, et on se regarde, de l’autre côté du seuil, avec une provision diminuante d’espoir dans l’œil.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
However, there is concern that more and more of the populations of these animals are disappearing completely, or that their numbers are dwindling, because of human impact on their environment, particularly on wetlands.
Toutefois, l'on craint que de plus en plus de populations de ces animaux disparaissent complètement ou que leur nombre périclite en raison des répercussions des activités humaines sur leur environnement, particulièrement les terres humides.
© Ministre des Travaux publics et des Services gouvernementaux Canada 1995
© Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada 1995
Three neighbours had fallen off on the road, the ten had dwindled into seven.
Trois voisins avaient lâché en route, les dix n’étaient plus que sept.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Natives migrated in response to events such as war, epidemic, famine, dwindling game reserves, etc.
Poussés par divers événements telles des guerres, des épidémies, des famines et la rareté du gibier, les autochtones migraient.
This circumstance puzzled the learned folk of the neighbourhood all the more, as Mederic, contrary to accepted custom, had certainly dwindled down some inches in height.
Ce fait embarrassait d’autant plus les savants du voisinage, que Médéric, contrairement aux usages reçus, avait à coup sûr rapetissé de plusieurs pouces.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
But, given the situation in France nowadays, with our population dwindling and that of nearly every other country increasing, it is hardly possible to complain of even the largest family.
Mais, baste ! par le temps qui court, on peut sans crainte dépasser la mesure. Trop, c’est à peine assez. Si nous avons exagéré l’exemple, notre pauvre pays s’en trouverait bien, le jour où notre folie deviendrait contagieuse...
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Once again, this juxtaposition of a dwindling moral case and ever-increasing U.S. backing suggests that something else must be at work.
Ce qui suggère à nouveau qu'un autre facteur est à l'œuvre.
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
He wept into my shirt until his tears dried, until his shaking stopped and his frantic pleas dwindled to indecipherable mumbles.
Peu à peu, ses pleurs et ses convulsions s'apaisèrent, ses suppliques désespérées se muèrent en marmonnements incompréhensibles.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
The daylight dwindles, and the confusion that is space contracts.
Le jour diminue, l’espace embrouillé se rapetisse.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

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dwindle

verb
Basic forms
Pastdwindled
Imperativedwindle
Present Participle (Participle I)dwindling
Past Participle (Participle II)dwindled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I dwindlewe dwindle
you dwindleyou dwindle
he/she/it dwindlesthey dwindle
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am dwindlingwe are dwindling
you are dwindlingyou are dwindling
he/she/it is dwindlingthey are dwindling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have dwindledwe have dwindled
you have dwindledyou have dwindled
he/she/it has dwindledthey have dwindled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been dwindlingwe have been dwindling
you have been dwindlingyou have been dwindling
he/she/it has been dwindlingthey have been dwindling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I dwindledwe dwindled
you dwindledyou dwindled
he/she/it dwindledthey dwindled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was dwindlingwe were dwindling
you were dwindlingyou were dwindling
he/she/it was dwindlingthey were dwindling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had dwindledwe had dwindled
you had dwindledyou had dwindled
he/she/it had dwindledthey had dwindled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been dwindlingwe had been dwindling
you had been dwindlingyou had been dwindling
he/she/it had been dwindlingthey had been dwindling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will dwindlewe shall/will dwindle
you will dwindleyou will dwindle
he/she/it will dwindlethey will dwindle
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be dwindlingwe shall/will be dwindling
you will be dwindlingyou will be dwindling
he/she/it will be dwindlingthey will be dwindling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have dwindledwe shall/will have dwindled
you will have dwindledyou will have dwindled
he/she/it will have dwindledthey will have dwindled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been dwindlingwe shall/will have been dwindling
you will have been dwindlingyou will have been dwindling
he/she/it will have been dwindlingthey will have been dwindling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would dwindlewe should/would dwindle
you would dwindleyou would dwindle
he/she/it would dwindlethey would dwindle
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be dwindlingwe should/would be dwindling
you would be dwindlingyou would be dwindling
he/she/it would be dwindlingthey would be dwindling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have dwindledwe should/would have dwindled
you would have dwindledyou would have dwindled
he/she/it would have dwindledthey would have dwindled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been dwindlingwe should/would have been dwindling
you would have been dwindlingyou would have been dwindling
he/she/it would have been dwindlingthey would have been dwindling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am dwindledwe are dwindled
you are dwindledyou are dwindled
he/she/it is dwindledthey are dwindled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being dwindledwe are being dwindled
you are being dwindledyou are being dwindled
he/she/it is being dwindledthey are being dwindled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been dwindledwe have been dwindled
you have been dwindledyou have been dwindled
he/she/it has been dwindledthey have been dwindled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was dwindledwe were dwindled
you were dwindledyou were dwindled
he/she/it was dwindledthey were dwindled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being dwindledwe were being dwindled
you were being dwindledyou were being dwindled
he/she/it was being dwindledthey were being dwindled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been dwindledwe had been dwindled
you had been dwindledyou had been dwindled
he/she/it had been dwindledthey had been dwindled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be dwindledwe shall/will be dwindled
you will be dwindledyou will be dwindled
he/she/it will be dwindledthey will be dwindled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been dwindledwe shall/will have been dwindled
you will have been dwindledyou will have been dwindled
he/she/it will have been dwindledthey will have been dwindled