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In the sunshine of air and of earth we hear the bees, as they work and make music (in deference to the poets), and the cricket which, in defiance of the fable, sings with no humility and fills Space by himself.
On entend dans le soleil de l’air et dans le soleil de la terre, les abeilles qui travaillent musicalement, en conformité avec les poésies, et le grillon qui, malgré les fables, chante sans modestie et remplit à lui seul tout l’espace.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
It was no fable, then.
Ce n'était donc pas une fable.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
She at first talked to them of an accident; their master had fallen on his chin: then she was obliged to abandon this fable, for, on going to wipe up the blood, the footman had found the revolver.
Elle leur parla bien d'abord d'un accident: monsieur venait de choir sur le menton; puis, elle dut abandonner cette fable, car le domestique, en allant essuyer le siège ensanglanté, avait trouvé le revolver, tombé derrière le petit balai.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
"And what is that fable, Mabel?" eagerly demanded Pathfinder, who was anything but learned in the ordinary lore of white men. "Tell it to us, in your own pretty way; I daresay the Sergeant never heard it."
– Et quelle est cette fable, Mabel ? – demanda Pathfinder, qui n’était nullement versé dans les connaissances les plus ordinaires des hommes blancs ; – racontez-nous-la à votre jolie manière ; j’ose dire que le sergent ne la connaît pas.
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
Who had proved it a fable?
Qui donc avait démontré que ce fût une fable!
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
" Gentlemen," I said to the poor fellows who stood gaping and bewildered, "don't you remember the fable?
– Messieurs, dis-je aux pauvres garçons béants et effarés, vous souvient-il de certaine fable ?
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
No doubt, one could not imagine a more consoling fable; for if my brethren were to admit, to-morrow, what they are, they would probably go and commit suicide, each in his own corner.
Sans doute, on ne saurait imaginer une fable plus consolante ; car si demain mes frères venaient à s’avouer ce qu’ils sont, ils iraient probablement se suicider chacun dans leur coin.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
The ancient fable of the lynx, whose sparkling eyes could see through walls, seemed destined to remain the most unrealizable of chimeras.
Là fable antique du lynx, dont les yeux étincelants voyaient à travers les murs, semblait devoir rester la plus irréalisable des chimères.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
Let us beware lest we act as he did in the fable, who stood watch in the lighthouse, and gave to the poor in the cabins about him the oil of the mighty lanterns that served to illumine the sea.
Évitons d'agir comme ce gardien du phare de la légende, qui distribuait aux pauvres des cabanes voisines l'huile des grandes lanternes qui devaient éclairer l'océan.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
As Figure 3 illustrates, the fabled "pyramid" is really shaped more like a tall diamond—in India at least— with a newly bulging middle class and a relatively slim "stem" of very poor people.
Comme l'illustre la figure 3, la « pyramide » des âges ressemble davantage à un diamant étiré à la base, du moins en Inde, la classe moyenne formant un renflement au centre et les plus démunis une « tige » étroite.
Littlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, DavidLittlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, David
ttlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, David
Littlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, Davi
© 2006, Groupe consultatif d’assistance aux pauvres
ttlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, David
Littlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, Davi
© 2006, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
The gossips invented a thousand fables, without succeeding in giving any reasonable explanation of a connection which had originated and continued in so strange a manner.
On inventa mille fables, sans pouvoir expliquer raisonnablement une liaison qui s’était nouée et se prolongeait en dehors de tous les faits ordinaires.
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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fable

verb
Basic forms
Pastfabled
Imperativefable
Present Participle (Participle I)fabling
Past Participle (Participle II)fabled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I fablewe fable
you fableyou fable
he/she/it fablesthey fable
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am fablingwe are fabling
you are fablingyou are fabling
he/she/it is fablingthey are fabling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have fabledwe have fabled
you have fabledyou have fabled
he/she/it has fabledthey have fabled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been fablingwe have been fabling
you have been fablingyou have been fabling
he/she/it has been fablingthey have been fabling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I fabledwe fabled
you fabledyou fabled
he/she/it fabledthey fabled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was fablingwe were fabling
you were fablingyou were fabling
he/she/it was fablingthey were fabling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had fabledwe had fabled
you had fabledyou had fabled
he/she/it had fabledthey had fabled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been fablingwe had been fabling
you had been fablingyou had been fabling
he/she/it had been fablingthey had been fabling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will fablewe shall/will fable
you will fableyou will fable
he/she/it will fablethey will fable
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be fablingwe shall/will be fabling
you will be fablingyou will be fabling
he/she/it will be fablingthey will be fabling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have fabledwe shall/will have fabled
you will have fabledyou will have fabled
he/she/it will have fabledthey will have fabled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been fablingwe shall/will have been fabling
you will have been fablingyou will have been fabling
he/she/it will have been fablingthey will have been fabling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would fablewe should/would fable
you would fableyou would fable
he/she/it would fablethey would fable
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be fablingwe should/would be fabling
you would be fablingyou would be fabling
he/she/it would be fablingthey would be fabling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have fabledwe should/would have fabled
you would have fabledyou would have fabled
he/she/it would have fabledthey would have fabled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been fablingwe should/would have been fabling
you would have been fablingyou would have been fabling
he/she/it would have been fablingthey would have been fabling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am fabledwe are fabled
you are fabledyou are fabled
he/she/it is fabledthey are fabled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being fabledwe are being fabled
you are being fabledyou are being fabled
he/she/it is being fabledthey are being fabled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been fabledwe have been fabled
you have been fabledyou have been fabled
he/she/it has been fabledthey have been fabled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was fabledwe were fabled
you were fabledyou were fabled
he/she/it was fabledthey were fabled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being fabledwe were being fabled
you were being fabledyou were being fabled
he/she/it was being fabledthey were being fabled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been fabledwe had been fabled
you had been fabledyou had been fabled
he/she/it had been fabledthey had been fabled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be fabledwe shall/will be fabled
you will be fabledyou will be fabled
he/she/it will be fabledthey will be fabled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been fabledwe shall/will have been fabled
you will have been fabledyou will have been fabled
he/she/it will have been fabledthey will have been fabled

fable

noun
SingularPlural
Common casefablefables
Possessive casefable'sfables'