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Those needy, famished mountaineers found spoils for every appetite in that voluptuous South where life is so benign, and the very delights of the climate helped to corrupt and hasten moral gangrene.Pour ces montagnards, pauvres, affamés, la curée des appétits commence, dans ce Midi voluptueux, où la vie est si douce ; de sorte que les délices du climat, elles-mêmes corruptrices, activèrent la décomposition morale.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Far from experiencing any uneasiness, as formerly, at the kisses which his ladylove showered on him, he now sought her embraces with the obstinacy of a famished animal.Il n'éprouvait plus aucun malaise dans les embrassements de sa maîtresse, il quêtait ces embrassements avec une obstination d'animal affamé.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
Her discolored lips drew up from her famished teeth trying to form a smile,-- the forced smile with which we strive to hide either the irony of vengeance, the expectation of pleasure, the intoxication of our souls, or the fury of disappointment.Ses lèvres décolorées se tendirent alors sur ses dents affamées pour essayer un de ces sourires forcés sous lesquels nous cachons également l’ironie de la vengeance, l’attente du plaisir, l’ivresse de l’âme et la rage d’une déception.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
The only thing that remained in him of the famished demagogue, was an unbearable intolerance of all doctrines.Rien ne restait en lui du démagogue affamé, si ce n'était une insupportable intolérance de doctrine.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
He pretended to be famished, greedily mopped out his plate, and related a story about a mother having refused him her daughter because he was an architect.Il affectait d’être affamé, torchait goulûment son assiette, et il racontait une histoire, une mère qui lui avait refusé sa fille, parce qu’il était architecte.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
The madman's eyes were like flames of fire, his white teeth resembled a famished wolf's.Le fou avait ses yeux flambants, ses dents blanches de loup affamé.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
The number of famished was rapidly diminishing, without a single wounded animal remaining on the ground.Le nombre des affamés diminuait rapidement, sans qu’il restât un seul blessé à terre.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
Is he not sufficiently ragged, thin, famished, and scared ?Est-il assez déguenillé, assez maigre, assez affamé, assez effarouché ?Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
"Well," said Sidoine, out of patience, " what were you seeking, my famished one, if it was not a morsel of bread ?"– Ça, dit Sidoine impatienté, que cherchiez-vous donc, monsieur l’affamé, si ce n’est un morceau de pain ?Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
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famish
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | famished |
Imperative | famish |
Present Participle (Participle I) | famishing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | famished |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I famish | we famish |
you famish | you famish |
he/she/it famishes | they famish |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am famishing | we are famishing |
you are famishing | you are famishing |
he/she/it is famishing | they are famishing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have famished | we have famished |
you have famished | you have famished |
he/she/it has famished | they have famished |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been famishing | we have been famishing |
you have been famishing | you have been famishing |
he/she/it has been famishing | they have been famishing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I famished | we famished |
you famished | you famished |
he/she/it famished | they famished |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was famishing | we were famishing |
you were famishing | you were famishing |
he/she/it was famishing | they were famishing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had famished | we had famished |
you had famished | you had famished |
he/she/it had famished | they had famished |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been famishing | we had been famishing |
you had been famishing | you had been famishing |
he/she/it had been famishing | they had been famishing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will famish | we shall/will famish |
you will famish | you will famish |
he/she/it will famish | they will famish |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be famishing | we shall/will be famishing |
you will be famishing | you will be famishing |
he/she/it will be famishing | they will be famishing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have famished | we shall/will have famished |
you will have famished | you will have famished |
he/she/it will have famished | they will have famished |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been famishing | we shall/will have been famishing |
you will have been famishing | you will have been famishing |
he/she/it will have been famishing | they will have been famishing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would famish | we should/would famish |
you would famish | you would famish |
he/she/it would famish | they would famish |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be famishing | we should/would be famishing |
you would be famishing | you would be famishing |
he/she/it would be famishing | they would be famishing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have famished | we should/would have famished |
you would have famished | you would have famished |
he/she/it would have famished | they would have famished |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been famishing | we should/would have been famishing |
you would have been famishing | you would have been famishing |
he/she/it would have been famishing | they would have been famishing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am famished | we are famished |
you are famished | you are famished |
he/she/it is famished | they are famished |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being famished | we are being famished |
you are being famished | you are being famished |
he/she/it is being famished | they are being famished |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been famished | we have been famished |
you have been famished | you have been famished |
he/she/it has been famished | they have been famished |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was famished | we were famished |
you were famished | you were famished |
he/she/it was famished | they were famished |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being famished | we were being famished |
you were being famished | you were being famished |
he/she/it was being famished | they were being famished |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been famished | we had been famished |
you had been famished | you had been famished |
he/she/it had been famished | they had been famished |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be famished | we shall/will be famished |
you will be famished | you will be famished |
he/she/it will be famished | they will be famished |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been famished | we shall/will have been famished |
you will have been famished | you will have been famished |
he/she/it will have been famished | they will have been famished |