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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 - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, 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 Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, 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 vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, 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-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, 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'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, 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-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, 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 Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, 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 Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, 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 Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile

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famish

verb
Basic forms
Pastfamished
Imperativefamish
Present Participle (Participle I)famishing
Past Participle (Participle II)famished
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I famishwe famish
you famishyou famish
he/she/it famishesthey famish
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am famishingwe are famishing
you are famishingyou are famishing
he/she/it is famishingthey are famishing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have famishedwe have famished
you have famishedyou have famished
he/she/it has famishedthey have famished
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been famishingwe have been famishing
you have been famishingyou have been famishing
he/she/it has been famishingthey have been famishing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I famishedwe famished
you famishedyou famished
he/she/it famishedthey famished
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was famishingwe were famishing
you were famishingyou were famishing
he/she/it was famishingthey were famishing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had famishedwe had famished
you had famishedyou had famished
he/she/it had famishedthey had famished
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been famishingwe had been famishing
you had been famishingyou had been famishing
he/she/it had been famishingthey had been famishing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will famishwe shall/will famish
you will famishyou will famish
he/she/it will famishthey will famish
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be famishingwe shall/will be famishing
you will be famishingyou will be famishing
he/she/it will be famishingthey will be famishing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have famishedwe shall/will have famished
you will have famishedyou will have famished
he/she/it will have famishedthey will have famished
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been famishingwe shall/will have been famishing
you will have been famishingyou will have been famishing
he/she/it will have been famishingthey will have been famishing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would famishwe should/would famish
you would famishyou would famish
he/she/it would famishthey would famish
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be famishingwe should/would be famishing
you would be famishingyou would be famishing
he/she/it would be famishingthey would be famishing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have famishedwe should/would have famished
you would have famishedyou would have famished
he/she/it would have famishedthey would have famished
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been famishingwe should/would have been famishing
you would have been famishingyou would have been famishing
he/she/it would have been famishingthey would have been famishing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am famishedwe are famished
you are famishedyou are famished
he/she/it is famishedthey are famished
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being famishedwe are being famished
you are being famishedyou are being famished
he/she/it is being famishedthey are being famished
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been famishedwe have been famished
you have been famishedyou have been famished
he/she/it has been famishedthey have been famished
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was famishedwe were famished
you were famishedyou were famished
he/she/it was famishedthey were famished
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being famishedwe were being famished
you were being famishedyou were being famished
he/she/it was being famishedthey were being famished
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been famishedwe had been famished
you had been famishedyou had been famished
he/she/it had been famishedthey had been famished
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be famishedwe shall/will be famished
you will be famishedyou will be famished
he/she/it will be famishedthey will be famished
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been famishedwe shall/will have been famished
you will have been famishedyou will have been famished
he/she/it will have been famishedthey will have been famished