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The forty-one indeed! a fine farce!
Les quarante et un! quelle bonne farce!
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

All that wild day in the snow it had seemed the merest farce.
Elle m’avait paru tout à fait invraisemblable pendant toute ma folle équipée à travers la neige.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

The farce of the thing struck me so keenly that I laughed.
Je fus si frappé par le comique de la situation que j’éclatai de rire.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

Sessions could be chaotic - a heady mixture of nationalist and class politics frequently reducing them to a shambolic farce.
Les séances étaient parfois houleuses : le mélange grisant de nationalisme et de positions de classe les réduisait à une farce chaotique.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 HubrisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 1998.
© Flammarion, 1999, pour la traduction francaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© 1998 by Ian Kershaw
© 1939, 1943 by Houghton Mifflin Company

But at the bottom, good heavens! in both cases the farce is precisely the same!"
Et, grand Dieu ! au fond, quelle identité dans la farce ! »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile

Then the one who had the gilt stick in a corner of his house took it modestly, acted his part, and retired when the farce was over.
Alors celui qui possédait le bâton de bois doré dans un coin de sa maison, le prenait modestement, jouait son personnage, quitte à se retirer, la farce terminée.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile

And vulgar, ignoble farce was turned into a great historical drama.
Et la farce vulgaire, la farce ignoble, tournait au grand drame de l’histoire.
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

"No, no," said he, "such a farce is beyond belief!
« Non, non ! on n’imagine pas une farce pareille !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile

There was something irresistibly comic in the puzzled looks of the actors; but I had been too deeply affected by the tragedy to laugh at the farce.
Il y avait quelque chose d'irrésistiblement comique dans l'étonnement des acteurs; mais la tragédie m'avait trop ému pour que je fusse disposé à rire de la farce.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar

It was a fine farce, and the Froments were delighted at showing themselves so playful on that warm May morning.
Ce fut d’une bonne folie, ils étaient tous ravis de se montrer si enfants, par cette chaude matinée de mai.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile

But Aristide felt some doubts on the point; he had suspicions of some lugubrious farce.
Mais des doutes lui venaient, il flairait quelque farce lugubre.
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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farce

verb

Basic forms
Past	farced
Imperative	farce
Present Participle (Participle I)	farcing
Past Participle (Participle II)	farced

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I farce	we farce
you farce	you farce
he/she/it farces	they farce

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am farcing	we are farcing
you are farcing	you are farcing
he/she/it is farcing	they are farcing

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have farced	we have farced
you have farced	you have farced
he/she/it has farced	they have farced

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been farcing	we have been farcing
you have been farcing	you have been farcing
he/she/it has been farcing	they have been farcing

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I farced	we farced
you farced	you farced
he/she/it farced	they farced

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was farcing	we were farcing
you were farcing	you were farcing
he/she/it was farcing	they were farcing

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had farced	we had farced
you had farced	you had farced
he/she/it had farced	they had farced

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been farcing	we had been farcing
you had been farcing	you had been farcing
he/she/it had been farcing	they had been farcing

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will farce	we shall/will farce
you will farce	you will farce
he/she/it will farce	they will farce

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be farcing	we shall/will be farcing
you will be farcing	you will be farcing
he/she/it will be farcing	they will be farcing

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have farced	we shall/will have farced
you will have farced	you will have farced
he/she/it will have farced	they will have farced

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been farcing	we shall/will have been farcing
you will have been farcing	you will have been farcing
he/she/it will have been farcing	they will have been farcing

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would farce	we should/would farce
you would farce	you would farce
he/she/it would farce	they would farce

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be farcing	we should/would be farcing
you would be farcing	you would be farcing
he/she/it would be farcing	they would be farcing

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have farced	we should/would have farced
you would have farced	you would have farced
he/she/it would have farced	they would have farced

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been farcing	we should/would have been farcing
you would have been farcing	you would have been farcing
he/she/it would have been farcing	they would have been farcing

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am farced	we are farced
you are farced	you are farced
he/she/it is farced	they are farced

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being farced	we are being farced
you are being farced	you are being farced
he/she/it is being farced	they are being farced

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been farced	we have been farced
you have been farced	you have been farced
he/she/it has been farced	they have been farced

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was farced	we were farced
you were farced	you were farced
he/she/it was farced	they were farced

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being farced	we were being farced
you were being farced	you were being farced
he/she/it was being farced	they were being farced

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been farced	we had been farced
you had been farced	you had been farced
he/she/it had been farced	they had been farced

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be farced	we shall/will be farced
you will be farced	you will be farced
he/she/it will be farced	they will be farced

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been farced	we shall/will have been farced
you will have been farced	you will have been farced
he/she/it will have been farced	they will have been farced

farce

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	farce	farces
Possessive case	farce's	farces'