The fete had reached that ideal hour of joy, at which one runs the risk of enjoying the happiness of being stifled.
La fête en était à cette heure de joie idéale, où l’on risque d’avoir le bonheur d’être étouffé.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
The prelate was smiling like one enchanted with the beauty of the fete, but at the same time he retained all the serenity of innocence, as if he had not even noticed the exhibition of bare shoulders by which he was surrounded.
Le prélat souriait, l’air enchanté de la beauté de la fête, mais gardant la sérénité d’une âme triplement cuirassée d’innocence, au milieu de toutes ces épaules étalées, comme s’il ne les avait pas même vues.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
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The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
He saw, it is true, the bayonets of his soldiers gleaming here and there at their appointed posts; but the silence was solemn, and nothing indicated that the Spaniards were disregarding his orders in the intoxication of a fete.
Il vit bien briller çà et là les baïonnettes de ses soldats aux postes accoutumés mais le silence était solennel, et rien n’annonçait que les Espagnols fussent en proie à l’ivresse d’une fête.
Balzac, Honore de / El verdugoBalzac, Honore de / El verdugo
El verdugo
Balzac, Honore de
El verdugo
Balzac, Honore de
As it happened, ih fete of Janville fell on Sunday, the second in May.
Justement, la fête de Janville tombait ce dimanche, le deuxième de mai.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
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Fruitfulness
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And all at once the fete reappears, the chandeliers sparkle, the orchestra resounds amorously; suddenly each name is personified, and the ball, of which she was the queen, begins again with its ovations, its fondling and flattering words.
Et soudain la fête renaît pour elle, les lustres brillent, l’orchestre chante amoureusement ; soudain chaque nom se personnifie, et le bal, dont elle était la reine, recommence avec ses ovations, ses paroles caressantes et flatteuses.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
" Well, the fete is complete," she exclaimed breathlessly.
« Hein ? la fête est complète !...
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
An angel had just lit up the azure blue for some divine fete, a supremely calm festival of the infinite.
Un ange venait d’illuminer l’azur pour quelque fête divine, fête souverainement calme de l’infini.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
I looked at my neighbor, and was more dazzled by that vision than I had been by the scene of the fete.
Je regardai ma voisine, et fus plus ébloui par elle que je ne l’avais été par la fête; elle devint toute ma fête.
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
I never realised that more acutely than at the fete given by Prince Buongiovanni for the betrothal of his daughter to your grand-nephew.
Et jamais je n’ai mieux senti cela qu’à la fête donnée par le prince Buongiovanni, pour les fiançailles de sa fille avec votre petit-neveu.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The whole Seine was lighted up by them, as if some fete were being given in its depths--some mysterious, fairy-like entertainment, at which couples were waltzing beneath the river's red-flashing window-panes.
Toute la Seine en était allumée comme d’une fête intérieure, d’une féerie mystérieuse et profonde, faisant passer des valses derrière les vitres rougeoyantes du fleuve.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
The hard day was over, and now the Paris of Pleasure was lighting up for its night of fete.
La dure journée était faite, le Paris du plaisir s’illuminait, commençait la nuit de fête.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
That will be the finest part of the fete!"
C’est le plus beau de la fête. »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
His journey to Rome, the experiment he had come to attempt there, had resulted in that defeat, of which he was thus suddenly apprised amidst that betrothal fete.
Le voyage qu’il avait fait à Rome, l’expérience qu’il était venu y tenter aboutissait donc à cette défaite, qu’il apprenait ainsi brusquement, au milieu de cette fête !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
What a delightful fete, is it not?"
Hein ? quelle délicieuse fête ! »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
And Celia, after conducting the two friends to Attilio, was obliged to return to her parents so as to take her place beside them as the little queen of the fete.
Et Celia, quand elle eut mené les deux amis à Attilio, dut revenir prendre sa place de petite reine de la fête, près de ses parents.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
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fete
verb
Basic forms
Past
feted
Imperative
fete
Present Participle (Participle I)
feting
Past Participle (Participle II)
feted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I fete
we fete
you fete
you fete
he/she/it fetes
they fete
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am feting
we are feting
you are feting
you are feting
he/she/it is feting
they are feting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have feted
we have feted
you have feted
you have feted
he/she/it has feted
they have feted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been feting
we have been feting
you have been feting
you have been feting
he/she/it has been feting
they have been feting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I feted
we feted
you feted
you feted
he/she/it feted
they feted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was feting
we were feting
you were feting
you were feting
he/she/it was feting
they were feting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had feted
we had feted
you had feted
you had feted
he/she/it had feted
they had feted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been feting
we had been feting
you had been feting
you had been feting
he/she/it had been feting
they had been feting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will fete
we shall/will fete
you will fete
you will fete
he/she/it will fete
they will fete
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be feting
we shall/will be feting
you will be feting
you will be feting
he/she/it will be feting
they will be feting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have feted
we shall/will have feted
you will have feted
you will have feted
he/she/it will have feted
they will have feted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been feting
we shall/will have been feting
you will have been feting
you will have been feting
he/she/it will have been feting
they will have been feting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would fete
we should/would fete
you would fete
you would fete
he/she/it would fete
they would fete
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be feting
we should/would be feting
you would be feting
you would be feting
he/she/it would be feting
they would be feting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have feted
we should/would have feted
you would have feted
you would have feted
he/she/it would have feted
they would have feted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice