Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
At the moment when I got here that other hen, which you see yonder, sprang upon this one to get the fig, which she was still holding, and with a thrust of the beak split her head open. . . .
Au moment où j’arrivais, cette autre poule que vous apercevez là-bas, s’est jetée sur celle-ci pour avoir la figue qu’elle tenait encore, et lui a, d’un coup de bec, défoncé le crâne...
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
"I am not a poltroon though," he said to himself as he finished dressing. "I don't care a fig about Camille.
--Je ne suis pourtant pas poltron, se disait-il en achevant de se vêtir, je ne me moque pas mal de Camille....
Then he took a fig and examined it, but, noticing nothing strange, was about to put it back when Tata, the parrot, who was very fond of figs, raised a strident cry.
Enfin, il prit une figue, l’approcha, comme pour l’examiner de tout près. Mais elle n’offrait rien de particulier, il allait la remettre parmi les autres, lorsque Tata, la perruche, qui adorait les figues, poussa un cri strident.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
A parasol pine, a eucalyptus, some olive or fig trees, white with dust, alone rise up near the road at infrequent intervals.
À peine, près des bords, de loin en loin, aperçoit-on un pin parasol, un eucalyptus, des oliviers, des figuiers, blancs de poussière.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Only I don't care a fig about that; they must make it up at once, so that poor mamma may not have another moment's suffering.
Seulement, je m’en moque, il faut qu’ils s’embrassent, si cela doit éviter une minute de souffrance à cette pauvre maman...
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Stretching out her supple, delicate form, whose silken feathers of dull green here and there assumed a pinky tinge in the sunlight, she took hold of the fig with her claws, then ripped it open with her beak.
Allongeant son fin corps souple, dont la soie de cendre verte se moirait de rose au soleil, elle avait pris gentiment la figue dans sa patte, puis l’avait fendue d’un coup de bec.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
You are a couple of pitiful poltroons!' he replied to them.Do you suppose that I care a fig about joining your brotherhood?
--Laissez donc! leur répondit-il; vous êtes des lâches tous les deux.... Est-ce que vous croyez que je tiens à entrer dans votre confrérie?
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
' I don't care a fig for your Emperor!' repeated Mademoiselle Herminie Billecoq, with an air of consternation.
--"Je me moque bien de l'empereur!" répéta Mlle Herminie Billecoq d'un air consterné.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Personally, he did not care a fig about it if Silviane chose to make an exhibition of herself, well, he would be there to see; but the "Globe" was sacred.
D’ailleurs, lui s’en moquait, parlait de Silviane en termes crus, disait qu’elle pouvait bien trousser ses jupes en public, et qu’il en serait. Mais Le Globe, c’était sacré.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
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fig
verb
Basic forms
Past
figged
Imperative
fig
Present Participle (Participle I)
figging
Past Participle (Participle II)
figged
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I fig
we fig
you fig
you fig
he/she/it figs
they fig
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am figging
we are figging
you are figging
you are figging
he/she/it is figging
they are figging
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have figged
we have figged
you have figged
you have figged
he/she/it has figged
they have figged
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been figging
we have been figging
you have been figging
you have been figging
he/she/it has been figging
they have been figging
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I figged
we figged
you figged
you figged
he/she/it figged
they figged
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was figging
we were figging
you were figging
you were figging
he/she/it was figging
they were figging
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had figged
we had figged
you had figged
you had figged
he/she/it had figged
they had figged
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been figging
we had been figging
you had been figging
you had been figging
he/she/it had been figging
they had been figging
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will fig
we shall/will fig
you will fig
you will fig
he/she/it will fig
they will fig
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be figging
we shall/will be figging
you will be figging
you will be figging
he/she/it will be figging
they will be figging
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have figged
we shall/will have figged
you will have figged
you will have figged
he/she/it will have figged
they will have figged
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been figging
we shall/will have been figging
you will have been figging
you will have been figging
he/she/it will have been figging
they will have been figging
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would fig
we should/would fig
you would fig
you would fig
he/she/it would fig
they would fig
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be figging
we should/would be figging
you would be figging
you would be figging
he/she/it would be figging
they would be figging
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have figged
we should/would have figged
you would have figged
you would have figged
he/she/it would have figged
they would have figged
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice