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With his torso erect, with his powerful leonine muzzle flaming with the white brightness of his beard and hair, old Orlando looked superb.Le vieil Orlando était superbe, à moitié soulevé, avec son puissant mufle léonin, tout flambant de la blancheur éclatante de la barbe et de la chevelure.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
The flaming and melancholy storm never, never ends.Le sombre et flamboyant orage ne cesse jamais, jamais.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
And to this retort Camille's flaming eyes added the words: "And it is particularly on that account that I want him."Ses yeux enflammés ajoutaient : « Et que c’est pour cela surtout que je le veux. »Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
Ah! might the force of the explosion rend the earth asunder, reach the house and sweep it into the flaming crater of the volcano!Ah ! que la force de l’explosif fendît le sol, gagnât la petite maison et l’emportât, dans le cratère embrasé du volcan !Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
Beneath that flaming dust the vast garden ran riot like some delighted beast let loose at the world's very end, far from everything and free from everything.Sous ce poudroiement de flammes, le grand jardin vivait avec une extravagance de bête heureuse, lâchée au bout du monde, loin de tout, libre de tout.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Her intensely fair hair falls loose, flaming.Ses cheveux d’une intense blondeur se défont, et remuent comme des flammes.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
A large ruddy cock with flaming plumage followed them, lifting his large feet with majestic caution.Un grand coq rouge, aux plumes flambantes, les suivait, en levant ses larges pattes avec une majesté circonspecte.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
That glow was like a flaming eye, and seemed to scorch him.Ce fut comme un oeil flamboyant, allumé au front de la façade, qui le brûlait.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
Some bore to the left, some to the right, some went straight forward—tiny groups that one only saw for a second in the heart of the thundering rain before they were separated by sable avalanches and curtains of flaming smoke.Les uns se portèrent à gauche, les autres à droite, les autres droit devant eux, tous minuscules et ne durant qu’un instant au sein de la pluie tonitruante, séparés par des rideaux de fumée enflammée et des avalanches noires.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
She seemed to him clothed with the sun; she advanced majestically, glorious, colossal, and so all-powerful that he was tempted at times to cast himself face downwards to shun the flaming splendour of that gate opening into heaven.Elle lui semblait vêtue de soleil, elle s'avançait majestueusement, glorieuse, colossale, si toute-puissante, qu'il était tenté, par moments, de se jeter la face contre terre, pour éviter le flamboiement de cette porte ouverte sur le ciel.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
She was a tall, slip-shod, singular-looking creature of over thirty, with a round, ravaged face, which her frizzy hair and flaming eyes rendered almost pretty.C’était une grande fille qui avait dépassé la trentaine, déhanchée, singulière, au visage rond et ravagé, que ses cheveux crépus et ses yeux de flamme rendaient presque belle.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - LourdesLes Trois Villes - LourdesZola, EmileThe Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile
I fancy I can see him stealing in through the window with his hair bristling and his eyes flaming like matches.Il me semble que je le vois entrer par la fenêtre, avec des cheveux hérissés et des yeux luisants comme des allumettes.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
It seemed to me that I saw him fixing flaming eyes on me, beating the big drum with diabolical fury, shouting out to me to walk-up in a voice louder than the sound of the bell.Il me sembla le voir fixer sur moi des regards flamboyants, battant la grosse caisse avec une furie diabolique, me criant d’entrer d’une voix plus haute que celle de la cloche.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
When Rougon reached the fourth floor he saw Gilquin's name inscribed on the door amidst some arabesques representing flaming hearts transpierced by arrows.Au quatrième étage, le nom de Gilquin était écrit sur la porte, entouré d'arabesques représentant des coeurs enflammés percés de flèches.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
He raised the letters which were not consumed to the taper in order to relight them, held up those which had been too tightly crumpled to burn in the vase, and stirred all the flaming ashes as though he were mixing a blazing bowl of punch.Il rallumait à la bougie les lettres qui s'éteignaient; il faisait brûler en l'air les boules de papier trop serrées; il remuait les débris embrasés, comme s'il avait agité l'alcool flambant d'un bol de punch.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
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Collocations
flame photometer
photomètre de flamme
flame war
fusillade
naked flame
flamme nue
flame failure device
contrôleur de flamme
flame failure device
dispositif de sécurité de flamme
flame propagation
propagation de flamme
flame safeguard
contrôleur de flamme
flame-failure protection device
dispositif de sécurité de flamme
flame-proofing
ignifugation
flame-responsive detector
détecteur de flamme
length of flame path
longueur d'interstice
Olympic flame
flamme olympique
olympic flame
flamme olympique
Word forms
flame
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | flamed |
Imperative | flame |
Present Participle (Participle I) | flaming |
Past Participle (Participle II) | flamed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I flame | we flame |
you flame | you flame |
he/she/it flames | they flame |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am flaming | we are flaming |
you are flaming | you are flaming |
he/she/it is flaming | they are flaming |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have flamed | we have flamed |
you have flamed | you have flamed |
he/she/it has flamed | they have flamed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been flaming | we have been flaming |
you have been flaming | you have been flaming |
he/she/it has been flaming | they have been flaming |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I flamed | we flamed |
you flamed | you flamed |
he/she/it flamed | they flamed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was flaming | we were flaming |
you were flaming | you were flaming |
he/she/it was flaming | they were flaming |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had flamed | we had flamed |
you had flamed | you had flamed |
he/she/it had flamed | they had flamed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been flaming | we had been flaming |
you had been flaming | you had been flaming |
he/she/it had been flaming | they had been flaming |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will flame | we shall/will flame |
you will flame | you will flame |
he/she/it will flame | they will flame |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be flaming | we shall/will be flaming |
you will be flaming | you will be flaming |
he/she/it will be flaming | they will be flaming |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have flamed | we shall/will have flamed |
you will have flamed | you will have flamed |
he/she/it will have flamed | they will have flamed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been flaming | we shall/will have been flaming |
you will have been flaming | you will have been flaming |
he/she/it will have been flaming | they will have been flaming |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would flame | we should/would flame |
you would flame | you would flame |
he/she/it would flame | they would flame |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be flaming | we should/would be flaming |
you would be flaming | you would be flaming |
he/she/it would be flaming | they would be flaming |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have flamed | we should/would have flamed |
you would have flamed | you would have flamed |
he/she/it would have flamed | they would have flamed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been flaming | we should/would have been flaming |
you would have been flaming | you would have been flaming |
he/she/it would have been flaming | they would have been flaming |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am flamed | we are flamed |
you are flamed | you are flamed |
he/she/it is flamed | they are flamed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being flamed | we are being flamed |
you are being flamed | you are being flamed |
he/she/it is being flamed | they are being flamed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been flamed | we have been flamed |
you have been flamed | you have been flamed |
he/she/it has been flamed | they have been flamed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was flamed | we were flamed |
you were flamed | you were flamed |
he/she/it was flamed | they were flamed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being flamed | we were being flamed |
you were being flamed | you were being flamed |
he/she/it was being flamed | they were being flamed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been flamed | we had been flamed |
you had been flamed | you had been flamed |
he/she/it had been flamed | they had been flamed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be flamed | we shall/will be flamed |
you will be flamed | you will be flamed |
he/she/it will be flamed | they will be flamed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been flamed | we shall/will have been flamed |
you will have been flamed | you will have been flamed |
he/she/it will have been flamed | they will have been flamed |