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Thereupon the old man gravely rose, with his white fleece, his eagle beak and his bright eyes still sparkling with the fire of youth. And he wished to go off at once.Le vieil homme, à la longue toison blanche, au nez en bec d’aigle, aux yeux toujours brûlants de jeunesse, se leva gravement, voulut partir tout de suite.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
Over his funnel-shaped cheeks the brisk activity had spread a flaky beard like snow, and piled on the top of his head a greasy fleece that the rain was puncturing with little holes.Sur sa joue creusée en entonnoir l’énergique opération avait étalé une floconneuse barbe de neige, et elle accumulait sur le sommet de son crâne une visqueuse toison que la pluie perforait de petits trous.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
You really owe me that much after fleecing me.Hein? vous me devez bien ça, après m’avoir étrillé…Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
I cannot allow a friend of mine to be fleeced in that manner.'Je ne peux pas admettre qu'un de mes amis soit rançonné de cette façon.»Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
Volpatte, inside his Balaklava and his fleeces, resembles a walking tree-trunk. A square opening betrays a yellow face at the top of the thick and heavy bark of the mass he makes, which is bifurcated by a couple of legs.Volpatte, à l’intérieur de ses passe-montagnes et lainages, ressemble à un tronc d’arbre ambulant : une découpure en carré présente une face jaune, en haut de l’épaisse et massive écorce du bloc qu’il forme, fourchu de deux jambes.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Fleeces and blankets and sacking wrap us up, weigh us down, magnify us strangely.Lainages, couvertures, toiles à sac, nous empaquettent, nous surmontent, nous arrondissent étrangement.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
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fleece
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | fleeced |
| Imperative | fleece |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | fleecing |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | fleeced |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I fleece | we fleece |
| you fleece | you fleece |
| he/she/it fleeces | they fleece |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am fleecing | we are fleecing |
| you are fleecing | you are fleecing |
| he/she/it is fleecing | they are fleecing |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have fleeced | we have fleeced |
| you have fleeced | you have fleeced |
| he/she/it has fleeced | they have fleeced |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been fleecing | we have been fleecing |
| you have been fleecing | you have been fleecing |
| he/she/it has been fleecing | they have been fleecing |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I fleeced | we fleeced |
| you fleeced | you fleeced |
| he/she/it fleeced | they fleeced |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was fleecing | we were fleecing |
| you were fleecing | you were fleecing |
| he/she/it was fleecing | they were fleecing |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had fleeced | we had fleeced |
| you had fleeced | you had fleeced |
| he/she/it had fleeced | they had fleeced |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been fleecing | we had been fleecing |
| you had been fleecing | you had been fleecing |
| he/she/it had been fleecing | they had been fleecing |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will fleece | we shall/will fleece |
| you will fleece | you will fleece |
| he/she/it will fleece | they will fleece |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be fleecing | we shall/will be fleecing |
| you will be fleecing | you will be fleecing |
| he/she/it will be fleecing | they will be fleecing |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have fleeced | we shall/will have fleeced |
| you will have fleeced | you will have fleeced |
| he/she/it will have fleeced | they will have fleeced |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been fleecing | we shall/will have been fleecing |
| you will have been fleecing | you will have been fleecing |
| he/she/it will have been fleecing | they will have been fleecing |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would fleece | we should/would fleece |
| you would fleece | you would fleece |
| he/she/it would fleece | they would fleece |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be fleecing | we should/would be fleecing |
| you would be fleecing | you would be fleecing |
| he/she/it would be fleecing | they would be fleecing |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have fleeced | we should/would have fleeced |
| you would have fleeced | you would have fleeced |
| he/she/it would have fleeced | they would have fleeced |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been fleecing | we should/would have been fleecing |
| you would have been fleecing | you would have been fleecing |
| he/she/it would have been fleecing | they would have been fleecing |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am fleeced | we are fleeced |
| you are fleeced | you are fleeced |
| he/she/it is fleeced | they are fleeced |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being fleeced | we are being fleeced |
| you are being fleeced | you are being fleeced |
| he/she/it is being fleeced | they are being fleeced |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been fleeced | we have been fleeced |
| you have been fleeced | you have been fleeced |
| he/she/it has been fleeced | they have been fleeced |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was fleeced | we were fleeced |
| you were fleeced | you were fleeced |
| he/she/it was fleeced | they were fleeced |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being fleeced | we were being fleeced |
| you were being fleeced | you were being fleeced |
| he/she/it was being fleeced | they were being fleeced |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been fleeced | we had been fleeced |
| you had been fleeced | you had been fleeced |
| he/she/it had been fleeced | they had been fleeced |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be fleeced | we shall/will be fleeced |
| you will be fleeced | you will be fleeced |
| he/she/it will be fleeced | they will be fleeced |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been fleeced | we shall/will have been fleeced |
| you will have been fleeced | you will have been fleeced |
| he/she/it will have been fleeced | they will have been fleeced |
fleece
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | fleece | fleeces |
| Possessive case | fleece's | fleeces' |