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When Felicite saw she would not learn anything from him, she ceased to flutter round him.
Lorsque Félicité eut compris qu’elle ne saurait rien, elle cessa de tourner autour de lui.
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
And then came the big affair, Mege's interpellation, and at once the whole Chamber was in a flutter, while the most passionate curiosity reigned in the galleries above.
Puis, la grosse affaire, l’interpellation de Mège vint enfin, au milieu du frémissement de la salle et de la curiosité passionnée des tribunes.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Another is a dried emptiness flat on its belly, the back in tatters that almost flutter, the hands, feet, and face enrooted in the soil.
L’autre, vide, sec, est aplati sur le ventre, le dos en loques quasi flottant, les mains, les pieds et la face enracinés dans le sol.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
It was popularity bursting out again around her, a popularity which ended even by reaching the street when the landlady went to the threshold of the shop, making signs to the tradespeople opposite and putting all the neighbourhood in a flutter.
C’était la popularité qui recommençait autour d’elle, qui finit même par gagner la rue lorsque l’hôtelière alla sur le seuil de la boutique, faisant de signes aux marchands d’en face, ameutant le voisinage.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
So she began to flutter round her husband, goading him on to bestir himself.
Elle se mit à tourner autour de son mari, à l’aiguillonner, pour qu’il se remuât.
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
It was, moreover, such a slight thing, a gentle flutter of drapery, a kind of trembling in its folds, less than an undulation caused by the wind.
C'était si peu de chose, d'ailleurs, un léger frisson de l'étoffe, une sorte de tremblement des plis, à peine une ondulation comme celle que produit le vent.
Maupassant, Guy de / Little Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de / La petite Roque
La petite Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
Little Louise Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
The woods are warm and glorious now, and the birds flutter among the laden branches.
Les bois sont chauds et glorieux maintenant, et les oiseaux voltigent à travers les branches touffues.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
And she delighted in these faint emotions which brought a little flutter to her soul, otherwise as strictly kept as a ledger.
Et elle se complaisait à ces émotions légères qui troublaient un peu son âme bien tenue comme un livre de comptes.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Around the dead flutter letters that have escaped from pockets or cartridge pouches while they were being placed on the ground.
Autour des morts volettent des lettres qui, pendant qu’on les disposait par terre, se sont échappées de leurs poches ou de leurs cartouchières.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
She looked at him, and her yellow face remained motionless, save for a flutter of her eyelids and an involuntary nervous twinge on the left side of her mouth, which forced a slight grimace.
Elle le regarda, elle n’eut, dans sa face jaune, immobile, qu’un battement des paupières, qu’un tic nerveux involontaire, au coin gauche de sa bouche, qui la lui tira en une légère grimace.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
But a woman had one day fallen with her face to the earth, saying that she had perceived the soul of the deceased, and thereupon the Fathers of the Grotto were in a flutter.
Mais une femme étant tombée la face contre terre, en disant qu’elle voyait l’âme du défunt, les pères de la Grotte s’émurent.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Her fair head went back with an engaging little jerk every time the boat moved forward, making the fine wayward hairs flutter about her temples.
Sa petite tête blonde, à chaque mouvement du bateau, faisait en arrière un mouvement brusque et joli qui soulevait sur les tempes ses fins cheveux.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
The whole wretched, abandoned district was in a flutter, a distressful wail ascended from those lifeless streets with high resounding names.
Un émoi agitait le misérable quartier des grandes bâtisses abandonnées, un cri de détresse montait des rues mortes, aux plaques de marbre retentissantes.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
He made eighteen calls a day, and fluttered about the drawing-rooms from afternoon tea till daybreak.
I’ faisait dix-huit visites par jour. I’ papillonnait dans les salons depuis five o’clock jusqu’à l’aube.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
At times his eyelids fluttered and a flush rose to his cheeks.
Par moments, ses paupières battaient, une rougeur montait à ses joues.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

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flutter

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseflutterflutters
Possessive caseflutter'sflutters'

flutter

verb
Basic forms
Pastfluttered
Imperativeflutter
Present Participle (Participle I)fluttering
Past Participle (Participle II)fluttered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I flutterwe flutter
you flutteryou flutter
he/she/it fluttersthey flutter
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am flutteringwe are fluttering
you are flutteringyou are fluttering
he/she/it is flutteringthey are fluttering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have flutteredwe have fluttered
you have flutteredyou have fluttered
he/she/it has flutteredthey have fluttered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been flutteringwe have been fluttering
you have been flutteringyou have been fluttering
he/she/it has been flutteringthey have been fluttering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I flutteredwe fluttered
you flutteredyou fluttered
he/she/it flutteredthey fluttered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was flutteringwe were fluttering
you were flutteringyou were fluttering
he/she/it was flutteringthey were fluttering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had flutteredwe had fluttered
you had flutteredyou had fluttered
he/she/it had flutteredthey had fluttered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been flutteringwe had been fluttering
you had been flutteringyou had been fluttering
he/she/it had been flutteringthey had been fluttering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will flutterwe shall/will flutter
you will flutteryou will flutter
he/she/it will flutterthey will flutter
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be flutteringwe shall/will be fluttering
you will be flutteringyou will be fluttering
he/she/it will be flutteringthey will be fluttering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have flutteredwe shall/will have fluttered
you will have flutteredyou will have fluttered
he/she/it will have flutteredthey will have fluttered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been flutteringwe shall/will have been fluttering
you will have been flutteringyou will have been fluttering
he/she/it will have been flutteringthey will have been fluttering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would flutterwe should/would flutter
you would flutteryou would flutter
he/she/it would flutterthey would flutter
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be flutteringwe should/would be fluttering
you would be flutteringyou would be fluttering
he/she/it would be flutteringthey would be fluttering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have flutteredwe should/would have fluttered
you would have flutteredyou would have fluttered
he/she/it would have flutteredthey would have fluttered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been flutteringwe should/would have been fluttering
you would have been flutteringyou would have been fluttering
he/she/it would have been flutteringthey would have been fluttering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am flutteredwe are fluttered
you are flutteredyou are fluttered
he/she/it is flutteredthey are fluttered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being flutteredwe are being fluttered
you are being flutteredyou are being fluttered
he/she/it is being flutteredthey are being fluttered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been flutteredwe have been fluttered
you have been flutteredyou have been fluttered
he/she/it has been flutteredthey have been fluttered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was flutteredwe were fluttered
you were flutteredyou were fluttered
he/she/it was flutteredthey were fluttered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being flutteredwe were being fluttered
you were being flutteredyou were being fluttered
he/she/it was being flutteredthey were being fluttered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been flutteredwe had been fluttered
you had been flutteredyou had been fluttered
he/she/it had been flutteredthey had been fluttered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be flutteredwe shall/will be fluttered
you will be flutteredyou will be fluttered
he/she/it will be flutteredthey will be fluttered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been flutteredwe shall/will have been fluttered
you will have been flutteredyou will have been fluttered
he/she/it will have been flutteredthey will have been fluttered