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Again, however, he made an effort to calm himself, and resumed in a more gentle voice: "At all events the fold is always open, my dear son, and here you are back in it since you have repented.De nouveau, il fit un effort pour se calmer, il reprit plus doucement : « Enfin, mon cher fils, le bercail est toujours ouvert, et vous y voilà de retour, puisque vous vous êtes repenti.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Then, drawing her chair to her desk, she began to fold her letters.Et, ramenant le fauteuil devant le bureau, elle se mit à plier ses lettres.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
A volume of 0,1 ml of brucellosis allergen is injected intradermally into the caudal fold, the skin of the flank, or the side of the neck.Un volume de 0,1 ml d'allergène de la brucellose est injecté par voie intradermique au pli caudal, au flanc ou sur le côté de l'encolure.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
Regional rates varied more than eleven-fold—from 2.5 per 100 vaginal deliveries in Nunavut to 28.2 in Newfoundland and Labrador's Eastern Region.Les taux régionaux variaient de 2,5 par 100 accouchements vaginaux au Nunavut à 28,2 dans la région de l'Est de Terre- Neuve-et-Labrador.© 1996-2010, Institut canadien d'information sur la santé (ICIS)https://secure.cihi.ca/ 04.03.2011© 1996-2010, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).https://secure.cihi.ca/ 04.03.2011
He comes towards me on all fours through the straw and lifts his intelligent face to me, with its reddish forelock and the little quick eyes over which circumflex accents fold and unfold them-selves.Il vient vers moi à quatre pattes à travers la paille, et me présente sa figure éveillée, ponctuée par son toupet roussâtre de Paillasse, ses petits yeux vifs au-dessus desquels se plissent et se déplissent des accents circonflexes.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Mantle: a fold or pair of folds of the mussel's body wall, which lines the shell and secretes the substance forming the shell in molluscs Posterior end: rear end of a mussel Valve: one of the paired, hinged shellsManteau : pli ou paire de plis de la paroi corporelle de la moule qui recouvre la coquille et qui secrète la substance formant la coquille chez les mollusqueshttp://www.ec.gc.ca 3/26/2012http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/26/2012
Map E. 1 shows a greater than five-fold gradient of SGA across Vancouver neighbourhoods (from 3.5% to 18.8%), with the highest risk neighbourhood being Strathcona.La carte E.l montre un gradient à plus de cinq volets dans l'hypotrophie fœtale à l'échelle des quartiers de Vancouver (de 3,5 % à 18,8 %). Elle montre aussi que Strathcona est le quartier le plus à risque.© 1996-2010, Institut canadien d'information sur la santé (ICIS)https://secure.cihi.ca/ 26.02.2011© 1996-2010, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).https://secure.cihi.ca/ 26.02.2011
The figure below illustrates a 1.7 fold increase in total revenues for the 14 ACAP organizations between 1997 and 2001.La figure ci-dessous indique une augmentation d'un facteur de 1,7 dans les recettes totales des 14 organismes du PALA entre 1997 et 2001.http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/30/2012http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/30/2012
At each instant, indeed, he expected to see the swarthy form of the Delaware appearing in the background, like the tiger prowling around the fold.À chaque instant il s’attendait à voir apparaître dans le lointain la figure basanée du Delaware, semblable au tigre rôdant autour du troupeau.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Would life yet allow him to enter its fold? Had he not been branded with a mark which for ever condemned him to dwell apart?La vie voudrait-elle de lui encore, n’avait-il pas été marqué pour rester éternellement à part ?Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
When she heard of the two-fold accident," the death of Morange and that of Alexandre, which had brought on Constance's cardiacal attack, she simply gave an insane grin, a kind of involuntary snigger, and stammered : "Ah! that's funny."Lorsqu’elle sut le double accident, la mort de Morange et d’Alexandre, qui avait déterminé la crise cardiaque de Constance, elle eut simplement un petit rictus de détraquée, une sorte de rire involontaire, en disant : « Tiens ! c’est drôle ! »Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
The woman who sat in it had a mantilla of black lace over her head and shoulders, and with one slender jewelled hand she kept its fold over the greater part of her face.La femme portait une mantille de dentelle qui retombait sur sa tête et ses épaules; une de ses mains, ornée de bagues, retenait les plis de la mantille de façon à cacher la plus grande partie de son visage.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
The skin-fold thickness of each injection site shall be remeasured 72 hours (± 4 hours) after injection and recorded.On mesurera à nouveau l'épaisseur du pli de la peau de chaque point d'injection 72 heures (+/- 4 h) après l'injection et on notera le résultat.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
You roll it up with as much patience and care as you would take to fold up a new pair of trousers, and five minutes afterwards, when you pick it up, it is one ghastly, soul-revolting tangle.Vous l’enroulez avec toute la patience et le soin que vous mettriez à plier un pantalon neuf, et cinq minutes plus tard, quand vous la ramassez, elle n’est plus qu’un fouillis désespérant.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
Marthe raised her eyes, and when she had glanced at her husband she began to fold up her work.Marthe avait levé les yeux; puis, après avoir regardé son mari, elle s'était mise à ranger son ouvrage dans sa table.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
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Collocations
zig-zag fold paper
papier en accordéon
folding machine
plieuse
folding rule
mètre pliant
folding chair
chaise pliante
Word forms
fold
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | fold | folds |
Possessive case | fold's | folds' |
fold
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | folded |
Imperative | fold |
Present Participle (Participle I) | folding |
Past Participle (Participle II) | folded |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I fold | we fold |
you fold | you fold |
he/she/it folds | they fold |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am folding | we are folding |
you are folding | you are folding |
he/she/it is folding | they are folding |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have folded | we have folded |
you have folded | you have folded |
he/she/it has folded | they have folded |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been folding | we have been folding |
you have been folding | you have been folding |
he/she/it has been folding | they have been folding |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I folded | we folded |
you folded | you folded |
he/she/it folded | they folded |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was folding | we were folding |
you were folding | you were folding |
he/she/it was folding | they were folding |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had folded | we had folded |
you had folded | you had folded |
he/she/it had folded | they had folded |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been folding | we had been folding |
you had been folding | you had been folding |
he/she/it had been folding | they had been folding |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will fold | we shall/will fold |
you will fold | you will fold |
he/she/it will fold | they will fold |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be folding | we shall/will be folding |
you will be folding | you will be folding |
he/she/it will be folding | they will be folding |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have folded | we shall/will have folded |
you will have folded | you will have folded |
he/she/it will have folded | they will have folded |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been folding | we shall/will have been folding |
you will have been folding | you will have been folding |
he/she/it will have been folding | they will have been folding |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would fold | we should/would fold |
you would fold | you would fold |
he/she/it would fold | they would fold |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be folding | we should/would be folding |
you would be folding | you would be folding |
he/she/it would be folding | they would be folding |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have folded | we should/would have folded |
you would have folded | you would have folded |
he/she/it would have folded | they would have folded |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been folding | we should/would have been folding |
you would have been folding | you would have been folding |
he/she/it would have been folding | they would have been folding |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am folded | we are folded |
you are folded | you are folded |
he/she/it is folded | they are folded |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being folded | we are being folded |
you are being folded | you are being folded |
he/she/it is being folded | they are being folded |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been folded | we have been folded |
you have been folded | you have been folded |
he/she/it has been folded | they have been folded |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was folded | we were folded |
you were folded | you were folded |
he/she/it was folded | they were folded |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being folded | we were being folded |
you were being folded | you were being folded |
he/she/it was being folded | they were being folded |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been folded | we had been folded |
you had been folded | you had been folded |
he/she/it had been folded | they had been folded |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be folded | we shall/will be folded |
you will be folded | you will be folded |
he/she/it will be folded | they will be folded |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been folded | we shall/will have been folded |
you will have been folded | you will have been folded |
he/she/it will have been folded | they will have been folded |