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Legree stopped at the foot of the stairs, and heard a voice singing.Legris s’arrêta au pied de l’escalier, et entendit une voix qui chantait.Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
At the foot of the staircase, he took one of the men who accompanied him, a navvy named Cassoute, the most wooden-headed of the four, and ordered him to sit on the first step, and remain there.Au bas de l’escalier, il prit à part un des hommes qui l’avait accompagné, un terrassier nommé Cassoute, le plus épais des quatre, et lui ordonna de s’asseoir sur la première marche et de n’en pas bouger jusqu’à nouvel ordre.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
With the bold assurance of their twenty summers, these young fellows took possession of the foot pavement.Ces gaillards, avec la belle carrure de leurs vingt ans, prenaient possession du pavé.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
Now, he paused at the foot of a high bramble hedge, those brambles with coarse leaves and long thorny branches, which certainly produce the best fruit a man of refined taste can eat.Or il s’arrêta au pied d’une grosse haie faite de ronces, de ces ronces aux feuilles rudes, aux longs bras épineux, qui produisent à coup sûr les meilleurs fruits que puisse manger un homme d’un goût recherché.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
Align the impactor accelerometer with its sensitive axis parallel to the direction of impact at contact with the foot.Aligner l'accéléromètre du pendule de sorte que son axe sensitif soit parallèle à la direction de l'impact au contact avec le pied.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/27/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/27/2009
He thus went through a dozen kingdoms, taking heed not to place his foot in the centre of a town, for he felt this would have displeased the inhabitants.Il traversa ainsi une douzaine de royaumes, ayant soin de ne pas poser le pied au beau milieu de quelque ville, ce qu’il sentait devoir déplaire aux habitants.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
Thus the party quietly went back on foot, climbing the Rue des Martyrs to reach the restaurant on the Boulevard de Clichy.La bande revint tranquillement à pied, gravit la rue des Martyrs, pour se rendre au restaurant du boulevard de Clichy.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
"If Marguerite wishes to see me, she knows where I live; let her come to see me, but, for my part, I will never put foot in the Rue d'Antin."– Si Marguerite tient à me voir, elle sait où je demeure, qu'elle vienne, mais moi je ne mettrai pas les pieds rue d'Antin.Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux CameliasLa Dame aux CameliasDumas fils, AlexandreCamilleDumas fils, Alexandre© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
But every morning afterwards he had been weighed afresh, and on the wall at the foot of the bed had been hung the diagram indicating the daily difference of weight.Dès ce moment, chaque matin, on l’avait pesé, et l’on avait pendu au mur, au pied du lit, le graphique, le tracé des poids.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
Then he tossed the skirts on to the foot of the bed and pushed her boots forward, leaving nothing but her bonnet suspended from the easel.Il lança ensuite les jupes sur le pied du lit, poussa les bottines, ne laissa que le chapeau pendu à un chevalet.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
She often seemed to lapse into some ecstatic trance, her hands were shaken by a nervous trembling, and a dry cough occasionally shook her from head to foot without consciousness apparently on her part of how it was rending her.Sa face se noyait d'extase, ses mains se tendaient avec des tremblements nerveux. Une toux sèche parfois la secouait de la tête aux pieds, sans qu'elle parût en sentir le déchirement.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
Politeness, dear, consists in seeming to forget ourselves for others; with many it is social cant, laid aside when personal self-interest shows its cloven-foot; a noble then becomes ignoble.La politesse, cher enfant, consiste à paraître s’oublier pour les autres; chez beaucoup de gens, elle est une grimace sociale qui se dément aussitôt que l’intérêt trop froissé montre le bout de l’oreille, un grand devient alors ignoble.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
He tapped along the foot of the walls and on the floor-tiles..Il toquait sur le bas des murs et sur les briques du dallage.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Some officers gave chase on foot.Quelques policiers leur ont donné la chasse à pied.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 07.12.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 07.12.2011
On the Quai de Bourbon, in front of his door, he looked up, full of surprise on seeing a cab waiting at the edge of the foot pavement, and barring his way.Quai de Bourbon, devant sa porte, il leva les yeux, étonné qu’un fiacre attendît là, arrêté au bord du trottoir, lui barrant le chemin.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
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Collocations
left foot
pied gauche
right foot
pied droit
by foot
à pied
Madura foot
maduromycose
board foot
pied de planche
foot print
empreinte
foot patrol
patrouille à pied
foot patrol
patrouille pédestre
ice foot
banquette côtière
back foot
pied arrière
foot rest
repose-pieds
front foot
pied avant
rear foot
pied arrière
foot brace
barre à pieds
foot plant
blocage
Word forms
foot
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | foot | feet |
Possessive case | foot's | *feet's |
foot
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | *foot | foots |
Possessive case | *foot's | foots' |
foot
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | footed |
Imperative | foot |
Present Participle (Participle I) | footing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | footed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I foot | we foot |
you foot | you foot |
he/she/it foots | they foot |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am footing | we are footing |
you are footing | you are footing |
he/she/it is footing | they are footing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have footed | we have footed |
you have footed | you have footed |
he/she/it has footed | they have footed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been footing | we have been footing |
you have been footing | you have been footing |
he/she/it has been footing | they have been footing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I footed | we footed |
you footed | you footed |
he/she/it footed | they footed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was footing | we were footing |
you were footing | you were footing |
he/she/it was footing | they were footing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had footed | we had footed |
you had footed | you had footed |
he/she/it had footed | they had footed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been footing | we had been footing |
you had been footing | you had been footing |
he/she/it had been footing | they had been footing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will foot | we shall/will foot |
you will foot | you will foot |
he/she/it will foot | they will foot |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be footing | we shall/will be footing |
you will be footing | you will be footing |
he/she/it will be footing | they will be footing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have footed | we shall/will have footed |
you will have footed | you will have footed |
he/she/it will have footed | they will have footed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been footing | we shall/will have been footing |
you will have been footing | you will have been footing |
he/she/it will have been footing | they will have been footing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would foot | we should/would foot |
you would foot | you would foot |
he/she/it would foot | they would foot |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be footing | we should/would be footing |
you would be footing | you would be footing |
he/she/it would be footing | they would be footing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have footed | we should/would have footed |
you would have footed | you would have footed |
he/she/it would have footed | they would have footed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been footing | we should/would have been footing |
you would have been footing | you would have been footing |
he/she/it would have been footing | they would have been footing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am footed | we are footed |
you are footed | you are footed |
he/she/it is footed | they are footed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being footed | we are being footed |
you are being footed | you are being footed |
he/she/it is being footed | they are being footed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been footed | we have been footed |
you have been footed | you have been footed |
he/she/it has been footed | they have been footed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was footed | we were footed |
you were footed | you were footed |
he/she/it was footed | they were footed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being footed | we were being footed |
you were being footed | you were being footed |
he/she/it was being footed | they were being footed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been footed | we had been footed |
you had been footed | you had been footed |
he/she/it had been footed | they had been footed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be footed | we shall/will be footed |
you will be footed | you will be footed |
he/she/it will be footed | they will be footed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been footed | we shall/will have been footed |
you will have been footed | you will have been footed |
he/she/it will have been footed | they will have been footed |