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The foul words continued, words which the young woman had never heard before, all the overflow of a sewer which every morning found an outlet there, close to her, and of which she had never had the least suspicion.Les mots ignobles continuaient, des mots que la jeune femme n'avait jamais entendus, toute une débâcle d'égout, qui, chaque matin, se déversait là, près d'elle, et qu'elle ne soupçonnait même pas.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
We passed on our route clumps of cacti, and thickets of creosote bushes, that emitted their foul odours as we crushed through them.Il y avait aussi des massifs de cactus et d'épais buissons de créosote qui exhalaient leur odeur nauséabonde au choc du sabot de nos montures.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
The continued, almost unhindered, bombing raids on German towns had left Hitler in a foul mood towards Goring and the inadequacies of the Luftwaffe.Les raids continus, presque sans entraves, contre les villes allemandes avaient remonté Hitler contre Goring et les insuffisances de la Luftwaffe.Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NémésisHitler. 1936-1945 NémésisKershaw, Ian© Ian Kershaw, 2000.© Flammarion, 2000, pour la traduction franсaise. Edition revue, 2001.Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian© 2000 by Ian Kershaw
Oh, she had Germans and Kurds to do her foul work, but their hands were clean compared to hers.Oh! elle chargeait des Allemands et des Kurdes de ces vilaines besognes, mais leurs mains étaient propres comparées aux siennes.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Fagerolles, who was very cunning, had decided to send nothing, for fear of displeasing his masters; and he chaffed the Salon, calling it 'a foul bazaar, where all the bad painting made even the good turn musty.'Fagerolles, très malin, n’exposait pas, de peur de mécontenter ses maîtres; et il tapait sur le Salon, un bazar infect où la bonne peinture tournait à l’aigre avec la mauvaise.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
"What!" exclaimed Grivet astonished, "you think there are foul creatures like that walking about the streets, people who have murdered and are not arrested?"--Comment! dit Grivet étonné, vous croyez qu'il y a, comme ça, dans la rue des canailles qui ont assassiné et qu'on n'arrête pas?Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
Instead of that inward light, which had shone so brightly within him as he received his God, he now found utter darkness, a foul vapour that irritated his senses.Au lieu de cette clarté intérieure, dont il était tout éclairé, et dans laquelle il avait reçu son Dieu, il ne trouvait plus en lui que des ténèbres, une fumée mauvaise, qui exaspérait sa chair.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
This man was more than a spy; in his foul way he had been a patriot.Cet homme était plus qu'un espion; c'était, à sa façon perverse, un patriote.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
"That man" was in the act of calling her a foul name in the middle of the street, where he stood with one of his friends, even more ragged than himself.«Cet homme» était en train de la traiter de coquine au milieu de la rue, en compagnie d’un sien camarade encore plus déguenillé que lui.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
The others burst out laughing, another rush of foul language overflowed, whilst the wretched creature, awfully frightened, stammered :" Hold your tongues, with your nasty words!Les autres éclatèrent, une nouvelle poussée d'ordures déborda, pendant que la malheureuse, épouvantée, bégayait: – Taisez-vous, avec vos vilaines choses!Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
The holes themselves, as you stoop to peer in, are foul of breath.Les trous eux-mêmes, si on s’y penche en passant, puent aussi, comme des bouches.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
There was something so equivocal, so underhand, in the dirty appearance of the wan lustreless daylight which was struggling for existence over this foul immensity, that it filled the beholder with disgust.Le jour terne qui agonisait sur cette immensité boueuse avait une clarté louche, sans reflet, dont la teinte sale faisait monter le dégoût à la gorge.Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratMadeleine FeratZola, EmileMadeleine FeratZola, Emile
At this, the rush of foul words again rebounded from wall to wall of the pestiferous hole.Du coup, le flot d'ordures battit de nouveau les murailles du trou empesté.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
Since morning his mind had been running on that episode of Rosalie and Fortune, and now his thoughts returned to it, to the foul features of existence, the incessant, fated task of Nature, which sowed men broadcast like grains of wheat.Vivant depuis le matin dans cette histoire de la grossesse de Rosalie, il finissait par penser à cela, aux saletés de l'existence, aux poussées de la chair, à la reproduction fatale de l'espèce semant les hommes comme des grains de blé.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
What a foul family ours is!La sale famille, la sale famille que la nôtre!Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
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Collocations
disqualifying foul
faute disqualifiante
fifth foul
cinquième faute
foul ball
fausse balle
foul play
jeu déloyal
foul shot
lancer franc
major foul
faute grave
multiple foul
faute multiple
offensive foul
faute offensive
ordinary foul
faute ordinaire
personal foul
faute personnelle
player foul
faute de joueur
right-field foul line
ligne de première base
team foul
faute d'équipe
unintentional foul
faute involontaire
tactical foul
faute tactique
Word forms
foul
adverb
| Positive degree | foul |
| Comparative degree | fouler |
| Superlative degree | foulest |
foul
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | foul | fouls |
| Possessive case | foul's | fouls' |
foul
adjective
| Positive degree | foul |
| Comparative degree | fouler |
| Superlative degree | foulest |
foul
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | fouled |
| Imperative | foul |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | fouling |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | fouled |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I foul | we foul |
| you foul | you foul |
| he/she/it fouls | they foul |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am fouling | we are fouling |
| you are fouling | you are fouling |
| he/she/it is fouling | they are fouling |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have fouled | we have fouled |
| you have fouled | you have fouled |
| he/she/it has fouled | they have fouled |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been fouling | we have been fouling |
| you have been fouling | you have been fouling |
| he/she/it has been fouling | they have been fouling |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I fouled | we fouled |
| you fouled | you fouled |
| he/she/it fouled | they fouled |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was fouling | we were fouling |
| you were fouling | you were fouling |
| he/she/it was fouling | they were fouling |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had fouled | we had fouled |
| you had fouled | you had fouled |
| he/she/it had fouled | they had fouled |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been fouling | we had been fouling |
| you had been fouling | you had been fouling |
| he/she/it had been fouling | they had been fouling |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will foul | we shall/will foul |
| you will foul | you will foul |
| he/she/it will foul | they will foul |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be fouling | we shall/will be fouling |
| you will be fouling | you will be fouling |
| he/she/it will be fouling | they will be fouling |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have fouled | we shall/will have fouled |
| you will have fouled | you will have fouled |
| he/she/it will have fouled | they will have fouled |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been fouling | we shall/will have been fouling |
| you will have been fouling | you will have been fouling |
| he/she/it will have been fouling | they will have been fouling |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would foul | we should/would foul |
| you would foul | you would foul |
| he/she/it would foul | they would foul |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be fouling | we should/would be fouling |
| you would be fouling | you would be fouling |
| he/she/it would be fouling | they would be fouling |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have fouled | we should/would have fouled |
| you would have fouled | you would have fouled |
| he/she/it would have fouled | they would have fouled |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been fouling | we should/would have been fouling |
| you would have been fouling | you would have been fouling |
| he/she/it would have been fouling | they would have been fouling |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am fouled | we are fouled |
| you are fouled | you are fouled |
| he/she/it is fouled | they are fouled |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being fouled | we are being fouled |
| you are being fouled | you are being fouled |
| he/she/it is being fouled | they are being fouled |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been fouled | we have been fouled |
| you have been fouled | you have been fouled |
| he/she/it has been fouled | they have been fouled |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was fouled | we were fouled |
| you were fouled | you were fouled |
| he/she/it was fouled | they were fouled |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being fouled | we were being fouled |
| you were being fouled | you were being fouled |
| he/she/it was being fouled | they were being fouled |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been fouled | we had been fouled |
| you had been fouled | you had been fouled |
| he/she/it had been fouled | they had been fouled |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be fouled | we shall/will be fouled |
| you will be fouled | you will be fouled |
| he/she/it will be fouled | they will be fouled |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been fouled | we shall/will have been fouled |
| you will have been fouled | you will have been fouled |
| he/she/it will have been fouled | they will have been fouled |