They continued for some time to gesticulate, at intervals declaring loudly that on no terms would they agree to an exchange unless the queen were given up.
Ils continuèrent quelque temps à gesticuler, déclarant, d'un ton formel, qu'à aucune condition, ils ne consentiraient à un échange si la reine n'en faisait pas partie.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Strangers ended by sympathising; friends kept up conversations, although they were seated three rows distant from one another, and were obliged to turn their heads and gesticulate over their neighbours' shoulders.
Des inconnus finissaient par sympathiser, des amis soutenaient des conversations à trois rangs de distance, la tête tournée, gesticulant par-dessus les épaules des voisins.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Sidoine opened his mouth frightfully wide and began to gesticulate, with the look of one of the damned.
Sidoine ouvrit effroyablement la bouche et se mit à gesticuler, avec des mines de damné.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
Mege, on being stopped by another member of the little Socialist group, began to fume and gesticulate.
Mège, arrêté par un autre membre du petit groupe socialiste, gesticulait, s’entraînait.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
But his eyes sparkled with passion behind his glasses, and little by little his voice rose in piercing accents and he drew his lank figure erect and began to gesticulate vehemently.
Mais ses yeux étincelaient de passion derrière son binocle, et peu à peu sa voix criarde et déchirante s’élevait, tonnait, tandis qu’il redressait son corps dégingandé, dans une gesticulation violente.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
They talk all at once, and loudly; they gesticulate, they laugh and sing.
Ils parlent tous à la fois, très fort, en gesticulant, rient et chantent.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
As it happened, Claude came home very late, gesticulating merrily, and his eyes very bright, as if he were excited by some secret joy; he was very hungry, and grumbled because the cloth was not laid.
Claude, justement, rentra très tard, avec des gestes gais, des yeux clairs, toute une excitation de joie secrète; et il avait une grosse faim, il cria, parce que le couvert n’était pas mis.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Rougon lay back in a corner of the cab, watching the grey wall of the Tuileries gardens ; while M. Kahn, very red in the face, and gesticulating spasmodically, continued: ' I have been following your advice, you know.
Rougon s'enfonça dans un coin, regardant, par la glace ouverte, filer la muraille grise du jardin des Tuileries. M. Kahn, très rouge, continuait, avec des gestes saccadés: «Vous le savez, j'ai suivi vos conseils....
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
People were coming back, gesticulating and gathering in groups.
Des gens revenaient, gesticulaient, formaient des groupes.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Even the occupants of the galleries shouted and gesticulated.
Les tribunes elles-mêmes parlaient et gesticulaient.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
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gesticulate
verb
Basic forms
Past
gesticulated
Imperative
gesticulate
Present Participle (Participle I)
gesticulating
Past Participle (Participle II)
gesticulated
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I gesticulate
we gesticulate
you gesticulate
you gesticulate
he/she/it gesticulates
they gesticulate
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am gesticulating
we are gesticulating
you are gesticulating
you are gesticulating
he/she/it is gesticulating
they are gesticulating
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have gesticulated
we have gesticulated
you have gesticulated
you have gesticulated
he/she/it has gesticulated
they have gesticulated
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been gesticulating
we have been gesticulating
you have been gesticulating
you have been gesticulating
he/she/it has been gesticulating
they have been gesticulating
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I gesticulated
we gesticulated
you gesticulated
you gesticulated
he/she/it gesticulated
they gesticulated
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was gesticulating
we were gesticulating
you were gesticulating
you were gesticulating
he/she/it was gesticulating
they were gesticulating
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had gesticulated
we had gesticulated
you had gesticulated
you had gesticulated
he/she/it had gesticulated
they had gesticulated
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been gesticulating
we had been gesticulating
you had been gesticulating
you had been gesticulating
he/she/it had been gesticulating
they had been gesticulating
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will gesticulate
we shall/will gesticulate
you will gesticulate
you will gesticulate
he/she/it will gesticulate
they will gesticulate
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be gesticulating
we shall/will be gesticulating
you will be gesticulating
you will be gesticulating
he/she/it will be gesticulating
they will be gesticulating
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have gesticulated
we shall/will have gesticulated
you will have gesticulated
you will have gesticulated
he/she/it will have gesticulated
they will have gesticulated
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been gesticulating
we shall/will have been gesticulating
you will have been gesticulating
you will have been gesticulating
he/she/it will have been gesticulating
they will have been gesticulating
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would gesticulate
we should/would gesticulate
you would gesticulate
you would gesticulate
he/she/it would gesticulate
they would gesticulate
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be gesticulating
we should/would be gesticulating
you would be gesticulating
you would be gesticulating
he/she/it would be gesticulating
they would be gesticulating
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have gesticulated
we should/would have gesticulated
you would have gesticulated
you would have gesticulated
he/she/it would have gesticulated
they would have gesticulated
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice