If I could snatch away from that world of nature, which you extol, its kirtle of sunshine and its girdle of greenery, you would see it hideous like a very fury, a skeleton, rotting away with disease and vice.
Si j'arrachais à ta nature sa jupe de soleil, sa ceinture de feuillage, tu la verrais hideuse comme une mégère, avec des côtes de squelette, toute mangée de vices...
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Across the horizon, far, far away, the trees of the Janiculum stretched a green girdle, of a limpid emerald hue, whilst the dome of St. Peter's, more to the left, showed palely blue, like a sapphire bedimmed by too bright a light.
Très lointains, les arbres du Janicule fermaient l’horizon de leur ceinture verte d’un vert limpide d’émeraude, tandis que le dôme de Saint-Pierre, plus à gauche, avait la pâleur bleue d’un saphir, éteint dans la trop vive lumière.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
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The Three Cities - Rome
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Three of their scalps hang at my girdle.
Trois de leurs chevelures sont suspendues à ma ceinture.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
But her tongue still wagged while she crossed the stole with the maniple, and wreathed the girdle so as to trace the venerated initial of Mary's holy name.
Mais elle continuait à bavarder, tout en s'appliquant à mettre le manipule en croix sur l'étole, et à disposer le cordon en guirlande, de façon à tracer l'initiale révérée du saint nom de Marie.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Whenever he appeared to grow neglectful of his appearance, the slightest hint of reproach from old Madame Rougon sufficed to Curé him, and he hurried off to buy silk stockings and a new hat and girdle.
Mais, lorsqu'il se négligeait, le moindre reproche de la vieille madame Rougon le tirait de son abandon; il souriait, il allait acheter des bas de soie, un chapeau, une ceinture neuve.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
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The Conquest of Plassans
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Others have given her the wreath and girdle: we, out of kindness of heart, have made her a present of the ball-program.
D’autres lui ont donné la couronne et l’écharpe ; nous, par bonté d’âme, lui avons fait cadeau du carnet de danse.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
What an opportunity that would have been for the Sarpent, who would have despatched them, one after another, with his knife, and had their six scalps at his girdle, in about the time it takes me to tell you the story.
Quelle bonne fortune c’eût été pour le Serpent qui les aurait dépêchés l’un après l’autre avec son couteau, et qui aurait pendu leurs six chevelures à sa ceinture en moins de temps qu’il ne m’en faut pour vous raconter l’histoire !
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
The pelts and skin-cap had gone, and he wore instead a long linen tunic clasped at the waist by a broad girdle.
Les peaux de bêtes et la calotte de fourrure avaient disparu; il portait maintenant une longue tunique de toile retenue à la taille par une large ceinture.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
In spite of the time of the year, she insisted upon wearing a long robe of black velvet, a sort of loose blouse, drawn in at the waist with a red silk girdle.
Malgré la saison, elle voulut mettre une longue robe de velours noir, une sorte de blouse flottante, serrée à la taille par un cordon de soie rouge.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
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His Excellency
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Then he presented the girdle to the priest, who fastened it tightly round his loins, as a reminder of the bonds wherewith the Saviour was bound in His Passion.
Ensuite, il présenta le cordon au prêtre, qui s'en ceignit fortement les reins, pour rappeler ainsi les liens dont le Sauveur fut chargé dans sa Passion.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Meanwhile, Clorinde, still reclining on the couch, was amusing herself with biting the tassel of her girdle, which she kept drawing over her face, as though she wanted to tickle herself. Her eyes were wide open and smiling at the ceiling.
Clorinde, la tête toujours renversée, s'amusait à mordre le gland de sa cordelière, qu'elle promenait sur sa figure comme pour se chatouiller; et elle ouvrait de grands yeux qui riaient silencieusement en l'air.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
They lingered on the noble outlines, the proud gracefulness of the town-sprinkled Sabine and Alban mountains, whose girdle limited the expanse.
Il s’attardait aux nobles dentelures, à la grâce fière des monts de la Sabine et des monts Albains, semés de villes, dont la ceinture bornait le ciel.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
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girdle
verb
Basic forms
Past
girdled
Imperative
girdle
Present Participle (Participle I)
girdling
Past Participle (Participle II)
girdled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I girdle
we girdle
you girdle
you girdle
he/she/it girdles
they girdle
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am girdling
we are girdling
you are girdling
you are girdling
he/she/it is girdling
they are girdling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have girdled
we have girdled
you have girdled
you have girdled
he/she/it has girdled
they have girdled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been girdling
we have been girdling
you have been girdling
you have been girdling
he/she/it has been girdling
they have been girdling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I girdled
we girdled
you girdled
you girdled
he/she/it girdled
they girdled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was girdling
we were girdling
you were girdling
you were girdling
he/she/it was girdling
they were girdling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had girdled
we had girdled
you had girdled
you had girdled
he/she/it had girdled
they had girdled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been girdling
we had been girdling
you had been girdling
you had been girdling
he/she/it had been girdling
they had been girdling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will girdle
we shall/will girdle
you will girdle
you will girdle
he/she/it will girdle
they will girdle
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be girdling
we shall/will be girdling
you will be girdling
you will be girdling
he/she/it will be girdling
they will be girdling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have girdled
we shall/will have girdled
you will have girdled
you will have girdled
he/she/it will have girdled
they will have girdled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been girdling
we shall/will have been girdling
you will have been girdling
you will have been girdling
he/she/it will have been girdling
they will have been girdling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would girdle
we should/would girdle
you would girdle
you would girdle
he/she/it would girdle
they would girdle
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be girdling
we should/would be girdling
you would be girdling
you would be girdling
he/she/it would be girdling
they would be girdling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have girdled
we should/would have girdled
you would have girdled
you would have girdled
he/she/it would have girdled
they would have girdled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice