Twenty times did the canoe appear about to dash against some curling and bright wave that showed itself even amid that obscurity; and as often did it glide away again unharmed, impelled by the vigorous arm of him who governed its movements.
Vingt fois la pirogue parut sur le point d’aller heurter une vague en tourbillon qui brillait même au sein de cette obscurité, mais autant de fois le bras vigoureux de celui qui en dirigeait les mouvements la remit sur sa route sans accident.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
She would glide in among them, and look at them with an air of perplexed and sorrowful earnestness; and sometimes she would lift their chains with her slender hands, and then sigh wofully, as she glided away.
Elle se glissait parmi eux, les regardait avec une douloureuse anxiété, soulevait de ses petites mains frêles leurs lourdes chaînes, puis s’éloignait en soupirant.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
There are men who let themselves glide onward like running water.
Il est des hommes qui se laissent aller comme l'eau qui coule.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
The scow redoubled its motion, and seemed to glide from under the tree as if conscious of the danger that was impending overhead.
Ils halèrent tous deux la corde de toutes leurs forces, et passèrent sous l’arbre avec la même rapidité que s’ils eussent connu le danger qui les menaçait.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
However, he was approaching the door on foot, asking himself how he might glide unperceived through the throng, when the sound of a merry voice made him turn: "What, Monsieur l'Abbe! Is it possible!
Et il prenait le parti de gagner la porte à pied, il se demandait de quelle façon il se glisserait parmi la foule, inaperçu, lorsqu’une voix joyeuse le fit se tourner. « Eh ! monsieur l’abbé, est-ce possible ?
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
And, thereupon, in order to avoid notice, he so manoeuvred as to glide behind the throng, skirting the windows in the direction of the entrance to the Hall of the Antiques, which was beyond the gallery.
Et il manœuvra pour se glisser derrière la foule, le long des fenêtres, de manière à ne pas être remarqué, en gagnant la porte de la salle des antiques, à l’extrémité de la galerie.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
He seemed to be cased in such impenetrable armour that the world's most deadly blows would glide off from it harmlessly.
Une armure lui montait aux épaules, si impénétrable, que le monde s'émoussait sur elle.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Did he not know full well that it was his habit to glide up softly with gentle paws that he might drive them like blades into the very vitals of his victim?
ne savait-il pas qu'il se fait un jeu souvent d'approcher avec des pattes douces, pour les enfoncer ensuite comme des couteaux jusqu'aux os de ses victimes?
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
By lamplight he was no longer troubled by the gloom of the pallid curtains, he no longer felt the greyness of the sky glide in through the smallest chinks, and flow up to him like a cloud of dust intent on burying him.
La lampe allumée, il n'avait plus le deuil des rideaux blafards, il ne sentait plus le gris du ciel entrer par les plus minces fentes, couler jusqu'à lui, ainsi qu'une poussière qui l'enterrait.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
-- then, leaving these woods so cool and branchy, behold a chalk-land lying fallow, where among the warm and cavernous mosses adders glide to their lairs, or lift their proud slim heads.
Puis au sortir de ces bois frais et touffus, une jachère crayeuse où sur des mousses ardentes et sonores, des couleuvres repues rentrent chez elles en levant leurs têtes élégantes et fines.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
Then he let his head glide down, and rested his cheek against that small, cool hand, saying, with a light laugh: 'Ah! it's as soft as silk.
Alors, il laissa glisser sa tête, il appuya une joue sur cette petite main fraîche. Il eut un léger rire, il dit: - Ah! c'est doux comme de la soie.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
He was always thinking he saw her glide into the coppice; but on running there he only found the great shadows of the poplars waving in the breath of Heaven.
Il croyait toujours la voir glisser dans les taillis ; mais il ne trouvait, en accourant, que les grandes ombres des peupliers agités par les souffles du ciel.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
The forty paintings thus rescued at the eleventh hour, were those of the beggars at the door--those whom one allowed to glide with empty stomachs to the far end of the table.
Ces quarante repêchés de la dernière heure étaient les mendiants de la porte, ceux qu’on laissait se glisser au bas bout de la table, le ventre vide.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
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Collocations
glide over
glisser
glide over
glisser sur
Word forms
glide
verb
Basic forms
Past
glided
Imperative
glide
Present Participle (Participle I)
gliding
Past Participle (Participle II)
glided
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I glide
we glide
you glide
you glide
he/she/it glides
they glide
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am gliding
we are gliding
you are gliding
you are gliding
he/she/it is gliding
they are gliding
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have glided
we have glided
you have glided
you have glided
he/she/it has glided
they have glided
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been gliding
we have been gliding
you have been gliding
you have been gliding
he/she/it has been gliding
they have been gliding
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I glided
we glided
you glided
you glided
he/she/it glided
they glided
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was gliding
we were gliding
you were gliding
you were gliding
he/she/it was gliding
they were gliding
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had glided
we had glided
you had glided
you had glided
he/she/it had glided
they had glided
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been gliding
we had been gliding
you had been gliding
you had been gliding
he/she/it had been gliding
they had been gliding
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will glide
we shall/will glide
you will glide
you will glide
he/she/it will glide
they will glide
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be gliding
we shall/will be gliding
you will be gliding
you will be gliding
he/she/it will be gliding
they will be gliding
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have glided
we shall/will have glided
you will have glided
you will have glided
he/she/it will have glided
they will have glided
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been gliding
we shall/will have been gliding
you will have been gliding
you will have been gliding
he/she/it will have been gliding
they will have been gliding
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would glide
we should/would glide
you would glide
you would glide
he/she/it would glide
they would glide
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be gliding
we should/would be gliding
you would be gliding
you would be gliding
he/she/it would be gliding
they would be gliding
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have glided
we should/would have glided
you would have glided
you would have glided
he/she/it would have glided
they would have glided
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice