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They looked cheerless enough, but I pretended to gloat over the sight, and said so to the lieutenant, who passed it on to the others.Les pauvres diables paraissaient fort déprimés. Pourtant, je feignis d’éprouver un grand plaisir à ce spectacle, et je le dis au lieutenant, qui traduisit mes paroles aux autres.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
No doubt they thought we were inquisitive Germans come to gloat over them.Ils nous prenaient sans doute pour des Allemands se réjouissant de leur impuissance.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Peter broke off to gloat over the wedges of geese and the strings of wild swans that were always winging across those plains.Peter s’arrêta pour dévorer des yeux les longues files d’oies et de cygnes sauvages qui volaient sans cesse au-dessus des plaines.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
See how they gloat upon that chubby little fellow, who seems instinctively to fear them.Regardez comme ils couvent des yeux ce petit garçon joufflu, qui paraît instinctivement en avoir peur.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
It was not as a father, but as an artist, that he gloated over the boy as the subject for a masterpiece, blinking his eyes the while, and dreaming of some wonderful picture he would paint.Il ne le couvait plus que de ses yeux d’artiste, comme un motif à chef-d’œuvre, clignant les paupières, rêvant le tableau.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
I gloated over the ghastliness of each detail; howls resounded through the vault; somebody whom one could not see, whose vicinity was not even suspected, would suddenly drop upon another's shoulder.Je me complaisais, je descendais dans l'horreur des moindres détails. Des hurlements traversaient les ténèbres. Tout d'un coup, un voisin qu'on ne savait pas là, qu'on ne voyait pas, s'abattait contre votre épaule.Zola, Emile / The Death of Oliver BecailleZola, Emile / La mort d'Olivier BecailleLa mort d'Olivier BecailleZola, EmileThe Death of Oliver BecailleZola, Emile
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gloat
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | gloat | gloats |
Possessive case | gloat's | gloats' |
gloat
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | gloated |
Imperative | gloat |
Present Participle (Participle I) | gloating |
Past Participle (Participle II) | gloated |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I gloat | we gloat |
you gloat | you gloat |
he/she/it gloats | they gloat |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am gloating | we are gloating |
you are gloating | you are gloating |
he/she/it is gloating | they are gloating |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have gloated | we have gloated |
you have gloated | you have gloated |
he/she/it has gloated | they have gloated |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been gloating | we have been gloating |
you have been gloating | you have been gloating |
he/she/it has been gloating | they have been gloating |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I gloated | we gloated |
you gloated | you gloated |
he/she/it gloated | they gloated |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was gloating | we were gloating |
you were gloating | you were gloating |
he/she/it was gloating | they were gloating |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had gloated | we had gloated |
you had gloated | you had gloated |
he/she/it had gloated | they had gloated |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been gloating | we had been gloating |
you had been gloating | you had been gloating |
he/she/it had been gloating | they had been gloating |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will gloat | we shall/will gloat |
you will gloat | you will gloat |
he/she/it will gloat | they will gloat |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be gloating | we shall/will be gloating |
you will be gloating | you will be gloating |
he/she/it will be gloating | they will be gloating |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have gloated | we shall/will have gloated |
you will have gloated | you will have gloated |
he/she/it will have gloated | they will have gloated |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been gloating | we shall/will have been gloating |
you will have been gloating | you will have been gloating |
he/she/it will have been gloating | they will have been gloating |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would gloat | we should/would gloat |
you would gloat | you would gloat |
he/she/it would gloat | they would gloat |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be gloating | we should/would be gloating |
you would be gloating | you would be gloating |
he/she/it would be gloating | they would be gloating |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have gloated | we should/would have gloated |
you would have gloated | you would have gloated |
he/she/it would have gloated | they would have gloated |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been gloating | we should/would have been gloating |
you would have been gloating | you would have been gloating |
he/she/it would have been gloating | they would have been gloating |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am gloated | we are gloated |
you are gloated | you are gloated |
he/she/it is gloated | they are gloated |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being gloated | we are being gloated |
you are being gloated | you are being gloated |
he/she/it is being gloated | they are being gloated |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been gloated | we have been gloated |
you have been gloated | you have been gloated |
he/she/it has been gloated | they have been gloated |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was gloated | we were gloated |
you were gloated | you were gloated |
he/she/it was gloated | they were gloated |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being gloated | we were being gloated |
you were being gloated | you were being gloated |
he/she/it was being gloated | they were being gloated |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been gloated | we had been gloated |
you had been gloated | you had been gloated |
he/she/it had been gloated | they had been gloated |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be gloated | we shall/will be gloated |
you will be gloated | you will be gloated |
he/she/it will be gloated | they will be gloated |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been gloated | we shall/will have been gloated |
you will have been gloated | you will have been gloated |
he/she/it will have been gloated | they will have been gloated |