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Slowly against the swift current they work their ponderous way, till, with a low grumble, they grate against the bank of the little island that from this day will bear the name of Magna Charta Island.
Lentement elles remontent le rapide courant et vont accoster en raclant contre la berge de la petite île qui se nommera désormais « île de la Grande-Charte ».
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
I heard them grumble at my flight louder than they had done two minutes previously at my slowness in withdrawing.
Je les entendis se fâcher de ma fuite, plus fort qu’ils ne l’avaient fait, deux minutes auparavant, de ma lenteur à reculer.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
It's a long way!" the trampers begin to grumble.
C’que c’est long ! commence-t-on à grogner parmi les marcheurs.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
By the time she had got through this grumble, she had reached Abbé Surin, who was lying in a swoon.
Tout en mâchant ces paroles, elle était arrivée devant l'abbé Surin évanoui.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Jules continued to grumble: they would receive the child all the same, only it would have done better to have remained where it was.
Jules continuait à grogner: on le recevrait tout de même, cet enfant; seulement, il aurait bien dû rester où il était.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
"Now then, my lads, get on with it; it isn't a long job when everybody sets to—Come—what have you got to grumble about, you?
– Allons, mes enfants, jetons-en un coup, c’est pas long quand tout le monde s’y met… Allons, qu’est-ce t’as à rouspéter, encore, toi ?
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"Another time, so that you won't grumble about the toughness, they send you something soft and flabby that passes for meat, something with the look and the taste of a sponge—or a poultice.
– D’aut’ fois, pour que tu t’plaignes pas qu’c’soit dur, i’t’collent en fait d’bidoche, qué’qu’chose de mou : d’l’éponge qui n’a point de goût, du cataplasme.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"Good for you," said the gunner as he made off. "You've nothing to grumble at—with six days' leave in your water-bottle!"
– Ben, mon vieux, dit le tringlot en s’éloignant, t’es pas à plaindre, si t’as comme ça six jours de permission dans l’bidon.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
'Well, well,' he grumbled, 'never mind, even if she did see him, she had a smacking fall on her nose.
Il murmurait: - N'importe, si elle l'a vu, elle n'en est pas moins tombée sur le nez...
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
'Mademoiselle,' grumbled La Teuse every minute, 'you will end by making yourself ill.
- Mademoiselle, grondait la Teuse à chaque minute, vous allez vous faire mal.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
They both grumbled; the sheets had become cold again; they were not at all comfortable; it would take them another half-hour to get warm.
Tous deux grognaient: les draps avaient refroidi, on était mal, il faudrait encore une demi-heure pour avoir chaud.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
" A lecture, a lecture," grumbled the husband.
– Une conférence, une conférence, gronda le mari.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
'Now my soup is too hot!' grumbled La Teuse, as she returned from the kitchen with a basin, from which a wooden spoon was projecting.
- Maintenant ma soupe est trop chaude, gronda la Teuse, qui revenait de la cuisine avec une écuelle, dans laquelle une cuiller de bois était plantée debout.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Our jaws are set and we swallow our thoughts, hurrying, bustling, colliding, and grumbling without words.
Les mâchoires sont serrées. On avale ses réflexions. On se dépêche, on se bouscule, on se cogne, en grognant sans parler.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
We grumbled a good deal.
Nous rouspétâmes fort.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka

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grumble

verb
Basic forms
Pastgrumbled
Imperativegrumble
Present Participle (Participle I)grumbling
Past Participle (Participle II)grumbled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I grumblewe grumble
you grumbleyou grumble
he/she/it grumblesthey grumble
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am grumblingwe are grumbling
you are grumblingyou are grumbling
he/she/it is grumblingthey are grumbling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have grumbledwe have grumbled
you have grumbledyou have grumbled
he/she/it has grumbledthey have grumbled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been grumblingwe have been grumbling
you have been grumblingyou have been grumbling
he/she/it has been grumblingthey have been grumbling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I grumbledwe grumbled
you grumbledyou grumbled
he/she/it grumbledthey grumbled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was grumblingwe were grumbling
you were grumblingyou were grumbling
he/she/it was grumblingthey were grumbling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had grumbledwe had grumbled
you had grumbledyou had grumbled
he/she/it had grumbledthey had grumbled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been grumblingwe had been grumbling
you had been grumblingyou had been grumbling
he/she/it had been grumblingthey had been grumbling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will grumblewe shall/will grumble
you will grumbleyou will grumble
he/she/it will grumblethey will grumble
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be grumblingwe shall/will be grumbling
you will be grumblingyou will be grumbling
he/she/it will be grumblingthey will be grumbling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have grumbledwe shall/will have grumbled
you will have grumbledyou will have grumbled
he/she/it will have grumbledthey will have grumbled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been grumblingwe shall/will have been grumbling
you will have been grumblingyou will have been grumbling
he/she/it will have been grumblingthey will have been grumbling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would grumblewe should/would grumble
you would grumbleyou would grumble
he/she/it would grumblethey would grumble
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be grumblingwe should/would be grumbling
you would be grumblingyou would be grumbling
he/she/it would be grumblingthey would be grumbling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have grumbledwe should/would have grumbled
you would have grumbledyou would have grumbled
he/she/it would have grumbledthey would have grumbled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been grumblingwe should/would have been grumbling
you would have been grumblingyou would have been grumbling
he/she/it would have been grumblingthey would have been grumbling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am grumbledwe are grumbled
you are grumbledyou are grumbled
he/she/it is grumbledthey are grumbled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being grumbledwe are being grumbled
you are being grumbledyou are being grumbled
he/she/it is being grumbledthey are being grumbled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been grumbledwe have been grumbled
you have been grumbledyou have been grumbled
he/she/it has been grumbledthey have been grumbled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was grumbledwe were grumbled
you were grumbledyou were grumbled
he/she/it was grumbledthey were grumbled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being grumbledwe were being grumbled
you were being grumbledyou were being grumbled
he/she/it was being grumbledthey were being grumbled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been grumbledwe had been grumbled
you had been grumbledyou had been grumbled
he/she/it had been grumbledthey had been grumbled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be grumbledwe shall/will be grumbled
you will be grumbledyou will be grumbled
he/she/it will be grumbledthey will be grumbled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been grumbledwe shall/will have been grumbled
you will have been grumbledyou will have been grumbled
he/she/it will have been grumbledthey will have been grumbled

grumble

noun
SingularPlural
Common casegrumblegrumbles
Possessive casegrumble'sgrumbles'