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No doubt the horse was asleep also, for it required quite a hail of blows to get him to move.
Sans doute le cheval dormait aussi, car il fallut une grêle de coups de fouet pour le mettre en branle.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
He himself quickly jumped aside, and as the Republicans rushed in, there came, from the darkness of the yard, a stream of fire and a hail of bullets, which swept through the gaping porch with a roar as of thunder.
Lui se jeta vivement de côté. Et, tandis que les républicains se précipitaient, du noir de la cour sortirent un torrent de flammes, une grêle de balles, qui passèrent avec un roulement de tonnerre, sous le porche béant.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Moderate or heavy hail
grêle modérée ou forte,
I accept the gift and hail it as a good omen.
J’accepte cette offre et l’accueille comme un heureux présage.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Every window-pane of the neighbouring houses was shivered, the glass raining down with the loud clatter of hail.
Toutes les vitres des maisons voisines éclatèrent tombèrent avec un bruit retentissant de grêle.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
At such cruel moments the count's air of superiority was supreme. He thought he had triumphed over his wife, and he pursued her with a hail of phrases which repeated the one idea, and were like the blows of an axe which fell with unvarying sound.
En ces cruels moments il fallait voir l’air de supériorité que prenait le comte; il croyait triompher de sa femme, et l’accablait alors d’une grêle de phrases qui répétaient la même idée, et ressemblaient à des coups de hache rendant le même son.
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
The uncle had placed his two hands to his mouth to form a trumpet, and was about to give the promised hail, when a rapid movement from the hand of Arrowhead defeated the intention by deranging the instrument.
Cap approcha ses deux mains de sa bouche, de manière à former un porte-voix, et il allait les héler comme il l’avait projeté, quand un mouvement rapide de la main d’Arrowhead prévint son intention en dérangeant l’instrument.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
He, however, now likewise crossed over to a heap of stones, sheltered himself behind it, and provided himself with missiles; and from one heap to the other a terrible combat began, with a perfect hail of flints.
Il courut au tas de cailloux voisin, s'abrita, prit des pierres. Et, d'un tas à l'autre, un terrible combat s'engagea. Les silex grêlaient.
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
And then a shower, a regular hail, of plums came down.
Une pluie, une grêle de prunes tomba.
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
"I can easily bring down the paddler," whispered Deerslayer, "but we'll first hail him, and ask his arrn'd."
– Je puis aisément abattre le rameur, dit Deerslayer à voix basse, mais nous le hélerons d’abord pour lui demander sa destination.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
They are the rapturous stapes of infancy, for which father and mother watch, which they await impatiently, which they hail with exclamations of victory, as if each were a conquest, a fresh triumphal entry into life.
Ce sont les étapes ravies de la petite enfance, que les parents guettent, attendent impatiemment, saluent par des exclamations de victoire, comme si elles étaient chacune une conquête, une entrée nouvelle dans l’existence.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
And all that, of.course, did not interfere with the handfuls of big sous which fell as thick as hail in March
Tout cela, bien entendu, sans préjudice des poignées de gros sous qui tombaient dru comme grêle de mars.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
"'What the hell are you doing there?' says the shadow, drawing back a little and putting one fist on his hip, while the rain rattled like hail on his hood.
» – Qu’est-ce que vous foutez là ? dit l’ombre en campant en arrière et en mettant un poing sur la hanche, tandis que la pluie faisait un bruit de grêle sur son capuchon.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
To cap their wretchedness, when at last the picking had begun, hops and hoppers were well-nigh swept away by a frightful storm of wind, rain, and hail.
Pour comble de malheur, lorsqu'on eut enfin commencé la récolte du houblon, les houblonnières et leurs occupants furent balayés par une formidable tempête de vent, de pluie et de grêlons.
London, Jack / The People of the AbyssLondon, Jack / Le Peuple de l'Abime
Le Peuple de l'Abime
London, Jack
The People of the Abyss
London, Jack
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
with all my heart of the bygone days, when I could still use my legs and we two fought like devils side by side under a hail of bullets."
de tout mon cœur d’autrefois, lorsque j’avais mes jambes et que l’un et l’autre nous nous battions comme des diables, sous la pluie des balles ! »
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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Collocations

hail insurance
assurance contre la grêle
within hail
à portée de voix

Word forms

hail

noun
SingularPlural
Common casehailhails
Possessive casehail'shails'

hail

verb
Basic forms
Pasthailed
Imperativehail
Present Participle (Participle I)hailing
Past Participle (Participle II)hailed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I hailwe hail
you hailyou hail
he/she/it hailsthey hail
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am hailingwe are hailing
you are hailingyou are hailing
he/she/it is hailingthey are hailing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have hailedwe have hailed
you have hailedyou have hailed
he/she/it has hailedthey have hailed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been hailingwe have been hailing
you have been hailingyou have been hailing
he/she/it has been hailingthey have been hailing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I hailedwe hailed
you hailedyou hailed
he/she/it hailedthey hailed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was hailingwe were hailing
you were hailingyou were hailing
he/she/it was hailingthey were hailing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had hailedwe had hailed
you had hailedyou had hailed
he/she/it had hailedthey had hailed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been hailingwe had been hailing
you had been hailingyou had been hailing
he/she/it had been hailingthey had been hailing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will hailwe shall/will hail
you will hailyou will hail
he/she/it will hailthey will hail
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be hailingwe shall/will be hailing
you will be hailingyou will be hailing
he/she/it will be hailingthey will be hailing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have hailedwe shall/will have hailed
you will have hailedyou will have hailed
he/she/it will have hailedthey will have hailed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been hailingwe shall/will have been hailing
you will have been hailingyou will have been hailing
he/she/it will have been hailingthey will have been hailing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would hailwe should/would hail
you would hailyou would hail
he/she/it would hailthey would hail
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be hailingwe should/would be hailing
you would be hailingyou would be hailing
he/she/it would be hailingthey would be hailing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have hailedwe should/would have hailed
you would have hailedyou would have hailed
he/she/it would have hailedthey would have hailed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been hailingwe should/would have been hailing
you would have been hailingyou would have been hailing
he/she/it would have been hailingthey would have been hailing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am hailedwe are hailed
you are hailedyou are hailed
he/she/it is hailedthey are hailed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being hailedwe are being hailed
you are being hailedyou are being hailed
he/she/it is being hailedthey are being hailed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been hailedwe have been hailed
you have been hailedyou have been hailed
he/she/it has been hailedthey have been hailed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was hailedwe were hailed
you were hailedyou were hailed
he/she/it was hailedthey were hailed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being hailedwe were being hailed
you were being hailedyou were being hailed
he/she/it was being hailedthey were being hailed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been hailedwe had been hailed
you had been hailedyou had been hailed
he/she/it had been hailedthey had been hailed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be hailedwe shall/will be hailed
you will be hailedyou will be hailed
he/she/it will be hailedthey will be hailed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been hailedwe shall/will have been hailed
you will have been hailedyou will have been hailed
he/she/it will have been hailedthey will have been hailed