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I don't know whether it is that I am built wrong, but I never did seem to hanker after tombstones myself.J’ignore si c’est un défaut de nature chez moi, mais je n’ai jamais couru après les tombes.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
The civilization we have boasted of is a toy-shop and a blind alley, and I hanker for the open country.'La civilisation dont nous nous sommes tant vantés n’est qu’une boutique de jouets et une impasse. J’aspire à la rase campagne.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
And, as a stoodent of humanity, I hankered for the experience.'Je désirerais vivement voir ce spectacle, car j’aime à étudier l’humanité.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
She had been hankering after it for half a score years nearly, making herself quite ill by her covetous glances at the magnificent curtains that hung at the windows.Elle la couvait des yeux depuis près de dix ans, prise d'une envie furieuse de femme grosse, se rendant malade à regarder les rideaux riches qui pendaient derrière les glaces des fenêtres.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
The people were there, their ears wide open, thirsting for verbosity as the earth hankers for rain after two months of droughtLe peuple était là, les oreilles grandes ouvertes, avides de phrases comme la terre d’eau de pluie après deux mois de sécheresse.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
I've always had a hankering to see Europe.'J’ai toujours désiré voir l’Europe.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Then it had been all for the Young Turks and reform; now it hankered after the old regime and was the last hope of the Orthodox.Alors, elle soutenait les Jeunes-Turcs et les réformes; aujourd’hui, elle soupire après le vieux régime et elle représente le dernier espoir des orthodoxes.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
I liked Stumm about as much as a dog likes a scorpion, but I hankered for his society.J’aimais Stumm à peu près autant qu’un chien aime un scorpion, et pourtant, je recherchais sa compagnie.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
He loved power for its own sake, without any hankering for riches and honours.C'était, chez lui, un amour du pouvoir pour le pouvoir, dégagé des appétits de vanité, de richesses, d'honneurs.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
It came from all Paris, urged on by brutish fever, a hankering for death and blood.Cela ruisselait, venait de Paris entier, comme poussé par une fièvre brutale un goût de la mort et du sang.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
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Word forms
hanker
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | hanker | hankers |
Possessive case | - | - |
hanker
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | hankered |
Imperative | hanker |
Present Participle (Participle I) | hankering |
Past Participle (Participle II) | hankered |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I hanker | we hanker |
you hanker | you hanker |
he/she/it hankers | they hanker |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am hankering | we are hankering |
you are hankering | you are hankering |
he/she/it is hankering | they are hankering |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have hankered | we have hankered |
you have hankered | you have hankered |
he/she/it has hankered | they have hankered |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been hankering | we have been hankering |
you have been hankering | you have been hankering |
he/she/it has been hankering | they have been hankering |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I hankered | we hankered |
you hankered | you hankered |
he/she/it hankered | they hankered |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was hankering | we were hankering |
you were hankering | you were hankering |
he/she/it was hankering | they were hankering |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had hankered | we had hankered |
you had hankered | you had hankered |
he/she/it had hankered | they had hankered |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been hankering | we had been hankering |
you had been hankering | you had been hankering |
he/she/it had been hankering | they had been hankering |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will hanker | we shall/will hanker |
you will hanker | you will hanker |
he/she/it will hanker | they will hanker |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be hankering | we shall/will be hankering |
you will be hankering | you will be hankering |
he/she/it will be hankering | they will be hankering |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have hankered | we shall/will have hankered |
you will have hankered | you will have hankered |
he/she/it will have hankered | they will have hankered |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been hankering | we shall/will have been hankering |
you will have been hankering | you will have been hankering |
he/she/it will have been hankering | they will have been hankering |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would hanker | we should/would hanker |
you would hanker | you would hanker |
he/she/it would hanker | they would hanker |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be hankering | we should/would be hankering |
you would be hankering | you would be hankering |
he/she/it would be hankering | they would be hankering |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have hankered | we should/would have hankered |
you would have hankered | you would have hankered |
he/she/it would have hankered | they would have hankered |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been hankering | we should/would have been hankering |
you would have been hankering | you would have been hankering |
he/she/it would have been hankering | they would have been hankering |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am hankered | we are hankered |
you are hankered | you are hankered |
he/she/it is hankered | they are hankered |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being hankered | we are being hankered |
you are being hankered | you are being hankered |
he/she/it is being hankered | they are being hankered |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been hankered | we have been hankered |
you have been hankered | you have been hankered |
he/she/it has been hankered | they have been hankered |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was hankered | we were hankered |
you were hankered | you were hankered |
he/she/it was hankered | they were hankered |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being hankered | we were being hankered |
you were being hankered | you were being hankered |
he/she/it was being hankered | they were being hankered |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been hankered | we had been hankered |
you had been hankered | you had been hankered |
he/she/it had been hankered | they had been hankered |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be hankered | we shall/will be hankered |
you will be hankered | you will be hankered |
he/she/it will be hankered | they will be hankered |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been hankered | we shall/will have been hankered |
you will have been hankered | you will have been hankered |
he/she/it will have been hankered | they will have been hankered |