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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 bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, 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 vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, 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 vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, 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 Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
The people were there, their ears wide open, thirsting for verbosity as the earth hankers for rain after two months of drought
Le 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 Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, 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 vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, 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 vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, 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 vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, 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 Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, 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 - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile

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hanker

noun
SingularPlural
Common casehankerhankers
Possessive case--

hanker

verb
Basic forms
Pasthankered
Imperativehanker
Present Participle (Participle I)hankering
Past Participle (Participle II)hankered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I hankerwe hanker
you hankeryou hanker
he/she/it hankersthey hanker
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am hankeringwe are hankering
you are hankeringyou are hankering
he/she/it is hankeringthey are hankering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have hankeredwe have hankered
you have hankeredyou have hankered
he/she/it has hankeredthey have hankered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been hankeringwe have been hankering
you have been hankeringyou have been hankering
he/she/it has been hankeringthey have been hankering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I hankeredwe hankered
you hankeredyou hankered
he/she/it hankeredthey hankered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was hankeringwe were hankering
you were hankeringyou were hankering
he/she/it was hankeringthey were hankering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had hankeredwe had hankered
you had hankeredyou had hankered
he/she/it had hankeredthey had hankered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been hankeringwe had been hankering
you had been hankeringyou had been hankering
he/she/it had been hankeringthey had been hankering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will hankerwe shall/will hanker
you will hankeryou will hanker
he/she/it will hankerthey will hanker
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be hankeringwe shall/will be hankering
you will be hankeringyou will be hankering
he/she/it will be hankeringthey will be hankering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have hankeredwe shall/will have hankered
you will have hankeredyou will have hankered
he/she/it will have hankeredthey will have hankered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been hankeringwe shall/will have been hankering
you will have been hankeringyou will have been hankering
he/she/it will have been hankeringthey will have been hankering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would hankerwe should/would hanker
you would hankeryou would hanker
he/she/it would hankerthey would hanker
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be hankeringwe should/would be hankering
you would be hankeringyou would be hankering
he/she/it would be hankeringthey would be hankering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have hankeredwe should/would have hankered
you would have hankeredyou would have hankered
he/she/it would have hankeredthey would have hankered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been hankeringwe should/would have been hankering
you would have been hankeringyou would have been hankering
he/she/it would have been hankeringthey would have been hankering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am hankeredwe are hankered
you are hankeredyou are hankered
he/she/it is hankeredthey are hankered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being hankeredwe are being hankered
you are being hankeredyou are being hankered
he/she/it is being hankeredthey are being hankered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been hankeredwe have been hankered
you have been hankeredyou have been hankered
he/she/it has been hankeredthey have been hankered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was hankeredwe were hankered
you were hankeredyou were hankered
he/she/it was hankeredthey were hankered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being hankeredwe were being hankered
you were being hankeredyou were being hankered
he/she/it was being hankeredthey were being hankered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been hankeredwe had been hankered
you had been hankeredyou had been hankered
he/she/it had been hankeredthey had been hankered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be hankeredwe shall/will be hankered
you will be hankeredyou will be hankered
he/she/it will be hankeredthey will be hankered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been hankeredwe shall/will have been hankered
you will have been hankeredyou will have been hankered
he/she/it will have been hankeredthey will have been hankered