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He thought of the bracket lamp's yellow glow peeping out of the gloom, and was tempted to go down once more to try to ease his ailing head amid those deep shadows.
Il songeait à la tache jaune de la veilleuse, mangée par l'ombre, avec une tentation de redescendre, pour soulager sa tête malade, au milieu de ces ténèbres pures de toute souillure.
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

The Pope alone erect at the head of the federation of nations, prince of peace, with the simple mission of supplying the moral rule, the link of charity and love which was to unite all men!
Le pape seul debout à la tête de la fédération des peuples, souverain de paix, ayant la simple mission d’être la règle morale, le lien de charité et d’amour qui unit tous les êtres !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile

There now! I had better go to bed, my head will be all the clearer to-morrow.
Tenez! il vaut mieux que je me couche, j'aurai la tête plus libre demain.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile

One of the patients can no longer hold back his tears; they come in floods, and as he shakes his head he sprinkles his neighbors.
Un des patients ne peut plus retenir ses larmes, les lâche à flots, et, secouant la tête, en arrose ses voisins.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

With an instinctive yet involuntary impulse, the artist slipped the sketch of Christine's head, by the aid of which he was remodelling the principal figure of his picture, into a portfolio.
D’un mouvement instinctif, et dont il ne fut pas le maître, le peintre glissa dans un carton la tête de Christine, d’après laquelle il retouchait sa grande figure de femme.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile

No, no, you'll niver make Hurry's scalp pass for more than a good head of curly hair, and a rattle pate beneath it!"
Non, – non, vous ne ferez jamais passer la chevelure de Hurry pour quelque chose de plus qu’une bonne touffe, de cheveux frisés, recouvrant une tête sans cervelle !
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

His nature was too nervous and he obeyed his affection with too much delightful pleasure, to trouble his head about the ridiculous considerations of a moralist.
Il était d’une nature trop nerveuse, il obéissait à ses affections avec trop de jouissance exquise, pour s’égarer dans des considérations ridicules de moraliste.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile

During the earlier days Claude, at the slightest stir of a morning, when Madame Joseph brought him up his breakfast or his letters, quickly turned his head, and could not control a gesture of disappointment.
Claude, les premiers jours, au moindre bruit, le matin, lorsque Mme Joseph lui apportait son déjeuner ou des lettres, tournait vivement la tête, avait un geste involontaire de désappointement.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile

Mrs. Wilson shook her head mournfully, while Emily offered up a silent petition that the first might speedily be the case.
Mrs Wilson secoua la tête d’un air pensif, et Émilie fit une prière mentale pour ce qu’elle appelait la conversion de son frère.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore

Afterwards, however, one distinguished the light eyes staring fixedly, one recognised a child's head, and it all seemed to suggest some disease of the brain, profoundly and frightfully pitiful.
Puis, on distinguait les yeux clairs et fixes, on reconnaissait une tête d’enfant, le cas de quelque maladie de la cervelle, d’une profonde et affreuse pitié.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile

With her unbound hair streaming around her, and her head resting amid the folds of the blood-red banner, all her life now centred in her eyes, those black eyes glittering in her white face.
Les cheveux dénoués, la tête roulée dans les plis sanglants du drapeau, elle n’avait plus que ses yeux de vivants, des yeux noirs, qui luisaient dans son visage blanc.
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

Then he crossed his arms behind his head, and began talking of other things, without, however, taking his eyes off his picture, over which the twilight began to cast a slight shadow.
Il avait croisé les deux bras sous sa nuque, il se mit à parler d’autre chose, sans quitter des yeux son tableau, que le crépuscule commençait à obscurcir d’une ombre fine.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile

She remained motionless, with drooping head, as if dreaming, and unconscious of the cold ground that chilled her knees.
Elle restait immobile, la tête basse, comme perdue et ne sentant pas la froide terre qui lui glaçait les genoux.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeZola, Emile / Une page d'amour
Une page d'amour
Zola, Emile
© 2009 GRIN Verlag
A Love Episode
Zola, Emile
© 2005 Mondial

Madeleine shook her head with an air of supreme disdain.
Madeleine secoua la tête d’un air de souverain mépris.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile

He shook his head and trembled.
Il hocha la tête, il frissonna.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile

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Collocations

head of mission

chef de mission

head tax

impôt de capitation

countersank head

tête conique

milling head

tête d'une fraise

work head

tête de travail

head wind

vent de face

head office

siège

head-up display

présentation tête haute

fixed head

tête fixe

from head to toe

de la tête aux pieds

head of a family

chef de famille

head of household

chef de famille

head of protocol

chef du protocole

head start

avance

magnetic head

tête magnétique

Word forms

head

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	head	heads
Possessive case	head's	heads'

head

verb

Basic forms
Past	headed
Imperative	head
Present Participle (Participle I)	heading
Past Participle (Participle II)	headed

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I head	we head
you head	you head
he/she/it heads	they head

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am heading	we are heading
you are heading	you are heading
he/she/it is heading	they are heading

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have headed	we have headed
you have headed	you have headed
he/she/it has headed	they have headed

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been heading	we have been heading
you have been heading	you have been heading
he/she/it has been heading	they have been heading

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I headed	we headed
you headed	you headed
he/she/it headed	they headed

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was heading	we were heading
you were heading	you were heading
he/she/it was heading	they were heading

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had headed	we had headed
you had headed	you had headed
he/she/it had headed	they had headed

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been heading	we had been heading
you had been heading	you had been heading
he/she/it had been heading	they had been heading

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will head	we shall/will head
you will head	you will head
he/she/it will head	they will head

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be heading	we shall/will be heading
you will be heading	you will be heading
he/she/it will be heading	they will be heading

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have headed	we shall/will have headed
you will have headed	you will have headed
he/she/it will have headed	they will have headed

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been heading	we shall/will have been heading
you will have been heading	you will have been heading
he/she/it will have been heading	they will have been heading

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would head	we should/would head
you would head	you would head
he/she/it would head	they would head

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be heading	we should/would be heading
you would be heading	you would be heading
he/she/it would be heading	they would be heading

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have headed	we should/would have headed
you would have headed	you would have headed
he/she/it would have headed	they would have headed

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been heading	we should/would have been heading
you would have been heading	you would have been heading
he/she/it would have been heading	they would have been heading

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am headed	we are headed
you are headed	you are headed
he/she/it is headed	they are headed

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being headed	we are being headed
you are being headed	you are being headed
he/she/it is being headed	they are being headed

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been headed	we have been headed
you have been headed	you have been headed
he/she/it has been headed	they have been headed

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was headed	we were headed
you were headed	you were headed
he/she/it was headed	they were headed

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being headed	we were being headed
you were being headed	you were being headed
he/she/it was being headed	they were being headed

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been headed	we had been headed
you had been headed	you had been headed
he/she/it had been headed	they had been headed

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be headed	we shall/will be headed
you will be headed	you will be headed
he/she/it will be headed	they will be headed

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been headed	we shall/will have been headed
you will have been headed	you will have been headed
he/she/it will have been headed	they will have been headed