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She patted the horse gently, and then slipped inside the stall, stroking the animal as she went without showing the least sign of fear.Elle donnait de petites tapes sur la croupe du cheval. Puis, elle se glissa dans la stalle, en le flattant tout le long des flancs, sans montrer la moindre crainte.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
In about half an hour after he had left me, I heard the hoof-strokes of a horse, and saw the shadow of a horseman passing outside the window.Environ une demi-heure après qu'il m'eût quitté, j'entendis le bruit des sabots d'un cheval, et je vis l'ombre d'un cavalier traverser le champ lumineux de la fenêtre.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
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-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
I could distinguish her pale, beautiful features. Her cheek was wan with weeping, and her rich golden hair hung dishevelled from her shoulders, reaching to the withers of her horse.Je distinguais ses beaux traits couverts de pâleur, ses joues baignées de larmes, sa riche chevelure dorée qui pendait, dénouée, sur ses épaules, tombant jusque sur le cou de son cheval.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Suddenly a shell hit my horse and I was thrown into a mine-crater.Un obus atteint mon cheval et je fus lancé-dans un entonnoir.Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneEnseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneLe Bon, Gustave© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
John had taken horse immediately for F--, and Jarvis had volunteered to go to the rectory and Bolton.John était sur-le-champ parti à cheval pour F***, et Jarvis s’était offert pour aller au presbytère et à Bolton.Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mariPrécaution. Le choix d'un mariCooper, James FenimorePrecautionCooper, James Fenimore
You have a bad bridle-arm, Monsieur Haller, but the best horse I ever saw.Vous avez un mauvais mors, monsieur Haller, mais votre cheval est le meilleur que j'aie jamais vu.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
"Your horse is standing at the maize-trough, not ten paces from where you lie.– Votre cheval est ici, attaché à sa mangeoire pleine de maïs, à dix pas de vous.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
The rest followed, trooping after; but before they were up to trample me, I had met my horse, and flung myself, panting, upon his back!Les autres suivaient en foule, mais, avant qu'ils fussent arrivés sur moi, j'avais atteint mon cheval, et, tout pantelant, je m'étais élancé sur son dos!Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
The devoted horse is in fact a well-conditioned animal; and placing our videttes again, we proceed to the thicket to slaughter him.En effet, le cheval désigné par le sort est très bien en chair. Les sentinelles sont replacées, et nous nous dirigeons vers le fourré pour exécuter la sentence.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
I have travelled two hundred miles to buy that horse."J'ai fait deux cents milles pour acheter ce cheval.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
A soldier crouched over the mane of his horse, welded to it as if into a single dark arrow, streaking past the trunks of the birch trees.Un militaire courbé vers la crinière de son cheval, uni à lui en une seule flèche noire qui raya les troncs des bouleaux.Makine, Andreï / Requiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï / Requiem pour l'EstRequiem pour l'EstMakine, Andreï© 2000 by Mercure de FranceRequiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï© 2001 by Geoffrey Strachan© 2000 by Mercure de France
Here I checked my horse, allowing my companions to pass, and, standing in the stirrup, looked back.Là, j'arrêtai mon cheval, je laissai passer mes compagnons, et, me dressant sur mes étriers, je regardai en arrière.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
"That's chance, as I wrote to Mangouste, driver of a remount horse for the section, that got wounded—but it was done by a motor lorry."– C’est l’hasard, comme j’l’écrivais à Mangouste, conducteur d’un cheval haut-le-pied à la section, et qui a été blessé, mais lui c’était par un camion.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
' The government was going to hold a cabinet-council, so the conservator of rivers and forests playfully said, as be philosophically went off to mount his horse.«Le gouvernement entrait en séance», comme disait plaisamment le conservateur des eaux et forêts, qui montait à cheval en toute philosophie.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
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Collocations
draught horse
cheval de trait
horse racing
courses de chevaux
horse-racing
course de chevaux
saddle horse
cheval de selle
Trojan horse
cheval de Troie
exercise on the pommel horse
exercice au cheval d'arçons
go with the horse
accompagner
injured horse
cheval blessé
pommel horse
cheval d'arçons
riding horse
cheval de selle
vaulting horse
cheval
horse vault
saut de cheval
horse mackerel
chinchard
draw of the horses
tirage au sort des chevaux
Word forms
horse
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | horsed |
Imperative | horse |
Present Participle (Participle I) | horsing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | horsed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I horse | we horse |
you horse | you horse |
he/she/it horses | they horse |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am horsing | we are horsing |
you are horsing | you are horsing |
he/she/it is horsing | they are horsing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have horsed | we have horsed |
you have horsed | you have horsed |
he/she/it has horsed | they have horsed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been horsing | we have been horsing |
you have been horsing | you have been horsing |
he/she/it has been horsing | they have been horsing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I horsed | we horsed |
you horsed | you horsed |
he/she/it horsed | they horsed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was horsing | we were horsing |
you were horsing | you were horsing |
he/she/it was horsing | they were horsing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had horsed | we had horsed |
you had horsed | you had horsed |
he/she/it had horsed | they had horsed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been horsing | we had been horsing |
you had been horsing | you had been horsing |
he/she/it had been horsing | they had been horsing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will horse | we shall/will horse |
you will horse | you will horse |
he/she/it will horse | they will horse |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be horsing | we shall/will be horsing |
you will be horsing | you will be horsing |
he/she/it will be horsing | they will be horsing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have horsed | we shall/will have horsed |
you will have horsed | you will have horsed |
he/she/it will have horsed | they will have horsed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been horsing | we shall/will have been horsing |
you will have been horsing | you will have been horsing |
he/she/it will have been horsing | they will have been horsing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would horse | we should/would horse |
you would horse | you would horse |
he/she/it would horse | they would horse |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be horsing | we should/would be horsing |
you would be horsing | you would be horsing |
he/she/it would be horsing | they would be horsing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have horsed | we should/would have horsed |
you would have horsed | you would have horsed |
he/she/it would have horsed | they would have horsed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been horsing | we should/would have been horsing |
you would have been horsing | you would have been horsing |
he/she/it would have been horsing | they would have been horsing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am horsed | we are horsed |
you are horsed | you are horsed |
he/she/it is horsed | they are horsed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being horsed | we are being horsed |
you are being horsed | you are being horsed |
he/she/it is being horsed | they are being horsed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been horsed | we have been horsed |
you have been horsed | you have been horsed |
he/she/it has been horsed | they have been horsed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was horsed | we were horsed |
you were horsed | you were horsed |
he/she/it was horsed | they were horsed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being horsed | we were being horsed |
you were being horsed | you were being horsed |
he/she/it was being horsed | they were being horsed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been horsed | we had been horsed |
you had been horsed | you had been horsed |
he/she/it had been horsed | they had been horsed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be horsed | we shall/will be horsed |
you will be horsed | you will be horsed |
he/she/it will be horsed | they will be horsed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been horsed | we shall/will have been horsed |
you will have been horsed | you will have been horsed |
he/she/it will have been horsed | they will have been horsed |
horse
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | horse | horses |
Possessive case | horse's | horses' |