The sight of the lady with nothing on her but a chemise suddenly brought her to a standstill, with a jerk, a quivering of her precocious young girl's slender body.
La dame en chemise l'immobilisa, dans une secousse, dans un frisson de tout son corps grêle de fillette précoce.
Should the Indians stay to "jerk" their meat, we will be in extreme danger from thirst, as well as of being discovered in our cache.
Si les Indiens restent là jusqu'à ce que leurs viandes soient séchées, nous sommes grandement exposés à mourir de soif ou à être découverts dans notre cachette.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
There was a wild yell, a quick jerk of my antagonist's body, the lance flew from his hands, and the next moment he was plucked out of his saddle, and lying helpless upon the prairie.
Il y eut un cri terrible, une secousse dans tout le corps de mon adversaire; la lance tomba de ses mains; et, au même instant, il était précipité de sa selle, et restait étendu, sans mouvement, sur le sol.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Massot paused, and with a jerk of his head called Pierre's attention to Duthil, who, feverish, but nevertheless smiling, stood in a group which had just collected around the two ministers.
Il s’interrompit, il indiqua d’un mouvement de tête Dutheil, l’air fiévreux et souriant quand même, parmi un groupe qui venait de se former autour des deux ministres.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
And the beautiful transparent, sandy-gray prawns skipped in his palm as he picked them out of the net with a dry jerk and put them into his creel.
Et les belles salicoques transparentes, d'un blond gris, frétillaient au fond de sa main quand il les prenait d'un geste sec pour les jeter dans sa hotte.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
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jerk
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
jerk
jerks
Possessive case
jerk's
jerks'
jerk
verb
Basic forms
Past
jerked
Imperative
jerk
Present Participle (Participle I)
jerking
Past Participle (Participle II)
jerked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I jerk
we jerk
you jerk
you jerk
he/she/it jerks
they jerk
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am jerking
we are jerking
you are jerking
you are jerking
he/she/it is jerking
they are jerking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have jerked
we have jerked
you have jerked
you have jerked
he/she/it has jerked
they have jerked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been jerking
we have been jerking
you have been jerking
you have been jerking
he/she/it has been jerking
they have been jerking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I jerked
we jerked
you jerked
you jerked
he/she/it jerked
they jerked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was jerking
we were jerking
you were jerking
you were jerking
he/she/it was jerking
they were jerking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had jerked
we had jerked
you had jerked
you had jerked
he/she/it had jerked
they had jerked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been jerking
we had been jerking
you had been jerking
you had been jerking
he/she/it had been jerking
they had been jerking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will jerk
we shall/will jerk
you will jerk
you will jerk
he/she/it will jerk
they will jerk
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be jerking
we shall/will be jerking
you will be jerking
you will be jerking
he/she/it will be jerking
they will be jerking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have jerked
we shall/will have jerked
you will have jerked
you will have jerked
he/she/it will have jerked
they will have jerked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been jerking
we shall/will have been jerking
you will have been jerking
you will have been jerking
he/she/it will have been jerking
they will have been jerking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would jerk
we should/would jerk
you would jerk
you would jerk
he/she/it would jerk
they would jerk
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be jerking
we should/would be jerking
you would be jerking
you would be jerking
he/she/it would be jerking
they would be jerking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have jerked
we should/would have jerked
you would have jerked
you would have jerked
he/she/it would have jerked
they would have jerked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice