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With singular agility the damsel had availed herself of the trunk of a mulberry-tree, and climbed aloft like a kitten.L’enfant, avec une agilité singulière, s’était aidée du tronc d’un mûrier et avait grimpé comme une jeune chatte.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
I'll tell you what," he'd say, "we boys never stoned another kitten!"Aussi, on ne nous y reprendra plus, à jeter une pierre à un chat, j’en réponds!»Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
" Dreadfully frightened, she drew the bedclothes over the new-born child, which was uttering plaintive cries like a little kitten.Inquiète, elle avait repris le drap entre les dents, elle serrait les jambes et ramenait la couverture en tas sur l'enfant, qui lâchait des miaulements de petit chat.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
'Well, a man must be fond of money to marry that wretched flayed kitten,' repeated Claude.«Crois-tu? répétait Claude à sa femme, faut-il aimer l’argent, pour épouser ce malheureux petit chat écorché! »Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
We entice him in like a kitten and give him a bit of chocolate.On l’attire comme un petit chat, et on lui présente un morceau de chocolat.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
'Ah! the poor little flayed kitten.«Ah! le pauvre petit chat écorché!Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
It was a bad bout, but on the fifth day it left me, and I lay, as weak as a kitten, staring at the rafters and the little skylight.Ce fut une mauvaise attaque, mais elle me quitta le cinquième jour. À bout de forces, je restai couché à regarder les poutres et la petite lucarne.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Her eyes, which at times had a scared expression like those of Adelaide, were as limpid as crystal, similar to those of kittens doomed to die of consumption.Ses yeux, où passaient les regards effarés d’Adélaïde, étaient d’une limpidité de cristal, comme ceux des jeunes chats qui doivent mourir d’étisie.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
All those little ones thrown to the gutter, like superfluous kittens are flung into some sewer, all those forsaken ones, those wanderers of the pavement who beg, and thieve, and indulge in vice, form the dung-heap in which the worst crimes germinate.Tous ces petits mis au ruisseau, ainsi qu’on porte à l’égout les petits chats trop nombreux, tous ces abandonnés, ces errants du pavé qui mendiaient, qui se prostituaient, qui volaient, faisaient le fumier où germait le crime.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
She calmly related other cruelties of theirs: young chickens devoured, of which she had only found the necks and wings, and a litter of kittens eaten up in the stable in a few hours.Elle raconta d'autres cruautés, paisiblement: de jeunes poulets le derrière déchiqueté, les entrailles vidées, dont elle n'avait retrouvé que le cou et les ailes; une portée de petits chats mangée dans l'écurie, en quelques heures.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
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Word forms
kitten
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | kitten | kittens |
| Possessive case | kitten's | kittens' |
kitten
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | kittened |
| Imperative | kitten |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | kittening |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | kittened |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I kitten | we kitten |
| you kitten | you kitten |
| he/she/it kittens | they kitten |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am kittening | we are kittening |
| you are kittening | you are kittening |
| he/she/it is kittening | they are kittening |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have kittened | we have kittened |
| you have kittened | you have kittened |
| he/she/it has kittened | they have kittened |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been kittening | we have been kittening |
| you have been kittening | you have been kittening |
| he/she/it has been kittening | they have been kittening |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I kittened | we kittened |
| you kittened | you kittened |
| he/she/it kittened | they kittened |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was kittening | we were kittening |
| you were kittening | you were kittening |
| he/she/it was kittening | they were kittening |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had kittened | we had kittened |
| you had kittened | you had kittened |
| he/she/it had kittened | they had kittened |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been kittening | we had been kittening |
| you had been kittening | you had been kittening |
| he/she/it had been kittening | they had been kittening |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will kitten | we shall/will kitten |
| you will kitten | you will kitten |
| he/she/it will kitten | they will kitten |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be kittening | we shall/will be kittening |
| you will be kittening | you will be kittening |
| he/she/it will be kittening | they will be kittening |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have kittened | we shall/will have kittened |
| you will have kittened | you will have kittened |
| he/she/it will have kittened | they will have kittened |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been kittening | we shall/will have been kittening |
| you will have been kittening | you will have been kittening |
| he/she/it will have been kittening | they will have been kittening |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would kitten | we should/would kitten |
| you would kitten | you would kitten |
| he/she/it would kitten | they would kitten |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be kittening | we should/would be kittening |
| you would be kittening | you would be kittening |
| he/she/it would be kittening | they would be kittening |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have kittened | we should/would have kittened |
| you would have kittened | you would have kittened |
| he/she/it would have kittened | they would have kittened |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been kittening | we should/would have been kittening |
| you would have been kittening | you would have been kittening |
| he/she/it would have been kittening | they would have been kittening |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am kittened | we are kittened |
| you are kittened | you are kittened |
| he/she/it is kittened | they are kittened |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being kittened | we are being kittened |
| you are being kittened | you are being kittened |
| he/she/it is being kittened | they are being kittened |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been kittened | we have been kittened |
| you have been kittened | you have been kittened |
| he/she/it has been kittened | they have been kittened |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was kittened | we were kittened |
| you were kittened | you were kittened |
| he/she/it was kittened | they were kittened |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being kittened | we were being kittened |
| you were being kittened | you were being kittened |
| he/she/it was being kittened | they were being kittened |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been kittened | we had been kittened |
| you had been kittened | you had been kittened |
| he/she/it had been kittened | they had been kittened |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be kittened | we shall/will be kittened |
| you will be kittened | you will be kittened |
| he/she/it will be kittened | they will be kittened |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been kittened | we shall/will have been kittened |
| you will have been kittened | you will have been kittened |
| he/she/it will have been kittened | they will have been kittened |