It was Irma Becot who spoke, Irma in a charming grey silk dress, covered with Chantilly lace.
C’était Irma Bécot, délicieusement vêtue d’une toilette de soie grise, recouverte de Chantilly.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
French wit and humor, on the other hand, is like a lace with which our women adorn the joys they give and the quarrels they invent; it is a mental jewelry, as charming as their pretty dresses.
La plaisanterie française est une dentelle avec laquelle les femmes savent embellir la joie qu’elles donnent et les querelles qu’elles inventent; c’est une parure morale, gracieuse comme leur toilette.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
Berthe and Valerie left off talking and examined her at their ease, studying her costume, a straw-color dress covered with lace.
Berthe et Valérie, cessant de causer, l'examinaient paisiblement, détaillaient sa toilette, une robe paille couverte de dentelle.
He saw the various groups jump up and fly, carrying their chairs with them, before the yellow waves as they rolled up edged with a lace-like frill of foam.
On voyait les groupes se lever vivement et fuir, en emportant leurs sièges, devant le flot jaune qui s'en venait frangé d'une petite dentelle d'écume.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Antoinette, weary of wetting her lace, talked to me about her recent bereavement.
Antoinette, las de mouiller ses dentelles, me parla de son chagrin de la veille.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
The last days of March had now come, and the trees were beginning to show some greenery, so soft and light, however, that one might have thought it was pale moss or delicate lace hanging between the stems and boughs.
On était aux derniers jours de mars, le Bois commençait à verdir, mais si tendrement, que les pointes légères des feuilles n’étaient encore, au travers des massifs, qu’une mousse pâle, une dentelle d’une infinie délicatesse.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
One of her slippers had become unfastened, and the strip of lace had fallen from her head to her shoulders.
Dans sa course, une de ses pantoufles s’était détachée, tandis que la dentelle avait glissé de ses cheveux sur ses épaules.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
With her soft, delicate, and spotless body, reclining amidst the lace, she looked like some beautiful creature awaiting the idol of her heart.
Dans ses dentelles, avec son corps douillet, délicat et soigné, on eût dit une belle amoureuse, attendant l'homme de son coeur.
Two days later, toward seven o'clock, as Octave arrived at the Campardons' for dinner, he found Rose by herself, dressed in a cream-color dressing-gown, trimmed with white lace.
Deux jours plus tard, vers sept heures, comme Octave arrivait chez les Campardon pour le dîner, il trouva Rose seule, vêtue d'un peignoir de soie crème, garni de dentelles blanches.
"No; to a silly girl he met in Cornwall, who was fool enough to be caught with his gold lace.
– Non, non, il a épousé une sotte fille qu’il a trouvée dans le comté de Cornouailles, et qui a été assez folle pour s’amouracher de ses épaulettes.
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
' Mouret, said the captain, in a paternal fashion,' fasten up your boot-lace.'
--Mouret, dit paternellement le capitaine, nouez donc les cordons de votre soulier.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
The furniture was superb; there were rosewood and buhl cabinets and tables, Sevres and Chinese vases, Saxe statuettes, satin, velvet, lace; there was nothing lacking.
Le mobilier était superbe. Meubles de bois de rose et de Boule, vases de Sèvres et de Chine, statuettes de Saxe, satin, velours et dentelle, rien n'y manquait.
Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux Camelias
And, in her slippers, her head covered with a strip of lace, her bosom heaving, her face erect, glowing, and superb, she walked on behind the clergy, dragging after her that car of misery, that rolling coffin, in which she had endured so much agony.
Et, en pantoufles, la tête couverte d’une dentelle, elle marcha ainsi, la poitrine frémissante, la face haute, illuminée et superbe, traînant toujours le chariot de misère, le cercueil roulant où elle avait agonisé.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
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lace
verb
Basic forms
Past
laced
Imperative
lace
Present Participle (Participle I)
lacing
Past Participle (Participle II)
laced
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I lace
we lace
you lace
you lace
he/she/it laces
they lace
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am lacing
we are lacing
you are lacing
you are lacing
he/she/it is lacing
they are lacing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have laced
we have laced
you have laced
you have laced
he/she/it has laced
they have laced
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been lacing
we have been lacing
you have been lacing
you have been lacing
he/she/it has been lacing
they have been lacing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I laced
we laced
you laced
you laced
he/she/it laced
they laced
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was lacing
we were lacing
you were lacing
you were lacing
he/she/it was lacing
they were lacing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had laced
we had laced
you had laced
you had laced
he/she/it had laced
they had laced
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been lacing
we had been lacing
you had been lacing
you had been lacing
he/she/it had been lacing
they had been lacing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will lace
we shall/will lace
you will lace
you will lace
he/she/it will lace
they will lace
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be lacing
we shall/will be lacing
you will be lacing
you will be lacing
he/she/it will be lacing
they will be lacing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have laced
we shall/will have laced
you will have laced
you will have laced
he/she/it will have laced
they will have laced
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been lacing
we shall/will have been lacing
you will have been lacing
you will have been lacing
he/she/it will have been lacing
they will have been lacing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would lace
we should/would lace
you would lace
you would lace
he/she/it would lace
they would lace
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be lacing
we should/would be lacing
you would be lacing
you would be lacing
he/she/it would be lacing
they would be lacing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have laced
we should/would have laced
you would have laced
you would have laced
he/she/it would have laced
they would have laced
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice