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Even though Germany's brow be garlanded with a wreath of laurel, on the day that she comes to herself she will hang her head to think of the deutsche Treue [the German loyalty] which was her pride."Quand l'Allemagne aura recouvré le sang-froid et eût-elle ceint son front de la couronne de laurier, elle baissera la tête en songeant à cette deutsche Treue, cette « Loyauté allemande » qui était son orgueil.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
containing as specific flavour distillate of gentian root (Gentiana lutea L.), of juniper berries (Juniperus communis L.) and of laurel leaves (Laurus nobilis L.),contenant comme arôme spécifique à la fois le distillat de racines de gentiane (Gentiane lutea L.) et de baies de genièvre (Juniperus communis L.) et de feuilles de laurier (Laurus nobilis L.),http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/25/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/25/2009
And it was so warm, too, beside the big laurel-bush, in the corner where the streamlet of water ever fell with flute-like music from the gaping, tragic mask.Et surtout il faisait si tiède, à côté du grand laurier, dans l’angle où se trouvait la fontaine ! L’eau mince coulait sans fin de l’énorme bouche béante du masque tragique avec sa chanson de flûte.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Ah, well, that is splendid laurel!Ah! voilà un beau laurier, au moins!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
On entering the church Abbe Mouret found nine or ten big girls awaiting him with boughs of ivy, laurel, and rosemary.Dans l'église, l'abbé Mouret trouva une dizaine de grandes filles, tenant des branches d'olivier, de laurier, de romarin.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
He seated himself against the right-hand wall on a fragment of a fallen column over which a huge laurel cast a deep-black shadow, fresh and aromatic.Il allait s’asseoir contre la muraille de droite, sur un fragment de colonne renversée, à l’ombre d’un laurier énorme, dont l’ombre était noire, d’une fraîcheur balsamique.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
'But they only bring me laurel and rosemaryElles ne m'apportent que du laurier et du romarin...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
Janet E. Minor, Shaun Nakatsuru and Laurel Montrose, for the intervener the Attorney General of Ontario.Janet E. Minor, Shaun Nakatsuru et LaurelMontrose, pour l'intervenant le procureur général de l'Ontario.http://csc.lexum.umontreal.ca 11/19/2010http://csc.lexum.umontreal.ca 11/19/2010
Laurel thicketsTaillis de lauriershttp://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/25/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/25/2009
On these occasions Benedetta was usually the first to return to the house, and Pierre would linger alone under the laurels, vaguely dreaming of sweet, sad things.D’ordinaire, Benedetta remontait la première à son appartement, et Pierre s’attardait parfois, restait seul sous le laurier, dans le léger parfum de femme qu’elle laissait. Il rêvait confusément à des choses douces et tristes.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Your good father would be sore grieved did he find me interfering to sully or carry off the laurels he is about to win; and I cannot command the Corporal without equally commanding the Sergeant.Votre excellent père serait vivement offensé s’il me surprenait portant la main sur les lauriers qu’il est au moment de cueillir, et je ne puis donner des ordres au caporal sans en donner en même temps au sergent.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
To this speech no reply was made, but it was evidently little relished by the ladies of the family, who were a good deal jealous of the laurels of the only hero their race had ever produced.Cette observation resta sans réponse ; mais il était évident qu’elle déplaisait souverainement à la mère et à ses filles, qui n’étaient pas peu jalouses des lauriers du seul héros que leur race eût jamais produit.Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mariPrécaution. Le choix d'un mariCooper, James FenimorePrecautionCooper, James Fenimore
With laurels about his head he would have resembled a Roman emperor, very handsome and master of the world, as though indeed the blood of Augustus pulsated in his veins.La tête laurée, il aurait rappelé les têtes des empereurs romains, très beau et maître du monde, comme si le sang d’Auguste avait battu dans ses veines.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Claude, as the acknowledged chief, was already sounding the victory, distributing laurels with such lyrical abundance that he overlooked himself.Déjà Claude, en chef accepté, sonnait la victoire, distribuait des couronnes.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
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laurel leaf
feuille de laurier
Word forms
laurel
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | laurel | laurels |
Possessive case | laurel's | laurels' |
laurel
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | laureled, laurelled |
Imperative | laurel |
Present Participle (Participle I) | laureling, laurelling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | laureled, laurelled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I laurel | we laurel |
you laurel | you laurel |
he/she/it laurels | they laurel |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am laureling, laurelling | we are laureling, laurelling |
you are laureling, laurelling | you are laureling, laurelling |
he/she/it is laureling, laurelling | they are laureling, laurelling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have laureled, laurelled | we have laureled, laurelled |
you have laureled, laurelled | you have laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it has laureled, laurelled | they have laureled, laurelled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been laureling, laurelling | we have been laureling, laurelling |
you have been laureling, laurelling | you have been laureling, laurelling |
he/she/it has been laureling, laurelling | they have been laureling, laurelling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I laureled, laurelled | we laureled, laurelled |
you laureled, laurelled | you laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it laureled, laurelled | they laureled, laurelled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was laureling, laurelling | we were laureling, laurelling |
you were laureling, laurelling | you were laureling, laurelling |
he/she/it was laureling, laurelling | they were laureling, laurelling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had laureled, laurelled | we had laureled, laurelled |
you had laureled, laurelled | you had laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it had laureled, laurelled | they had laureled, laurelled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been laureling, laurelling | we had been laureling, laurelling |
you had been laureling, laurelling | you had been laureling, laurelling |
he/she/it had been laureling, laurelling | they had been laureling, laurelling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will laurel | we shall/will laurel |
you will laurel | you will laurel |
he/she/it will laurel | they will laurel |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be laureling, laurelling | we shall/will be laureling, laurelling |
you will be laureling, laurelling | you will be laureling, laurelling |
he/she/it will be laureling, laurelling | they will be laureling, laurelling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have laureled, laurelled | we shall/will have laureled, laurelled |
you will have laureled, laurelled | you will have laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it will have laureled, laurelled | they will have laureled, laurelled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been laureling, laurelling | we shall/will have been laureling, laurelling |
you will have been laureling, laurelling | you will have been laureling, laurelling |
he/she/it will have been laureling, laurelling | they will have been laureling, laurelling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would laurel | we should/would laurel |
you would laurel | you would laurel |
he/she/it would laurel | they would laurel |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be laureling, laurelling | we should/would be laureling, laurelling |
you would be laureling, laurelling | you would be laureling, laurelling |
he/she/it would be laureling, laurelling | they would be laureling, laurelling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have laureled, laurelled | we should/would have laureled, laurelled |
you would have laureled, laurelled | you would have laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it would have laureled, laurelled | they would have laureled, laurelled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been laureling, laurelling | we should/would have been laureling, laurelling |
you would have been laureling, laurelling | you would have been laureling, laurelling |
he/she/it would have been laureling, laurelling | they would have been laureling, laurelling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am laureled, laurelled | we are laureled, laurelled |
you are laureled, laurelled | you are laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it is laureled, laurelled | they are laureled, laurelled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being laureled, laurelled | we are being laureled, laurelled |
you are being laureled, laurelled | you are being laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it is being laureled, laurelled | they are being laureled, laurelled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been laureled, laurelled | we have been laureled, laurelled |
you have been laureled, laurelled | you have been laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it has been laureled, laurelled | they have been laureled, laurelled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was laureled, laurelled | we were laureled, laurelled |
you were laureled, laurelled | you were laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it was laureled, laurelled | they were laureled, laurelled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being laureled, laurelled | we were being laureled, laurelled |
you were being laureled, laurelled | you were being laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it was being laureled, laurelled | they were being laureled, laurelled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been laureled, laurelled | we had been laureled, laurelled |
you had been laureled, laurelled | you had been laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it had been laureled, laurelled | they had been laureled, laurelled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be laureled, laurelled | we shall/will be laureled, laurelled |
you will be laureled, laurelled | you will be laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it will be laureled, laurelled | they will be laureled, laurelled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been laureled, laurelled | we shall/will have been laureled, laurelled |
you will have been laureled, laurelled | you will have been laureled, laurelled |
he/she/it will have been laureled, laurelled | they will have been laureled, laurelled |