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She once more beheld the little convent-like lodging, those narrow rooms in the Rue Durantin, where she was not even allowed to lean out of a window.
Elle revoyait le petit logement cloîtré, ces pièces étroites de la rue Durantin, où il ne lui était pas permis de s'accouder à la fenêtre.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
. She continued to lean with her hands on her husband's shoulders, looking at him closely in his eyes with ruthless fixedness.
Elle continuait à peser de ses mains sur les épaules de son mari, à le regarder de près, dans les yeux, avec une fixité cruelle.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Morange, who no longer gave a thought to the office, took up a position near her, and called Mathieu and compelled him likewise to lean over and look down.
Morange, qui ne songeait plus du tout à l’heure du bureau, vint s’accouder près d’elle, appela Mathieu, le força, lui aussi, à se pencher.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Pierre had to lean over in order to hear her, for since the procession had been streaming by, so near to them, they had been deafened by the sound of the endless canticle, the hymn of Bernadette.
Pierre devait se pencher, afin de l’entendre, car le cantique, la complainte de Bernadette, les étourdissait, depuis que le flot passait si près d’eux.
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
Bertheroy was a tall and lean septuagenarian, with angular features.
Septuagénaire, il était grand, sec, avec des traits anguleux.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Two of the men I had seen before from the window of the Galloway inn--one lean, sharp, and dark, the other comfortable and smiling.
De ces hommes, j'en reconnaissais deux pour les avoir vus par la fenêtre de l'auberge du Galloway – un grand brun mince et un autre bedonnant et souriant.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
If you and Hurry have got any thoughts that lean towards the colony's gold, go by yourselves in s'arch of it, and leave the females to my care.
Si vous et Hurry vous avez envie de gagner ainsi l’argent de la colonie, partez avec lui et laissez vos filles sous ma garde.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Then, seized with strange drowsiness and staggering with giddiness, their feet as though entangled in the grass, they would lean against the wall, with half-closed eyes, unable to move a step.
Alors, pris d’étranges lassitudes, troublés et vacillants, les pieds comme liés par les herbes, ils s’adossaient contre la muraille, les yeux demi-clos, ne pouvant plus avancer.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
She had to lean out to distinguish the deserted square of the Champ-de-Mars, barred at the farther end by the sombre Military School.
Il fallait qu’elle se penchât, pour apercevoir le carré nu du Champ-de-Mars, fermé au fond par la barre sombre de l’École militaire.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeZola, Emile / Une page d'amour
Une page d'amour
Zola, Emile
© 2009 GRIN Verlag
A Love Episode
Zola, Emile
© 2005 Mondial
You lie down on your - I mean you lean over the bank, you know, and sloush the things about in the water. "
Vous vous allongez à plat ventre… je veux dire vous vous penchez sur la berge, et vous trempez les assiettes dans l’eau. »
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
All at once Sister Hyacinthe, who had gone to lean over the balcony, returned to the room, saying "Here he comes!
Sœur Hyacinthe, qui était allée se pencher au balcon, revint dans la chambre. « Le voici !...
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
He put down the chair and came towards her brown and male and lean in the silly dressingown.
Il posa la chaise et s'avança vers elle, brun et mâle, élancé dans l'absurde robe de chambre.
Dos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John / Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer
Dos Passos, John
© Editions Gallimard, 1928, pour la traduction francaise.
Manhattan Transfer
Dos Passos, John
© 1925 by John Dos Passos
© 1953 by Elizabeth Dos Passos
She looked like one of those brown, lean, noisy grasshoppers, which in their sudden leaps often strike their heads against the almond-trees.
On eût dit une de ces cigales brunes, sèches, stridentes, aux vols brusques, qui se cognent la tête dans les amandiers.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
And when the old senator had told her that there was no reciprocal feeling on the Emperor's part, she continued : ' Well, there's no great merit in that; she's so dreadfully lean.
Puis, comme le sénateur racontait la belle résistance de ce dernier:«Il n'a pas beaucoup de mérite, elle est si maigre!
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
"Put your trust in God, father; lean on His holy and compassionate Son. Pray, dearest, dearest father; pray for His omnipotent support."
– Mettez votre confiance en Dieu, mon père ; invoquez son divin Fils, priez-le, implorez l’appui de sa main toute-puissante.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981

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Collocations

lean forward
se pencher en avant
lean concrete
béton maigre
lean against
appuyer
lean on
appuyer
lean mortar
mortier maigre
lean-burn engine
moteur à mélange pauvre
lean forward
pencher en avant
lean forwards
pencher en avant
lean production
production au plus juste

Word forms

lean

verb
Basic forms
Pastleaned, *leant
Imperativelean
Present Participle (Participle I)leaning
Past Participle (Participle II)leaned, *leant
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I leanwe lean
you leanyou lean
he/she/it leansthey lean
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am leaningwe are leaning
you are leaningyou are leaning
he/she/it is leaningthey are leaning
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have leaned, *leantwe have leaned, *leant
you have leaned, *leantyou have leaned, *leant
he/she/it has leaned, *leantthey have leaned, *leant
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been leaningwe have been leaning
you have been leaningyou have been leaning
he/she/it has been leaningthey have been leaning
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I leaned, *leantwe leaned, *leant
you leaned, *leantyou leaned, *leant
he/she/it leaned, *leantthey leaned, *leant
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was leaningwe were leaning
you were leaningyou were leaning
he/she/it was leaningthey were leaning
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had leaned, *leantwe had leaned, *leant
you had leaned, *leantyou had leaned, *leant
he/she/it had leaned, *leantthey had leaned, *leant
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been leaningwe had been leaning
you had been leaningyou had been leaning
he/she/it had been leaningthey had been leaning
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will leanwe shall/will lean
you will leanyou will lean
he/she/it will leanthey will lean
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be leaningwe shall/will be leaning
you will be leaningyou will be leaning
he/she/it will be leaningthey will be leaning
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have leaned, *leantwe shall/will have leaned, *leant
you will have leaned, *leantyou will have leaned, *leant
he/she/it will have leaned, *leantthey will have leaned, *leant
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been leaningwe shall/will have been leaning
you will have been leaningyou will have been leaning
he/she/it will have been leaningthey will have been leaning
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would leanwe should/would lean
you would leanyou would lean
he/she/it would leanthey would lean
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be leaningwe should/would be leaning
you would be leaningyou would be leaning
he/she/it would be leaningthey would be leaning
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have leaned, *leantwe should/would have leaned, *leant
you would have leaned, *leantyou would have leaned, *leant
he/she/it would have leaned, *leantthey would have leaned, *leant
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been leaningwe should/would have been leaning
you would have been leaningyou would have been leaning
he/she/it would have been leaningthey would have been leaning
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am leaned, *leantwe are leaned, *leant
you are leaned, *leantyou are leaned, *leant
he/she/it is leaned, *leantthey are leaned, *leant
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being leaned, *leantwe are being leaned, *leant
you are being leaned, *leantyou are being leaned, *leant
he/she/it is being leaned, *leantthey are being leaned, *leant
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been leaned, *leantwe have been leaned, *leant
you have been leaned, *leantyou have been leaned, *leant
he/she/it has been leaned, *leantthey have been leaned, *leant
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was leaned, *leantwe were leaned, *leant
you were leaned, *leantyou were leaned, *leant
he/she/it was leaned, *leantthey were leaned, *leant
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being leaned, *leantwe were being leaned, *leant
you were being leaned, *leantyou were being leaned, *leant
he/she/it was being leaned, *leantthey were being leaned, *leant
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been leaned, *leantwe had been leaned, *leant
you had been leaned, *leantyou had been leaned, *leant
he/she/it had been leaned, *leantthey had been leaned, *leant
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be leaned, *leantwe shall/will be leaned, *leant
you will be leaned, *leantyou will be leaned, *leant
he/she/it will be leaned, *leantthey will be leaned, *leant
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been leaned, *leantwe shall/will have been leaned, *leant
you will have been leaned, *leantyou will have been leaned, *leant
he/she/it will have been leaned, *leantthey will have been leaned, *leant

lean

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseleanleans
Possessive caselean'sleans'

lean

adjective
Positive degreelean
Comparative degreeleaner
Superlative degreeleanest