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Father Roland meanwhile, to whose head the fumes of the wine were rising once more, had already forgotten his son's advice and was eyeing a champagne-bottle with a tender leer as it stood, still nearly full, by the side of his plate.Cependant le père Roland, que les fumées du vin recommençaient à troubler, oubliait déjà les conseils de son fils et regardait d'un oeil oblique et tendre une bouteille de champagne presque pleine encore à côté de son assiette.Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et JeanPierre et JeanMaupassant, Guy dePierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de
You saw them lying in wait, with a corner of an eye on the shop-doors, to see if there weren't any poilus slipping quietly out, two-faced that they are, leering to left and to right and licking their mustaches."Tu les vois guetter avec la queue de l’œil les portes des casbas pour voir si des fois des poilus n’en sortent pas en douce, avec un air d’avoir deux airs, en r’luquant d’droite et d’gauche et en se léchant les moustaches.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
He could only recall some shadows gliding along the hall; two shadows, at first poverty-stricken, soft-spoken, self-suppressing, then tipsy and disreputable-looking ; two shadows that leered and sniggered.Il ne voyait que des ombres se glisser le long du corridor: deux ombres noires d'abord, pauvres, polies, s'effaçant; puis deux ombres grises et louches, qui ricanaient.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
When we ask him what he does in civil life, he won't say 'I'm a school teacher' he says, leering at you from under his specs with the half of his eyes, 'I'm a professor.'Quand on lui d’mande ce qu’i’ fait dans l’civil, i’ n’dit pas : « J’suis frère des écoles » ; i’ dit, en vous r’luquant par en dessous ses lunettes avec la moitié d’ses yeux : « J’suis professeur. »Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
It was a welter of rags and filth, of all manner of loathsome skin diseases, open sores, bruises, grossness, indecency, leering monstrosities, and bestial faces.Ce n'était qu'une confusion de haillons, de saleté, de maladies repoussantes, de plaies suppurantes, de chairs meurtries, de monstruosités ricanantes et de figures bestiales.London, Jack / The People of the AbyssLondon, Jack / Le Peuple de l'AbimeLe Peuple de l'AbimeLondon, JackThe People of the AbyssLondon, Jack© BiblioBazaar, LLC
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Word forms
leer
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | leer | leers |
Possessive case | leer's | leers' |
leer
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | leered |
Imperative | leer |
Present Participle (Participle I) | leering |
Past Participle (Participle II) | leered |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I leer | we leer |
you leer | you leer |
he/she/it leers | they leer |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am leering | we are leering |
you are leering | you are leering |
he/she/it is leering | they are leering |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have leered | we have leered |
you have leered | you have leered |
he/she/it has leered | they have leered |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been leering | we have been leering |
you have been leering | you have been leering |
he/she/it has been leering | they have been leering |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I leered | we leered |
you leered | you leered |
he/she/it leered | they leered |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was leering | we were leering |
you were leering | you were leering |
he/she/it was leering | they were leering |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had leered | we had leered |
you had leered | you had leered |
he/she/it had leered | they had leered |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been leering | we had been leering |
you had been leering | you had been leering |
he/she/it had been leering | they had been leering |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will leer | we shall/will leer |
you will leer | you will leer |
he/she/it will leer | they will leer |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be leering | we shall/will be leering |
you will be leering | you will be leering |
he/she/it will be leering | they will be leering |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have leered | we shall/will have leered |
you will have leered | you will have leered |
he/she/it will have leered | they will have leered |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been leering | we shall/will have been leering |
you will have been leering | you will have been leering |
he/she/it will have been leering | they will have been leering |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would leer | we should/would leer |
you would leer | you would leer |
he/she/it would leer | they would leer |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be leering | we should/would be leering |
you would be leering | you would be leering |
he/she/it would be leering | they would be leering |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have leered | we should/would have leered |
you would have leered | you would have leered |
he/she/it would have leered | they would have leered |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been leering | we should/would have been leering |
you would have been leering | you would have been leering |
he/she/it would have been leering | they would have been leering |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am leered | we are leered |
you are leered | you are leered |
he/she/it is leered | they are leered |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being leered | we are being leered |
you are being leered | you are being leered |
he/she/it is being leered | they are being leered |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been leered | we have been leered |
you have been leered | you have been leered |
he/she/it has been leered | they have been leered |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was leered | we were leered |
you were leered | you were leered |
he/she/it was leered | they were leered |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being leered | we were being leered |
you were being leered | you were being leered |
he/she/it was being leered | they were being leered |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been leered | we had been leered |
you had been leered | you had been leered |
he/she/it had been leered | they had been leered |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be leered | we shall/will be leered |
you will be leered | you will be leered |
he/she/it will be leered | they will be leered |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been leered | we shall/will have been leered |
you will have been leered | you will have been leered |
he/she/it will have been leered | they will have been leered |