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Where is the lake, or even the deer lick, that the blackguards don't find out, and having found out, don't, sooner or later, discolour its water with blood."
Où est le lac ou le ruisseau que ces coquins ne finissent point par découvrir, et à l’eau duquel ils ne donnent pas tôt ou tard la couleur du sang ?
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
The dancer would lower her chest to the patron's face, allowing the patron to suck and lick her breasts.
La danseuse se penchait et permettait au client de lui sucer et lécher les seins.
Once get the flames going and they will lick up the pagans of the west and south.
Allumez les flammes et elles consumeront tous les païens du sud et de l’ouest.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Big City, I'll lick you yet!"
O Grande cité, je vais encore t'en mettre plein la vue ! »
Mingus, Sue / Tonight at noonMingus, Sue / Pour l'amour de Mingus
Pour l'amour de Mingus
Mingus, Sue
© 2003 Editions du Layeur
Tonight at noon
Mingus, Sue
© 2002 by Sue Graham Mingus
The Journal de Geneve of September 4, 1915, published a very typical remark of a distinguished German personage on the fate of Alsace after the war :— " The Alsatians must lick our feet after the war."
La réflexion d'un personnage allemand sur le sort de l'Alsace après la guerre, reproduite par le Journal de Genève du 4 septembre 1915, est très typique : « Après la guerre, les Alsaciens devront nous lécher les pieds. »
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
"God has given the salt lick to the deer; and He has given to man, red-skin and white, the delicious spring at which to slake his thirst.
– Dieu a accordé le lick aux bêtes fauves, et il a donné à l’homme, blanc ou peau-rouge, la source délicieuse où il peut étancher sa soif.
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
When he was near the ground he let the prize drop; the dog snapped it up, swallowed it, and did not even lick his snout before setting upon Mederic.
Quand il fut près de terre, il laissa tomber la proie ; le chien la happa au passage, donna un coup de gosier, ne se lécha même pas et se précipita sur Médéric.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
The savages are near us, moreover, and the difficulty is, to get out of the river without being shot down like deer standing at a lick!"
D’ailleurs les sauvages sont près de nous, et la difficulté est de sortir de la rivière sans qu’ils tirent sur nous comme sur des daims qui sont à se désaltérer.
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
He is licking his chops: "I met some pals and we've had a drink.
Il se lèche les babines.– J’ai rencontré des copains. On a bu un coup.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"The wind's licked up the sugar," says Marthereau.
– L’vent a léché l’sucre, dit Marthereau.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
And how charming Bernadette looks on her knees, in ecstasy, while the candle flame licks her fingers without burning them."
Et comme elle est charmante, Bernadette, à genoux, en extase, pendant que la flamme du cierge lèche ses doigts, sans laisser de brûlure.
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
Ten or twelve wild beasts in all, seated on their haunches, with half closed eyes, and languid limbs, satiated with food, were complacently licking their jaws.
Seules, dix ou douze bêtes fauves, assises sur leurs derrières, se léchaient complaisamment, les yeux demi-clos, les membres alanguis, ivres de nourriture.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
The spondu-licks just danced about.
L’pognon, i’ dansait aussi, va.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The kerosene licked him with a white cold tongue.
Le pétrole le lécha de sà langue froide et blanche.
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 said to herself that they would have to laugh and weep like those who were licked by the flames and caressed by their flaming tongues.
Elle se disait qu’ils devaient rire et pleurer ainsi, ceux que les flammes lèchent et caressent de leurs langues ardentes.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile

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lick

noun
SingularPlural
Common caselicklicks
Possessive caselick'slicks'

lick

verb
Basic forms
Pastlicked
Imperativelick
Present Participle (Participle I)licking
Past Participle (Participle II)licked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I lickwe lick
you lickyou lick
he/she/it licksthey lick
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am lickingwe are licking
you are lickingyou are licking
he/she/it is lickingthey are licking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have lickedwe have licked
you have lickedyou have licked
he/she/it has lickedthey have licked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been lickingwe have been licking
you have been lickingyou have been licking
he/she/it has been lickingthey have been licking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I lickedwe licked
you lickedyou licked
he/she/it lickedthey licked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was lickingwe were licking
you were lickingyou were licking
he/she/it was lickingthey were licking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had lickedwe had licked
you had lickedyou had licked
he/she/it had lickedthey had licked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been lickingwe had been licking
you had been lickingyou had been licking
he/she/it had been lickingthey had been licking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will lickwe shall/will lick
you will lickyou will lick
he/she/it will lickthey will lick
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be lickingwe shall/will be licking
you will be lickingyou will be licking
he/she/it will be lickingthey will be licking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have lickedwe shall/will have licked
you will have lickedyou will have licked
he/she/it will have lickedthey will have licked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been lickingwe shall/will have been licking
you will have been lickingyou will have been licking
he/she/it will have been lickingthey will have been licking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would lickwe should/would lick
you would lickyou would lick
he/she/it would lickthey would lick
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be lickingwe should/would be licking
you would be lickingyou would be licking
he/she/it would be lickingthey would be licking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have lickedwe should/would have licked
you would have lickedyou would have licked
he/she/it would have lickedthey would have licked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been lickingwe should/would have been licking
you would have been lickingyou would have been licking
he/she/it would have been lickingthey would have been licking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am lickedwe are licked
you are lickedyou are licked
he/she/it is lickedthey are licked
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being lickedwe are being licked
you are being lickedyou are being licked
he/she/it is being lickedthey are being licked
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been lickedwe have been licked
you have been lickedyou have been licked
he/she/it has been lickedthey have been licked
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was lickedwe were licked
you were lickedyou were licked
he/she/it was lickedthey were licked
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being lickedwe were being licked
you were being lickedyou were being licked
he/she/it was being lickedthey were being licked
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been lickedwe had been licked
you had been lickedyou had been licked
he/she/it had been lickedthey had been licked
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be lickedwe shall/will be licked
you will be lickedyou will be licked
he/she/it will be lickedthey will be licked
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been lickedwe shall/will have been licked
you will have been lickedyou will have been licked
he/she/it will have been lickedthey will have been licked