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And it was truly sweet to linger there while the tapers continued marching past, and, after a turning movement, assembled on the Place du Rosaire.
Et ce fut adorable, pendant que le défilé des cierges continuait, et qu’ils se massaient tous en tournoyant sur la place du Rosaire.
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
As they were all going out again, he favoured her with one slight roll of his movable eye, desiring her to linger behind.
Comme tout le monde se dirigeait vers la porte, ce dernier honora la jeune fille d’un léger roulement de son œil mobile : c’était une manière d’inviter Sissy à rester un instant en arrière.
Dickens, Charles / Hard TimesDickens, Charles / Les temps difficiles
Les temps difficiles
Dickens, Charles
Hard Times
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
But I had no time to linger, since this mill was obviously a bad hiding-place.
Mais je ne pouvais m'attarder, car le moulin était évidemment une mauvaise cachette.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
"Ah! my children," he said, "I did not want to linger too long up there, I cut through the procession twice in order to get back to you.
« Ah ! mes enfants, je n’ai pas voulu m’attarder là-haut, je viens de couper la procession à deux reprises, pour passer...
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
But, in spite of his covert fears, a strange feeling of curiosity made him linger.
Mais, dans sa crainte sourde, une singulière curiosité l'attardait.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
At the elevation of the host one and all inclined themselves devoutly, but almost immediately afterwards the gathering dispersed. And indeed why linger? The mass was said.
À l’élévation tous s’inclinèrent d’un air de ferveur ; puis, l’attroupement se dissipa, la messe était dite.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
One does not linger in the neighbourhood of Reading.
On ne s’attarde guère dans le voisinage de Reading.
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
It is not one of his gifts to linger around his wigwam when his hour has passed."
Il n’est pas dans sa nature de rôder autour de son wigwam quand son heure est passée.
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
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 - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Auguste obstinately persisted not taking his wife back, and, so long as Berthe lived with her parents, the scandal would not be effaced — there would ever linger a material vestige of it.
Auguste s'obstinait à ne pas reprendre sa femme, et tant que Berthe demeurerait chez ses parents, le scandale ne serait pas effacé, il en resterait une trace matérielle.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Every now and then they would linger chatting with Guillaume in the spacious study until two o'clock in the morning.
Ils s’attardaient, certains soirs, dans le vaste cabinet de travail, à causer avec Guillaume, jusqu’à des deux heures du matin.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Only, this time, it did not linger there, did not stifle her, but burst from her open mouth, and flew away in a cry of sublime joy.
Seulement, cette fois, il ne s’arrêta pas, ne l’étouffa pas, il jaillit de sa bouche ouverte il s’envola en un cri de sublime joie.
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
It is like an implacable, devouring piece of machinery. First, the tip of the linger is caught, then the hand is drawn in, then the arm, and finally the whole body is ground to pieces.
C'est la machine implacable, l'engrenage qui pince le bout du doigt, attire la main, dévore le bras, broie le corps....
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
She was an old caprice of his, and even nowadays he would sometimes linger at the little mansion if its pretty mistress felt bored.
Celle-ci était un ancien caprice, il était resté un des intimes du petit hôtel, il s’y oubliait même encore parfois, quand la jolie fille s’ennuyait.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Macbeth we may well pass by; not need we linger over Cordelia's father, for his absence of consciousness is all too manifest; but Hamlet, Hamlet the thinker--is he wise?
Ne parlons pas de celui-ci, ni du père de Cordélia, dont l'inconscience trop manifeste ne sera contestée par personne, mais Hamlet, le penseur, est-il sage?
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice

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linger

verb
Basic forms
Pastlingered
Imperativelinger
Present Participle (Participle I)lingering
Past Participle (Participle II)lingered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I lingerwe linger
you lingeryou linger
he/she/it lingersthey linger
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am lingeringwe are lingering
you are lingeringyou are lingering
he/she/it is lingeringthey are lingering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have lingeredwe have lingered
you have lingeredyou have lingered
he/she/it has lingeredthey have lingered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been lingeringwe have been lingering
you have been lingeringyou have been lingering
he/she/it has been lingeringthey have been lingering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I lingeredwe lingered
you lingeredyou lingered
he/she/it lingeredthey lingered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was lingeringwe were lingering
you were lingeringyou were lingering
he/she/it was lingeringthey were lingering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had lingeredwe had lingered
you had lingeredyou had lingered
he/she/it had lingeredthey had lingered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been lingeringwe had been lingering
you had been lingeringyou had been lingering
he/she/it had been lingeringthey had been lingering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will lingerwe shall/will linger
you will lingeryou will linger
he/she/it will lingerthey will linger
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be lingeringwe shall/will be lingering
you will be lingeringyou will be lingering
he/she/it will be lingeringthey will be lingering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have lingeredwe shall/will have lingered
you will have lingeredyou will have lingered
he/she/it will have lingeredthey will have lingered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been lingeringwe shall/will have been lingering
you will have been lingeringyou will have been lingering
he/she/it will have been lingeringthey will have been lingering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would lingerwe should/would linger
you would lingeryou would linger
he/she/it would lingerthey would linger
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be lingeringwe should/would be lingering
you would be lingeringyou would be lingering
he/she/it would be lingeringthey would be lingering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have lingeredwe should/would have lingered
you would have lingeredyou would have lingered
he/she/it would have lingeredthey would have lingered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been lingeringwe should/would have been lingering
you would have been lingeringyou would have been lingering
he/she/it would have been lingeringthey would have been lingering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am lingeredwe are lingered
you are lingeredyou are lingered
he/she/it is lingeredthey are lingered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being lingeredwe are being lingered
you are being lingeredyou are being lingered
he/she/it is being lingeredthey are being lingered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been lingeredwe have been lingered
you have been lingeredyou have been lingered
he/she/it has been lingeredthey have been lingered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was lingeredwe were lingered
you were lingeredyou were lingered
he/she/it was lingeredthey were lingered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being lingeredwe were being lingered
you were being lingeredyou were being lingered
he/she/it was being lingeredthey were being lingered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been lingeredwe had been lingered
you had been lingeredyou had been lingered
he/she/it had been lingeredthey had been lingered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be lingeredwe shall/will be lingered
you will be lingeredyou will be lingered
he/she/it will be lingeredthey will be lingered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been lingeredwe shall/will have been lingered
you will have been lingeredyou will have been lingered
he/she/it will have been lingeredthey will have been lingered