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As one American author stated, the "value of the famous Lone Cypress of Monterey Peninsula cannot be reduced to its price as lumber".
Comme le disait un auteur américain, la « valeur du célèbre Lone Cypress de la péninsule de Monterey ne saurait se mesurer au prix qu'on paierait pour son bois ».
How many people, on that voyage, load up the boat till it is ever in danger of swamping with a store of foolish things which they think essential to the pleasure and comfort of the trip, but which are really only useless lumber.
Combien de gens, dans ce voyage, chargent leur bateau, jusqu’à le mettre en danger de sombrer, de toute une cargaison de vanités qu’ils tiennent pour indispensable à leur bien-être, et qui ne sont en fait qu’encombrantes futilités !
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
Throw the lumber over, man!
Jette ta charge par-dessus bord, frère !
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 lumber, man - all lumber!
Tout cela, frère, n’est que surcharge négligeable et rien de plus !
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
I took the finest pieces of furniture out of the lumber attic, and then I made those calico curtains to prevent the daylight from dazzling me.
J'ai pris les plus beaux meubles du grenier; puis, j'ai fait ces rideaux de calicot, pour que le jour ne m'aveuglât pas...
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
"A Boche cup's nothing special," says Pepin; "it won't stand up, it's just lumber."
– Un quart boche, c’est ça qu’est pas extra, dit Pépin. Ça tient pas d’bout. Ça sert juste à encombrer.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Attorney General of Canada, Forest Practices Board, Sierra Club of Canada, David Suzuki Foundation, Council of Forest Industries, Forest Products Association of Canada and Coast Forest & Lumber Association
Procureur général du Canada, Conseil des pratiques forestières, Sierra Club du Canada, David Suzuki Foundation, Council of Forest Industries, Association des produits forestiers du Canada et Coast Forest & Lumber Association
The concept of a community usufruct over land was first discussed by this Court in St. Catharines Milling and Lumber Co. v. The Oueen
La notion d'un usufruit détenu par une collectivité sur un territoire a été employée pour la première fois par cette Cour dans St. Catharines MillingandLumber Co. c. The Oueen
Adolph tripped gracefully forward, and Tom, with lumbering tread, went after.
Adolphe marcha devant d’un pas leste, et Tom le suivit d’un pas lourd.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
In ten minutes I found myself on board, and ten minutes later we were out in mid-stream and our tows were lumbering into line.
Dix minutes plus tard, je me trouvais à bord du remorqueur, et un quart d’heure s’était à peine écoulé que nous étions au milieu du fleuve, nos péniches nous suivant à la queue leu leu.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
They reached F-- two hours before the lumbering coach of their uncle drove into the yard of the inn, and had sufficient time to refresh their own horses for the journey homewards.
Ils arrivèrent à F*** deux heures avant que la lourde voiture de leur oncle fût entrée dans la cour de l’auberge, et ils eurent tout le temps de faire rafraîchir leurs chevaux pour le retour.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
I watched the cratered road rise and fall, whirl its tail around the mountainside, counted the multicolored trucks packed with squatting men lumbering past.
Je regardai la route défoncée monter, descendre, s'enrouler autour de la montagne, et comptai les camions multicolores qui nous croisaient, emplis d'hommes accroupis.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
Why was George to fool about all day, and leave us to lug this lumbering old top-heavy barge up and down the river by ourselves to meet him? Why couldn't George come and do some work?
Pourquoi George restait-il à paresser toute la journée ou presque, nous laissant remorquer seuls cette vieille passoire surchargée, en attendant tranquillement qu’on vienne le rejoindre, lui, George ?
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

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Word forms

lumber

noun
SingularPlural
Common caselumberlumbers
Possessive caselumber'slumbers'

lumber

verb
Basic forms
Pastlumbered
Imperativelumber
Present Participle (Participle I)lumbering
Past Participle (Participle II)lumbered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I lumberwe lumber
you lumberyou lumber
he/she/it lumbersthey lumber
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am lumberingwe are lumbering
you are lumberingyou are lumbering
he/she/it is lumberingthey are lumbering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have lumberedwe have lumbered
you have lumberedyou have lumbered
he/she/it has lumberedthey have lumbered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been lumberingwe have been lumbering
you have been lumberingyou have been lumbering
he/she/it has been lumberingthey have been lumbering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I lumberedwe lumbered
you lumberedyou lumbered
he/she/it lumberedthey lumbered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was lumberingwe were lumbering
you were lumberingyou were lumbering
he/she/it was lumberingthey were lumbering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had lumberedwe had lumbered
you had lumberedyou had lumbered
he/she/it had lumberedthey had lumbered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been lumberingwe had been lumbering
you had been lumberingyou had been lumbering
he/she/it had been lumberingthey had been lumbering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will lumberwe shall/will lumber
you will lumberyou will lumber
he/she/it will lumberthey will lumber
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be lumberingwe shall/will be lumbering
you will be lumberingyou will be lumbering
he/she/it will be lumberingthey will be lumbering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have lumberedwe shall/will have lumbered
you will have lumberedyou will have lumbered
he/she/it will have lumberedthey will have lumbered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been lumberingwe shall/will have been lumbering
you will have been lumberingyou will have been lumbering
he/she/it will have been lumberingthey will have been lumbering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would lumberwe should/would lumber
you would lumberyou would lumber
he/she/it would lumberthey would lumber
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be lumberingwe should/would be lumbering
you would be lumberingyou would be lumbering
he/she/it would be lumberingthey would be lumbering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have lumberedwe should/would have lumbered
you would have lumberedyou would have lumbered
he/she/it would have lumberedthey would have lumbered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been lumberingwe should/would have been lumbering
you would have been lumberingyou would have been lumbering
he/she/it would have been lumberingthey would have been lumbering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am lumberedwe are lumbered
you are lumberedyou are lumbered
he/she/it is lumberedthey are lumbered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being lumberedwe are being lumbered
you are being lumberedyou are being lumbered
he/she/it is being lumberedthey are being lumbered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been lumberedwe have been lumbered
you have been lumberedyou have been lumbered
he/she/it has been lumberedthey have been lumbered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was lumberedwe were lumbered
you were lumberedyou were lumbered
he/she/it was lumberedthey were lumbered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being lumberedwe were being lumbered
you were being lumberedyou were being lumbered
he/she/it was being lumberedthey were being lumbered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been lumberedwe had been lumbered
you had been lumberedyou had been lumbered
he/she/it had been lumberedthey had been lumbered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be lumberedwe shall/will be lumbered
you will be lumberedyou will be lumbered
he/she/it will be lumberedthey will be lumbered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been lumberedwe shall/will have been lumbered
you will have been lumberedyou will have been lumbered
he/she/it will have been lumberedthey will have been lumbered