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" You look delicious !" he murmured; " that gown is a marvel," Seguin laughed and twitted Santerre on his obsequiousness towards women.« Vous êtes délicieuse, murmura-t-il, et cette robe est une vraie merveille. » Cela fit rire Séguin, qui plaisanta Santerre sur sa platitude devant les femmes.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
The marvel however was the famous statue of Venus, a companion to that of the Capitol, but with a more elegant and supple figure and with the left arm falling loosely in a gesture of voluptuous surrender.Mais la merveille était la fameuse Vénus, un pendant à la Vénus du Capitole, plus fine, plus souple, le bras gauche détendu, en un geste de voluptueux abandon.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
From the highest to the lowest, not one man of them all has had a thought for glory, that marvel which in days of yore seemed the necessary parent of valour's miracles."Nul d'entre eux, du plus élevé au plus humble, n'a songé à la chose merveilleuse qui semblait nécessaire autrefois pour enfanter les prodiges : la gloire !Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneEnseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneLe Bon, Gustave© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
No doubt this one has suffered a little, but a simple cleaning would make a marvel, a famous picture of it, for which a museum would at least give--"Un Botticelli qui a un peu souffert sans doute, mais dont un simple nettoyage ferait une merveille, une toile fameuse, que je crois estimer trop bas en disant qu’un musée la paierait... »Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Guillaume, my good fellow, you are one of the stokers, one of the artisans of the future, with that little marvel of yours, which will still further extend the influence of our great Paris over the whole world."Mon bon Guillaume, aujourd’hui, vous êtes le chauffeur, l’artisan de demain, avec cette merveille qui va encore élargir le travail de notre grand Paris, dans le monde entier. »Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
Blenkiron was a marvel.Blenkiron fut surprenant.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Her head, a marvel, was the object of the most coquettish care.La tête, une merveille, était l'objet d'une coquetterie particulière.Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux CameliasLa Dame aux CameliasDumas fils, AlexandreCamilleDumas fils, Alexandre© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
"You have created a little marvel," said he, "one which may have far-reaching effects both socially and humanly.« C’est une merveille que vous avez créée là, et l’emploi va en être d’une portée sociale et humaine incalculable.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
You are a man of taste, I know, and I want to show you a marvel."Je désire vous montrer une merveille, à vous qui êtes un homme de goût. »Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
'A marvel!' exclaimed Claude.– Une merveille! cria Claude.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
As you know, the drawing-room was a marvel.Vous le savez, le salon était une merveille.Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux CameliasLa Dame aux CameliasDumas fils, AlexandreCamilleDumas fils, Alexandre© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
Sandoz then began to marvel at the studies hanging on the walls.Ensuite, Sandoz s’émerveilla des études pendues aux murs.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
"Good gracious," he exclaimed, "what fine fruit, what a marvel.– Tudieu ! dit-il, les beaux fruits, le beau prodige !Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
"Well, my friend," he said, "you have done far better in offering the world this marvel, which by the way must have been both a difficult and dangerous matter.« Eh bien ! mon ami, vous avez mieux fait de doter l’humanité de cette merveille, ce qui n’a pas dû être commode ni sans danger.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
It was a marvel that we made such good time, for that line was congested beyond anything I have ever seen.Il est surprenant que nous n’ayons pas eu plus de retard, car la ligne était extrêmement encombrée.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
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marvel
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | marvel | marvels |
Possessive case | marvel's | marvels' |
marvel
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | marveled, marvelled |
Imperative | marvel |
Present Participle (Participle I) | marveling, marvelling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | marveled, marvelled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I marvel | we marvel |
you marvel | you marvel |
he/she/it marvels | they marvel |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am marveling, marvelling | we are marveling, marvelling |
you are marveling, marvelling | you are marveling, marvelling |
he/she/it is marveling, marvelling | they are marveling, marvelling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have marveled, marvelled | we have marveled, marvelled |
you have marveled, marvelled | you have marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it has marveled, marvelled | they have marveled, marvelled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been marveling, marvelling | we have been marveling, marvelling |
you have been marveling, marvelling | you have been marveling, marvelling |
he/she/it has been marveling, marvelling | they have been marveling, marvelling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I marveled, marvelled | we marveled, marvelled |
you marveled, marvelled | you marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it marveled, marvelled | they marveled, marvelled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was marveling, marvelling | we were marveling, marvelling |
you were marveling, marvelling | you were marveling, marvelling |
he/she/it was marveling, marvelling | they were marveling, marvelling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had marveled, marvelled | we had marveled, marvelled |
you had marveled, marvelled | you had marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it had marveled, marvelled | they had marveled, marvelled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been marveling, marvelling | we had been marveling, marvelling |
you had been marveling, marvelling | you had been marveling, marvelling |
he/she/it had been marveling, marvelling | they had been marveling, marvelling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will marvel | we shall/will marvel |
you will marvel | you will marvel |
he/she/it will marvel | they will marvel |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be marveling, marvelling | we shall/will be marveling, marvelling |
you will be marveling, marvelling | you will be marveling, marvelling |
he/she/it will be marveling, marvelling | they will be marveling, marvelling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have marveled, marvelled | we shall/will have marveled, marvelled |
you will have marveled, marvelled | you will have marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it will have marveled, marvelled | they will have marveled, marvelled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been marveling, marvelling | we shall/will have been marveling, marvelling |
you will have been marveling, marvelling | you will have been marveling, marvelling |
he/she/it will have been marveling, marvelling | they will have been marveling, marvelling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would marvel | we should/would marvel |
you would marvel | you would marvel |
he/she/it would marvel | they would marvel |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be marveling, marvelling | we should/would be marveling, marvelling |
you would be marveling, marvelling | you would be marveling, marvelling |
he/she/it would be marveling, marvelling | they would be marveling, marvelling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have marveled, marvelled | we should/would have marveled, marvelled |
you would have marveled, marvelled | you would have marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it would have marveled, marvelled | they would have marveled, marvelled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been marveling, marvelling | we should/would have been marveling, marvelling |
you would have been marveling, marvelling | you would have been marveling, marvelling |
he/she/it would have been marveling, marvelling | they would have been marveling, marvelling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am marveled, marvelled | we are marveled, marvelled |
you are marveled, marvelled | you are marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it is marveled, marvelled | they are marveled, marvelled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being marveled, marvelled | we are being marveled, marvelled |
you are being marveled, marvelled | you are being marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it is being marveled, marvelled | they are being marveled, marvelled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been marveled, marvelled | we have been marveled, marvelled |
you have been marveled, marvelled | you have been marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it has been marveled, marvelled | they have been marveled, marvelled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was marveled, marvelled | we were marveled, marvelled |
you were marveled, marvelled | you were marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it was marveled, marvelled | they were marveled, marvelled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being marveled, marvelled | we were being marveled, marvelled |
you were being marveled, marvelled | you were being marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it was being marveled, marvelled | they were being marveled, marvelled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been marveled, marvelled | we had been marveled, marvelled |
you had been marveled, marvelled | you had been marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it had been marveled, marvelled | they had been marveled, marvelled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be marveled, marvelled | we shall/will be marveled, marvelled |
you will be marveled, marvelled | you will be marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it will be marveled, marvelled | they will be marveled, marvelled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been marveled, marvelled | we shall/will have been marveled, marvelled |
you will have been marveled, marvelled | you will have been marveled, marvelled |
he/she/it will have been marveled, marvelled | they will have been marveled, marvelled |