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Norine looked very vexed, particularly when her sisters, speaking both together, told her that the future husband was Auguste Benard, a jovial young mason who lived on the floor above them.
Et elle eut l’air très vexé, surtout lorsque ses sœurs, parlant à la fois, lui contèrent que le mari était Auguste Bénard, le jeune maçon à l’air réjoui qui habitait au-dessus d’eux.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
I was then living with my husband, Theodore Labitte, a mason; and it's not to brag that I say it, but however much I wore out my eyes with needlework he used to beat me till he left me half-dead on the floor.
Moi, j’étais alors avec mon mari Théodore Labitte, un maçon ; et ce n’est pas pour me vanter, mais j’avais beau me tuer les yeux à la couture, il me battait à me laisser morte sur le carreau.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
He was a mason--a colossal mason, if you like--but he was nothing more."
Un maçon, et si vous voulez, oui ! un maçon colossal, mais pas davantage ! »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
My father, a mason like myself, worked at the Vatican all his life, and even now, when I myself get a job or two, it's always there.
Mon père, qui était maçon comme moi, a travaillé sa vie entière au Vatican ; et moi-même, aujourd’hui encore, quand j’ai quelques journées d’ouvrage, c’est toujours là que je les trouve...
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
My father in particular has revealed himself to be a very skilful mason, for he had to build a place for us when we arrived.
Mais le père s’est surtout révélé comme un maçon émérite, car il a dû bâtir, quand nous sommes arrivés là-bas.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
We might speak about it to the master mason, and he will tell us how much it would cost.
Nous en parlerons au maître maçon, si vous voulez; il nous dira les prix.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
A thick grove of cotton-woods fringed the bank of the river, and under their shade had been erected a number of seats of japanned mason-work, in a style peculiar to Spanish countries.
Une épaisse rangée de cotonniers bordait le rivage, et, sous leur ombre, on avait placé de nombreux sièges de maçonnerie vernissée, dans le style propre aux contrées espagnoles.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
She had no doubt gone off with the last one, big Payan, that mason of whom a Southern town wished to make an artist.
Certainement, elle avait dû filer avec le dernier, le gros Payan, ce maçon dont une ville du Midi voulait faire un artiste.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
At this moment a growl arose from one of the palliasses lying in the shade of the boarded windows, and the mason, in his slow, quiet way, resumed: "It's my brother Ambrogio, who isn't of my opinion.
À ce moment, un grondement s’éleva d’une des paillasses, dans l’ombre des fenêtres bouchées, et le maçon reprit de son air lent et paisible : « C’est mon frère Ambrogio qui n’est pas de mon avis...
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
It was a disaster, a lamentable failure, the School of Arts collapsing, derided by a mason!
Un désastre, une faillite lamentable, la banqueroute de l’École devant un maçon!
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
"Oh! it's just as they like!" he cried; "it's no work of mine, you know; it's simply an order which I'm executing just as a mason builds a wall.
« Tout ce qu’ils voudront ! cria-t-il. Ce n’est plus mon œuvre c’est une commande que j’exécute, comme un maçon fait un mur.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Then, having completed these repairs, he was seized with the ambition of decorating the church, without summoning to his aid either mason or carpenter or painter.
Puis, cette réparation finie, l'ambition lui avait poussé d'embellir l'église, sans appeler ni maçon, ni menuisier, ni peintre.
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
He explained how he and other children had gathered shards of glass from broken Coke bottles and cracked Mason jars and brought them to the eccentric Simon Rodia down the street.
Il m'expliqua comment, avec d'autres enfants, il avait collecté des éclats de bouteilles de Coca et de brocs cassés pour les apporter à l'excentrique Simon Rodia, en bas de la rue.
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
May I, at this moment request Ms Karen Mason, World Bank Director for Gender and Development to say a few words.
Je demande maintenant à Mme Karen Mason, directrice chargée de l'égalité des sexes et du développement à la Banque mondiale, de dire quelques mots.
© Copyright 2009
© Copyright 2009
Photo on the previous page, far left side: Ginger Mason, Environment Canada
Photo à la première page, extrême gauche : Ginger Mason, Environnement Canada

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mason

noun
SingularPlural
Common casemasonmasons
Possessive casemason'smasons'

mason

verb
Basic forms
Pastmasoned
Imperativemason
Present Participle (Participle I)masoning
Past Participle (Participle II)masoned
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I masonwe mason
you masonyou mason
he/she/it masonsthey mason
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am masoningwe are masoning
you are masoningyou are masoning
he/she/it is masoningthey are masoning
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have masonedwe have masoned
you have masonedyou have masoned
he/she/it has masonedthey have masoned
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been masoningwe have been masoning
you have been masoningyou have been masoning
he/she/it has been masoningthey have been masoning
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I masonedwe masoned
you masonedyou masoned
he/she/it masonedthey masoned
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was masoningwe were masoning
you were masoningyou were masoning
he/she/it was masoningthey were masoning
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had masonedwe had masoned
you had masonedyou had masoned
he/she/it had masonedthey had masoned
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been masoningwe had been masoning
you had been masoningyou had been masoning
he/she/it had been masoningthey had been masoning
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will masonwe shall/will mason
you will masonyou will mason
he/she/it will masonthey will mason
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be masoningwe shall/will be masoning
you will be masoningyou will be masoning
he/she/it will be masoningthey will be masoning
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have masonedwe shall/will have masoned
you will have masonedyou will have masoned
he/she/it will have masonedthey will have masoned
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been masoningwe shall/will have been masoning
you will have been masoningyou will have been masoning
he/she/it will have been masoningthey will have been masoning
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would masonwe should/would mason
you would masonyou would mason
he/she/it would masonthey would mason
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be masoningwe should/would be masoning
you would be masoningyou would be masoning
he/she/it would be masoningthey would be masoning
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have masonedwe should/would have masoned
you would have masonedyou would have masoned
he/she/it would have masonedthey would have masoned
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been masoningwe should/would have been masoning
you would have been masoningyou would have been masoning
he/she/it would have been masoningthey would have been masoning
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am masonedwe are masoned
you are masonedyou are masoned
he/she/it is masonedthey are masoned
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being masonedwe are being masoned
you are being masonedyou are being masoned
he/she/it is being masonedthey are being masoned
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been masonedwe have been masoned
you have been masonedyou have been masoned
he/she/it has been masonedthey have been masoned
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was masonedwe were masoned
you were masonedyou were masoned
he/she/it was masonedthey were masoned
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being masonedwe were being masoned
you were being masonedyou were being masoned
he/she/it was being masonedthey were being masoned
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been masonedwe had been masoned
you had been masonedyou had been masoned
he/she/it had been masonedthey had been masoned
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be masonedwe shall/will be masoned
you will be masonedyou will be masoned
he/she/it will be masonedthey will be masoned
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been masonedwe shall/will have been masoned
you will have been masonedyou will have been masoned
he/she/it will have been masonedthey will have been masoned