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This plan would utterly miscarry, however, if Russia should utilize diplomatic conversations of unknown duration in order to accomplish her mobilization, and in that case the Kaiser would have two enemies to contend with in place of one.Ce plan échouait entièrement si la Russie profitait de pourparlers, dont la durée était ignorée, pour effectuer 'sa mobilisation. L'empereur aurait eu alors deux ennemis à combattre au lieu d'un.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
If some letters should be delayed, or others should miscarry altogether, it would be the fault of those villainous Republicans who were scouring the country and interrupting all communication.Si les lettres éprouvaient quelque retard, si d’autres s’égaraient même complètement, ce serait la faute de ces gueux de républicains, qui couraient la campagne et interrompaient les communications.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
At the close of another year, Claude, on one of those days of defeat, when he fled from his miscarried picture, met an old acquaintance.Après une année encore, Claude, dans un de ces jours de défaite où il fuyait son tableau manqué, fit une rencontre.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
I began to fear that with him, too, things had miscarried.Je commençais à craindre que de son côté aussi les choses n’allassent mal.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
However, it was still too good, he thought, for a brute unable to earn his bread. Whenever his work miscarried, he undervalued himself, ranked himself lower than a common labourer, whose sinewy arms could at least perform their appointed task.C’était encore trop bon, pour une brute qui ne savait pas son métier: quand il avait manqué une étude, il se ravalait, il se mettait plus bas que les manœuvres, dont les gros bras au moins faisaient leur besogne.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
‘Life miscarries, like everything else.La vie avorte, elle aussi…Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
The everlasting repentance, not of the evil ways followed, but of the plans that have miscarried, the money that has been spent in vain, is as saddening a thing as one can well meet with.Ce repentir éternel, non pas de la mauvaise route suivie, mais des calculs mal faits et de l'argent mal employé, est une des plus attristantes choses que l'on puisse entendre.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
Just listen to this : " The hand that punishes should be impeccable, for, if justice miscarries, the very bonds which unite society loosen of their own accord."Tenez, écoutez cette phrase: "La main qui punit doit être impeccable, car si la justice vient à se tromper, le lien social lui même se dénoue.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
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miscarry
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | miscarried |
Imperative | miscarry |
Present Participle (Participle I) | miscarrying |
Past Participle (Participle II) | miscarried |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I miscarry | we miscarry |
you miscarry | you miscarry |
he/she/it miscarries | they miscarry |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am miscarrying | we are miscarrying |
you are miscarrying | you are miscarrying |
he/she/it is miscarrying | they are miscarrying |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have miscarried | we have miscarried |
you have miscarried | you have miscarried |
he/she/it has miscarried | they have miscarried |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been miscarrying | we have been miscarrying |
you have been miscarrying | you have been miscarrying |
he/she/it has been miscarrying | they have been miscarrying |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I miscarried | we miscarried |
you miscarried | you miscarried |
he/she/it miscarried | they miscarried |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was miscarrying | we were miscarrying |
you were miscarrying | you were miscarrying |
he/she/it was miscarrying | they were miscarrying |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had miscarried | we had miscarried |
you had miscarried | you had miscarried |
he/she/it had miscarried | they had miscarried |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been miscarrying | we had been miscarrying |
you had been miscarrying | you had been miscarrying |
he/she/it had been miscarrying | they had been miscarrying |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will miscarry | we shall/will miscarry |
you will miscarry | you will miscarry |
he/she/it will miscarry | they will miscarry |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be miscarrying | we shall/will be miscarrying |
you will be miscarrying | you will be miscarrying |
he/she/it will be miscarrying | they will be miscarrying |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have miscarried | we shall/will have miscarried |
you will have miscarried | you will have miscarried |
he/she/it will have miscarried | they will have miscarried |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been miscarrying | we shall/will have been miscarrying |
you will have been miscarrying | you will have been miscarrying |
he/she/it will have been miscarrying | they will have been miscarrying |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would miscarry | we should/would miscarry |
you would miscarry | you would miscarry |
he/she/it would miscarry | they would miscarry |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be miscarrying | we should/would be miscarrying |
you would be miscarrying | you would be miscarrying |
he/she/it would be miscarrying | they would be miscarrying |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have miscarried | we should/would have miscarried |
you would have miscarried | you would have miscarried |
he/she/it would have miscarried | they would have miscarried |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been miscarrying | we should/would have been miscarrying |
you would have been miscarrying | you would have been miscarrying |
he/she/it would have been miscarrying | they would have been miscarrying |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am miscarried | we are miscarried |
you are miscarried | you are miscarried |
he/she/it is miscarried | they are miscarried |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being miscarried | we are being miscarried |
you are being miscarried | you are being miscarried |
he/she/it is being miscarried | they are being miscarried |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been miscarried | we have been miscarried |
you have been miscarried | you have been miscarried |
he/she/it has been miscarried | they have been miscarried |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was miscarried | we were miscarried |
you were miscarried | you were miscarried |
he/she/it was miscarried | they were miscarried |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being miscarried | we were being miscarried |
you were being miscarried | you were being miscarried |
he/she/it was being miscarried | they were being miscarried |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been miscarried | we had been miscarried |
you had been miscarried | you had been miscarried |
he/she/it had been miscarried | they had been miscarried |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be miscarried | we shall/will be miscarried |
you will be miscarried | you will be miscarried |
he/she/it will be miscarried | they will be miscarried |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been miscarried | we shall/will have been miscarried |
you will have been miscarried | you will have been miscarried |
he/she/it will have been miscarried | they will have been miscarried |