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The light of the burning was dying, and he could just make out the mound of earth a yard in front.
La lueur de l’incendie s’éteignait et il pouvait tout juste distinguer le remblai de terre devant lui.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
As for myself, I had selected a little mound covered with fine grass; and stretching out lazily, I saw at the same time the heavens and the turf on which my feet were resting.
Moi, j’avais choisi un petit tertre, semé d’une herbe fine ; paresseusement étendu, je voyais à la fois le ciel et la pelouse où se posaient mes pieds.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
The company assembles and forms in squares on the sticky mound where the traveling kitchen is sending soot into the rain.
La compagnie se rassemble et se forme en carré, sur la butte glaiseuse où la cuisine roulante envoie de la suie à la pluie.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The dung was heaped against the graveyard wall in a huge smoking mound.
Le fumier s'élevait contre le mur du cimetière en un tas énorme qui fumait.
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 must find out what lay behind that mound of earth.
Il lui fallait s’assurer de ce qui se trouvait de l’autre côté du remblai.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
It was a low, straggling mound of earth, fashioned by no spade, out of a corner of which gleamed a bit of the white cloth that formed the shroud of the dead.
C’était un petit monceau de terre élevé sur le banc sans que la pioche y eût travaillé, et d’un coin duquel on voyait sortir un morceau de la toile blanche qui avait servi de linceul à la défunte.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Mabel then smiled an adieu; and, bounding up the bank, she was soon lost to view behind the mound of the fort.
Mabel lui dit adieu en souriant, et, bondissant légèrement, elle disparut bientôt derrière le fort.
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
When we got within sight of the mound of our line, we took a breather for a moment; one of us let a sigh go, another spoke.
Arrivés en vue de la bosse de notre ligne, on a soufflé un instant ; l’un de nous a poussé un soupir, un autre a parlé.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
We halted and threw ourselves on the ground on the side of a mound, and leaned back upon it, unable to make another step.
Et là, on s’arrêta, on se jeta par terre, au bord d’un tertre ; on s’y adossa, incapables de faire un pas de plus.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
A very young soldier whose shaven head rose up from a dark mound.
Un tout jeune soldat dont la tête rasée se dressait sur un tertre noir.
Makine, Andreï / Requiem For A Lost EmpireMakine, Andreï / Requiem pour l'Est
Requiem pour l'Est
Makine, Andreï
© 2000 by Mercure de France
Requiem For A Lost Empire
Makine, Andreï
© 2001 by Geoffrey Strachan
© 2000 by Mercure de France
The collapse burst a pool that had gathered on the top of the mound, and the water spread like a cascade over the body and laved it as we looked.
L’éboulement creva une poche d’eau amassée en haut du monticule et l’eau s’épandit en cascade sur le cadavre et le lava pendant que nous le regardions.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The judgment of the Privy Council in The "Wagon Mound" No. 1, supra, overruled Polemis, supra, and made the requirement of reasonable foreseeability applicable to the damage suffered as well as to the duty owed.
[traduction] Le jugement rendu par le Conseil privé dans The " Wagon Mound " No. I. précité, a écarté la décision Polemis, précitée, et conclu que l'exigence de la prévisibilité raisonnable s'applique au préjudice subi ainsi qu'à l'obligation.
And his race soon acquired all the frenzy of despair. Haggard and breathless he leapt mounds, rushed past multitudinous obstacles.
Et ce fut bientôt la course furieuse, hagarde, hors d’haleine, sautant les buttes, dévalant par les pentes, au travers des obstacles sans cesse renaissants.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Here and there the soil was bossy with mounds.
Des renflements bossuaient la terre, de place en place.
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
Quite near, we notice that some mounds of earth aligned along the ruined ramparts of this deep-drowned ditch are human.
De tout près, on remarque que des amas de terre alignés sur les têtes des remparts de ce gouffre étranglé sont des êtres.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

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pitcher's mound
monticule du lanceur

Word forms

mound

noun
SingularPlural
Common casemoundmounds
Possessive casemound'smounds'

mound

verb
Basic forms
Pastmounded
Imperativemound
Present Participle (Participle I)mounding
Past Participle (Participle II)mounded
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I moundwe mound
you moundyou mound
he/she/it moundsthey mound
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am moundingwe are mounding
you are moundingyou are mounding
he/she/it is moundingthey are mounding
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have moundedwe have mounded
you have moundedyou have mounded
he/she/it has moundedthey have mounded
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been moundingwe have been mounding
you have been moundingyou have been mounding
he/she/it has been moundingthey have been mounding
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I moundedwe mounded
you moundedyou mounded
he/she/it moundedthey mounded
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was moundingwe were mounding
you were moundingyou were mounding
he/she/it was moundingthey were mounding
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had moundedwe had mounded
you had moundedyou had mounded
he/she/it had moundedthey had mounded
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been moundingwe had been mounding
you had been moundingyou had been mounding
he/she/it had been moundingthey had been mounding
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will moundwe shall/will mound
you will moundyou will mound
he/she/it will moundthey will mound
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be moundingwe shall/will be mounding
you will be moundingyou will be mounding
he/she/it will be moundingthey will be mounding
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have moundedwe shall/will have mounded
you will have moundedyou will have mounded
he/she/it will have moundedthey will have mounded
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been moundingwe shall/will have been mounding
you will have been moundingyou will have been mounding
he/she/it will have been moundingthey will have been mounding
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would moundwe should/would mound
you would moundyou would mound
he/she/it would moundthey would mound
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be moundingwe should/would be mounding
you would be moundingyou would be mounding
he/she/it would be moundingthey would be mounding
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have moundedwe should/would have mounded
you would have moundedyou would have mounded
he/she/it would have moundedthey would have mounded
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been moundingwe should/would have been mounding
you would have been moundingyou would have been mounding
he/she/it would have been moundingthey would have been mounding
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am moundedwe are mounded
you are moundedyou are mounded
he/she/it is moundedthey are mounded
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being moundedwe are being mounded
you are being moundedyou are being mounded
he/she/it is being moundedthey are being mounded
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been moundedwe have been mounded
you have been moundedyou have been mounded
he/she/it has been moundedthey have been mounded
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was moundedwe were mounded
you were moundedyou were mounded
he/she/it was moundedthey were mounded
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being moundedwe were being mounded
you were being moundedyou were being mounded
he/she/it was being moundedthey were being mounded
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been moundedwe had been mounded
you had been moundedyou had been mounded
he/she/it had been moundedthey had been mounded
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be moundedwe shall/will be mounded
you will be moundedyou will be mounded
he/she/it will be moundedthey will be mounded
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been moundedwe shall/will have been mounded
you will have been moundedyou will have been mounded
he/she/it will have been moundedthey will have been mounded