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Barroux no doubt appeared to be in a bad way; but with things in such a muddle one was bound to allow a margin for the unexpected.Barroux semblait bien malade ; mais qui pouvait prévoir la part de l’inattendu, dans une telle bagarre ?Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
' A nice campaign ! ' he cried. ' A pretty muddle !«Une jolie campagne! cria-t-il, un joli gâchis!Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
On the other hand, the man who wound it up thinks the whole cause of the muddle rests with the man who is trying to unwind it.Dans le canot, celui qui a enroulé la cordelle pense que tout est la faute de celui qui l’a déroulée.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
I went out of the Foreign Office in as muddled a frame of mind as any diplomatist who ever left its portals.Je sortis du Foreign Office l’esprit aussi embrouillé que celui d’un diplomate.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Torrential rain was falling. We were muddled and drenched and hustled by the flood, and we ate standing in single file, without shelter, under the dissolving sky.Il tombait une pluie torrentielle ; on était brouillés et noyés et bousculés par l’inondation, et on mangeait debout, à la file, sans abri, en plein ciel liquéfié.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The sounds were muddled, and we did not understand them.Les sons s’embrouillaient ; on ne comprenait pas.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"I wanted to see you; your affairs are getting muddled!"Je voulais aller te voir. Tes affaires s’embrouillent.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
If he touched up the part that displeased him a score of times, so a score of times did he aggravate the evil, till everything became quite muddled and messy.S’il reprenait vingt fois le morceau, vingt fois il aggravait le mal, tout se brouillait et glissait au gâchis.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
He recommenced, got more muddled still, and did not succeed in expressing what he had come to say.Il recommençait, s'embrouillait, n'arrivait pas à exprimer ce qu'il était venu dire.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
'You have come from a damned muddled show.– Il y a un beau grabuge dans votre pays!Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
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get into a muddle
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Word forms
muddle
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | muddled |
Imperative | muddle |
Present Participle (Participle I) | muddling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | muddled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I muddle | we muddle |
you muddle | you muddle |
he/she/it muddles | they muddle |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am muddling | we are muddling |
you are muddling | you are muddling |
he/she/it is muddling | they are muddling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have muddled | we have muddled |
you have muddled | you have muddled |
he/she/it has muddled | they have muddled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been muddling | we have been muddling |
you have been muddling | you have been muddling |
he/she/it has been muddling | they have been muddling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I muddled | we muddled |
you muddled | you muddled |
he/she/it muddled | they muddled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was muddling | we were muddling |
you were muddling | you were muddling |
he/she/it was muddling | they were muddling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had muddled | we had muddled |
you had muddled | you had muddled |
he/she/it had muddled | they had muddled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been muddling | we had been muddling |
you had been muddling | you had been muddling |
he/she/it had been muddling | they had been muddling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will muddle | we shall/will muddle |
you will muddle | you will muddle |
he/she/it will muddle | they will muddle |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be muddling | we shall/will be muddling |
you will be muddling | you will be muddling |
he/she/it will be muddling | they will be muddling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have muddled | we shall/will have muddled |
you will have muddled | you will have muddled |
he/she/it will have muddled | they will have muddled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been muddling | we shall/will have been muddling |
you will have been muddling | you will have been muddling |
he/she/it will have been muddling | they will have been muddling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would muddle | we should/would muddle |
you would muddle | you would muddle |
he/she/it would muddle | they would muddle |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be muddling | we should/would be muddling |
you would be muddling | you would be muddling |
he/she/it would be muddling | they would be muddling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have muddled | we should/would have muddled |
you would have muddled | you would have muddled |
he/she/it would have muddled | they would have muddled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been muddling | we should/would have been muddling |
you would have been muddling | you would have been muddling |
he/she/it would have been muddling | they would have been muddling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am muddled | we are muddled |
you are muddled | you are muddled |
he/she/it is muddled | they are muddled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being muddled | we are being muddled |
you are being muddled | you are being muddled |
he/she/it is being muddled | they are being muddled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been muddled | we have been muddled |
you have been muddled | you have been muddled |
he/she/it has been muddled | they have been muddled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was muddled | we were muddled |
you were muddled | you were muddled |
he/she/it was muddled | they were muddled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being muddled | we were being muddled |
you were being muddled | you were being muddled |
he/she/it was being muddled | they were being muddled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been muddled | we had been muddled |
you had been muddled | you had been muddled |
he/she/it had been muddled | they had been muddled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be muddled | we shall/will be muddled |
you will be muddled | you will be muddled |
he/she/it will be muddled | they will be muddled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been muddled | we shall/will have been muddled |
you will have been muddled | you will have been muddled |
he/she/it will have been muddled | they will have been muddled |
muddle
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | muddle | muddles |
Possessive case | muddle's | muddles' |