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This was a long, narrow room, traversed by two low iron rails.
C'était une pièce très oblongue, étroite, traversée par deux solides barres de fer, assez basses sur le sol.
London, Jack / The People of the AbyssLondon, Jack / Le Peuple de l'Abime
Le Peuple de l'Abime
London, Jack
The People of the Abyss
London, Jack
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Her hair was scanty and black, her eyes and cheeks hollow, her arms thin, her chest narrow, showing a battle between life and death, a duel without truce in which the mother had so far been victorious.
Ses cheveux rares et noirs, ses veux caves, ses joues creuses, ses bras amaigris, sa poitrine étroite annonçaient un débat entre la vie et la mort, duel sans trêve où jusqu’alors la comtesse était victorieuse.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
The place was so narrow and pinched that as we turned, for a moment, I hugged her to my breast and couldn't help it. With all my strength, old chap, as I should have hugged her once on a time if she'd have let me.
C’était si étroit, si pressé, qu’en tournant, à un moment, j’l’ai serrée contre ma poitrine sans le vouloir, de toute ma force, mon vieux, comme je l’aurais serrée autrefois, si elle avait voulu…
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Thousands of loftier plants towered up in hedges around them, enclosing narrow paths which they found it delightful to thread.
Mille plantes, de tailles plus hautes, bâtissaient des haies, ménageaient des sentiers étroits qu'ils se plaisaient à suivre.
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
Then, as he and Pierre turned out of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele to thread the old narrow tortuous streets leading to the Via Giulia, he pictured himself dropping the note into the letter-box at the palazzo.
Puis, comme Pierre et lui quittaient le cours Victor-Emmanuel pour s’engager parmi les anciennes rues, étranglées et tortueuses qui conduisent à la rue Giulia, il se revit jetant le billet dans la boîte du palais.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
In many instances the line between substance and procedure is a very narrow one.
Dans un bon nombre de cas, la démarcation entre le fond et la procédure est très ténue.
However, para. 59 goes on to note that it is important "to take a robust view of jurisdiction" and that true questions of jurisdiction "will be narrow".
Elle a toutefois ajouté qu'il importe « de considérer la compétence avec rigueur » et que les véritables questions de compétence ont « une portée restreinte ».
The nave was narrow and lofty, and streaked with bright colours, which numerous windows flooded with light.
C’était une nef étroite, haute, bariolée de couleurs vives, que des baies nombreuses inondaient de lumière.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Deep valleys opened on the south, narrow gorges between piles of gigantic rocks whose bases were already steeped in lakes of bluish shadow, whilst the summits sparkled with the smiling farewell of the sun.
Au sud, s’ouvraient d’autres vallées profondes, des gorges étroites entre des entassements de rocs géants, dont la base trempait déjà dans des mares d’ombre bleuâtre, lorsque les sommets étincelaient de l’adieu souriant du soleil.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Then, rapidly entering the passage, he ascended the narrow, dark staircase, leaning against the walls which were clammy with damp.
Alors, rapidement, il entra dans l'allée; il monta l'escalier étroit et obscur, en s'appuyant aux murs gras d'humidité.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Some countries regarded the ranges themselves as too narrow to encompass all products actually traded and proposed to amend them accordingly.
Certains pays considéraient les intervalles eux-mêmes comme trop étroits pour couvrir l'ensemble des produits effectivement commercialisés, et ont proposé de les amender en conséquence.
© FAO et OMS 2011
© FAO and WHO 2011
Two windows of unequal size opened on to a narrow, interior courtyard, where only a greenish light descended, as at the bottom of a well; and to read there, in the middle of the day, it would be necessary to have a candle.
Les deux fenêtres, de grandeur inégale, prenaient jour sur une étroite cour intérieure, où ne descendait qu’une lumière verdâtre, comme au fond d’un puits ; et, pour lire dans la chambre, en plein midi, il aurait fallu une chandelle.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
It was too narrow a field for his ambition.
C’était un champ trop étroit pour son ambition.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
She once more beheld the little convent-like lodging, those narrow rooms in the Rue Durantin, where she was not even allowed to lean out of a window.
Elle revoyait le petit logement cloîtré, ces pièces étroites de la rue Durantin, où il ne lui était pas permis de s'accouder à la fenêtre.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
She went and opened the window, and from the narrow courtyard separating the kitchens there rose an icy dampness, the unsavory odor of a musty cellar.
Elle était allée ouvrir la fenêtre, et de l'étroite cour de service montait une humidité glaciale, une odeur fade de cave moisie.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile

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Collocations

narrow market
marché étroit
narrow band
bande étroite
narrow angle
angle fermé
narrow grip
prise étroite
narrow tractor
tracteur à voie étroite

Word forms

narrow

noun
SingularPlural
Common casenarrownarrows
Possessive casenarrow'snarrows'

narrow

adjective
Positive degreenarrow
Comparative degreenarrower
Superlative degreenarrowest

narrow

verb
Basic forms
Pastnarrowed
Imperativenarrow
Present Participle (Participle I)narrowing
Past Participle (Participle II)narrowed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I narrowwe narrow
you narrowyou narrow
he/she/it narrowsthey narrow
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am narrowingwe are narrowing
you are narrowingyou are narrowing
he/she/it is narrowingthey are narrowing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have narrowedwe have narrowed
you have narrowedyou have narrowed
he/she/it has narrowedthey have narrowed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been narrowingwe have been narrowing
you have been narrowingyou have been narrowing
he/she/it has been narrowingthey have been narrowing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I narrowedwe narrowed
you narrowedyou narrowed
he/she/it narrowedthey narrowed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was narrowingwe were narrowing
you were narrowingyou were narrowing
he/she/it was narrowingthey were narrowing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had narrowedwe had narrowed
you had narrowedyou had narrowed
he/she/it had narrowedthey had narrowed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been narrowingwe had been narrowing
you had been narrowingyou had been narrowing
he/she/it had been narrowingthey had been narrowing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will narrowwe shall/will narrow
you will narrowyou will narrow
he/she/it will narrowthey will narrow
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be narrowingwe shall/will be narrowing
you will be narrowingyou will be narrowing
he/she/it will be narrowingthey will be narrowing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have narrowedwe shall/will have narrowed
you will have narrowedyou will have narrowed
he/she/it will have narrowedthey will have narrowed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been narrowingwe shall/will have been narrowing
you will have been narrowingyou will have been narrowing
he/she/it will have been narrowingthey will have been narrowing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would narrowwe should/would narrow
you would narrowyou would narrow
he/she/it would narrowthey would narrow
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be narrowingwe should/would be narrowing
you would be narrowingyou would be narrowing
he/she/it would be narrowingthey would be narrowing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have narrowedwe should/would have narrowed
you would have narrowedyou would have narrowed
he/she/it would have narrowedthey would have narrowed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been narrowingwe should/would have been narrowing
you would have been narrowingyou would have been narrowing
he/she/it would have been narrowingthey would have been narrowing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am narrowedwe are narrowed
you are narrowedyou are narrowed
he/she/it is narrowedthey are narrowed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being narrowedwe are being narrowed
you are being narrowedyou are being narrowed
he/she/it is being narrowedthey are being narrowed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been narrowedwe have been narrowed
you have been narrowedyou have been narrowed
he/she/it has been narrowedthey have been narrowed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was narrowedwe were narrowed
you were narrowedyou were narrowed
he/she/it was narrowedthey were narrowed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being narrowedwe were being narrowed
you were being narrowedyou were being narrowed
he/she/it was being narrowedthey were being narrowed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been narrowedwe had been narrowed
you had been narrowedyou had been narrowed
he/she/it had been narrowedthey had been narrowed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be narrowedwe shall/will be narrowed
you will be narrowedyou will be narrowed
he/she/it will be narrowedthey will be narrowed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been narrowedwe shall/will have been narrowed
you will have been narrowedyou will have been narrowed
he/she/it will have been narrowedthey will have been narrowed