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I have a friend who studies the occult sciences, and he would call what I experienced "the affinity of fluids"; as for me, I only know that I was fated to fall in love with Marguerite, and that I foresaw it.J'ai un de mes amis qui s'occupe de sciences occultes, et qui appellerait ce que j'éprouvais l'affinité des fluides; moi, je crois tout simplement que j'étais destiné à devenir amoureux de Marguerite, et que je le pressentais.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
In reality, beneath his intractable realism lay the superstition of a nervous woman; he believed in occult and complex influences; everything, luck or ill-luck, must depend upon the view selected.Au fond, son intransigeance de réaliste cachait des superstitions de femme nerveuse, il croyait à des influences compliquées et secrètes: tout allait dépendre de l’horizon choisi, néfaste ou heureux.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
Usually, the CTFPHC recommends either testing the stool for blood (called "fecal occult blood testing") or flexible sigmoidoscopy.Il recommande la recherche de sang occulte dans les selles ou la sigmoïdoscopie flexible.© 1996-2010, Institut canadien d'information sur la santé (ICIS)https://secure.cihi.ca/ 07.04.2011© 1996-2010, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).https://secure.cihi.ca/ 07.04.2011
He wears a cape which is half goatskin and half sheepskin, half brown and half whitish, and this twofold skin of tints geometrically cut makes him like some strange occult animal.Il porte une pelisse moitié peau de bique et moitié peau de mouton : mi-brune, mi-blanchâtre, et cette double dépouille aux teintes géométriquement tranchées le fait ressembler à quelque étrange animal cabalistique.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
But his legs refused their service; his arms fell to his side, stiff, as if pinioned there by some occult force.Mais ses jambes fléchissaient, ses bras retombaient, engourdis, comme liés à son corps par une force supérieure.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
And thus there might perhaps be some truth in what Don Vigilio, with a shiver of mystery, related about their occult sovereignty, a seizin, as it were, of the government of the Church, a royalty ignored but nevertheless complete.Elle était peut-être vraie, cette souveraineté occulte que racontait don Vigilio dans un frisson de mystère, cette mainmise sur le gouvernement de l’Église, cette royauté ignorée et totale au Vatican.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
While he was dressing he appraised, weighed, and summed up the agitations of the past day, trying to bring out quite clearly and fully their real and occult causes, those personal to himself as well as those from outside.Il appréciait, pesait et résumait, en s'habillant, ses émotions de la veille, cherchant à en dégager bien nettement et bien complètement les causes réelles, secrètes, les causes personnelles en même temps que les causes extérieures.Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et JeanPierre et JeanMaupassant, Guy dePierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de
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occult
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | occult | occults |
Possessive case | occult's | occults' |
occult
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | occulted |
Imperative | occult |
Present Participle (Participle I) | occulting |
Past Participle (Participle II) | occulted |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I occult | we occult |
you occult | you occult |
he/she/it occults | they occult |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am occulting | we are occulting |
you are occulting | you are occulting |
he/she/it is occulting | they are occulting |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have occulted | we have occulted |
you have occulted | you have occulted |
he/she/it has occulted | they have occulted |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been occulting | we have been occulting |
you have been occulting | you have been occulting |
he/she/it has been occulting | they have been occulting |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I occulted | we occulted |
you occulted | you occulted |
he/she/it occulted | they occulted |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was occulting | we were occulting |
you were occulting | you were occulting |
he/she/it was occulting | they were occulting |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had occulted | we had occulted |
you had occulted | you had occulted |
he/she/it had occulted | they had occulted |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been occulting | we had been occulting |
you had been occulting | you had been occulting |
he/she/it had been occulting | they had been occulting |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will occult | we shall/will occult |
you will occult | you will occult |
he/she/it will occult | they will occult |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be occulting | we shall/will be occulting |
you will be occulting | you will be occulting |
he/she/it will be occulting | they will be occulting |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have occulted | we shall/will have occulted |
you will have occulted | you will have occulted |
he/she/it will have occulted | they will have occulted |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been occulting | we shall/will have been occulting |
you will have been occulting | you will have been occulting |
he/she/it will have been occulting | they will have been occulting |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would occult | we should/would occult |
you would occult | you would occult |
he/she/it would occult | they would occult |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be occulting | we should/would be occulting |
you would be occulting | you would be occulting |
he/she/it would be occulting | they would be occulting |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have occulted | we should/would have occulted |
you would have occulted | you would have occulted |
he/she/it would have occulted | they would have occulted |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been occulting | we should/would have been occulting |
you would have been occulting | you would have been occulting |
he/she/it would have been occulting | they would have been occulting |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am occulted | we are occulted |
you are occulted | you are occulted |
he/she/it is occulted | they are occulted |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being occulted | we are being occulted |
you are being occulted | you are being occulted |
he/she/it is being occulted | they are being occulted |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been occulted | we have been occulted |
you have been occulted | you have been occulted |
he/she/it has been occulted | they have been occulted |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was occulted | we were occulted |
you were occulted | you were occulted |
he/she/it was occulted | they were occulted |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being occulted | we were being occulted |
you were being occulted | you were being occulted |
he/she/it was being occulted | they were being occulted |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been occulted | we had been occulted |
you had been occulted | you had been occulted |
he/she/it had been occulted | they had been occulted |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be occulted | we shall/will be occulted |
you will be occulted | you will be occulted |
he/she/it will be occulted | they will be occulted |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been occulted | we shall/will have been occulted |
you will have been occulted | you will have been occulted |
he/she/it will have been occulted | they will have been occulted |