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-- be it a corner of the forest hemmed in with time-worn rocks crumbling to gravel and clothed with mosses overgrown with juniper, which grasps our minds as something savage, aggressive, terrifying as the cry of the kestrel issuing from it:Soit un coin de forêt environné de roches ruineuses, coupé de sables, vêtu de mousses, garni de genévriers, qui vous saisit par je ne sais quoi de sauvage, de heurté, d’effrayant, et d’où sort le cri de l’orfraie.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
The car swung out from the trees into a park lined with saplings, and in the twilight I saw before me a biggish house like an overgrown Swiss chalet.L’auto quitta l’ombre des arbres et pénétra dans un parc. Dans le crépuscule, j’aperçus une maison qui ressemblait à un chalet suisse démesuré.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
I found a deserted cottage with a row of phantom peat-stacks and an overgrown garden.Je rencontrai une maisonnette abandonnée avec les restes d'une meule de tourbe, et un jardin envahi de végétations folles.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
But here, too, the crops at last overflowed, while the intelligent felling of a part of the purchased woods resulted in a large profit, and gave Mathieu an idea of cultivating some of the spacious clearings hitherto overgrown with brambles.Mais les moissons, là aussi, débordèrent, tandis que des coupes intelligentes, dans le lot des bois achetés apportaient de gros profits, donnaient l’idée de livrer plus tard à la culture de vastes clairières, jusque-là encombrées de ronces.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
We were close to a wooden gate which opened into the park of Frapesle; I still seem to see its ruined posts overgrown with climbing plants and briers and mosses.Nous étions en vue d’une porte en bois par laquelle on entrait dans le parc de Frapesle, et dont il me semble encore voir les deux pilastres ruinés, couverts de plantes grimpantes et de mousses, d’herbes et de ronces.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
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overgrow
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | overgrew |
Imperative | overgrow |
Present Participle (Participle I) | overgrowing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | overgrown |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I overgrow | we overgrow |
you overgrow | you overgrow |
he/she/it overgrows | they overgrow |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am overgrowing | we are overgrowing |
you are overgrowing | you are overgrowing |
he/she/it is overgrowing | they are overgrowing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have overgrown | we have overgrown |
you have overgrown | you have overgrown |
he/she/it has overgrown | they have overgrown |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been overgrowing | we have been overgrowing |
you have been overgrowing | you have been overgrowing |
he/she/it has been overgrowing | they have been overgrowing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I overgrew | we overgrew |
you overgrew | you overgrew |
he/she/it overgrew | they overgrew |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was overgrowing | we were overgrowing |
you were overgrowing | you were overgrowing |
he/she/it was overgrowing | they were overgrowing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had overgrown | we had overgrown |
you had overgrown | you had overgrown |
he/she/it had overgrown | they had overgrown |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been overgrowing | we had been overgrowing |
you had been overgrowing | you had been overgrowing |
he/she/it had been overgrowing | they had been overgrowing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will overgrow | we shall/will overgrow |
you will overgrow | you will overgrow |
he/she/it will overgrow | they will overgrow |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be overgrowing | we shall/will be overgrowing |
you will be overgrowing | you will be overgrowing |
he/she/it will be overgrowing | they will be overgrowing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have overgrown | we shall/will have overgrown |
you will have overgrown | you will have overgrown |
he/she/it will have overgrown | they will have overgrown |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been overgrowing | we shall/will have been overgrowing |
you will have been overgrowing | you will have been overgrowing |
he/she/it will have been overgrowing | they will have been overgrowing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would overgrow | we should/would overgrow |
you would overgrow | you would overgrow |
he/she/it would overgrow | they would overgrow |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be overgrowing | we should/would be overgrowing |
you would be overgrowing | you would be overgrowing |
he/she/it would be overgrowing | they would be overgrowing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have overgrown | we should/would have overgrown |
you would have overgrown | you would have overgrown |
he/she/it would have overgrown | they would have overgrown |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been overgrowing | we should/would have been overgrowing |
you would have been overgrowing | you would have been overgrowing |
he/she/it would have been overgrowing | they would have been overgrowing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am overgrown | we are overgrown |
you are overgrown | you are overgrown |
he/she/it is overgrown | they are overgrown |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being overgrown | we are being overgrown |
you are being overgrown | you are being overgrown |
he/she/it is being overgrown | they are being overgrown |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been overgrown | we have been overgrown |
you have been overgrown | you have been overgrown |
he/she/it has been overgrown | they have been overgrown |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was overgrown | we were overgrown |
you were overgrown | you were overgrown |
he/she/it was overgrown | they were overgrown |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being overgrown | we were being overgrown |
you were being overgrown | you were being overgrown |
he/she/it was being overgrown | they were being overgrown |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been overgrown | we had been overgrown |
you had been overgrown | you had been overgrown |
he/she/it had been overgrown | they had been overgrown |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be overgrown | we shall/will be overgrown |
you will be overgrown | you will be overgrown |
he/she/it will be overgrown | they will be overgrown |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been overgrown | we shall/will have been overgrown |
you will have been overgrown | you will have been overgrown |
he/she/it will have been overgrown | they will have been overgrown |