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Slowly, with grave air and gloomy visage, the Cardinal carried the fig to the parrot and gave it to her without hesitation or regret.Lentement, de son air sérieux, le visage noyé d’ombre, le cardinal porta la figue à la perruche, la lui donna, sans une hésitation ni un regret.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
'Have you more than one clerk, you parrot, that you ask the question?– Dame ! à moins que vous n’en ayez encore un autre, perroquet que vous êtes !Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles / Le magasin d'antiquitesLe magasin d'antiquitesDickens, CharlesThe Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
He had a parrot named Tobias and people going along the street never knew whether it was Tobias or Judge Burkhart cussing."Il avait un perroquet appelé Tobias, et les gens qui passaient dans la rue ne savaient jamais si c'était Tobias ou le juge Burkhart qui jurait.Dos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferManhattan TransferDos Passos, John© Editions Gallimard, 1928, pour la traduction francaise.Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John© 1925 by John Dos Passos© 1953 by Elizabeth Dos Passos
And here again, Tata, the parrot, lay still soft and warm at the foot of her stand, with her beak stained by oozing blood.Et ici, en bas de son perchoir, Tata, la perruche, gisait de même, molle et tiède, le bec taché d’une goutte de sang.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Then he took a fig and examined it, but, noticing nothing strange, was about to put it back when Tata, the parrot, who was very fond of figs, raised a strident cry.Enfin, il prit une figue, l’approcha, comme pour l’examiner de tout près. Mais elle n’offrait rien de particulier, il allait la remettre parmi les autres, lorsque Tata, la perruche, qui adorait les figues, poussa un cri strident.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Why, Tata is my uncle's parrot.Mais c’est la perruche de mon oncle le cardinal !Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Marowsko's old parrot-face beamed with satisfaction.La vieille tête de perroquet du Polonais semblait ravie.Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et JeanPierre et JeanMaupassant, Guy dePierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de
The maid, on being summoned, brought in first some dry biscuits in deep tin boxes, those crisp, insipid English cakes which seem to have been made for a parrot's beak, and soldered into metal cases for a voyage round the world.La bonne appelée apporta d'abord des gâteaux secs en de profondes boîtes de fer-blanc, ces fades et cassantes pâtisseries anglaises qui semblent cuites pour des becs de perroquet et soudées en des caisses de métal pour des voyages autour du monde.Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et JeanPierre et JeanMaupassant, Guy dePierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de
Pierre in his turn looked up and saw the bird, one of those pretty little parrots with soft, silky, dull-green plumage.Pierre, levant les yeux lui aussi, regardait la perruche, une de ces jolies petites perruches d’un vert cendré, si soyeuses et si souples.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
The characterization of the notes of Mr. Keays' doctor as "cryptic" and as merely "parroting" his complaints is unfair because of the self-reporting nature of his condition.Vu la nature subjective des douleurs ressenties par M. Keays, il est injuste de qualifier les billets du médecin de « sibyllins » et d'affirmer que ce dernier se contentait d'y reprendre les propos de son patient.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 06.11.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 06.11.2011
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parrot fish
poisson-perroquet
Word forms
parrot
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | parrot | parrots |
Possessive case | parrot's | parrots' |
parrot
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | parroted |
Imperative | parrot |
Present Participle (Participle I) | parroting |
Past Participle (Participle II) | parroted |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I parrot | we parrot |
you parrot | you parrot |
he/she/it parrots | they parrot |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am parroting | we are parroting |
you are parroting | you are parroting |
he/she/it is parroting | they are parroting |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have parroted | we have parroted |
you have parroted | you have parroted |
he/she/it has parroted | they have parroted |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been parroting | we have been parroting |
you have been parroting | you have been parroting |
he/she/it has been parroting | they have been parroting |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I parroted | we parroted |
you parroted | you parroted |
he/she/it parroted | they parroted |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was parroting | we were parroting |
you were parroting | you were parroting |
he/she/it was parroting | they were parroting |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had parroted | we had parroted |
you had parroted | you had parroted |
he/she/it had parroted | they had parroted |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been parroting | we had been parroting |
you had been parroting | you had been parroting |
he/she/it had been parroting | they had been parroting |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will parrot | we shall/will parrot |
you will parrot | you will parrot |
he/she/it will parrot | they will parrot |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be parroting | we shall/will be parroting |
you will be parroting | you will be parroting |
he/she/it will be parroting | they will be parroting |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have parroted | we shall/will have parroted |
you will have parroted | you will have parroted |
he/she/it will have parroted | they will have parroted |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been parroting | we shall/will have been parroting |
you will have been parroting | you will have been parroting |
he/she/it will have been parroting | they will have been parroting |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would parrot | we should/would parrot |
you would parrot | you would parrot |
he/she/it would parrot | they would parrot |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be parroting | we should/would be parroting |
you would be parroting | you would be parroting |
he/she/it would be parroting | they would be parroting |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have parroted | we should/would have parroted |
you would have parroted | you would have parroted |
he/she/it would have parroted | they would have parroted |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been parroting | we should/would have been parroting |
you would have been parroting | you would have been parroting |
he/she/it would have been parroting | they would have been parroting |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am parroted | we are parroted |
you are parroted | you are parroted |
he/she/it is parroted | they are parroted |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being parroted | we are being parroted |
you are being parroted | you are being parroted |
he/she/it is being parroted | they are being parroted |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been parroted | we have been parroted |
you have been parroted | you have been parroted |
he/she/it has been parroted | they have been parroted |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was parroted | we were parroted |
you were parroted | you were parroted |
he/she/it was parroted | they were parroted |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being parroted | we were being parroted |
you were being parroted | you were being parroted |
he/she/it was being parroted | they were being parroted |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been parroted | we had been parroted |
you had been parroted | you had been parroted |
he/she/it had been parroted | they had been parroted |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be parroted | we shall/will be parroted |
you will be parroted | you will be parroted |
he/she/it will be parroted | they will be parroted |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been parroted | we shall/will have been parroted |
you will have been parroted | you will have been parroted |
he/she/it will have been parroted | they will have been parroted |