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Grant her but a pebble on which to rest her head, and she will hope to possess, first the field in which that pebble lies, and then the empire in which the field is situated.
Qu’on lui accorde un caillou pour reposer sa tête, et elle espère bien ravoir bientôt le champ où se trouve ce caillou, l’empire où se trouve ce champ.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
"Was it this round stone, do you think? ' asked Monsieur Péqueur des Saulaies, picking up a pebble.
--C'est cette pierre ronde, vous croyez? demanda M. Péqueur des Saulaies en ramassant le caillou.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
We’d gone to the zoo a few days before, seen Marjan the lion, and I had hurled a pebble at the bear when no one was watching.
Au cours d'une visite au zoo quelques jours plus tôt, nous avions tous deux admiré Marjan le lion, et j'avais profité d'un moment où personne ne me regardait pour lancer une pierre à un ours.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
Another age was then conjured up; a small town, with narrow pebble-paved streets, black houses with marble dressings, and an antique, semi-Spanish church, full of old carvings, and peopled with visions of gold and painted flesh.
Un autre âge s’évoquait, une petite ville, avec ses rues étroites, pavées de cailloux, ses maisons noires, aux encadrements de marbre, son antique église à demi espagnole, pleine d’anciennes sculptures, peuplée de visions d’or et de chairs peintes.
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
'No, no; I haven't the strength. I should stumble and fall over the smallest pebble in the path.
- Non, je n'ai plus la force, le moindre gravier me ferait tomber...
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
But at the Paradou, how joyfully had he hailed the sun! How admiringly had he gazed at the first tree, at the first flower, at the tiniest insect he had seen, at the most insignificant pebble he had picked up!
Aussi comme il avait salué le soleil, comme il s'était émerveillé du premier arbre, de la première fleur, du moindre insecte aperçu, du plus petit caillou ramassé!
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
Forgotten, therefore, Lourdes remained slumbering, happy and sluggish amidst its old-time peacefulness, with its narrow, pebble-paved streets and its bleak houses with dressings of marble.
Oublié donc, Lourdes sommeillait, heureux et lent, au milieu de sa paix séculaire, avec ses rues étroites, pavées de cailloux, ses maisons noires, aux encadrements de marbre.
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
Record the diameter in cm in the pebble count table.
Consigner le diamètre, en centimètres, dans le tableau réservé au compte de cailloux.
I blessed the neglect in which I lived, and rejoiced that I could stay alone in the garden and play with the pebbles and watch the insects and gaze into the blueness of the sky.
Je bénissais mon abandon, et me trouvais heureux de pouvoir rester dans le jardin à jouer avec des cailloux, à observer des insectes, à regarder le bleu du firmament.
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
Then he threw a handful of small pebbles like a volley of grape-shot.
Il lui jeta une volée de petites pierres en façon de mitraille.
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
Eleven white pebbles and a black one are thrown into the water-bucket, and one by one we are blinded and led forward.
Onze cailloux blancs et un noir sont placés dans un seau vide; l'un après l'autre nous sommes conduits auprès, les yeux bandés.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
The relatively permanent, vertical burrow systems of L. terrestris are unique in that they are often lined with pebbles, faecal earth, and organic material drawn into the burrows from the soil surface.
Les terriers verticaux, relativement permanents, de L. terrestris se distinguent par leurs parois souvent tapissées de cailloux, de terre mêlée de déjections et de matière organique provenant de la surface et entraînée dans les terriers.
© Sa Majesté du chef du Canada (Environnement Canada) 2004
© Her Majesty in Right of Canada (Environment Canada) 2004
Then, in the morning he began to gather pebbles and plants along the high road.
Et, le matin, il s’était tranquillement mis à ramasser le long de la route des cailloux et des plantes.
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
Everything filled him with ecstasy, even the blades of grass, the pebbles in the paths, the invisible puffs of air that flitted over his cheeks.
Tout l'emplissait d'extase, jusqu'aux brins d'herbe, jusqu'aux pierres des allées, jusqu'aux haleines qu'il ne voyait pas et qui lui passaient sur les joues.
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
A heavy step set the pebbles rolling on the other side of the wall.
Un pas lourd, derrière la muraille, faisait rouler les cailloux.
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

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pebble

verb
Basic forms
Pastpebbled
Imperativepebble
Present Participle (Participle I)pebbling
Past Participle (Participle II)pebbled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pebblewe pebble
you pebbleyou pebble
he/she/it pebblesthey pebble
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am pebblingwe are pebbling
you are pebblingyou are pebbling
he/she/it is pebblingthey are pebbling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pebbledwe have pebbled
you have pebbledyou have pebbled
he/she/it has pebbledthey have pebbled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been pebblingwe have been pebbling
you have been pebblingyou have been pebbling
he/she/it has been pebblingthey have been pebbling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pebbledwe pebbled
you pebbledyou pebbled
he/she/it pebbledthey pebbled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was pebblingwe were pebbling
you were pebblingyou were pebbling
he/she/it was pebblingthey were pebbling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pebbledwe had pebbled
you had pebbledyou had pebbled
he/she/it had pebbledthey had pebbled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been pebblingwe had been pebbling
you had been pebblingyou had been pebbling
he/she/it had been pebblingthey had been pebbling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pebblewe shall/will pebble
you will pebbleyou will pebble
he/she/it will pebblethey will pebble
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be pebblingwe shall/will be pebbling
you will be pebblingyou will be pebbling
he/she/it will be pebblingthey will be pebbling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pebbledwe shall/will have pebbled
you will have pebbledyou will have pebbled
he/she/it will have pebbledthey will have pebbled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been pebblingwe shall/will have been pebbling
you will have been pebblingyou will have been pebbling
he/she/it will have been pebblingthey will have been pebbling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pebblewe should/would pebble
you would pebbleyou would pebble
he/she/it would pebblethey would pebble
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be pebblingwe should/would be pebbling
you would be pebblingyou would be pebbling
he/she/it would be pebblingthey would be pebbling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pebbledwe should/would have pebbled
you would have pebbledyou would have pebbled
he/she/it would have pebbledthey would have pebbled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been pebblingwe should/would have been pebbling
you would have been pebblingyou would have been pebbling
he/she/it would have been pebblingthey would have been pebbling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pebbledwe are pebbled
you are pebbledyou are pebbled
he/she/it is pebbledthey are pebbled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pebbledwe are being pebbled
you are being pebbledyou are being pebbled
he/she/it is being pebbledthey are being pebbled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pebbledwe have been pebbled
you have been pebbledyou have been pebbled
he/she/it has been pebbledthey have been pebbled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pebbledwe were pebbled
you were pebbledyou were pebbled
he/she/it was pebbledthey were pebbled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pebbledwe were being pebbled
you were being pebbledyou were being pebbled
he/she/it was being pebbledthey were being pebbled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pebbledwe had been pebbled
you had been pebbledyou had been pebbled
he/she/it had been pebbledthey had been pebbled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pebbledwe shall/will be pebbled
you will be pebbledyou will be pebbled
he/she/it will be pebbledthey will be pebbled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pebbledwe shall/will have been pebbled
you will have been pebbledyou will have been pebbled
he/she/it will have been pebbledthey will have been pebbled

pebble

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepebblepebbles
Possessive casepebble'spebbles'