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That is putting themselves on a pedestal indeed! and surely it is somewhat silly to admit their lack of knowledge of the world.
N’est-ce pas se mettre sur un piédestal? puis n’est-il pas un peu niais d’avouer son peu de connaissance du monde?
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
Not one of the party, with perhaps an exception, should have liked to fire the shot that would have tumbled it from its pedestal.
Pas un de nous, à une exception près cependant, n'aurait voulu tirer le coup destiné à jeter cette statue en bas de son piédestal.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
And William would then reproach him for his coldness of heart; he set woman on a pedestal, and made her an idol, before which he chanted an eternal song of fidelity and love.
Et Guillaume alors lui reprochait chaleureusement sa sécheresse d’âme; il mettait la femme sur un piédestal, en faisait une idole devant laquelle il chantait un éternel cantique de foi et d’amour.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
He paused for a moment before the bronze statue of St. Peter, seated in a stiff, hierarchical attitude on a marble pedestal.
Il s’arrêta un instant devant le saint Pierre de bronze, à la pose raidie, hiératique, sur son socle de marbre.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Facing it, beside the little door, stood the font – a former holy-water stoup resting on a stonework pedestal.
En face, à côté de la petite porte, se trouvait le baptistère, un ancien bénitier posé sur un pied en maçonnerie.
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
If he remained so late praying in the church, it was because he entertained the mad idea that the great golden Virgin would at last come down from her pedestal.
S'il restait si tard à prier dans l'église, c'était avec l'idée folle que la grande Vierge dorée finirait par descendre.
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
Chaigneux, with his desolate mien, had gone to lean against the pedestal of the high figure of Minerva; and never before had he been more bowed down by his needy distress, the everlasting anguish of his ill-luck.
Chaigneux était allé s’accouder près de la grande Minerve, de son air éploré, et jamais détresse besogneuse ne l’avait plié davantage, sous l’angoisse continue de sa malchance.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Paul III is seated on a high pedestal, Justice and Prudence are almost prostrate at his feet.
Paul III est assis sur un haut piédestal, la Justice et la Prudence sont à demi couchées à ses pieds.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Be careful not to put coaches on pedestals.
Veillez à ne pas mettre les entraîneurs sur un piédestal.
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pedestal

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepedestalpedestals
Possessive casepedestal'spedestals'

pedestal

verb
Basic forms
Pastpedestaled
Imperativepedestal
Present Participle (Participle I)pedestaling
Past Participle (Participle II)pedestaled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pedestalwe pedestal
you pedestalyou pedestal
he/she/it pedestalsthey pedestal
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am pedestalingwe are pedestaling
you are pedestalingyou are pedestaling
he/she/it is pedestalingthey are pedestaling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pedestaledwe have pedestaled
you have pedestaledyou have pedestaled
he/she/it has pedestaledthey have pedestaled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been pedestalingwe have been pedestaling
you have been pedestalingyou have been pedestaling
he/she/it has been pedestalingthey have been pedestaling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pedestaledwe pedestaled
you pedestaledyou pedestaled
he/she/it pedestaledthey pedestaled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was pedestalingwe were pedestaling
you were pedestalingyou were pedestaling
he/she/it was pedestalingthey were pedestaling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pedestaledwe had pedestaled
you had pedestaledyou had pedestaled
he/she/it had pedestaledthey had pedestaled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been pedestalingwe had been pedestaling
you had been pedestalingyou had been pedestaling
he/she/it had been pedestalingthey had been pedestaling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pedestalwe shall/will pedestal
you will pedestalyou will pedestal
he/she/it will pedestalthey will pedestal
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be pedestalingwe shall/will be pedestaling
you will be pedestalingyou will be pedestaling
he/she/it will be pedestalingthey will be pedestaling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pedestaledwe shall/will have pedestaled
you will have pedestaledyou will have pedestaled
he/she/it will have pedestaledthey will have pedestaled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been pedestalingwe shall/will have been pedestaling
you will have been pedestalingyou will have been pedestaling
he/she/it will have been pedestalingthey will have been pedestaling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pedestalwe should/would pedestal
you would pedestalyou would pedestal
he/she/it would pedestalthey would pedestal
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be pedestalingwe should/would be pedestaling
you would be pedestalingyou would be pedestaling
he/she/it would be pedestalingthey would be pedestaling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pedestaledwe should/would have pedestaled
you would have pedestaledyou would have pedestaled
he/she/it would have pedestaledthey would have pedestaled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been pedestalingwe should/would have been pedestaling
you would have been pedestalingyou would have been pedestaling
he/she/it would have been pedestalingthey would have been pedestaling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pedestaledwe are pedestaled
you are pedestaledyou are pedestaled
he/she/it is pedestaledthey are pedestaled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pedestaledwe are being pedestaled
you are being pedestaledyou are being pedestaled
he/she/it is being pedestaledthey are being pedestaled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pedestaledwe have been pedestaled
you have been pedestaledyou have been pedestaled
he/she/it has been pedestaledthey have been pedestaled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pedestaledwe were pedestaled
you were pedestaledyou were pedestaled
he/she/it was pedestaledthey were pedestaled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pedestaledwe were being pedestaled
you were being pedestaledyou were being pedestaled
he/she/it was being pedestaledthey were being pedestaled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pedestaledwe had been pedestaled
you had been pedestaledyou had been pedestaled
he/she/it had been pedestaledthey had been pedestaled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pedestaledwe shall/will be pedestaled
you will be pedestaledyou will be pedestaled
he/she/it will be pedestaledthey will be pedestaled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pedestaledwe shall/will have been pedestaled
you will have been pedestaledyou will have been pedestaled
he/she/it will have been pedestaledthey will have been pedestaled