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" Give him the pen," said Clotilde, quivering, and without leaving go of Gustave, whom she continued to hold toward him.– Donnez-lui la plume, disait Clotilde frémissante, sans lâcher Gustave, qu'elle présentait toujours.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
' For twenty years he kept me shut up like a mere clerk, with a pen behind my ear, between his jars of oil and bags of almonds!--Quand on pense qu'il m'a tenue vingt ans, comme un employé, la plume à l'oreille, entre une jarre d'huile et un sac d'amandes!Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
Then with a stroke of his pen, that cut through the paper, he effaced the name.Et, d'un trait de plume qui écorcha le papier, il biffa le nom.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
They brought the table to the bedside, and fetched some paper, an inkstand, and a pen.On apporta la table, on chercha du papier, l'encrier, une plume.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
The Abbé sat buried in thought, at his little table. His pen had fallen from his Angers.L'abbé, assis devant sa petite table, songeait, la plume tombée des doigts.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
In-contact pigs may be, or may have been, in the same pen or in adjacent pens if there is the possibility of pig-to-pig contact between pens.Il s'agit de porcs se trouvant ou s'étant trouvés dans le même enclos ou dans des enclos adjacents s'il existe des possibilités de contacts entre les porcs d'un enclos à l'autre.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/27/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/27/2009
Meanwhile, Monsieur Josserand, left alone, had laid down his pen, his heart was so full of grief.Cependant, M. Josserand, resté seul, avait laissé tomber sa plume, le coeur trop gonflé de chagrin.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
He took a pen upon the instant, and wrote the following note (in appropriate hieroglyphics) to his brother: Dear Jack, - All up at Coketown. Bored out of the place, and going in for camels.Il saisit aussitôt une plume pour écrire à son frère le billet suivant, dans un griffonnage hiéroglyphique approprié au sujet :« Cher Jack, tout est fini pour Cokevllle ; je m’ennuie trop, je quitte la place et je vais essayer des chameaux.Dickens, Charles / Hard TimesDickens, Charles / Les temps difficilesLes temps difficilesDickens, CharlesHard TimesDickens, Charles© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Give me a pen, give me a pen.’Donne-moi une plume, donne-moi une plume. »Dickens, Charles / Hard TimesDickens, Charles / Les temps difficilesLes temps difficilesDickens, CharlesHard TimesDickens, Charles© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
On the second floor Abbé Faujas's pen made a scratching sound like the crawling of an insect, while, in the adjoining room, Madame Faujas's heavy breathing seemed like an accompaniment to that shrill music.Au second étage, la plume de l'abbé Faujas avait un bruissement de pattes d'insecte; tandis que, dans la chambre voisine, madame Faujas endormie semblait accompagner cette aigre musique de sa respiration forte.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
He kept stopping, and puffing, and dashing his pen into the paper.Il s'arrêtait, soufflait, écrasait la plume sur le papier.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
"Come, now, here's paper, pen, and ink; just write a paper."Allons! voilà du papier, une plume, de l’encre, écrivez.»Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
Then, seeing himself beaten, and laying down his pen with regret, the father opened the " Temps " newspaper, which he brought home every evening from his office.Alors, se voyant battu, laissant à regret sa plume, le père ouvrit le journal le Temps, qu'il apportait chaque soir de son bureau.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
The marquis, in entering on the campaign, had perceived immediately the advantage that might be derived from the co-operation of this insipid sacristan with the coarse, mercenary pen.Aussi le marquis, en se mettant en campagne, avait-il été frappé du parti qu’il pourrait tirer de cette figure plate de sacristain, de cette plume grossière et intéressée.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Don Vigilio was still writing, but his pen made no noise as it travelled over the stiff yellow paper.Don Vigilio écrivait toujours, sans qu’on entendît le petit bruit de sa plume sur le dur papier jaunâtre.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
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Collocations
ballpoint pen
stylo à bille
electronic pen
crayon électronique
fountain pen
stylo à encre
pen plotter
traceur
ballpoint pen
stylo bille
felt-tip pen
stylo-feutre
Word forms
pen
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | penned |
Imperative | pen |
Present Participle (Participle I) | penning |
Past Participle (Participle II) | penned |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I pen | we pen |
you pen | you pen |
he/she/it pens | they pen |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am penning | we are penning |
you are penning | you are penning |
he/she/it is penning | they are penning |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have penned | we have penned |
you have penned | you have penned |
he/she/it has penned | they have penned |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been penning | we have been penning |
you have been penning | you have been penning |
he/she/it has been penning | they have been penning |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I penned | we penned |
you penned | you penned |
he/she/it penned | they penned |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was penning | we were penning |
you were penning | you were penning |
he/she/it was penning | they were penning |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had penned | we had penned |
you had penned | you had penned |
he/she/it had penned | they had penned |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been penning | we had been penning |
you had been penning | you had been penning |
he/she/it had been penning | they had been penning |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will pen | we shall/will pen |
you will pen | you will pen |
he/she/it will pen | they will pen |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be penning | we shall/will be penning |
you will be penning | you will be penning |
he/she/it will be penning | they will be penning |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have penned | we shall/will have penned |
you will have penned | you will have penned |
he/she/it will have penned | they will have penned |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been penning | we shall/will have been penning |
you will have been penning | you will have been penning |
he/she/it will have been penning | they will have been penning |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would pen | we should/would pen |
you would pen | you would pen |
he/she/it would pen | they would pen |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be penning | we should/would be penning |
you would be penning | you would be penning |
he/she/it would be penning | they would be penning |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have penned | we should/would have penned |
you would have penned | you would have penned |
he/she/it would have penned | they would have penned |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been penning | we should/would have been penning |
you would have been penning | you would have been penning |
he/she/it would have been penning | they would have been penning |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am penned | we are penned |
you are penned | you are penned |
he/she/it is penned | they are penned |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being penned | we are being penned |
you are being penned | you are being penned |
he/she/it is being penned | they are being penned |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been penned | we have been penned |
you have been penned | you have been penned |
he/she/it has been penned | they have been penned |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was penned | we were penned |
you were penned | you were penned |
he/she/it was penned | they were penned |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being penned | we were being penned |
you were being penned | you were being penned |
he/she/it was being penned | they were being penned |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been penned | we had been penned |
you had been penned | you had been penned |
he/she/it had been penned | they had been penned |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be penned | we shall/will be penned |
you will be penned | you will be penned |
he/she/it will be penned | they will be penned |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been penned | we shall/will have been penned |
you will have been penned | you will have been penned |
he/she/it will have been penned | they will have been penned |
pen
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | penned, pent |
Imperative | pen |
Present Participle (Participle I) | penning |
Past Participle (Participle II) | penned, pent |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I pen | we pen |
you pen | you pen |
he/she/it pens | they pen |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am penning | we are penning |
you are penning | you are penning |
he/she/it is penning | they are penning |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have penned, pent | we have penned, pent |
you have penned, pent | you have penned, pent |
he/she/it has penned, pent | they have penned, pent |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been penning | we have been penning |
you have been penning | you have been penning |
he/she/it has been penning | they have been penning |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I penned, pent | we penned, pent |
you penned, pent | you penned, pent |
he/she/it penned, pent | they penned, pent |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was penning | we were penning |
you were penning | you were penning |
he/she/it was penning | they were penning |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had penned, pent | we had penned, pent |
you had penned, pent | you had penned, pent |
he/she/it had penned, pent | they had penned, pent |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been penning | we had been penning |
you had been penning | you had been penning |
he/she/it had been penning | they had been penning |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will pen | we shall/will pen |
you will pen | you will pen |
he/she/it will pen | they will pen |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be penning | we shall/will be penning |
you will be penning | you will be penning |
he/she/it will be penning | they will be penning |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have penned, pent | we shall/will have penned, pent |
you will have penned, pent | you will have penned, pent |
he/she/it will have penned, pent | they will have penned, pent |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been penning | we shall/will have been penning |
you will have been penning | you will have been penning |
he/she/it will have been penning | they will have been penning |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would pen | we should/would pen |
you would pen | you would pen |
he/she/it would pen | they would pen |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be penning | we should/would be penning |
you would be penning | you would be penning |
he/she/it would be penning | they would be penning |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have penned, pent | we should/would have penned, pent |
you would have penned, pent | you would have penned, pent |
he/she/it would have penned, pent | they would have penned, pent |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been penning | we should/would have been penning |
you would have been penning | you would have been penning |
he/she/it would have been penning | they would have been penning |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am penned, pent | we are penned, pent |
you are penned, pent | you are penned, pent |
he/she/it is penned, pent | they are penned, pent |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being penned, pent | we are being penned, pent |
you are being penned, pent | you are being penned, pent |
he/she/it is being penned, pent | they are being penned, pent |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been penned, pent | we have been penned, pent |
you have been penned, pent | you have been penned, pent |
he/she/it has been penned, pent | they have been penned, pent |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was penned, pent | we were penned, pent |
you were penned, pent | you were penned, pent |
he/she/it was penned, pent | they were penned, pent |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being penned, pent | we were being penned, pent |
you were being penned, pent | you were being penned, pent |
he/she/it was being penned, pent | they were being penned, pent |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been penned, pent | we had been penned, pent |
you had been penned, pent | you had been penned, pent |
he/she/it had been penned, pent | they had been penned, pent |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be penned, pent | we shall/will be penned, pent |
you will be penned, pent | you will be penned, pent |
he/she/it will be penned, pent | they will be penned, pent |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been penned, pent | we shall/will have been penned, pent |
you will have been penned, pent | you will have been penned, pent |
he/she/it will have been penned, pent | they will have been penned, pent |
pen
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | pen | pens |
Possessive case | pen's | pens' |