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Glancing at him, and seeing how deeply interested and compassionate he looked, she desired to persevere in her effort to sympathise with the humble and the wretched.
Elle le regarda, elle le vit si intéressé, si passionnément pitoyable, qu’elle ne céda pas dans son effort à sympathiser avec les humbles et les malheureux.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The latter continued to persuade the former that his diffidence alone prevented complete success with Mabel, and that he had only to persevere in order to prevail.
Le sergent chercha toujours à convaincre le guide que sa méfiance de lui-même l’avait seule empêché d’obtenir un succès complet près de Mabel, et qu’il n’avait qu’à persévérer pour réussir.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
This was nervous work, but it was the wisest of all the expedients that offered, and the young man was encouraged to persevere in it by the circumstance that he felt his face fanned by the air, a proof that there was a little more wind.
Il ne trouva pas d’expédient plus prudent, et il fut encouragé à persister dans ce dessein en sentant un souffle d’air lui rafraîchir le visage, ce qui prouvait que le vent avait un peu augmenté.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
With Sir Herbert Nicholson he had a narrow escape, and Mrs. Fitzgerald and Lord Henry Stapleton he of course avoided; for having gone so far, he was determined to persevere to the end.
Peu s’en fallut que sir Herbert Nicholson ne fît échouer tous ses projets. Il avait surtout intérêt à ne voir ni Mrs Fitzgerald ni lord Henry Stapleton ; car, ayant été aussi loin, il était décidé à soutenir jusqu’au bout son personnage.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
" My friends," said he, " the dearest wish of us all who have the happiness to be shut up here, is to persevere in the excellent spirit of brotherhood and perfection which we are following with such astonishing results."
– Mes amis, dit-il, notre plus cher désir, à nous tous qui avons le bonheur d’être enfermés ici, est de persévérer dans l’excellente voie de fraternité et de perfection que nous suivons avec des résultats si remarquables.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
It is as fatal to good morals as it is unjust to ourselves to persevere, from selfish motives, in believing those innocent whom evidence has convicted as guilty.
C’est un aveuglement qui peut avoir pour nous les conséquences les plus funestes que de persévérer à croire innocents ceux que l’évidence nous a démontrés coupables.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
The second alternative was to persevere with a 'cabinet of struggle' (Kampfkabinett) without any hope of support in the Reichstag, where the Nazis and Communists together prevailed over a 'negative majority'.
La seconde solution était de persévérer avec un « cabinet de combat » (Kampfkabinett) sans aucun espoir de trouver un soutien au Reichstag, où les nazis et les communistes formaient ensemble une « majorité négative ».
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 HubrisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 1998.
© Flammarion, 1999, pour la traduction francaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© 1998 by Ian Kershaw
© 1939, 1943 by Houghton Mifflin Company
This motive, however, raised her above all common considerations, and she persevered even to her own surprise, if not to her great confusion.
Mais ce motif l’éleva au-dessus de toutes les considérations ordinaires, et elle fut presque surprise, pour ne pas dire confuse, de se sentir le courage de persister dans sa détermination.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
She was a remarkably active and capable young woman, and, by her industry and thrift, and the most persevering self-denial, raised nine hundred dollars for her husband's freedom, which she paid, as she raised it, into the hands of his master.
Intelligente et fort active, elle parvint, à force d’industrie, d’économie, et en se privant de tout, à ramasser neuf cents dollars pour racheter son mari, argent versé à mesure entre les mains du maître.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Still bent on corrupting or bribing his captive, in order to obtain possession of the treasures with which his imagination filled the Castle, he persevered in his attack.
Toujours déterminé à gagner ou à corrompre son prisonnier pour se mettre avec son aide en possession des trésors dont son imagination remplissait le château, il persista dans son attaque.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
how persevering in his villainy!"
Mon Dieu ! le vilain homme !
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
John refused his invitation to take a seat with him to town; for he had traced Denbigh from stage to stage, and was fearful of losing sight of him, unless he persevered in the manner he had commenced.
John résista à toutes les instances que lui fit ce dernier d’y prendre place avec lui ; il avait suivi Denbigh de poste en poste, et il ne voulait pas risquer de perdre sa trace en changeant de manière de voyager.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
Germans were gradually getting hold of the chief French manufactured products by virtue of their spirit of organization, their business methods, their technical education, and their persevering labour.
Par leur esprit d'organisation, leurs méthodes, leur instruction technique, leur travail opiniâtre, les Allemands s'emparaient progressivement de nos principales productions industrielles.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
And how far, too, he now was from the Rome that he had dreamt of, and what anger at times filled him amidst his weariness, as he persevered in his resolve to defend himself!
Et qu’il était loin de la Rome qu’il avait rêvée, et quelle colère le soulevait parfois dans sa lassitude, dans sa volonté de se défendre !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
For the first few minutes his tears dimmed his sight, wrapping everything in a mist; but he kept wiping them away, and persevered with his work, even though his brush shook.
Pendant les premières minutes, ses larmes l’empêchèrent de voir, noyant tout d’un brouillard: il continuait de les essuyer, s’entêtait d’un pinceau tremblant.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile

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persevere

verb
Basic forms
Pastpersevered
Imperativepersevere
Present Participle (Participle I)persevering
Past Participle (Participle II)persevered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I perseverewe persevere
you persevereyou persevere
he/she/it perseveresthey persevere
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am perseveringwe are persevering
you are perseveringyou are persevering
he/she/it is perseveringthey are persevering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have perseveredwe have persevered
you have perseveredyou have persevered
he/she/it has perseveredthey have persevered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been perseveringwe have been persevering
you have been perseveringyou have been persevering
he/she/it has been perseveringthey have been persevering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I perseveredwe persevered
you perseveredyou persevered
he/she/it perseveredthey persevered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was perseveringwe were persevering
you were perseveringyou were persevering
he/she/it was perseveringthey were persevering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had perseveredwe had persevered
you had perseveredyou had persevered
he/she/it had perseveredthey had persevered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been perseveringwe had been persevering
you had been perseveringyou had been persevering
he/she/it had been perseveringthey had been persevering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will perseverewe shall/will persevere
you will persevereyou will persevere
he/she/it will perseverethey will persevere
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be perseveringwe shall/will be persevering
you will be perseveringyou will be persevering
he/she/it will be perseveringthey will be persevering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have perseveredwe shall/will have persevered
you will have perseveredyou will have persevered
he/she/it will have perseveredthey will have persevered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been perseveringwe shall/will have been persevering
you will have been perseveringyou will have been persevering
he/she/it will have been perseveringthey will have been persevering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would perseverewe should/would persevere
you would persevereyou would persevere
he/she/it would perseverethey would persevere
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be perseveringwe should/would be persevering
you would be perseveringyou would be persevering
he/she/it would be perseveringthey would be persevering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have perseveredwe should/would have persevered
you would have perseveredyou would have persevered
he/she/it would have perseveredthey would have persevered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been perseveringwe should/would have been persevering
you would have been perseveringyou would have been persevering
he/she/it would have been perseveringthey would have been persevering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am perseveredwe are persevered
you are perseveredyou are persevered
he/she/it is perseveredthey are persevered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being perseveredwe are being persevered
you are being perseveredyou are being persevered
he/she/it is being perseveredthey are being persevered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been perseveredwe have been persevered
you have been perseveredyou have been persevered
he/she/it has been perseveredthey have been persevered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was perseveredwe were persevered
you were perseveredyou were persevered
he/she/it was perseveredthey were persevered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being perseveredwe were being persevered
you were being perseveredyou were being persevered
he/she/it was being perseveredthey were being persevered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been perseveredwe had been persevered
you had been perseveredyou had been persevered
he/she/it had been perseveredthey had been persevered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be perseveredwe shall/will be persevered
you will be perseveredyou will be persevered
he/she/it will be perseveredthey will be persevered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been perseveredwe shall/will have been persevered
you will have been perseveredyou will have been persevered
he/she/it will have been perseveredthey will have been persevered