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It was only rarely that her lips, becoming pinched in a nervous contraction, produced two deep pleats which conveyed to her countenance a strange expression of grief and fright.A peine si parfois sa bouche, en se pinçant dans une contraction nerveuse, creusait deux plis profonds qui donnaient à sa face une expression étrange de douleur et d'effroi.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
Francois smiled as he looked at Hyacinthe, buttoned up in his long pleated frock-coat, with his made-up face, and carefully cropped hair and beard.François le regardait en souriant, pincé dans sa longue redingote, avec sa figure faite, sa barbe et ses cheveux taillés, qui lui donnaient son air laborieux d’androgyne.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
The boy wore a blue collar embroidered by her, a little sky-blue overcoat fastened by a polished leather belt, a pair of white trousers pleated at the waist, and a Scotch cap, from which his fair hair flowed in heavy locks.Jacques avait une collerette brodée par sa mère, une petite redingote en drap bleu de ciel serrée par une ceinture de cuir verni, un pantalon blanc à plis et une toque écossaise d’où ses cheveux cendrés s’échappaient en grosses boucles...Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
Another who was noticed in the solemn, interminable procession was the bride's eccentric brother Hyacinthe, whose dress coat was of a cut never previously seen, with its tails broadly and symmetrically pleated.Et il y avait encore dans le cortège, interminable et solennel, le frère de la mariée, Hyacinthe, dont on remarqua particulièrement l’habit, de forme inconnue, les pans plissés à gros plis symétriques.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
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Word forms
pleat
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | pleat | pleats |
Possessive case | pleat's | pleats' |
pleat
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | pleated |
Imperative | pleat |
Present Participle (Participle I) | pleating |
Past Participle (Participle II) | pleated |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I pleat | we pleat |
you pleat | you pleat |
he/she/it pleats | they pleat |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am pleating | we are pleating |
you are pleating | you are pleating |
he/she/it is pleating | they are pleating |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have pleated | we have pleated |
you have pleated | you have pleated |
he/she/it has pleated | they have pleated |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been pleating | we have been pleating |
you have been pleating | you have been pleating |
he/she/it has been pleating | they have been pleating |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I pleated | we pleated |
you pleated | you pleated |
he/she/it pleated | they pleated |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was pleating | we were pleating |
you were pleating | you were pleating |
he/she/it was pleating | they were pleating |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had pleated | we had pleated |
you had pleated | you had pleated |
he/she/it had pleated | they had pleated |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been pleating | we had been pleating |
you had been pleating | you had been pleating |
he/she/it had been pleating | they had been pleating |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will pleat | we shall/will pleat |
you will pleat | you will pleat |
he/she/it will pleat | they will pleat |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be pleating | we shall/will be pleating |
you will be pleating | you will be pleating |
he/she/it will be pleating | they will be pleating |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have pleated | we shall/will have pleated |
you will have pleated | you will have pleated |
he/she/it will have pleated | they will have pleated |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been pleating | we shall/will have been pleating |
you will have been pleating | you will have been pleating |
he/she/it will have been pleating | they will have been pleating |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would pleat | we should/would pleat |
you would pleat | you would pleat |
he/she/it would pleat | they would pleat |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be pleating | we should/would be pleating |
you would be pleating | you would be pleating |
he/she/it would be pleating | they would be pleating |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have pleated | we should/would have pleated |
you would have pleated | you would have pleated |
he/she/it would have pleated | they would have pleated |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been pleating | we should/would have been pleating |
you would have been pleating | you would have been pleating |
he/she/it would have been pleating | they would have been pleating |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am pleated | we are pleated |
you are pleated | you are pleated |
he/she/it is pleated | they are pleated |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being pleated | we are being pleated |
you are being pleated | you are being pleated |
he/she/it is being pleated | they are being pleated |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been pleated | we have been pleated |
you have been pleated | you have been pleated |
he/she/it has been pleated | they have been pleated |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was pleated | we were pleated |
you were pleated | you were pleated |
he/she/it was pleated | they were pleated |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being pleated | we were being pleated |
you were being pleated | you were being pleated |
he/she/it was being pleated | they were being pleated |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been pleated | we had been pleated |
you had been pleated | you had been pleated |
he/she/it had been pleated | they had been pleated |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be pleated | we shall/will be pleated |
you will be pleated | you will be pleated |
he/she/it will be pleated | they will be pleated |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been pleated | we shall/will have been pleated |
you will have been pleated | you will have been pleated |
he/she/it will have been pleated | they will have been pleated |