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They adjust their bridles, pluck up their spears, snatch their bows, shoulder their quivers, and leap on horseback.
Ils ajustent les brides, prennent leurs lances, bandent leurs arcs, mettent le carquois sur leurs épaules et sautent à cheval.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
The strong men, the men of pluck, initiative, and ambition, have been faring forth to the fresher and freer portions of the globe, to make new lands and nations.
Les esprits forts et courageux, pleins d'initiative et d'ambition, sont partis à la découverte de pays plus accueillants, où la liberté n'était pas un vain mot.
London, Jack / The People of the AbyssLondon, Jack / Le Peuple de l'Abime
Le Peuple de l'Abime
London, Jack
The People of the Abyss
London, Jack
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Still I managed to rake up the pluck to set my teeth and choke back the horrid doubts that flooded in on me.
Je réussis néanmoins à trouver la force de serrer les dents et de rejeter les craintes hideuses qui m'envahissaient.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
In reality he much admired her pluck.
Au fond, il aimait la crânerie de l’enfant.
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
Then, too, apart from his youthful admiration for his sweetheart's dashing pluck, Silvere felt for her all the compassionate tenderness of a heart that ever softened towards the unfortunate.
Il y avait encore dans l’amour de Silvère, outre son admiration pour la crânerie de son amoureuse, les douceurs de son cœur tendre aux malheureux.
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
You are a silly thing, you have no pluck at all.
Tu es une sotte, tu n'as pas deux sous de courage.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
He is tormented by lice; but weakened by the cold and wet he has not the pluck to change his linen; and he sits there sullen, unmoving—and devoured.
Il est dévoré de poux, mais, affaibli par le froid et l’humidité, il n’a pas le courage de changer de linge, et il reste là, sombre, immobile et mangé…
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Sacrifice may be a flower that virtue will pluck on its road, but it was not to gather this flower that virtue set forth on its travels.
Le sacrifice peut être une fleur que la vertu cueille en passant, mais ce n'est pas pour la cueillir qu'elle s'est mise en route.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
I had never doubted Rasta's pluck.
Je ne doutai pas un instant du courage de Rasta.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
It shows pluck, but that is all.
Il faut de l’aplomb, un point c’est tout.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
It was only a little kettle, but it was full of pluck, and it up and spit at him.
La bouilloire avait beau être toute petite, elle était pleine d’ardeur, et répliqua en lui crachant dessus.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Montmorency does not lack pluck; but there was something about the look of that cat that might have chilled the heart of the boldest dog.
Montmorency ne manque pas de cran, mais il lut dans la mine de ce chat de quoi glacer le cœur du chien le plus brave.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
As for Antoine, who on his own side quivered with love for Lise, he gazed with doubting, anxious eyes at his father, who had thus had the courage to pluck out his heart.
Mais Antoine, tout frémissant de l’amour de la femme, le regarda avec des yeux de doute et d’angoisse, ce père qui venait d’avoir le courage de s’arracher ainsi le cœur.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
But he had not the pluck to accomplish his design.
Mais il n'eut pas le courage d'accomplir son dessein.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
For three months she was always meeting him, while he, bashful and awkward, could not pluck up courage to speak to her.
Pendant trois mois, elle le rencontra sans cesse, humble et gauche, n’osant l’aborder.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeZola, Emile / Une page d'amour
Une page d'amour
Zola, Emile
© 2009 GRIN Verlag
A Love Episode
Zola, Emile
© 2005 Mondial

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pluck

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepluckplucks
Possessive casepluck'splucks'

pluck

verb
Basic forms
Pastplucked
Imperativepluck
Present Participle (Participle I)plucking
Past Participle (Participle II)plucked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pluckwe pluck
you pluckyou pluck
he/she/it plucksthey pluck
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am pluckingwe are plucking
you are pluckingyou are plucking
he/she/it is pluckingthey are plucking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pluckedwe have plucked
you have pluckedyou have plucked
he/she/it has pluckedthey have plucked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been pluckingwe have been plucking
you have been pluckingyou have been plucking
he/she/it has been pluckingthey have been plucking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pluckedwe plucked
you pluckedyou plucked
he/she/it pluckedthey plucked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was pluckingwe were plucking
you were pluckingyou were plucking
he/she/it was pluckingthey were plucking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pluckedwe had plucked
you had pluckedyou had plucked
he/she/it had pluckedthey had plucked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been pluckingwe had been plucking
you had been pluckingyou had been plucking
he/she/it had been pluckingthey had been plucking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pluckwe shall/will pluck
you will pluckyou will pluck
he/she/it will pluckthey will pluck
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be pluckingwe shall/will be plucking
you will be pluckingyou will be plucking
he/she/it will be pluckingthey will be plucking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pluckedwe shall/will have plucked
you will have pluckedyou will have plucked
he/she/it will have pluckedthey will have plucked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been pluckingwe shall/will have been plucking
you will have been pluckingyou will have been plucking
he/she/it will have been pluckingthey will have been plucking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pluckwe should/would pluck
you would pluckyou would pluck
he/she/it would pluckthey would pluck
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be pluckingwe should/would be plucking
you would be pluckingyou would be plucking
he/she/it would be pluckingthey would be plucking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pluckedwe should/would have plucked
you would have pluckedyou would have plucked
he/she/it would have pluckedthey would have plucked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been pluckingwe should/would have been plucking
you would have been pluckingyou would have been plucking
he/she/it would have been pluckingthey would have been plucking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pluckedwe are plucked
you are pluckedyou are plucked
he/she/it is pluckedthey are plucked
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pluckedwe are being plucked
you are being pluckedyou are being plucked
he/she/it is being pluckedthey are being plucked
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pluckedwe have been plucked
you have been pluckedyou have been plucked
he/she/it has been pluckedthey have been plucked
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pluckedwe were plucked
you were pluckedyou were plucked
he/she/it was pluckedthey were plucked
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pluckedwe were being plucked
you were being pluckedyou were being plucked
he/she/it was being pluckedthey were being plucked
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pluckedwe had been plucked
you had been pluckedyou had been plucked
he/she/it had been pluckedthey had been plucked
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pluckedwe shall/will be plucked
you will be pluckedyou will be plucked
he/she/it will be pluckedthey will be plucked
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pluckedwe shall/will have been plucked
you will have been pluckedyou will have been plucked
he/she/it will have been pluckedthey will have been plucked