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Gervaise, without raising her head or ceasing to ply her needle, would sometimes say timidly: "Still, father, cousin Pascal was very kind to us, last year, when you were ill."
Gervaise, sans lever la tête, sans cesser de tirer son aiguille, disait parfois timidement: «Pourtant, papa, mon cousin Pascal a été bon pour nous, l’année dernière, quand tu étais malade.
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
There were a number of small tugs moored alongside, and one or two bigger craft - fruit boats, I judged, which used to ply in the Aegean.
Plusieurs petits remorqueurs étaient amarrés le long du quai, ainsi qu’un ou deux navires plus importants chargés de fruits qui, autrefois, louvoyaient en mer Égée.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
He was a Pole, an old refugee, it was said, who had gone through terrible things out there, and who had come to ply his calling as a chemist and druggist in France after passing a fresh examination.
C'était un vieux Polonais, réfugié politique, disait-on, qui avait eu des histoires terribles là-bas, et qui était venu exercer en France, après nouveaux examens, son métier de pharmacien.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
intra-Community sea crossing means the movement between two Community ports without any intermediate calls, of a vessel plying regularly between two or more specified Community ports;
traversée maritime intracommunautaire: le déplacement, entre deux ports communautaires, sans escale entre ces deux ports, d'un navire assurant régulièrement la correspondance entre deux ou plusieurs ports communautaires déterminés;
"What is the use of words, when things themselves speak?" she now gently answered, while still plying her needle.
« À quoi bon des paroles, dit-elle doucement, sans cesser de travailler, lorsque les faits parlent ?...
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
And you know that I'm going to take you to the restaurant with him this evening; for one can never induce those fellows to give orders unless one plies them with good wine.
Et vous savez que je vous emmène au restaurant avec lui, ce soir ; car, ces gaillards-là, on ne les décide aux commandes qu’en les arrosant de bon vin...
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Marthe tried to reassure them, and plied them with figures.
Marthe les rassura, leur donna des chiffres.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
A favourite subject of conversation was afforded by the experiences of old Michaud who was plied with questions respecting the strange and sinister adventures with which he must have been connected in the discharge of his former functions.
Un des grands sujets de conversation était de parler au vieux Michaud de ses anciennes fonctions, de le questionner sur les étranges et sinistres aventures auxquelles il avait dû être mêlé.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
The dreams in which Silvere indulged in the daytime, while he plied his heavy hammer round the cartwheels in his master's shop, were full of generous enthusiasm.
Le rêve qu’il faisait, lorsque, dans la journée, il cerclait chez son patron les roues des carrioles, à grands coups de marteau, était plein de folie généreuse.
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
The paddles were plied again, and the bows of the canoe ground upon the gravelly beach with a gentle motion, and a sound barely audible.
Les deux jeunes gens reprirent les rames, et firent avancer doucement la pirogue, qui toucha sur les sables du rivage presque sans aucun bruit.
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
Nevertheless for another long half-hour did the priest remain there preaching to Bambousse, speaking to him of God, and plying him with all the reasons suited to the circumstances.
Le prêtre resta encore là une grande demi-heure à prêcher Bambousse, à lui parler de Dieu, à lui donner toutes les raisons que la situation comportait.
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
Slowly and steadily plying her needle, the old lady remained very pale and silent, but full of heroic serenity.
Sa main lente tirait l’aiguille à longs points réguliers, elle était très pâle, muette, d’une sérénité héroïque.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
And it's a fine trade that she plies, selling other people's milk.
Ça s’est d’abord fait faire un enfant dans un fossé, histoire d’être nourrice ; puis, lorsqu’elle s’est aperçue qu’elle ne pouvait pas voler assez en vendant son lait, ça s’est mis à vendre le lait des autres.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
To save your recorded songs a blank floppy disk should be used (one blank disk is sup- plied with the Clavinova).
Pour sauvegarder les morceaux enregistrés, vous devez utiliser une disquette neuve (une disquette vide est fournie avec le Clavinova).
© 2011 Yamaha Corporation
© 2011 Yamaha Corporation
La Teuse dusted the linen, yellow from long usage, and plied her feather-brush along the shelf against which she set the liturgical altar-cards.
Elle épousseta ces linges roussis par l'usage, promena vigoureusement le plumeau le long du gradin, contre lequel elle releva les cartons liturgiques.
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

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ply

verb
Basic forms
Pastplied
Imperativeply
Present Participle (Participle I)plying
Past Participle (Participle II)plied
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I plywe ply
you plyyou ply
he/she/it pliesthey ply
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am plyingwe are plying
you are plyingyou are plying
he/she/it is plyingthey are plying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pliedwe have plied
you have pliedyou have plied
he/she/it has pliedthey have plied
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been plyingwe have been plying
you have been plyingyou have been plying
he/she/it has been plyingthey have been plying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pliedwe plied
you pliedyou plied
he/she/it pliedthey plied
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was plyingwe were plying
you were plyingyou were plying
he/she/it was plyingthey were plying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pliedwe had plied
you had pliedyou had plied
he/she/it had pliedthey had plied
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been plyingwe had been plying
you had been plyingyou had been plying
he/she/it had been plyingthey had been plying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will plywe shall/will ply
you will plyyou will ply
he/she/it will plythey will ply
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be plyingwe shall/will be plying
you will be plyingyou will be plying
he/she/it will be plyingthey will be plying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pliedwe shall/will have plied
you will have pliedyou will have plied
he/she/it will have pliedthey will have plied
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been plyingwe shall/will have been plying
you will have been plyingyou will have been plying
he/she/it will have been plyingthey will have been plying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would plywe should/would ply
you would plyyou would ply
he/she/it would plythey would ply
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be plyingwe should/would be plying
you would be plyingyou would be plying
he/she/it would be plyingthey would be plying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pliedwe should/would have plied
you would have pliedyou would have plied
he/she/it would have pliedthey would have plied
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been plyingwe should/would have been plying
you would have been plyingyou would have been plying
he/she/it would have been plyingthey would have been plying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pliedwe are plied
you are pliedyou are plied
he/she/it is pliedthey are plied
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pliedwe are being plied
you are being pliedyou are being plied
he/she/it is being pliedthey are being plied
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pliedwe have been plied
you have been pliedyou have been plied
he/she/it has been pliedthey have been plied
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pliedwe were plied
you were pliedyou were plied
he/she/it was pliedthey were plied
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pliedwe were being plied
you were being pliedyou were being plied
he/she/it was being pliedthey were being plied
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pliedwe had been plied
you had been pliedyou had been plied
he/she/it had been pliedthey had been plied
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pliedwe shall/will be plied
you will be pliedyou will be plied
he/she/it will be pliedthey will be plied
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pliedwe shall/will have been plied
you will have been pliedyou will have been plied
he/she/it will have been pliedthey will have been plied

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