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His expression as the pole slowly sank with him I shall never forget; there was so much thought in it.Je n’oublierai jamais son visage tandis que la perche s’enfonçait lentement sous son poids : il avait l’air tellement pensif !Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
Magnet pole pieces with a diameter greater than 2 m;pièces polaires d'un diamètre supérieur à 2 m;http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
He had been getting on so well that he had grown quite cheeky over the business, and was walking up and down the punt, working his pole with a careless grace that was quite fascinating to watch.Il s’en tira si aisément dès le début qu’il en oublia toute prudence ; il arpentait la plate avec une grâce désinvolte qui faisait plaisir à voir.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
The Manitou smile and pleased when he see young warrior come back from the war path, with two, ten, hundred scalp on a pole!Le Manitou sourit et est content quand il voit jeune guerrier revenir du sentier de guerre avec deux, dix, cent chevelures sur un bâton !Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
This would appear if they were suddenly transported from one point on the globe's surface to another endowed with different velocity; for instance, from the pole to the equator.Elle se manifesterait si on les transportait instantanément entre deux points animés de vitesses très différentes, par exemple du pôle à l'équateur.Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
A Delaware will look for the scalp, and hang it on a pole, and sing a song in his honour, when we go back to our people.Un Delaware ira chercher la chevelure pour la suspendre à un pieu, et chanter une chanson en son honneur à son retour chez les siens.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Here was I, alone in a punt, without a pole, drifting helplessly down mid-stream - possibly towards a weir.J’étais là, tout seul sur une plate, sans perche, dérivant au milieu du courant, qui m’entraînait peut-être vers une écluse.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
The curtain was moving again; unquestionably, it moved this time. He could no longer have any doubt about it. He rushed forward and grasped it so violently that he pulled it down with its pole. Then he eagerly glued his face to the glass.Le rideau remuait encore; certes, il avait remué, cette fois; il n'en pouvait plus douter; il s'élança et le saisit d'une main si brutale qu'il le jeta bas avec sa galerie; puis il colla avidement sa face contre la vitre.Maupassant, Guy de / Little Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de / La petite RoqueLa petite RoqueMaupassant, Guy deLittle Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de
You'd get a scaffolding pole entangled you would!"Tu ferais des nœuds avec tes propres jambes ! »Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
The pole was firmly fixed in the mud, and he was left clinging to it while the punt drifted away.La perche était fermement plantée dans la vase, et il y resta agrippé, alors que le bateau s’en allait au fil de l’eau.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
I could not go to his assistance, because, as ill-luck would have it, we had not taken the proper precaution to bring out a spare pole with us.Impossible de lui prêter main-forte car, par malchance, nous n’avions pas pris la précaution d’emporter une perche de rechange.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
In summer, on the other hand, this air remains over the pole, not even reaching as far south as the far north of Canada.L'été, par contre, comme cet air n'affecte même pas le Grand Nord canadien, il se limite à la zone polaire. Au Canada, on apporte cependant une nuance à cette réalité.http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/30/2012http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/30/2012
I explained the matter to them when I got nearer, and they caught me and lent me a pole.Parvenu près d’eux, je leur expliquai ma situation, et ils m’arrêtèrent au passage pour me prêter une perche.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
When they are connected by a wire, the electricity flows from one pole to the other, and it is this flow which constitutes the electric current.Quand ils sont réunis par un fil, l'électricité s'écoule d'un pôle à l'autre, et cet écoulement constitue le courant électrique.Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
He might, at all events, have left me the pole.Il aurait pu au moins me laisser la perche.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
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Collocations
pole vault
saut à la perche
pole vaulter
perchiste
ski pole
bâton de ski
three-pole
tripolaire
auxiliary pole
pôle auxiliaire
commutating pole
pôle auxiliaire
pole pitch
pas polaire
growth pole
pôle de croissance
flex pole
piquet articulé
outside pole
piquet extérieur
rigid pole
piquet rigide
self-redressing pole
piquet articulé
self-redressing pole
piquet flexible
plant the pole
planter le bâton
pole plant
planté du bâton
Word forms
pole
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | poled |
| Imperative | pole |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | poling |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | poled |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I pole | we pole |
| you pole | you pole |
| he/she/it poles | they pole |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am poling | we are poling |
| you are poling | you are poling |
| he/she/it is poling | they are poling |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have poled | we have poled |
| you have poled | you have poled |
| he/she/it has poled | they have poled |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been poling | we have been poling |
| you have been poling | you have been poling |
| he/she/it has been poling | they have been poling |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I poled | we poled |
| you poled | you poled |
| he/she/it poled | they poled |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was poling | we were poling |
| you were poling | you were poling |
| he/she/it was poling | they were poling |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had poled | we had poled |
| you had poled | you had poled |
| he/she/it had poled | they had poled |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been poling | we had been poling |
| you had been poling | you had been poling |
| he/she/it had been poling | they had been poling |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will pole | we shall/will pole |
| you will pole | you will pole |
| he/she/it will pole | they will pole |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be poling | we shall/will be poling |
| you will be poling | you will be poling |
| he/she/it will be poling | they will be poling |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have poled | we shall/will have poled |
| you will have poled | you will have poled |
| he/she/it will have poled | they will have poled |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been poling | we shall/will have been poling |
| you will have been poling | you will have been poling |
| he/she/it will have been poling | they will have been poling |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would pole | we should/would pole |
| you would pole | you would pole |
| he/she/it would pole | they would pole |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be poling | we should/would be poling |
| you would be poling | you would be poling |
| he/she/it would be poling | they would be poling |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have poled | we should/would have poled |
| you would have poled | you would have poled |
| he/she/it would have poled | they would have poled |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been poling | we should/would have been poling |
| you would have been poling | you would have been poling |
| he/she/it would have been poling | they would have been poling |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am poled | we are poled |
| you are poled | you are poled |
| he/she/it is poled | they are poled |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being poled | we are being poled |
| you are being poled | you are being poled |
| he/she/it is being poled | they are being poled |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been poled | we have been poled |
| you have been poled | you have been poled |
| he/she/it has been poled | they have been poled |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was poled | we were poled |
| you were poled | you were poled |
| he/she/it was poled | they were poled |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being poled | we were being poled |
| you were being poled | you were being poled |
| he/she/it was being poled | they were being poled |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been poled | we had been poled |
| you had been poled | you had been poled |
| he/she/it had been poled | they had been poled |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be poled | we shall/will be poled |
| you will be poled | you will be poled |
| he/she/it will be poled | they will be poled |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been poled | we shall/will have been poled |
| you will have been poled | you will have been poled |
| he/she/it will have been poled | they will have been poled |
pole
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | pole | poles |
| Possessive case | pole's | poles' |