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"We must try and polish up Catherine," said the Doctor.
Essayons au moins de faire briller Catherine, dit le docteur.
James, Henri / Washington SquareJames, Henri / Washington Square (L'Heritiere)
Washington Square (L'Heritiere)
James, Henri
© Editions Denoël, 1953
Washington Square
James, Henri
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Seeing that we are watching her, she whispers to us that she must polish them well, and this evening too, for they are her little girl's boots, who is a dressmaker in the town and goes off first thing in the morning.
Voyant qu’on la considère, elle nous chuchote qu’il lui faut bien cirer, ce soir même, les bottines de sa petite-fille, qui est modiste à la ville, et s’y rend dès le matin.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
As he still held one of his brother-in-law's boots, he commenced to polish it, to pass away the time.
Comme il tenait encore l'une des bottes de son beau-frère, il se mit à la faire reluire, pour occuper son temps.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
And where the polish has bestowed a beautiful black his fingers move over the body of the boot, which opens widely in the upper part and betrays—ever such a little—the lower curves of the leg.
Et il promène ses doigts, où le cirage a mis du beau noir, sur la tige qui, s’évasant largement du haut, décèle un tout petit peu la forme du bas de la jambe.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"Yes," said her mother, "the army is certainly the place to polish a young man;" and turning to Mrs. Wilson, she abruptly added, "Your husband, I believe, was in the army, ma'am?"
– Oui, s’écria sa mère, parlez-moi de l’armée pour former un jeune homme. Comme le service vous l’a bientôt façonné ! Et se tournant vers Mrs Wilson : – Votre mari était, je crois, au service, Madame ? ajouta-t-elle.
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
I must give them a polish up!'
Je les passerai au tripoli.
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
Colonel Egerton offered his compliments to Francis on his preferment to the living, with the polish of high breeding, and not without an appearance of interest; and Emily thought him for the first time as handsome as he was generally reputed to be.
Le colonel Egerton félicita Francis sur sa nomination à la cure de Bolton avec une chaleur et un empressement qui paraissaient sincères ; et dans ce moment, Émilie trouva pour la première fois qu’il était aussi aimable qu’on le disait généralement.
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
You will polish him up for me and make him conversant with everything.
Vous allez me le décrasser, le mettre au courant de tout...
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
The greater the opaqueness of a body the more it absorbs and the more it becomes heated, except, naturally, in cases where, through the polish of its surface, it sends back into space the vibrations of the ether which reach it.
Plus l'opacité du corps est grande, plus il absorbe et s'échauffe, sauf naturellement le cas où par suite du poli de sa surface il renvoie dans l'espace les vibrations de l'éther qui l'atteignent.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
Hey, my beauty, strike to your left; polish off that cavalry man who is preparing to escape, for me.
Ohé, mon mignon ! frappe à ta gauche, nettoie-moi ce gros de cavalerie qui fait mine de détaler.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
I shall polish off some work now, and no mistake!"
je vais en abattre ! »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Then, when the mud has gone from the boots, he takes some polish on the end of the double-pointed brush and caresses them with it intently.
Puis, quand la boue est enlevée des bottines, il prend du cirage à l’extrémité de la brosse double pointue, et il les caresse avec, très attentif.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The party signing the contract is described as follows: "Film Polski, Export and Import of Films [ . .. ] a State Enterprise, Polish Government-Agency.
La partie signataire du contrat est ainsi désignée: «Film Polski, Export and Import of Films, [, , .], a State Enterprise, Polish Government-Agency».
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 of 18 December 1989 on economic aid to the Republic of Hungary and the Polish People's Republic(1).
Règlement (CEE) n° 3906/89 du Conseil du 18 décembre 1989 relatif à l'aide économique en faveur de la République de Hongrie et de la République populaire de Pologne(1).
In Danzig, too, where, not surprisingly, fear of a war was especially pronounced, the daily reports about 'Polish terror' were manufacturing antagonism among those who had never been 'Pole haters'.
A Dantzig également, où la peur de la guerre était particulièrement forte, on ne s'en étonnera pas, les échos quotidiens sur la « terreur polonaise » attisaient l'antagonisme d'une population qui n'avait jamais été « polonophobe ».
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 2000.
© Flammarion, 2000, pour la traduction franсaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1936-1945 Nemesis
Kershaw, Ian
© 2000 by Ian Kershaw

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Collocations

reverse polish notation
notation polonaise inversée
polishing machine
polisseuse

Word forms

polish

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepolishpolishes
Possessive casepolish'spolishes'

polish

verb
Basic forms
Pastpolished
Imperativepolish
Present Participle (Participle I)polishing
Past Participle (Participle II)polished
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I polishwe polish
you polishyou polish
he/she/it polishesthey polish
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am polishingwe are polishing
you are polishingyou are polishing
he/she/it is polishingthey are polishing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have polishedwe have polished
you have polishedyou have polished
he/she/it has polishedthey have polished
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been polishingwe have been polishing
you have been polishingyou have been polishing
he/she/it has been polishingthey have been polishing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I polishedwe polished
you polishedyou polished
he/she/it polishedthey polished
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was polishingwe were polishing
you were polishingyou were polishing
he/she/it was polishingthey were polishing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had polishedwe had polished
you had polishedyou had polished
he/she/it had polishedthey had polished
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been polishingwe had been polishing
you had been polishingyou had been polishing
he/she/it had been polishingthey had been polishing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will polishwe shall/will polish
you will polishyou will polish
he/she/it will polishthey will polish
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be polishingwe shall/will be polishing
you will be polishingyou will be polishing
he/she/it will be polishingthey will be polishing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have polishedwe shall/will have polished
you will have polishedyou will have polished
he/she/it will have polishedthey will have polished
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been polishingwe shall/will have been polishing
you will have been polishingyou will have been polishing
he/she/it will have been polishingthey will have been polishing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would polishwe should/would polish
you would polishyou would polish
he/she/it would polishthey would polish
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be polishingwe should/would be polishing
you would be polishingyou would be polishing
he/she/it would be polishingthey would be polishing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have polishedwe should/would have polished
you would have polishedyou would have polished
he/she/it would have polishedthey would have polished
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been polishingwe should/would have been polishing
you would have been polishingyou would have been polishing
he/she/it would have been polishingthey would have been polishing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am polishedwe are polished
you are polishedyou are polished
he/she/it is polishedthey are polished
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being polishedwe are being polished
you are being polishedyou are being polished
he/she/it is being polishedthey are being polished
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been polishedwe have been polished
you have been polishedyou have been polished
he/she/it has been polishedthey have been polished
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was polishedwe were polished
you were polishedyou were polished
he/she/it was polishedthey were polished
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being polishedwe were being polished
you were being polishedyou were being polished
he/she/it was being polishedthey were being polished
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been polishedwe had been polished
you had been polishedyou had been polished
he/she/it had been polishedthey had been polished
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be polishedwe shall/will be polished
you will be polishedyou will be polished
he/she/it will be polishedthey will be polished
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been polishedwe shall/will have been polished
you will have been polishedyou will have been polished
he/she/it will have been polishedthey will have been polished