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Therese's ardent dream was to possess a bicycle, and she desired one the more since her parents stubbornly refused to content her, declaring in fact that those machines might do for bourgeois but were certainly not fit for well-behaved girls.
Le rêve passionné de Thérèse était d’avoir une bicyclette, surtout depuis que ses parents la lui refusaient avec obstination, déclarant ces machines-là bonnes pour les bourgeois, pas convenables pour les filles honnêtes.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
The design of the electoral system involves striking an appropriate balance between the many different virtues that democratic systems can possess.
On cherche, dans la conception du système électoral, à établir un équilibre approprié entre les nombreuses vertus que peuvent posséder les régimes démocratiques.
The organization has found that immigrants may be subject to discrimination and prejudice, often arrive without friends or relatives, possess a limited knowledge of English, and lack an awareness of employment opportunities.
L'organisme a constaté que les immigrants peuvent être victimes de discrimination et de préjugés, qu'ils arrivent souvent sans amis ou parents, qu'ils ont une connaissance limitée de l'anglais et qu'ils sont peu au fait des possibilités d'emploi.
We are evidently confronted by a chain of causalities of which we possess no single link, and which consequently we do not understand.
Nous nous trouvons évidemment en présence d'une chaîne de causalités, dont nous ne tenons aucun anneau et que, par conséquent, nous ne comprenons pas.
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
If the eye of the lynx does not really possess the property conferred on it in the old legends, there is no scientific reason why it should not.
Si l'œil du lynx ne jouit pas réellement de la propriété que lui accordaient les légendes, aucune raison scientifique ne s'opposerait à ce qu'il la possédât.
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
He in whom happiness dwells is amazed at the heart that finds aliment only in fear or in hope, and that cannot be nourished on what it possesses, though it possess all it ever desired.
C'est du sommet d'un bonheur permanent qu'on voit le mieux les désirs de ce coeur qui semble ne pouvoir se nourrir que de crainte ou d'espoir, et qui a tant de mal à se nourrir de ce qu'il a, alors même qu'il a tout.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
the transport of animals is entrusted to staff who possess the necessary ability, professional competence and knowledge.
confier le transport des animaux à des personnes qui possèdent les aptitudes, les compétences professionnelles et les connaissances nécessaires.
Grant her but a pebble on which to rest her head, and she will hope to possess, first the field in which that pebble lies, and then the empire in which the field is situated.
Qu’on lui accorde un caillou pour reposer sa tête, et elle espère bien ravoir bientôt le champ où se trouve ce caillou, l’empire où se trouve ce champ.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Lifebuoys must: - possess buoyancy of not less than 7 75 kg in fresh water,
Les bouées de sauvetage doivent: - avoir une capacité de sustentation d'au moins 7,5 kilogrammes dans l'eau douce,
For the love that the years cannot alter is built up of exchanges like these, of sweet inequality; and naught do we ever truly possess but that which we give in our love; and whatever our love bestows, we are no longer alone to enjoy.
Car l'amour qui résiste aux années est fait de ces échanges délicieusement inégaux; et c'est ce qu'on y donne que l'on possède enfin et ce qu'on y reçoit qu'on n'est plus seul à posséder.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Our universities do not inculcate these qualities, and, what is still worse, the oppressive scholastic system takes them away even from those of our youth who possess them.
Ces qualités, non seulement l'université ne les donne pas, mais son pesant régime les ôte à qui les possède.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Parliament and the legislatures remain master over the powers the tribunals they create possess.
Le Parlement et les législatures demeurent maîtres des pouvoirs que possèdent les tribunaux qu'ils créent.
Meantime, Madame de Condamin had caused a great sensation by saying, in a meaning way: ' What I like about this garden is the tender charm it seems to possess, which makes it a nook apart from all the cares and wretchedness of the world.
Mais madame de Condamin venait de produire une sensation, en disant d'un air fin: --Ce que j'aime dans ce jardin, c'est ce charme intime qui semble en faire un petit coin fermé à toutes les misères de ce monde.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
As to the young men, those who merely possess talent, they will have beds reserved to them in our hospitals.
Quant aux jeunes gens, à ceux qui n’auront que du talent, ils auront des lits réservés dans nos hôpitaux.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
There is only an exchange between them if they are out of equilibrium—that is to say, if they possess different tensions.
Il n'y a d'échange entre eux que s'ils ne sont pas en équilibre, c'est-à-dire possèdent des tensions différentes.
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

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possess

verb
Basic forms
Pastpossessed
Imperativepossess
Present Participle (Participle I)possessing
Past Participle (Participle II)possessed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I possesswe possess
you possessyou possess
he/she/it possessesthey possess
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am possessingwe are possessing
you are possessingyou are possessing
he/she/it is possessingthey are possessing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have possessedwe have possessed
you have possessedyou have possessed
he/she/it has possessedthey have possessed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been possessingwe have been possessing
you have been possessingyou have been possessing
he/she/it has been possessingthey have been possessing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I possessedwe possessed
you possessedyou possessed
he/she/it possessedthey possessed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was possessingwe were possessing
you were possessingyou were possessing
he/she/it was possessingthey were possessing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had possessedwe had possessed
you had possessedyou had possessed
he/she/it had possessedthey had possessed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been possessingwe had been possessing
you had been possessingyou had been possessing
he/she/it had been possessingthey had been possessing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will possesswe shall/will possess
you will possessyou will possess
he/she/it will possessthey will possess
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be possessingwe shall/will be possessing
you will be possessingyou will be possessing
he/she/it will be possessingthey will be possessing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have possessedwe shall/will have possessed
you will have possessedyou will have possessed
he/she/it will have possessedthey will have possessed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been possessingwe shall/will have been possessing
you will have been possessingyou will have been possessing
he/she/it will have been possessingthey will have been possessing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would possesswe should/would possess
you would possessyou would possess
he/she/it would possessthey would possess
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be possessingwe should/would be possessing
you would be possessingyou would be possessing
he/she/it would be possessingthey would be possessing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have possessedwe should/would have possessed
you would have possessedyou would have possessed
he/she/it would have possessedthey would have possessed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been possessingwe should/would have been possessing
you would have been possessingyou would have been possessing
he/she/it would have been possessingthey would have been possessing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am possessedwe are possessed
you are possessedyou are possessed
he/she/it is possessedthey are possessed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being possessedwe are being possessed
you are being possessedyou are being possessed
he/she/it is being possessedthey are being possessed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been possessedwe have been possessed
you have been possessedyou have been possessed
he/she/it has been possessedthey have been possessed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was possessedwe were possessed
you were possessedyou were possessed
he/she/it was possessedthey were possessed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being possessedwe were being possessed
you were being possessedyou were being possessed
he/she/it was being possessedthey were being possessed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been possessedwe had been possessed
you had been possessedyou had been possessed
he/she/it had been possessedthey had been possessed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be possessedwe shall/will be possessed
you will be possessedyou will be possessed
he/she/it will be possessedthey will be possessed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been possessedwe shall/will have been possessed
you will have been possessedyou will have been possessed
he/she/it will have been possessedthey will have been possessed