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The "Tyriana" pot in the background is a remedy against snake bites, a symbol of evil.
Le pot de "tyriana" à l'arrière-plan est un remède contre les morsures de serpent, symbole du mal.
© 2009 - Fondation pour la sauvegarde et le développement du domaine de Chantilly
"If it does no other good, it will warn old Tom to put the pot over, and let him know visiters are at hand.
– S’ils ne nous font pas d’autre bien, ils avertiront du moins le vieux Tom de mettre le pot au feu, en lui annonçant qu’il lui arrive des visiteurs.
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
She wished the pot to be on the fire with the water, the white wine, the carrots and spices, before the family arrived.
Avant que toute la famille arrivât, elle voulait que l’eau fût sur le feu, avec le vin blanc, les carottes, les épices du court-bouillon.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Hadn't he, one night on coming home unexpectedly, found him treating Mathilde, the herbalist woman, to a pot of jam?
Est-ce qu’un soir, rentrant à l’improviste, il ne l’avait pas surpris avec Mathilde, l’herboriste d’à côté, en chemise tous les deux, mangeant un pot de confiture!
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
The poor old donkeys that fancy themselves in the part are either crackbrained professors who couldn't rule a Sunday-school class, or bristling soldiers with pint-pot heads who imagine that the shooting of a Duc d'Enghien made a Napoleon.
Les pauvres imbéciles qui s’imaginent jouer ce rôle sont ou des professeurs au cerveau fêlé qui ne sauraient diriger une école du dimanche, ou des soldats qui s’imaginent que la condamnation du duc d’Enghien fait un Napoléon.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Behind them, a woman in a brown burqa carried a large clay pot on her shoulder, down a rutted path toward a string of mud houses.
Derrière eux, une femme cachée sous une burqa marron cheminait le long d'un sentier défoncé, une grosse jarre sur son épaule.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
It is important to emphasize that this phenomenon is not confined to Jewish Americans; rather, such tensions are an inevitable feature of a melting pot society that has drawn its citizens from all over the world.
Il faut souligner que ce phénomène n'est pas propre aux seuls Juifs américains ; de telles tensions sont au contraire inévitables dans une société qui a attiré des citoyens du monde entier.
Mearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M. / The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign PolicyMearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M. / Le lobby pro-israélien et la politique étrangère américaine
Le lobby pro-israélien et la politique étrangère américaine
Mearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M.
© John J. Mearsheimer et Stephen M. Walt, 2007.
© Editions La Decouverte, Paris, 2007 pour la traduction francaise ; 2009.
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
Mearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M.
© 2007 by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
Someone was already frying bolani; steam rose from teacups and a pot of cauliflower aush.
Du bolani était déjà en train de frire, de la fumée s'élevait des tasses de thé et d'un plat d'aush au chou-fleur.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
We shall expect you to dinner to-morrow,' said Monsieur Delangre; but you must take pot-luck, for we don't pretend to do as you do.'
--Nous vous attendons à dîner demain, disait M. Delangre; mais à la fortune du pot, nous ne faisons pas de façons comme vous.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
One of the young Mafias, however, lifted up a flower-pot and there discovered the handkerchief folded in four.
Mais un des fils Maffre, ayant soulevé un pot de fleurs, découvrit le mouchoir plié en quatre.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Dubuche, who played the priest, had tumbled into the basin while trying to scoop some water into his cap, which was to serve as a holy water pot.
Dubuche, qui faisait le clergé, s’était fichu au fond du bassin, en voulant prendre de l’eau dans sa casquette, pour avoir un bénitier.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
And I have bought myself an oaken writing-table, and my wife made me a present of that dwarf palm in that pot of old Rouen ware.
Et j’ai acheté une table de chêne pour écrire, et ma femme m’a donné ce palmier, dans ce vieux pot de Rouen…
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
He used to make the most terrible scenes just because the mustard pot wasn't in its right place.
Il faisait des scènes pour un pot de moutarde dérangé.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Your interview with the little girl Celine brought you in a pot of money."
Votre interview de la petite Céline vous a rapporté gros. »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
And still not a human being, not even a noise; nothing but the uniform windows, without a bird-cage, without a flower-pot, displaying the monotony of their white curtains.
Et toujours pas un être, pas un bruit; rien que les fenêtres uniformes, sans une cage d'oiseau, sans un pot de fleurs, étalant la monotonie de leurs rideaux blancs.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile

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melting pot
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cooking-pot
marmite
pot-holing
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Word forms

pot

verb
Basic forms
Pastpotted
Imperativepot
Present Participle (Participle I)potting
Past Participle (Participle II)potted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I potwe pot
you potyou pot
he/she/it potsthey pot
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am pottingwe are potting
you are pottingyou are potting
he/she/it is pottingthey are potting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pottedwe have potted
you have pottedyou have potted
he/she/it has pottedthey have potted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been pottingwe have been potting
you have been pottingyou have been potting
he/she/it has been pottingthey have been potting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pottedwe potted
you pottedyou potted
he/she/it pottedthey potted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was pottingwe were potting
you were pottingyou were potting
he/she/it was pottingthey were potting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pottedwe had potted
you had pottedyou had potted
he/she/it had pottedthey had potted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been pottingwe had been potting
you had been pottingyou had been potting
he/she/it had been pottingthey had been potting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will potwe shall/will pot
you will potyou will pot
he/she/it will potthey will pot
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be pottingwe shall/will be potting
you will be pottingyou will be potting
he/she/it will be pottingthey will be potting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pottedwe shall/will have potted
you will have pottedyou will have potted
he/she/it will have pottedthey will have potted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been pottingwe shall/will have been potting
you will have been pottingyou will have been potting
he/she/it will have been pottingthey will have been potting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would potwe should/would pot
you would potyou would pot
he/she/it would potthey would pot
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be pottingwe should/would be potting
you would be pottingyou would be potting
he/she/it would be pottingthey would be potting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pottedwe should/would have potted
you would have pottedyou would have potted
he/she/it would have pottedthey would have potted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been pottingwe should/would have been potting
you would have been pottingyou would have been potting
he/she/it would have been pottingthey would have been potting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pottedwe are potted
you are pottedyou are potted
he/she/it is pottedthey are potted
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pottedwe are being potted
you are being pottedyou are being potted
he/she/it is being pottedthey are being potted
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pottedwe have been potted
you have been pottedyou have been potted
he/she/it has been pottedthey have been potted
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pottedwe were potted
you were pottedyou were potted
he/she/it was pottedthey were potted
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pottedwe were being potted
you were being pottedyou were being potted
he/she/it was being pottedthey were being potted
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pottedwe had been potted
you had been pottedyou had been potted
he/she/it had been pottedthey had been potted
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pottedwe shall/will be potted
you will be pottedyou will be potted
he/she/it will be pottedthey will be potted
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pottedwe shall/will have been potted
you will have been pottedyou will have been potted
he/she/it will have been pottedthey will have been potted

pot

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepotpots
Possessive casepot'spots'