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"There will be nothing for the Germans to pounce on here. They won't be allowed to set things topsy-turvy as they did at the Forum, where everybody's at sea since they came along with their wonderful science!"
Les Allemands n’auront pas à mordre, et ils ne viendront pas tout bouleverser ici, comme ils l’ont fait au Forum, où l’on ne se reconnaît plus, depuis qu’ils y ont passé avec leur science. »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The hawk does not pounce upon the chicken with a more sudden swoop than Judith sprang forward to seize this mine of hitherto concealed knowledge.
Le faucon ne fond pas sur l’oiseau dont il veut faire sa proie avec plus d’impétuosité que Judith se précipita sur cette mine de connaissances jusque alors secrètes pour elle.
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
He felt caught in a net, with monstrous vultures waiting to pounce on him from above.
Il se sentit pris dans un réseau, au-dessus duquel de nombreux vautours semblaient attendre le moment propice pour s’abattre sur lui.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
At their very first cry of pain she knew what ailed them; she would choose dainties upon which they would pounce greedily.
Au premier cri qu'ils poussaient, elle savait où était leur mal. Elle inventait des friandises sur lesquelles ils tombaient gloutonnement.
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
It was flying high, but as I looked it dropped several hundred feet and began to circle round the knot of hill in narrowing circles, just as a hawk wheels before it pounces.
Il volait haut, mais sous mes yeux il s'abaissa de quelques cents pieds et se mit à décrire des orbes toujours plus étroits alentour du massif montagneux, exactement comme un faucon tourne avant de s'abattre.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
And he pounced on his books, opened his ledgers, and insisted on showing the invoices, it was ruination.
Et il se précipita, ouvrit des registres, voulut absolument montrer des factures.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
The whole army of labourers of science then pounced upon this subject, and in a few years the unity and the equivalence of physical forces came to be proclaimed, though on rather narrow grounds.
Toute l'armée des ouvriers de la science s'abattit sur ce sujet et, en peu d'années on arriva à proclamer, sur des bases d'ailleurs assez étroites, l'unité et l'équivalence des forces physiques.
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
The hawk pounced on the swallow, the swallow seized the fly on the wing, the fly settled on the corpse.
L’épervier fondit sur l’hirondelle, l’hirondelle dans son vol saisit le moucheron, le moucheron se posa sur le cadavre.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
Instantly, she pounced upon it. "What's this?
Elle fondit dessus: «Qu’est cela? s’écria-t-elle.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet

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pounce

verb
Basic forms
Pastpounced
Imperativepounce
Present Participle (Participle I)pouncing
Past Participle (Participle II)pounced
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pouncewe pounce
you pounceyou pounce
he/she/it pouncesthey pounce
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am pouncingwe are pouncing
you are pouncingyou are pouncing
he/she/it is pouncingthey are pouncing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pouncedwe have pounced
you have pouncedyou have pounced
he/she/it has pouncedthey have pounced
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been pouncingwe have been pouncing
you have been pouncingyou have been pouncing
he/she/it has been pouncingthey have been pouncing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pouncedwe pounced
you pouncedyou pounced
he/she/it pouncedthey pounced
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was pouncingwe were pouncing
you were pouncingyou were pouncing
he/she/it was pouncingthey were pouncing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pouncedwe had pounced
you had pouncedyou had pounced
he/she/it had pouncedthey had pounced
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been pouncingwe had been pouncing
you had been pouncingyou had been pouncing
he/she/it had been pouncingthey had been pouncing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pouncewe shall/will pounce
you will pounceyou will pounce
he/she/it will pouncethey will pounce
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be pouncingwe shall/will be pouncing
you will be pouncingyou will be pouncing
he/she/it will be pouncingthey will be pouncing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pouncedwe shall/will have pounced
you will have pouncedyou will have pounced
he/she/it will have pouncedthey will have pounced
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been pouncingwe shall/will have been pouncing
you will have been pouncingyou will have been pouncing
he/she/it will have been pouncingthey will have been pouncing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pouncewe should/would pounce
you would pounceyou would pounce
he/she/it would pouncethey would pounce
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be pouncingwe should/would be pouncing
you would be pouncingyou would be pouncing
he/she/it would be pouncingthey would be pouncing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pouncedwe should/would have pounced
you would have pouncedyou would have pounced
he/she/it would have pouncedthey would have pounced
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been pouncingwe should/would have been pouncing
you would have been pouncingyou would have been pouncing
he/she/it would have been pouncingthey would have been pouncing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pouncedwe are pounced
you are pouncedyou are pounced
he/she/it is pouncedthey are pounced
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pouncedwe are being pounced
you are being pouncedyou are being pounced
he/she/it is being pouncedthey are being pounced
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pouncedwe have been pounced
you have been pouncedyou have been pounced
he/she/it has been pouncedthey have been pounced
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pouncedwe were pounced
you were pouncedyou were pounced
he/she/it was pouncedthey were pounced
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pouncedwe were being pounced
you were being pouncedyou were being pounced
he/she/it was being pouncedthey were being pounced
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pouncedwe had been pounced
you had been pouncedyou had been pounced
he/she/it had been pouncedthey had been pounced
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pouncedwe shall/will be pounced
you will be pouncedyou will be pounced
he/she/it will be pouncedthey will be pounced
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pouncedwe shall/will have been pounced
you will have been pouncedyou will have been pounced
he/she/it will have been pouncedthey will have been pounced

pounce

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepouncepounces
Possessive casepounce'spounces'