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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 - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, 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 daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, 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 vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, 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 MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, 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 MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, 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-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, 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 forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe 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 NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, 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 TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
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pounce
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | pounced |
Imperative | pounce |
Present Participle (Participle I) | pouncing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | pounced |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I pounce | we pounce |
you pounce | you pounce |
he/she/it pounces | they pounce |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am pouncing | we are pouncing |
you are pouncing | you are pouncing |
he/she/it is pouncing | they are pouncing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have pounced | we have pounced |
you have pounced | you have pounced |
he/she/it has pounced | they have pounced |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been pouncing | we have been pouncing |
you have been pouncing | you have been pouncing |
he/she/it has been pouncing | they have been pouncing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I pounced | we pounced |
you pounced | you pounced |
he/she/it pounced | they pounced |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was pouncing | we were pouncing |
you were pouncing | you were pouncing |
he/she/it was pouncing | they were pouncing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had pounced | we had pounced |
you had pounced | you had pounced |
he/she/it had pounced | they had pounced |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been pouncing | we had been pouncing |
you had been pouncing | you had been pouncing |
he/she/it had been pouncing | they had been pouncing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will pounce | we shall/will pounce |
you will pounce | you will pounce |
he/she/it will pounce | they will pounce |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be pouncing | we shall/will be pouncing |
you will be pouncing | you will be pouncing |
he/she/it will be pouncing | they will be pouncing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have pounced | we shall/will have pounced |
you will have pounced | you will have pounced |
he/she/it will have pounced | they will have pounced |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been pouncing | we shall/will have been pouncing |
you will have been pouncing | you will have been pouncing |
he/she/it will have been pouncing | they will have been pouncing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would pounce | we should/would pounce |
you would pounce | you would pounce |
he/she/it would pounce | they would pounce |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be pouncing | we should/would be pouncing |
you would be pouncing | you would be pouncing |
he/she/it would be pouncing | they would be pouncing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have pounced | we should/would have pounced |
you would have pounced | you would have pounced |
he/she/it would have pounced | they would have pounced |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been pouncing | we should/would have been pouncing |
you would have been pouncing | you would have been pouncing |
he/she/it would have been pouncing | they would have been pouncing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am pounced | we are pounced |
you are pounced | you are pounced |
he/she/it is pounced | they are pounced |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being pounced | we are being pounced |
you are being pounced | you are being pounced |
he/she/it is being pounced | they are being pounced |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been pounced | we have been pounced |
you have been pounced | you have been pounced |
he/she/it has been pounced | they have been pounced |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was pounced | we were pounced |
you were pounced | you were pounced |
he/she/it was pounced | they were pounced |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being pounced | we were being pounced |
you were being pounced | you were being pounced |
he/she/it was being pounced | they were being pounced |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been pounced | we had been pounced |
you had been pounced | you had been pounced |
he/she/it had been pounced | they had been pounced |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be pounced | we shall/will be pounced |
you will be pounced | you will be pounced |
he/she/it will be pounced | they will be pounced |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been pounced | we shall/will have been pounced |
you will have been pounced | you will have been pounced |
he/she/it will have been pounced | they will have been pounced |
pounce
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | pounce | pounces |
Possessive case | pounce's | pounces' |