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Prada again felt worried, a prey to the discomfort of uncertainty.
Et Prada se taisait, repris de trouble, rendu au malaise de son incertitude.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
In addition, invasive species like the zebra and quagga mussels are thought to be responsible for the precipitous decrease ofalewife, a non- native prey fish.
En outre, des espèces envahissantes comme la moule zébrée et la moule quagga sont présumées responsables de la rapide diminution du gaspareau, poisson-proie non indigène.
To let those beggars, the rich folk, continue to prey upon me.
pour que ces gueux de riches spéculent encore sur moi.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
He rose from his chair and took a few steps about the room, a prey to the painful perplexity.
Il se leva, fit quelques pas, en proie à une perplexité pleine d'angoisse.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
She also had become withered, her sunburnt, tanned face suggesting more than ever the beak of a bird of prey.
Elle aussi s’était desséchée, la face hâlée, tannée, telle qu’un bec d’oiseau.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
He was now a prey to an intolerable desire to fly, to leave the house which was his home no longer, and these persons who were bound to him by such imperceptible ties.
Il était envahi maintenant par un besoin de fuir intolérable, de quitter cette maison qui n'était plus sienne, ces gens qui ne tenaient plus à lui que par d'imperceptibles liens.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Yes, it was Beauchene whom he resembled, and in so striking a manner, with his eyes of prey, his big jaw which proclaimed an enjoyer consumed by base voracity, that she was now astonished that she had not been able to name him at her first glance.
C’était à Beauchêne qu’il ressemblait, et d’une façon si frappante, avec ses yeux de proie, sa rude mâchoire de jouisseur tombé aux basses voracités, qu’elle s’étonnait maintenant de n’avoir pas crié son nom, à première vue.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
He reckoned upon making his political fortune in the squabble, and repaying his parents the debt he owed them for his education, by throwing them a scrap of the prey as soon as the quarry was secured.
Il comptait faire sa fortune politique dans la bagarre, et, du coup, payer à ses parents la dette de son instruction, en leur jetant un lambeau de la proie, à l’heure de la curée.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
So he waited, scenting a catastrophe, and ready to fall on the first prey that might come within his reach.
Il attendit, flairant une catastrophe, prêt à étrangler la première proie venue.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
While he was really very grateful to her for having taken him in and brought him up, he could not help regarding her as an extraordinary creature, a prey to some strange malady, whom he ought to pity and respect.
Au fond, s’il lui était reconnaissant de l’avoir recueilli et élevé, il continuait à voir en elle une créature extraordinaire, en proie à des maux inconnus, qu’il fallait plaindre et respecter.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
But his mouth differed--a sensual, voracious mouth it was, with wolfish teeth--a mouth of prey made for nights of rapine, when the only question is to bite, and tear, and devour others.
Mais la bouche différait, une bouche à la dentition de loup sensuelle et vorace, une bouche de proie, faite pour les soirs de bataille, quand il ne s’agit plus que de mordre à la conquête des autres.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
They flung themselves wildly a-top of one another in order to reach the prey.
Ils se coulaient furieusement les uns sous les autres, pour arriver au milieu du tas.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Only, behind all that lust of power, that continuous onslaught of ambition, what a distressful prey was stirring--the whole people with all its poverty and its sufferings!
Seulement, derrière ce rut, cette poussée continue des ambitions, quelle lamentable proie s’agitait, le peuple tout entier, dans sa misère et dans sa souffrance !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
She was, doubtless, a prey to some hallucination.
Sans doute elle était prise d’hallucination.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Although it adjoined the main thoroughfare and was open to all comers, it was left quite deserted, a prey to fresh vegetable growth.
Ouvert à tous venants, sur le bord d’une grande route, il demeura désert, en proie de nouveau aux herbes folles.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

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prey

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepreypreys
Possessive caseprey'spreys'

prey

verb
Basic forms
Pastpreyed
Imperativeprey
Present Participle (Participle I)preying
Past Participle (Participle II)preyed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I preywe prey
you preyyou prey
he/she/it preysthey prey
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am preyingwe are preying
you are preyingyou are preying
he/she/it is preyingthey are preying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have preyedwe have preyed
you have preyedyou have preyed
he/she/it has preyedthey have preyed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been preyingwe have been preying
you have been preyingyou have been preying
he/she/it has been preyingthey have been preying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I preyedwe preyed
you preyedyou preyed
he/she/it preyedthey preyed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was preyingwe were preying
you were preyingyou were preying
he/she/it was preyingthey were preying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had preyedwe had preyed
you had preyedyou had preyed
he/she/it had preyedthey had preyed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been preyingwe had been preying
you had been preyingyou had been preying
he/she/it had been preyingthey had been preying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will preywe shall/will prey
you will preyyou will prey
he/she/it will preythey will prey
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be preyingwe shall/will be preying
you will be preyingyou will be preying
he/she/it will be preyingthey will be preying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have preyedwe shall/will have preyed
you will have preyedyou will have preyed
he/she/it will have preyedthey will have preyed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been preyingwe shall/will have been preying
you will have been preyingyou will have been preying
he/she/it will have been preyingthey will have been preying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would preywe should/would prey
you would preyyou would prey
he/she/it would preythey would prey
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be preyingwe should/would be preying
you would be preyingyou would be preying
he/she/it would be preyingthey would be preying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have preyedwe should/would have preyed
you would have preyedyou would have preyed
he/she/it would have preyedthey would have preyed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been preyingwe should/would have been preying
you would have been preyingyou would have been preying
he/she/it would have been preyingthey would have been preying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am preyedwe are preyed
you are preyedyou are preyed
he/she/it is preyedthey are preyed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being preyedwe are being preyed
you are being preyedyou are being preyed
he/she/it is being preyedthey are being preyed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been preyedwe have been preyed
you have been preyedyou have been preyed
he/she/it has been preyedthey have been preyed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was preyedwe were preyed
you were preyedyou were preyed
he/she/it was preyedthey were preyed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being preyedwe were being preyed
you were being preyedyou were being preyed
he/she/it was being preyedthey were being preyed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been preyedwe had been preyed
you had been preyedyou had been preyed
he/she/it had been preyedthey had been preyed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be preyedwe shall/will be preyed
you will be preyedyou will be preyed
he/she/it will be preyedthey will be preyed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been preyedwe shall/will have been preyed
you will have been preyedyou will have been preyed
he/she/it will have been preyedthey will have been preyed