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There we saw a prim gentleman, with a clean-shaven, lawyer's face.Un correct gentleman à figure rase de notaire nous y reçut.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
Meantime, M. Bouchard, who remained standing in a prim and dignified attitude, suddenly began to speak aloud amidst all the surrounding buzz of conversation, ' I have something to tell you,' he said, ' our fat man is a nice sort of fellow.'M. Bouchard, debout, digne et correct, s'écria tout à coup, au milieu des conversations étouffées:«Je ne vous ai pas conté?... Il est gentil, le gros homme!»Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
I made a fine tramp and a fair drover; and here I was ushered by a prim butler into this temple of gracious ease.Je faisais un charmant chemineau et un joli bouvier; et voici que j'étais introduit par un majordome distingué dans ce gracieux temple du luxe.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
Madame Campardon had put on a gray silk dress, had arranged her hair coquettishly, and looked very neat and prim.Madame Campardon s'était mise en robe de soie grise, coiffée coquettement, très soignée dans toute sa personne.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
Early on the morning of 15 September, the sixty-nine-year-old British Prime Minister - a prim, reserved, austere figure - took off from Croydon airport in a twin-engined Lockheed, hoping, as he said, to secure peace.Le 15 septembre, en début de matinée, le Premier ministre britannique - personnage compassé, austère et réservé de soixante-neuf ans - décolla de l'aéroport de Croydon dans un bimoteur Lockheed, dans l'espoir, assurait-il, de sauver la paix.Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NémésisHitler. 1936-1945 NémésisKershaw, Ian© Ian Kershaw, 2000.© Flammarion, 2000, pour la traduction franсaise. Edition revue, 2001.Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian© 2000 by Ian Kershaw
The Paloques were just about to sit down to table in a chilly dining-room, whose prim coldness spoke of provincial penury.Les Paloque allaient se mettre à table, dans une salle à manger froide, où se sentait la gêne de province, une gêne propre, soigneusement cachée.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
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prim
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | primmed |
Imperative | prim |
Present Participle (Participle I) | primming |
Past Participle (Participle II) | primmed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I prim | we prim |
you prim | you prim |
he/she/it prims | they prim |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am primming | we are primming |
you are primming | you are primming |
he/she/it is primming | they are primming |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have primmed | we have primmed |
you have primmed | you have primmed |
he/she/it has primmed | they have primmed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been primming | we have been primming |
you have been primming | you have been primming |
he/she/it has been primming | they have been primming |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I primmed | we primmed |
you primmed | you primmed |
he/she/it primmed | they primmed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was primming | we were primming |
you were primming | you were primming |
he/she/it was primming | they were primming |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had primmed | we had primmed |
you had primmed | you had primmed |
he/she/it had primmed | they had primmed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been primming | we had been primming |
you had been primming | you had been primming |
he/she/it had been primming | they had been primming |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will prim | we shall/will prim |
you will prim | you will prim |
he/she/it will prim | they will prim |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be primming | we shall/will be primming |
you will be primming | you will be primming |
he/she/it will be primming | they will be primming |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have primmed | we shall/will have primmed |
you will have primmed | you will have primmed |
he/she/it will have primmed | they will have primmed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been primming | we shall/will have been primming |
you will have been primming | you will have been primming |
he/she/it will have been primming | they will have been primming |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would prim | we should/would prim |
you would prim | you would prim |
he/she/it would prim | they would prim |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be primming | we should/would be primming |
you would be primming | you would be primming |
he/she/it would be primming | they would be primming |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have primmed | we should/would have primmed |
you would have primmed | you would have primmed |
he/she/it would have primmed | they would have primmed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been primming | we should/would have been primming |
you would have been primming | you would have been primming |
he/she/it would have been primming | they would have been primming |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am primmed | we are primmed |
you are primmed | you are primmed |
he/she/it is primmed | they are primmed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being primmed | we are being primmed |
you are being primmed | you are being primmed |
he/she/it is being primmed | they are being primmed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been primmed | we have been primmed |
you have been primmed | you have been primmed |
he/she/it has been primmed | they have been primmed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was primmed | we were primmed |
you were primmed | you were primmed |
he/she/it was primmed | they were primmed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being primmed | we were being primmed |
you were being primmed | you were being primmed |
he/she/it was being primmed | they were being primmed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been primmed | we had been primmed |
you had been primmed | you had been primmed |
he/she/it had been primmed | they had been primmed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be primmed | we shall/will be primmed |
you will be primmed | you will be primmed |
he/she/it will be primmed | they will be primmed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been primmed | we shall/will have been primmed |
you will have been primmed | you will have been primmed |
he/she/it will have been primmed | they will have been primmed |
prim
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | prim | prims |
Possessive case | prim's | prims' |
prim
adjective
Positive degree | prim |
Comparative degree | primmer |
Superlative degree | primmest |