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The stand must be of either a prop or a centre type, or both.
Cette béquille doit être soit une béquille latérale, soit une béquille centrale, soit les deux.
We must remember these last words about cheerfulness, for it is the chief prop and stay of the trench-dweller, and the officers, who know how important it is, cultivate it in various ways.
Retenons les dernières de ces lignes concernant la gaieté. Elle est un des principaux soutiens de l'homme vivant dans les tranchées. Les chefs qui en comprennent la valeur savent l'entretenir par divers moyens.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
But with his disappearance comes complete abandonment, the wife and child in danger, destitute of all prop and help.
Mais, l’homme parti, c’est l’abandon dernier, la femme et l’enfant en détresse, sans soutien ni aide.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
In France we look upon the State as an entity which is quite apart from ourselves, and of which we occasionally make use in order to obtain some favour or as a prop to support our weakness, but we always consider it as more or less of an enemy.
En France, nous considérons l'Etat comme une entité séparée de nous, utilisée parfois pour obtenir des faveurs ou étayer notre faiblesse, mais toujours un peu notre ennemie.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
They would have no more of that deceptive paradise, the promise of which had so long served to prop up social iniquity; they demanded that the question of happiness should be decided upon this earth.
Ils ne voulaient plus du paradis menteur dont on berçait depuis si longtemps l’iniquité sociale, ils exigeaient qu’on remît sur la terre la question du bonheur.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
As Deerslayer spoke, he applied his own strength to the effort, and succeeded in raising the lid against the timbers of the house, where he took care to secure it by a sufficient prop.
Tout en parlant, Deerslayer essaya ses forces, et réussit à lever le couvercle et à l’appuyer contre la muraille.
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
For a moment he was conscious of the abyss before him: his chastity was his last prop, the very dignity of his spoilt life; and he realised that, if after yielding to his reason he also yielded to his flesh, he would be utterly lost.
Un instant, il eut conscience de l’abîme : sa chasteté était son dernier soutien, la dignité même de son existence manquée de prêtre incroyant. Il comprenait qu’après avoir cédé à sa raison, s’il cédait à sa chair, il serait perdu.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Don’t prop doors open.
Ne laissez pas de porte entrouverte.
©Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. 1996 - 2009.
It is from the slow and gradual vindication of the unknown force that we deemed at first to be pitiless, that our moral and physical life has derived its chief prop and support.
Tout ce qui nous soutient, tout ce qui nous assiste, dans la vie physique comme dans la vie morale, vient d'une sorte de justification lente et graduelle de la force inconnue qui nous parut d'abord impitoyable.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
When the entire chimney had thus been raised, and had been properly bound in with outward props, a brisk fire was kindled, and kept going until it was burned to something like a brick-red.
Quand toute la cheminée fut construite, et qu’on l’eut soutenue par des arcs-boutants extérieurs, on y alluma un grand feu, qu’on eut soin d’entretenir jusqu’à ce qu’elle fût d’un rouge de brique.
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
Dismantled houses here and there appeared, tottering to the earth, propped up by fragments of others that had fallen down, unroofed, windowless, blackened, desolate, but yet inhabited.
Des maisons délabrées apparaissaient çà et là, penchant vers la terre, étayées par les ruines de celles qui étaient déjà tombées, sans toit, sans fenêtres, noires, dévastées et cependant habitées encore.
Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles / Le magasin d'antiquites
Le magasin d'antiquites
Dickens, Charles
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
The sandbags have been torn asunder and gutted; they are crumbled, emptied, scattered to the wind. The wooden props and beams are splintered, and point all ways.
Les sacs de terre ont été déchirés, éventrés, se sont écroulés, vidés, secoués au vent, les boiseries d’était ont éclaté et pointent dans tous les sens.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
However, his Jacobinism was getting out of fashion, he was becoming an "ancestor," as it were, one of the last props of the middle-class Republic, and the new comers, the young politicians with long teeth, were beginning to smile at him.
Le jacobin en lui se démodait, il devenait un ancêtre, un des derniers soutiens de la République bourgeoise, dont commentaient à sourire les nouveaux venus, les jeunes politiques aux dents longues.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
The old mercer, propped up by pillows in a sitting posture, gazed vaguely before her with the eyes of an idiot.
La vieille mercière, assise sur son séant, appuyée contre des oreillers, regardait vaguement devant elle avec des yeux d'idiote.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
"Ah! my poor old man!" said she, after propping him up with a pillow, "those two are luckier than we are.
« Ah ! mon pauvre vieux, dit-elle, après avoir mis un oreiller derrière le dos de son homme, en voilà deux qui ont eu plus de chance que nous.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile

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prop

verb
Basic forms
Pastpropped
Imperativeprop
Present Participle (Participle I)propping
Past Participle (Participle II)propped
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I propwe prop
you propyou prop
he/she/it propsthey prop
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am proppingwe are propping
you are proppingyou are propping
he/she/it is proppingthey are propping
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have proppedwe have propped
you have proppedyou have propped
he/she/it has proppedthey have propped
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been proppingwe have been propping
you have been proppingyou have been propping
he/she/it has been proppingthey have been propping
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I proppedwe propped
you proppedyou propped
he/she/it proppedthey propped
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was proppingwe were propping
you were proppingyou were propping
he/she/it was proppingthey were propping
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had proppedwe had propped
you had proppedyou had propped
he/she/it had proppedthey had propped
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been proppingwe had been propping
you had been proppingyou had been propping
he/she/it had been proppingthey had been propping
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will propwe shall/will prop
you will propyou will prop
he/she/it will propthey will prop
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be proppingwe shall/will be propping
you will be proppingyou will be propping
he/she/it will be proppingthey will be propping
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have proppedwe shall/will have propped
you will have proppedyou will have propped
he/she/it will have proppedthey will have propped
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been proppingwe shall/will have been propping
you will have been proppingyou will have been propping
he/she/it will have been proppingthey will have been propping
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would propwe should/would prop
you would propyou would prop
he/she/it would propthey would prop
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be proppingwe should/would be propping
you would be proppingyou would be propping
he/she/it would be proppingthey would be propping
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have proppedwe should/would have propped
you would have proppedyou would have propped
he/she/it would have proppedthey would have propped
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been proppingwe should/would have been propping
you would have been proppingyou would have been propping
he/she/it would have been proppingthey would have been propping
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am proppedwe are propped
you are proppedyou are propped
he/she/it is proppedthey are propped
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being proppedwe are being propped
you are being proppedyou are being propped
he/she/it is being proppedthey are being propped
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been proppedwe have been propped
you have been proppedyou have been propped
he/she/it has been proppedthey have been propped
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was proppedwe were propped
you were proppedyou were propped
he/she/it was proppedthey were propped
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being proppedwe were being propped
you were being proppedyou were being propped
he/she/it was being proppedthey were being propped
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been proppedwe had been propped
you had been proppedyou had been propped
he/she/it had been proppedthey had been propped
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be proppedwe shall/will be propped
you will be proppedyou will be propped
he/she/it will be proppedthey will be propped
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been proppedwe shall/will have been propped
you will have been proppedyou will have been propped
he/she/it will have been proppedthey will have been propped

prop

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepropprops
Possessive caseprop'sprops'