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It was then agreed that he would no longer prowl around St. Peter's and the Vatican, where his constant presence must have attracted attention.
Ensuite, il fut convenu qu’il n’irait plus rôder autour de Saint-Pierre ni du Vatican, où la vue continuelle de sa soutane devait avoir éveillé l’attention.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The usher handed him a large envelope, and then went off to prowl about the bazaar.
L'huissier lui remit une grande enveloppe et alla rôder dans la salle.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Then he flushed and became confused, for his father was eyeing him severely. "What! do you still prowl round the mill ?" said Mathieu.
Puis, il rougit, se troubla, lorsque son père le regarda d’un air de sévérité, en lui disant : « Comment ! tu rôdes encore autour du Moulin.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Through the darkness there swept a rustling sound--the rustling of those who prowl and fall asleep when days of festivity draw to a close.
Des frôlements traversaient l’ombre, tout ce qui rôde et s’endort, à la fin des jours de fête.
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
"You need only go and prowl about the Palais de Justice of an evening to hear the shots and groans."
Tu n’as qu’à aller rôder le soir, derrière le palais de justice, tu y entendras des coups de feu et des gémissements.
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
Guillaume Porquier, however, used to prowl about the entrance, sniggering like a young wolf who dreams of making his way into a sheep-fold.
Cependant, Guillaume Porquier rôdait autour du cercle, avec des rires de jeune loup rêvant d'entrer dans la bergerie.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Then the priest paused, for he saw several policemen and keepers approach the cafe and prowl round it.
Mais, de nouveau, des agents, des gardes, parurent, rôdèrent autour du restaurant.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
They had been there for nearly twenty minutes already, in the semi-darkness of that outer boulevard, where all the vices of the poor districts of Paris were on the prowl.
Depuis près de vingt minutes, ils étaient là, dans les demi-ténèbres de ce boulevard extérieur, où rôdaient la basse prostitution, les vices immondes des quartiers pauvres.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
As I'm a wicked sinner, there is one of them prowling along the bank this very moment, like one of the boys of the garrison skulking behind a fallen tree to get a shot at a squirrel!"
– Comme je suis un pécheur, en voici un qui rôde là-bas le long du rivage comme un des enfants de la garnison qui se cache derrière un arbre tombé pour tirer sur un écureuil.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
There was an Indian sentinel still nearer; but it would be impossible to pass out, even were he asleep, without encountering the dogs that prowled in numbers around the camp.
Plus près encore, il y avait une sentinelle. On n'aurait pu s'aventurer à sortir, la sentinelle fût-elle endormie, sans s'exposer à rencontrer les chiens qui rôdaient en foule dans le camp.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Well, there was a young party who was always prowling round him, the daughter of a miller, whom her parents had sent to a boarding-school.
Si bien qu'une demoiselle rôdait autour de lui, la fille d'un meunier, que ses parents avaient mise en pension.
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
The poor woman was always prowling about La Noiraude, with brute obstinacy; she had no doubt recognised her old friend, and she came to see her as a matter of course, without thinking of any harm.
La pauvresse rôdait toujours autour de la Noiraude, par un entêtement de brute; elle avait sans doute reconnu son ancienne amie, elle venait pour la revoir, machinalement, sans songer à mal.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
"For some time past, Monsieur Gourd had been prowling about with an uneasy and mysterious air.
Depuis quelque temps, M. Gourd rôdait d'un air de mystère et d'inquiétude.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
For some time past she had been in the habit of stealthily prowling around the offices, like one on the watch for something.
Depuis quelque temps, elle rôdait ainsi par les bureaux de l’usine, sans bruit, apparaissant partout à la fois, comme si elle eût voulu exercer une surveillance.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
But it's lucky Harry March and your father are asleep, else we should have 'em prowling after scalps ag'in.
Il est heureux que Harry March et votre père soient endormis, autrement ils ne manqueraient pas de vouloir encore rôder pour enlever des chevelures.
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

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prowl

noun, singular
Singular
Common caseprowl
Possessive case-

prowl

verb
Basic forms
Pastprowled
Imperativeprowl
Present Participle (Participle I)prowling
Past Participle (Participle II)prowled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I prowlwe prowl
you prowlyou prowl
he/she/it prowlsthey prowl
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am prowlingwe are prowling
you are prowlingyou are prowling
he/she/it is prowlingthey are prowling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have prowledwe have prowled
you have prowledyou have prowled
he/she/it has prowledthey have prowled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been prowlingwe have been prowling
you have been prowlingyou have been prowling
he/she/it has been prowlingthey have been prowling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I prowledwe prowled
you prowledyou prowled
he/she/it prowledthey prowled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was prowlingwe were prowling
you were prowlingyou were prowling
he/she/it was prowlingthey were prowling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had prowledwe had prowled
you had prowledyou had prowled
he/she/it had prowledthey had prowled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been prowlingwe had been prowling
you had been prowlingyou had been prowling
he/she/it had been prowlingthey had been prowling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will prowlwe shall/will prowl
you will prowlyou will prowl
he/she/it will prowlthey will prowl
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be prowlingwe shall/will be prowling
you will be prowlingyou will be prowling
he/she/it will be prowlingthey will be prowling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have prowledwe shall/will have prowled
you will have prowledyou will have prowled
he/she/it will have prowledthey will have prowled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been prowlingwe shall/will have been prowling
you will have been prowlingyou will have been prowling
he/she/it will have been prowlingthey will have been prowling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would prowlwe should/would prowl
you would prowlyou would prowl
he/she/it would prowlthey would prowl
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be prowlingwe should/would be prowling
you would be prowlingyou would be prowling
he/she/it would be prowlingthey would be prowling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have prowledwe should/would have prowled
you would have prowledyou would have prowled
he/she/it would have prowledthey would have prowled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been prowlingwe should/would have been prowling
you would have been prowlingyou would have been prowling
he/she/it would have been prowlingthey would have been prowling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am prowledwe are prowled
you are prowledyou are prowled
he/she/it is prowledthey are prowled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being prowledwe are being prowled
you are being prowledyou are being prowled
he/she/it is being prowledthey are being prowled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been prowledwe have been prowled
you have been prowledyou have been prowled
he/she/it has been prowledthey have been prowled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was prowledwe were prowled
you were prowledyou were prowled
he/she/it was prowledthey were prowled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being prowledwe were being prowled
you were being prowledyou were being prowled
he/she/it was being prowledthey were being prowled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been prowledwe had been prowled
you had been prowledyou had been prowled
he/she/it had been prowledthey had been prowled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be prowledwe shall/will be prowled
you will be prowledyou will be prowled
he/she/it will be prowledthey will be prowled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been prowledwe shall/will have been prowled
you will have been prowledyou will have been prowled
he/she/it will have been prowledthey will have been prowled