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"Oh! I shall recollect," said she with a shudder, and in a voice light as a puff of breath.
--Oh! je me souviendrai, dit-elle en frissonnant, d'une voix légère comme un souffle.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
The Abbe wiped the little motionless hands, and putting the last puff of cotton in the remaining cornet, he threw the five papers into the fire at the back of the stove.
L'abbé essuya les mains, fit disparaître le flocon d'ouate dans le dernier cornet de papier blanc, et brûla les cinq cornets, au fond du poêle.
Zola, Emile / The DreamZola, Emile / Le Reve
Le Reve
Zola, Emile
The Dream
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
These gentlemen who, on the previous evening, had left the drawing-room with such precipitation at the news of the insurgents' approach, came back, inquisitive and importunate, like a swarm of buzzing flies which a puff of wind would have dispersed.
Ces messieurs qui, la veille au soir, avaient quitté si précipitamment le salon jaune, à la nouvelle de l’approche des insurgés, revenaient, bourdonnants, curieux et importuns, comme un essaim de mouches qu’aurait dispersé un coup de vent.
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
If no immediate improvement during an attack, continue to take one puff of reliever inhaler every minute for five minutes or until symptoms improve.
Si vous ne constatez aucune amélioration pendant la crise, continuez à inhaler une bouffée chaque minute pendant cinq minutes ou jusqu'à ce que les symptômes se dissipent
©Asthma UK 2009
There was not a sound, not a soul, not a puff of that vapor which was like the very breath of the place.
Plus un bruit, plus une âme, plus un souffle de cette vapeur qui était comme l’haleine même de la maison.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
The murderers shivered, and drawing nearer the fire, extended their hands towards the flame as if an icy puff of wind had suddenly passed through the warm room.
Les meurtriers eurent un frisson. Ils se rapprochèrent du feu; ils étendirent leurs mains devant la flamme, comme si un souffle glacé eût subitement passé dans la chambre chaude.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
I can only say that their faces look a little dark upon me, but it doesn't thunder every time a black cloud rises, nor does every puff of wind blow up rain.
Tout ce que je puis dire, c’est qu’ils me regardent un peu de travers. Mais il ne tonne pas toutes les fois qu’il passe un nuage noir, et toutes les bouffées de vent n’amènent pas de la pluie.
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
It was a very dark October night, without a star or a puff of wind, a black, dead night.
La nuit était très sombre, une nuit d'octobre, sans une étoile, sans un souffle, noire et morte.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Black water flowed by at one's feet, and up above white vapour spurted from a slender pipe with a regular strident puff, as if it were the very breath of that huge, toiling hive.
Des eaux noircies ruisselaient, des jets de vapeur blanche, sur un toit, sortaient par un tuyau mince en un souffle strident et régulier, tel que la respiration même de l’énorme ruche en besogne.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
All the surrounding district of poverty and toil was still asleep, not a gleam as yet came from workrooms or yards, not a puff of smoke from the lofty factory chimneys.
Puis, aux alentours, le quartier de pauvreté et de travail dormait encore, les ateliers et les chantiers restaient noirs, les hautes cheminées refroidies des usines n’avaient toujours pas leur panache de fumée.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
He allowed Pierre to reign, puff himself out with importance and speak with authority, content to restrain or urge him on, according to the necessities of the cause.
Il laissa Pierre trôner, se gonfler d’importance, parler en maître, se contentant de le retenir ou de le jeter en avant, selon les nécessités de la cause.
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 she quickly put on a charming smile again, and began to puff out little whiffs of smoke while saying: ' Oh, dear no, you're very nice, I was thinking about something, my dear fellow.
Mais elle reprit aussitôt son rire adorable, soufflant sa fumée par minces filets, murmurant:«Non, non, je vous trouve très bien.... Je pensais à une chose, mon cher.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
She stood on the distant skyline as the 'Gate of Heaven,' a glimpse of which he caught behind her shoulders when a puff of wind threw back the folds of her veil.
Elle se tenait debout à l'horizon, elle était la Porte du ciel, qu'il entrevoyait derrière ses épaules, lorsqu'un souffle de vent écartait les plis de son voile.
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
When inspection time comes, one of the matrons comes around with a white glove on her hand, and there better not be any dust on anything, or puff, there go those cigarettes again.
À l'heure de l'inspection, une des gardiennes faisait le tour des chambres gantée de blanc et vous n'aviez pas intérêt à ce qu'il y ait de la poussière, sinon pfuit ! c'étaient encore vos cigarettes qui disparaissaient.
Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William / Lady sings the bluesHoliday, Billie,Dufty, William / Lady sings the blues
Lady sings the blues
Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William
© 1956, by Eleonora Fagan and William F. Dufty.
© 1984, 2003, 2009, pour la traduction francaise: Editions Parentheses
Lady sings the blues
Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William
© 1956, by Eleonora Fagan and William F. Dufty.
He comes in quietly with his hat on, appropriates the most comfortable chair, lights his pipe, and commences to puff in silence.
Il entre tranquillement, le chapeau sur la tête, s’approprie le siège le plus confortable, allume sa pipe et commence à fumer en silence.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka

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Collocations

puff-pastry
pâte feuilletée
puff pastry
Feuilleté
puff up
boursoufler

Word forms

puff

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepuffpuffs
Possessive casepuff'spuffs'

puff

verb
Basic forms
Pastpuffed
Imperativepuff
Present Participle (Participle I)puffing
Past Participle (Participle II)puffed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I puffwe puff
you puffyou puff
he/she/it puffsthey puff
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am puffingwe are puffing
you are puffingyou are puffing
he/she/it is puffingthey are puffing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have puffedwe have puffed
you have puffedyou have puffed
he/she/it has puffedthey have puffed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been puffingwe have been puffing
you have been puffingyou have been puffing
he/she/it has been puffingthey have been puffing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I puffedwe puffed
you puffedyou puffed
he/she/it puffedthey puffed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was puffingwe were puffing
you were puffingyou were puffing
he/she/it was puffingthey were puffing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had puffedwe had puffed
you had puffedyou had puffed
he/she/it had puffedthey had puffed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been puffingwe had been puffing
you had been puffingyou had been puffing
he/she/it had been puffingthey had been puffing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will puffwe shall/will puff
you will puffyou will puff
he/she/it will puffthey will puff
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be puffingwe shall/will be puffing
you will be puffingyou will be puffing
he/she/it will be puffingthey will be puffing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have puffedwe shall/will have puffed
you will have puffedyou will have puffed
he/she/it will have puffedthey will have puffed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been puffingwe shall/will have been puffing
you will have been puffingyou will have been puffing
he/she/it will have been puffingthey will have been puffing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would puffwe should/would puff
you would puffyou would puff
he/she/it would puffthey would puff
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be puffingwe should/would be puffing
you would be puffingyou would be puffing
he/she/it would be puffingthey would be puffing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have puffedwe should/would have puffed
you would have puffedyou would have puffed
he/she/it would have puffedthey would have puffed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been puffingwe should/would have been puffing
you would have been puffingyou would have been puffing
he/she/it would have been puffingthey would have been puffing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am puffedwe are puffed
you are puffedyou are puffed
he/she/it is puffedthey are puffed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being puffedwe are being puffed
you are being puffedyou are being puffed
he/she/it is being puffedthey are being puffed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been puffedwe have been puffed
you have been puffedyou have been puffed
he/she/it has been puffedthey have been puffed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was puffedwe were puffed
you were puffedyou were puffed
he/she/it was puffedthey were puffed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being puffedwe were being puffed
you were being puffedyou were being puffed
he/she/it was being puffedthey were being puffed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been puffedwe had been puffed
you had been puffedyou had been puffed
he/she/it had been puffedthey had been puffed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be puffedwe shall/will be puffed
you will be puffedyou will be puffed
he/she/it will be puffedthey will be puffed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been puffedwe shall/will have been puffed
you will have been puffedyou will have been puffed
he/she/it will have been puffedthey will have been puffed