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
Still it was he, the man, the quarry, and they gave him another push, and he sank on one of the tables of the little cafe, still held and shaken, however, by the rough hands of the policemen.
C’était la bête, c’était l’homme, et on le poussa encore, et il tomba sur une des tables du petit café, assis, tenu par les rudes poings qui le secouaient.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
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In a few seconds the prairie was black with filthy birds, which clambered over the dead antelopes, and beat their wings against each other, while they tore out the eyes of the quarry with their fetid beaks.
Quelques secondes après, la prairie était noire de ces oiseaux immondes qui grimpaient sur les cadavres des antilopes, et battaient de l'aile en enfonçant leurs becs fétides dans les yeux de leurs proies.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
One large hound, a magnificent creature, finding himself too far away from the quarry, stepped back and then sprang into the very middle of the pack.
Un gros braque, une bête superbe, fâché d'être trop au bord, recula et s'élança d'un bond au milieu de la bande.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
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His Excellency
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One might have fancied oneself above some very ancient, abandoned stone quarry, which a few clumps of trees spotted with dark green.
On aurait dit quelque très ancienne carrière de pierres abandonnée, éclairée d’aplomb, que les rares îlots d’arbres tachaient seuls de vert sombre.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
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The hunters were at last on the right scent, prudence had become superfluous, and it was only by flight that the quarry might now hope to escape.
Enfin les chasseurs tenaient la piste, toute prudence devenait inutile l’homme n’avait plus qu’à chercher le salut suprême dans la fuite.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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Assessment and verification: the applicant shall provide appropriate documentation to show whether or not there is any interference between the quarry and the surface water-body.
Évaluation et vérification: le postulant doit fournir les documents adéquats indiquant s'il y a interférence ou non entre la carrière et la masse d'eau de surface.
Five cut-glass chandeliers sparkled above the long table, illumining the silver centre-pieces, which represented such hunting scenes as the starting of the stag, the horns sounding the view-halloa, and the hounds seizing the quarry.
Cinq lustres flambaient au-dessus de la longue table, allumant les pièces d'argenterie du surtout, des scènes de chasse, avec le cerf au départ, les cors sonnant l'hallali, les chiens arrivant à la curée.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
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His Excellency
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Collocations
stone quarry
carrière de pierre
Word forms
quarry
verb
Basic forms
Past
quarried
Imperative
quarry
Present Participle (Participle I)
quarrying
Past Participle (Participle II)
quarried
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I quarry
we quarry
you quarry
you quarry
he/she/it quarries
they quarry
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am quarrying
we are quarrying
you are quarrying
you are quarrying
he/she/it is quarrying
they are quarrying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have quarried
we have quarried
you have quarried
you have quarried
he/she/it has quarried
they have quarried
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been quarrying
we have been quarrying
you have been quarrying
you have been quarrying
he/she/it has been quarrying
they have been quarrying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I quarried
we quarried
you quarried
you quarried
he/she/it quarried
they quarried
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was quarrying
we were quarrying
you were quarrying
you were quarrying
he/she/it was quarrying
they were quarrying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had quarried
we had quarried
you had quarried
you had quarried
he/she/it had quarried
they had quarried
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been quarrying
we had been quarrying
you had been quarrying
you had been quarrying
he/she/it had been quarrying
they had been quarrying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will quarry
we shall/will quarry
you will quarry
you will quarry
he/she/it will quarry
they will quarry
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be quarrying
we shall/will be quarrying
you will be quarrying
you will be quarrying
he/she/it will be quarrying
they will be quarrying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have quarried
we shall/will have quarried
you will have quarried
you will have quarried
he/she/it will have quarried
they will have quarried
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been quarrying
we shall/will have been quarrying
you will have been quarrying
you will have been quarrying
he/she/it will have been quarrying
they will have been quarrying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would quarry
we should/would quarry
you would quarry
you would quarry
he/she/it would quarry
they would quarry
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be quarrying
we should/would be quarrying
you would be quarrying
you would be quarrying
he/she/it would be quarrying
they would be quarrying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have quarried
we should/would have quarried
you would have quarried
you would have quarried
he/she/it would have quarried
they would have quarried
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice