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But all young passions, being, like youth itself, essentially spendthrift, raze their forests to the ground instead of merely cutting the timber.Mais essentiellement dissipatrices, les premières passions, de même que les jeunes gens, coupent leurs forêts à blanc au lieu de les aménager.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
"Yes!" he slowly replied in his pure and musical voice, "we mean to raze it and not leave a stone of it, but raze it in order to build it up again."« Oui ! dit-il lentement de sa pure voix musicale, oui ! la raser, n’en pas laisser une seule pierre ! mais la détruire pour la reconstruire ! »Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
And the violent deeds of civil war and the ravages of invasion swept by like whirlwinds, throwing down the walls, razing the palaces and towers.Et les violences des guerres civiles les ravages des invasions, passèrent telles que des ouragans, abattirent les murailles, rasèrent les palais et les tours.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Still he proceeded like one who bore a charmed life; for, while his rude frontier garments were more than once cut, his skin was not razed.Cependant il était comme un homme dont la vie est protégée par un charme ; car, quoique ses vêtements fussent percés en plusieurs endroits, il n’avait pas reçu une seule blessure.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
It fell at last, and then the walls were razed.Elle tomba finalement, et ses vainqueurs rasèrent les murs.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
Perhaps he dreamt of what he would do with those new districts with which the city had been soiled. Should they be razed, or left as evidence of the insanity of the usurpers?Peut-être rêvait-il à ce qu’il ferait de ces quartiers nouveaux, dont on l’avait souillée : les abattrait-il, les laisserait-il là comme un témoignage de la démence des usurpateurs ?Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
The city will be razed to the ground, levelled, cleansed.La cité sera rasée, nivelée, débarbouillée, badigeonnée.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
The grey, dismal Palatine, razed like some accursed city, suddenly became animated, peopled, crowned with palaces and temples.Ce Palatin qu’il venait de visiter, ce Palatin gris et morne, rasé comme une cité maudite, semé de quelques murs croulants, tout d’un coup s’anima, se peupla, repoussa avec ses, palais et ses temples.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
"You young rascal!" said he, "it's our Rome which you dream of destroying with your bombs, which you talk of razing like a rotten, tottering house, so as to rid the world of it for ever!"« Et, scélérat que tu es, c’est notre Rome que tu rêves de détruire à coups de bombe, que tu parles de raser comme une vieille maison branlante et pourrie, afin d’en débarrasser à jamais la terre !Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
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raze
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | razed |
Imperative | raze |
Present Participle (Participle I) | razing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | razed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I raze | we raze |
you raze | you raze |
he/she/it razes | they raze |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am razing | we are razing |
you are razing | you are razing |
he/she/it is razing | they are razing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have razed | we have razed |
you have razed | you have razed |
he/she/it has razed | they have razed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been razing | we have been razing |
you have been razing | you have been razing |
he/she/it has been razing | they have been razing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I razed | we razed |
you razed | you razed |
he/she/it razed | they razed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was razing | we were razing |
you were razing | you were razing |
he/she/it was razing | they were razing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had razed | we had razed |
you had razed | you had razed |
he/she/it had razed | they had razed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been razing | we had been razing |
you had been razing | you had been razing |
he/she/it had been razing | they had been razing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will raze | we shall/will raze |
you will raze | you will raze |
he/she/it will raze | they will raze |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be razing | we shall/will be razing |
you will be razing | you will be razing |
he/she/it will be razing | they will be razing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have razed | we shall/will have razed |
you will have razed | you will have razed |
he/she/it will have razed | they will have razed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been razing | we shall/will have been razing |
you will have been razing | you will have been razing |
he/she/it will have been razing | they will have been razing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would raze | we should/would raze |
you would raze | you would raze |
he/she/it would raze | they would raze |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be razing | we should/would be razing |
you would be razing | you would be razing |
he/she/it would be razing | they would be razing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have razed | we should/would have razed |
you would have razed | you would have razed |
he/she/it would have razed | they would have razed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been razing | we should/would have been razing |
you would have been razing | you would have been razing |
he/she/it would have been razing | they would have been razing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am razed | we are razed |
you are razed | you are razed |
he/she/it is razed | they are razed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being razed | we are being razed |
you are being razed | you are being razed |
he/she/it is being razed | they are being razed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been razed | we have been razed |
you have been razed | you have been razed |
he/she/it has been razed | they have been razed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was razed | we were razed |
you were razed | you were razed |
he/she/it was razed | they were razed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being razed | we were being razed |
you were being razed | you were being razed |
he/she/it was being razed | they were being razed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been razed | we had been razed |
you had been razed | you had been razed |
he/she/it had been razed | they had been razed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be razed | we shall/will be razed |
you will be razed | you will be razed |
he/she/it will be razed | they will be razed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been razed | we shall/will have been razed |
you will have been razed | you will have been razed |
he/she/it will have been razed | they will have been razed |