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Now, he paused at the foot of a high bramble hedge, those brambles with coarse leaves and long thorny branches, which certainly produce the best fruit a man of refined taste can eat.
Or il s’arrêta au pied d’une grosse haie faite de ronces, de ces ronces aux feuilles rudes, aux longs bras épineux, qui produisent à coup sûr les meilleurs fruits que puisse manger un homme d’un goût recherché.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
He pretended to be a good-natured fellow, made scathing allusions with exquisite politeness, enjoying, like a connoisseur, the bitterness of the double-pointed words that he addressed to her, words the refined cruelty of which he alone understood.
Il faisait le bonhomme, l’égratignait au sang avec une exquise politesse, goûtait en gourmet l’amertume des paroles à double sens qu’il lui adressait et dont lui seul comprenait la fine cruauté.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Yet he did not dare; the feminine side of his nature, his womanly feeling, refined him in that moment of passion to the point of making him the woman in their encounter.
Cependant, il n'osait pas; son côté féminin, son sens de la femme s'affinait à cette minute de passion, au point de faire de lui la femme, dans leur approche.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Tall and slender, he had an elongated visage, with an unusually developed forehead, lofty and straight like a tower; whilst his jaws tapered, ending in a small refined chin.
Grand et mince, il avait un visage long, avec un front très développé, haut et droit comme une tour, tandis que les mâchoires s’effilaient, se terminaient en un menton très fin.
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
To make one's honeymoon journey to the land of the ice and snow, instead of to Italy, the hot land of the sun, was doubtless a very refined idea, which showed that no base materialism formed part of one's affections.
Ce voyage de leurs noces, non plus dans la chaude Italie, mais au pays des glaces et des neiges, était sans doute d’une élégance rare, qui disait bien la distinction de leur amour, exempt de toute matérialité grossière.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
'Copper' means ores and concentrates of copper: unrefined and refined copper metal, including secondary copper;
Le terme « cuivre » recouvre: les minerais et concentrés de cuivre; le cuivre métal non affiné et affiné, y compris le cuivre secondaire;
But it was quite natural to rely on more refined formulations familiar to the framers, and notably those of Mill, as they had from the beginning.
Mais, il était tout à fait normal pour les tribunaux de se fier à des formulations plus raffinées connues des rédacteurs, tout particulièrement celles de Mill, comme ils l'avaient toujours fait depuis le début.
But, as Trublot said, she was not his fancy; she seemed to him wretched and washed out, with her flat face and her thin hair, though her features were refined and pretty.
Mais, comme disait Trublot, ce n'était pas son idéal: elle lui parut pauvre, effacée, la figure plate, les cheveux rares, avec des traits fins et jolis pourtant.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Madame Juzeur appeared almost at once, dressed in black, and looking gentler and more refined than ever in her mourmng.
Du reste, madame Juzeur parut tout de suite, vêtue de noir, plus douce et plus fine encore dans ce deuil.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
She had grown much more refined, through the life of nervous excitement which she had been leading.
Elle était affinée par la vie nerveuse qu'elle menait.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
It is the educated, the intelligent, the wealthy, the refined, who ought to have equal rights and not the canaille."
Ce sont les gens bien élevés, intelligents, riches, raffinés, qui doivent avoir des droits égaux; jamais la canaille.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
The Petroleum Refining Sector includes emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels during the production of refined petroleum products.
Le secteur du raffinage du pétrole comprend les émissions attribuables à l'utilisation de combustibles fossiles durant la production de produits pétroliers raffinés.
Fats and oils, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, derived from plants other than:
Graines et huiles, même raffinées, mais non chimiquement modifiées, dérivées de végétaux autres que les végétaux suivants:
Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined
Huile d'olive et ses fractions, même raffinées
Something of this dramatic effect mingles with most of the graver usages of the American aborigines, and no doubt, like the prevalence of a similar feeling among people more sophisticated and refined, may be referred to a principle of nature.
C’était une sorte d’effet dramatique qui se rattachait à quelques-uns des plus graves usages des aborigènes américains, et c’était sans doute le résultat d’un sentiment naturel.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
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refined sugar
sucre raffiné

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refine

verb
Basic forms
Pastrefined
Imperativerefine
Present Participle (Participle I)refining
Past Participle (Participle II)refined
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I refinewe refine
you refineyou refine
he/she/it refinesthey refine
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am refiningwe are refining
you are refiningyou are refining
he/she/it is refiningthey are refining
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have refinedwe have refined
you have refinedyou have refined
he/she/it has refinedthey have refined
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been refiningwe have been refining
you have been refiningyou have been refining
he/she/it has been refiningthey have been refining
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I refinedwe refined
you refinedyou refined
he/she/it refinedthey refined
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was refiningwe were refining
you were refiningyou were refining
he/she/it was refiningthey were refining
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had refinedwe had refined
you had refinedyou had refined
he/she/it had refinedthey had refined
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been refiningwe had been refining
you had been refiningyou had been refining
he/she/it had been refiningthey had been refining
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will refinewe shall/will refine
you will refineyou will refine
he/she/it will refinethey will refine
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be refiningwe shall/will be refining
you will be refiningyou will be refining
he/she/it will be refiningthey will be refining
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have refinedwe shall/will have refined
you will have refinedyou will have refined
he/she/it will have refinedthey will have refined
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been refiningwe shall/will have been refining
you will have been refiningyou will have been refining
he/she/it will have been refiningthey will have been refining
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would refinewe should/would refine
you would refineyou would refine
he/she/it would refinethey would refine
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be refiningwe should/would be refining
you would be refiningyou would be refining
he/she/it would be refiningthey would be refining
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have refinedwe should/would have refined
you would have refinedyou would have refined
he/she/it would have refinedthey would have refined
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been refiningwe should/would have been refining
you would have been refiningyou would have been refining
he/she/it would have been refiningthey would have been refining
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am refinedwe are refined
you are refinedyou are refined
he/she/it is refinedthey are refined
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being refinedwe are being refined
you are being refinedyou are being refined
he/she/it is being refinedthey are being refined
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been refinedwe have been refined
you have been refinedyou have been refined
he/she/it has been refinedthey have been refined
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was refinedwe were refined
you were refinedyou were refined
he/she/it was refinedthey were refined
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being refinedwe were being refined
you were being refinedyou were being refined
he/she/it was being refinedthey were being refined
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been refinedwe had been refined
you had been refinedyou had been refined
he/she/it had been refinedthey had been refined
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be refinedwe shall/will be refined
you will be refinedyou will be refined
he/she/it will be refinedthey will be refined
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been refinedwe shall/will have been refined
you will have been refinedyou will have been refined
he/she/it will have been refinedthey will have been refined