When the historian questions the centuries of the past, he beholds communities sprung from primeval simplicity, rise to the highest state of civilisation, and then relapse into ancient barbarism.
Lorsque l’historien interroge les siècles, il voit les sociétés, parties de la naïveté première, s’élever jusqu’à la plus haute civilisation, puis retomber de nouveau dans l’antique barbarie.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
This sudden, overwhelming relapse had sent an icy chill through the whole carriage.
Cette foudroyante rechute avait glacé le wagon.
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
I at once relapse into the somnambulism of my working hours, into the indifference and moroseness of my fixed idea.
Tout de suite, je retombe au somnambulisme des heures de création, aux indifférences et aux maussaderies de mon idée fixe.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
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His Masterpiece
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On reaching home they found a short, urgent letter from Genevieve informing them that little Lucy had had a relapse, and summoning them in all haste.
En arrivant, ils trouvèrent une lettre de Geneviève; cette lettre, courte et pressante, leur apprenait que la petite Lucie avait eu une rechute et les appelait en hâte.
Ah, my good fellow, the idea of it! That great man ending his life like a retired grocer; that voluntary relapse into "nothingness" even before death.
Ah! ce grand homme finissant en épicier retiré, ce retour volontaire au néant, avant la mort!
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
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His Masterpiece
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If she now rose it was only to drag herself from chair to chair for a few days at a time, and then she would have a relapse and be again forced to take to her bed.
Elle ne se levait plus que pour se traîner de chaise en chaise, pendant quelques jours ; et elle retombait, elle était forcée de reprendre le lit.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
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The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Therein lies simple savagery, an abominable relapse into the primitive state in which there can only be catastrophe, conflagration, and massacre.
C’est là un simple état de sauvagerie, un abominable retour en arrière, où il n’y aura que catastrophes, qu’incendies et que massacres.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
That convent, that well-bred orphan, that adventure, all taking so romantic a turn, made him relapse into embarrassment again, into all his former awkwardness of gesture and speech.
Ce couvent, cette orpheline bien élevée, cette aventure qui tournait au romanesque, le rendaient à son embarras, à sa maladresse de gestes et de paroles.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
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His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Into what solitude and torment must he not now relapse after that companionship to which he had become accustomed?
Dans quelle solitude, dans quel tourment il y retomberait, après ces quelques semaines d’existence à deux, dont il avait déjà pris l’habitude heureuse !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
The fever had left him, and his attendants pronounced, with the usual cautions to prevent a relapse, his recovery certain.
La fièvre l’avait tout à fait quitté, et les médecins le déclarèrent hors de danger.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
And it was pitiful to see that feared and flattered man, beneath whom states and governments trembled, here turn pale with anxiety, bend low in all humility, and relapse into the senile, lisping infancy of acute passion.
Et cela faisait pitié que de voir cet homme redouté, adulé, sous lequel les États tremblaient, pâlir là d’inquiétude, se plier très humble, retomber à l’enfance sénile et zézayante du désir.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Then he would relapse into his favourite dream of all the greenery which he could feel only a step away.
Et il retombait dans le rêve caressé de ces verdures qu'il sentait près de lui, à deux pas.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Then, on reaching the Place de la Concorde, they stopped short and relapsed into silence.
Puis, lorsqu’ils se trouvèrent au milieu de la place de la Concorde, ils se turent.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
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His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
And the little house relapsed into its deep quietude, the silence of solitude and winter, through which passed the melancholy quiver of the souvenirs of childhood.
Et la petite maison retomba à sa grande paix, à ce silence de la solitude et de l’hiver, où passait le mélancolique frisson des souvenirs d’enfance.
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Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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relapse
verb
Basic forms
Past
relapsed
Imperative
relapse
Present Participle (Participle I)
relapsing
Past Participle (Participle II)
relapsed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I relapse
we relapse
you relapse
you relapse
he/she/it relapses
they relapse
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am relapsing
we are relapsing
you are relapsing
you are relapsing
he/she/it is relapsing
they are relapsing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have relapsed
we have relapsed
you have relapsed
you have relapsed
he/she/it has relapsed
they have relapsed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been relapsing
we have been relapsing
you have been relapsing
you have been relapsing
he/she/it has been relapsing
they have been relapsing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I relapsed
we relapsed
you relapsed
you relapsed
he/she/it relapsed
they relapsed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was relapsing
we were relapsing
you were relapsing
you were relapsing
he/she/it was relapsing
they were relapsing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had relapsed
we had relapsed
you had relapsed
you had relapsed
he/she/it had relapsed
they had relapsed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been relapsing
we had been relapsing
you had been relapsing
you had been relapsing
he/she/it had been relapsing
they had been relapsing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will relapse
we shall/will relapse
you will relapse
you will relapse
he/she/it will relapse
they will relapse
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be relapsing
we shall/will be relapsing
you will be relapsing
you will be relapsing
he/she/it will be relapsing
they will be relapsing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have relapsed
we shall/will have relapsed
you will have relapsed
you will have relapsed
he/she/it will have relapsed
they will have relapsed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been relapsing
we shall/will have been relapsing
you will have been relapsing
you will have been relapsing
he/she/it will have been relapsing
they will have been relapsing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would relapse
we should/would relapse
you would relapse
you would relapse
he/she/it would relapse
they would relapse
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be relapsing
we should/would be relapsing
you would be relapsing
you would be relapsing
he/she/it would be relapsing
they would be relapsing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have relapsed
we should/would have relapsed
you would have relapsed
you would have relapsed
he/she/it would have relapsed
they would have relapsed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice