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But once again the sight of some guards made him retrace his steps, and he was compelled to go back and back in the direction of Paris, chased, forced towards the very fortifications whence he had started that morning.
Puis, des gardes encore lui firent rebrousser chemin, il fut obligé de remonter toujours, d’aller tourner au carrefour des Lacs, ramené, rabattu vers les fortifications, d’où il était parti.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
And the thoughts which had come to Guillaume must have been very serious and very pressing, for he all at once began to retrace his steps and follow the workman from a distance, as if to ascertain for certain what direction he would take.
Et les réflexions qu’il fit alors durent être bien graves et bien pressantes, car il se décida tout d’un coup à revenir sur ses pas, à le suivre de loin, comme pour s’assurer de la direction qu’il prenait.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
She sighed when she reflected that she was perhaps leaving some one in suffering behind her; it was that thought that made her sometimes retrace her footsteps to examine a bush.
Elle soupirait en songeant qu’elle laissait peut-être derrière quelque souffrance ; cette crainte faisait qu’elle revenait parfois sur ses pas pour visiter un buisson.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
To say that rivers flow down to the sea and do not retrace their course is a simple translation of the principle of Carnot.
Dire que les fleuves s'écoulent vers la mer, sans pouvoir remonter à leur source, est une simple traduction du principe de Carnot.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
Thought may sometimes deceive; and the thinker who goes astray must often retrace his footsteps to the spot whence those who think not have never moved away, where they still remain faithfully seated round the silent, essential truth.
Penser, c'est souvent se tromper, et le penseur qui s'égare a fréquemment besoin, pour retrouver sa route, de revenir au lieu où sont restés fidèlement assis, autour d'une vérité silencieuse mais nécessaire, ceux qui ne pensent guère.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
When at last it became necessary for them to retrace their steps, they found a peasant standing at the open doorway of the house by the wood-side.
Puis, deux heures plus tard, quand ils sortirent du bois, ils tressaillirent: un paysan était là, sur la porte grande ouverte de la maison, et qui paraissait les avoir guettés de ses yeux rapetissés de vieux loup.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Thanks to Salvat's quiet admissions, Amadieu had been able to retrace the history of the crime hour by hour, his only remaining doubts having reference to the nature of the powder which had been employed, and the making of the bomb itself.
Heure par heure, grâce aux aveux tranquilles de celui-ci, il avait pu reconstruire l’histoire de l’attentat, ne gardant des doutes que sur la nature de la poudre employée et sur la fabrication de la bombe elle-même.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
It is therefore desirable to retrace the essentials of the jurisprudence from Dubois to Noel to determine whether the appellants' position on s. 13 is well founded. 1.
Il est donc indiqué de reprendre les principes fondamentaux énoncés dans la jurisprudence, de Dubois à Noël, pour décider du bien-fondé de la position des appelants au sujet de l'art. 13. 1.
But of the past that thus rose up before their eyes there came to them nought but invincible sadness-a sensation that things escaped them, and that it was impossible for them to retrace their way up stream and live their life over again.
Mais, de ce passé qui s’évoquait, rien ne venait qu’une mélancolie invincible, la sensation de l’éternelle fuite, l’impossibilité de remonter et de revivre.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
On two occasions already Dario had caused his companions to retrace their steps.
À deux reprises, Dario avait fait revenir ses compagnons sur leurs pas.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Germany, who was convinced of England's neutrality, was thrown into consternation at this decision, for her soldiers had already invaded Belgium and it was almost impossible to retrace her steps.
L'Allemagne, persuadée do la neutralité de l'Angleterre, fut consternée de cette décision. Ses troupes avaient déjà envahi la Belgique et elle pouvait difficilement revenir sur ses pas.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Nothing, indeed, could be loftier: the very men live once more, and retrace the history of their city, that history which has been so falsified that the teaching of it has caused generations of school-boys to hold antiquity in horror.
Rien n’est plus haut en somme, ce sont les hommes eux-mêmes qui renaissent, qui refont l’histoire, cette histoire fausse dont l’enseignement suffit à faire exécrer l’Antiquité par les générations d’élèves.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
You had hardly disappeared, when she made us retrace our steps ; the country didn't please her, she said.
À peine aviez-vous disparu, qu’elle nous a fait revenir sur nos pas ; la contrée lui plaisait, disait-elle.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
He slept several hours--a restless, feverish sleep in which he retraced in dreams the horrible vision of the past night.
Il dormait alors quelques heures, d'un sommeil inquiet et fiévreux, où il recommençait souvent en rêve l'épouvantable vision de ses veilles.
Maupassant, Guy de / Little Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de / La petite Roque
La petite Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
Little Louise Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
And now his back was turned towards Boulogne; he was retracing his steps towards Paris.
Mais il s’éloignait maintenant de Boulogne, il revenait sur ses pas.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile

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retrace

verb
Basic forms
Pastretraced
Imperativeretrace
Present Participle (Participle I)retracing
Past Participle (Participle II)retraced
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I retracewe retrace
you retraceyou retrace
he/she/it retracesthey retrace
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am retracingwe are retracing
you are retracingyou are retracing
he/she/it is retracingthey are retracing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have retracedwe have retraced
you have retracedyou have retraced
he/she/it has retracedthey have retraced
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been retracingwe have been retracing
you have been retracingyou have been retracing
he/she/it has been retracingthey have been retracing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I retracedwe retraced
you retracedyou retraced
he/she/it retracedthey retraced
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was retracingwe were retracing
you were retracingyou were retracing
he/she/it was retracingthey were retracing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had retracedwe had retraced
you had retracedyou had retraced
he/she/it had retracedthey had retraced
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been retracingwe had been retracing
you had been retracingyou had been retracing
he/she/it had been retracingthey had been retracing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will retracewe shall/will retrace
you will retraceyou will retrace
he/she/it will retracethey will retrace
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be retracingwe shall/will be retracing
you will be retracingyou will be retracing
he/she/it will be retracingthey will be retracing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have retracedwe shall/will have retraced
you will have retracedyou will have retraced
he/she/it will have retracedthey will have retraced
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been retracingwe shall/will have been retracing
you will have been retracingyou will have been retracing
he/she/it will have been retracingthey will have been retracing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would retracewe should/would retrace
you would retraceyou would retrace
he/she/it would retracethey would retrace
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be retracingwe should/would be retracing
you would be retracingyou would be retracing
he/she/it would be retracingthey would be retracing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have retracedwe should/would have retraced
you would have retracedyou would have retraced
he/she/it would have retracedthey would have retraced
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been retracingwe should/would have been retracing
you would have been retracingyou would have been retracing
he/she/it would have been retracingthey would have been retracing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am retracedwe are retraced
you are retracedyou are retraced
he/she/it is retracedthey are retraced
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being retracedwe are being retraced
you are being retracedyou are being retraced
he/she/it is being retracedthey are being retraced
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been retracedwe have been retraced
you have been retracedyou have been retraced
he/she/it has been retracedthey have been retraced
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was retracedwe were retraced
you were retracedyou were retraced
he/she/it was retracedthey were retraced
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being retracedwe were being retraced
you were being retracedyou were being retraced
he/she/it was being retracedthey were being retraced
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been retracedwe had been retraced
you had been retracedyou had been retraced
he/she/it had been retracedthey had been retraced
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be retracedwe shall/will be retraced
you will be retracedyou will be retraced
he/she/it will be retracedthey will be retraced
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been retracedwe shall/will have been retraced
you will have been retracedyou will have been retraced
he/she/it will have been retracedthey will have been retraced