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If I could only get that clear, I would solve the riddle.
Ah! l’énigme serait vite déchiffrée si je parvenais à élucider ce deuxième point!
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

There must be some way of reading this riddle.
Il devait y avoir un moyen de déchiffrer cette énigme.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John

On the other hand, Pathfinder was a riddle to Captain Sanglier.
D’un autre côté, Pathfinder était une énigme pour le capitaine Sanglier.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981

With satanic relish, Samurai continues to riddle my back with smarting stabs.
Samouraï, avec une jouissance satanique, continue à cribler mon dos de pointes cuisantes.
Makine, Andrei / Once Upon The River LoveMakine, Andrei / Au temps du fleuve Amour
Au temps du fleuve Amour
Makine, Andrei
© 1994 by Editions du Felin
Once Upon The River Love
Makine, Andrei
© 1998 by Geoffrey Strachan
© 1994 by Editions du Felin

I strained eyes and ears, mad with impatience, and I read the riddle.
Fou d’impatience, les yeux fixes, l’oreille tendue, j’essayai de déchiffrer l’énigme.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

I raised my head to ascertain: the riddle was solved at once.
Je levai la tête pour savoir de qui il s'agissait; je compris tout immédiatement.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar

When they had no more enemies before them, they riddled the facade of the Mule-Blanche with bullets.
Quand ils n’eurent plus d’ennemis devant eux, ils criblèrent de balles la façade de la Mule-Blanche.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

But I've solved the first of Harry Bullivant's riddles.
Néanmoins, j’ai déchiffré la première énigme que nous a laissée Harry Bullivant.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

Baba’s brain on those pictures looked like cross sections of a big walnut, riddled with tennis ball-shaped gray things.
Sur ces images, le cerveau de mon père ressemblait aux coupes transversales d'une grosse noix constellée de taches grises toutes rondes.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini

Outside there is torrid sunshine, riddled with flies.
Dehors, rayonnement torride, criblé de mouches.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

Water and wind attacked the passers-by; riddled, flooded, and up-heaved the roads.
L’eau et le vent assaillaient les passants, criblaient, inondaient et soulevaient les chemins.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

It is choked up in some places, in others riddled with shell-holes.
Elle est par endroits bouchée ; à d’autres, criblée de trous de marmites.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

But, under the crude glare of the gas, amidst the wreathing smoke, the Emperor descended unhurt from his riddled carriage, and saluted the throng.
Et, sous la lueur crue du gaz, au milieu de la fumée, l'empereur descendu sain et sauf de la voiture criblée de projectiles, saluait.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile

Mess-tins, pots of jam, and helmets are pierced and riddled by bullets—the scrapings and scum of a hell-broth; and the dislocated posts that survive are stippled with holes.
Les gamelles, les boîtes de conserves, les casques sont criblés et troués par les balles, on dirait des écumoires de toutes les espèces de formes ; et les piquets disloqués qui subsistent sont pointillés de trous.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

The dilapidated furniture, the frayed velvet, the chandelier soiled with fly-marks, all those poor wrecks now seemed to her like the glorious bullet-riddled debris of a battle-field.
Les meubles éclopés, le velours éraillé, le lustre noir de chiures, toutes ces ruines prirent à ses yeux un aspect de débris glorieux traînant sur un champ de bataille.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

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riddle

verb

Basic forms
Past	riddled
Imperative	riddle
Present Participle (Participle I)	riddling
Past Participle (Participle II)	riddled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I riddle	we riddle
you riddle	you riddle
he/she/it riddles	they riddle

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am riddling	we are riddling
you are riddling	you are riddling
he/she/it is riddling	they are riddling

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have riddled	we have riddled
you have riddled	you have riddled
he/she/it has riddled	they have riddled

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been riddling	we have been riddling
you have been riddling	you have been riddling
he/she/it has been riddling	they have been riddling

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I riddled	we riddled
you riddled	you riddled
he/she/it riddled	they riddled

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was riddling	we were riddling
you were riddling	you were riddling
he/she/it was riddling	they were riddling

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had riddled	we had riddled
you had riddled	you had riddled
he/she/it had riddled	they had riddled

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been riddling	we had been riddling
you had been riddling	you had been riddling
he/she/it had been riddling	they had been riddling

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will riddle	we shall/will riddle
you will riddle	you will riddle
he/she/it will riddle	they will riddle

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be riddling	we shall/will be riddling
you will be riddling	you will be riddling
he/she/it will be riddling	they will be riddling

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have riddled	we shall/will have riddled
you will have riddled	you will have riddled
he/she/it will have riddled	they will have riddled

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been riddling	we shall/will have been riddling
you will have been riddling	you will have been riddling
he/she/it will have been riddling	they will have been riddling

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would riddle	we should/would riddle
you would riddle	you would riddle
he/she/it would riddle	they would riddle

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be riddling	we should/would be riddling
you would be riddling	you would be riddling
he/she/it would be riddling	they would be riddling

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have riddled	we should/would have riddled
you would have riddled	you would have riddled
he/she/it would have riddled	they would have riddled

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been riddling	we should/would have been riddling
you would have been riddling	you would have been riddling
he/she/it would have been riddling	they would have been riddling

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am riddled	we are riddled
you are riddled	you are riddled
he/she/it is riddled	they are riddled

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being riddled	we are being riddled
you are being riddled	you are being riddled
he/she/it is being riddled	they are being riddled

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been riddled	we have been riddled
you have been riddled	you have been riddled
he/she/it has been riddled	they have been riddled

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was riddled	we were riddled
you were riddled	you were riddled
he/she/it was riddled	they were riddled

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being riddled	we were being riddled
you were being riddled	you were being riddled
he/she/it was being riddled	they were being riddled

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been riddled	we had been riddled
you had been riddled	you had been riddled
he/she/it had been riddled	they had been riddled

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be riddled	we shall/will be riddled
you will be riddled	you will be riddled
he/she/it will be riddled	they will be riddled

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been riddled	we shall/will have been riddled
you will have been riddled	you will have been riddled
he/she/it will have been riddled	they will have been riddled

riddle

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	riddle	riddles
Possessive case	riddle's	riddles'