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Then Pierre again found himself before the Confession, and gazed with interest at the eighty lamps, scintillating like stars.Et il se retrouva devant la Confession, intéressé par les quatre-vingt-sept lampes, scintillantes ainsi que des étoiles.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
His small dark eyes were scintillating every way at once: above, around him, and into the water.Son petit œil noir lançait des flammes dans toutes les directions, devant, autour de lui et jusque dans l'eau.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Paris, lighted up, had gone to sleep, showing no signs of life save such as attached to the gas-jets, those specks which scintillated and grew smaller and smaller in the distance till they seemed but so much starry dust.Paris allumé s’était endormi, il n’y avait plus là que la vie des becs de gaz, des taches rondes qui scintillaient, qui se rapetissaient, pour n’être, au loin, qu’une poussière d’étoiles fixes.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
One by one the stars came out in the pacified vault, now of an ashen blue, while the lights of Rome, still far away on the verge of the horizon, scintillated like the lamps of light-houses.Au firmament apaisé, devenu de cendre bleue, les étoiles s’allumaient une à une, pendant que les lumières de Rome encore lointaine, au ras de l’horizon, en face, scintillaient pareilles à des phares.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
They did not scintillate, but rather glistened with a steady greenish lustre.Ils ne scintillaient pas, mais jetaient une sorte de lueur verdâtre.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
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scintillate
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | scintillated |
Imperative | scintillate |
Present Participle (Participle I) | scintillating |
Past Participle (Participle II) | scintillated |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I scintillate | we scintillate |
you scintillate | you scintillate |
he/she/it scintillates | they scintillate |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am scintillating | we are scintillating |
you are scintillating | you are scintillating |
he/she/it is scintillating | they are scintillating |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have scintillated | we have scintillated |
you have scintillated | you have scintillated |
he/she/it has scintillated | they have scintillated |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been scintillating | we have been scintillating |
you have been scintillating | you have been scintillating |
he/she/it has been scintillating | they have been scintillating |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I scintillated | we scintillated |
you scintillated | you scintillated |
he/she/it scintillated | they scintillated |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was scintillating | we were scintillating |
you were scintillating | you were scintillating |
he/she/it was scintillating | they were scintillating |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had scintillated | we had scintillated |
you had scintillated | you had scintillated |
he/she/it had scintillated | they had scintillated |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been scintillating | we had been scintillating |
you had been scintillating | you had been scintillating |
he/she/it had been scintillating | they had been scintillating |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will scintillate | we shall/will scintillate |
you will scintillate | you will scintillate |
he/she/it will scintillate | they will scintillate |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be scintillating | we shall/will be scintillating |
you will be scintillating | you will be scintillating |
he/she/it will be scintillating | they will be scintillating |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have scintillated | we shall/will have scintillated |
you will have scintillated | you will have scintillated |
he/she/it will have scintillated | they will have scintillated |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been scintillating | we shall/will have been scintillating |
you will have been scintillating | you will have been scintillating |
he/she/it will have been scintillating | they will have been scintillating |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would scintillate | we should/would scintillate |
you would scintillate | you would scintillate |
he/she/it would scintillate | they would scintillate |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be scintillating | we should/would be scintillating |
you would be scintillating | you would be scintillating |
he/she/it would be scintillating | they would be scintillating |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have scintillated | we should/would have scintillated |
you would have scintillated | you would have scintillated |
he/she/it would have scintillated | they would have scintillated |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been scintillating | we should/would have been scintillating |
you would have been scintillating | you would have been scintillating |
he/she/it would have been scintillating | they would have been scintillating |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am scintillated | we are scintillated |
you are scintillated | you are scintillated |
he/she/it is scintillated | they are scintillated |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being scintillated | we are being scintillated |
you are being scintillated | you are being scintillated |
he/she/it is being scintillated | they are being scintillated |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been scintillated | we have been scintillated |
you have been scintillated | you have been scintillated |
he/she/it has been scintillated | they have been scintillated |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was scintillated | we were scintillated |
you were scintillated | you were scintillated |
he/she/it was scintillated | they were scintillated |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being scintillated | we were being scintillated |
you were being scintillated | you were being scintillated |
he/she/it was being scintillated | they were being scintillated |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been scintillated | we had been scintillated |
you had been scintillated | you had been scintillated |
he/she/it had been scintillated | they had been scintillated |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be scintillated | we shall/will be scintillated |
you will be scintillated | you will be scintillated |
he/she/it will be scintillated | they will be scintillated |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been scintillated | we shall/will have been scintillated |
you will have been scintillated | you will have been scintillated |
he/she/it will have been scintillated | they will have been scintillated |