"If you only knew, Monsieur l'Abbe, that poor Salvat was a forsaken child, without father or mother, and had to scour the roads and try every trade at first to get a living.
« Si vous saviez, monsieur l’abbé, ce pauvre Salvat ! un enfant abandonné, sans père ni mère, qui a couru les chemins, qui a dû faire d’abord tous les métiers pour vivre.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
She was thinking, perhaps, how easily Silvere abandoned her to go and scour the country-side.
Peut-être se disait-elle que Silvère la quittait bien facilement pour courir les campagnes.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
This was the first time that he set out scouring the roads for the attainment of independence; and how frequently, yet again and again, was he to start upon fresh campaigns, never wearying, never disheartened!
C’était la première fois qu’il s’en allait ainsi battre les chemins, à la conquête de l’indépendance, et que de fois il devait se remettre en campagne, sans se lasser jamais !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Fortunately, Rachel was just finishing scouring her saucepans, and she was able to let the young man out by the servants' staircase.
Heureusement, Rachel achevait de récurer ses cuivres, et elle put faire échapper le jeune homme par l'escalier de service.
Then there was Chaigneux, who had kept merely a modest bracket-seat for himself, and who scoured the passages, and climbed to every tier, for the last time preaching enthusiasm.
Chaigneux, qui n’avait gardé pour lui qu’un strapontin modeste, battait les couloirs, se montrait à tous les étages soufflant une dernière fois l’enthousiasme.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
He goes out and scours the city, and often ends by bringing back the indispensable crust which keeps death at bay.
L’homme sort, bat la ville, finit souvent par rapporter l’indispensable, la croûte qu’on se partage et qui empêche qu’on ne meure.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
How many there are that thus waste their lives, scouring the heavens for sight of the comet that never will come; but disdaining to look at the stars, because these can be seen by all, and, moreover, are countless in number!
Que d'êtres usent ainsi leur vie à attendre l'apparition d'une comète invraisemblable, qui ne songent jamais à regarder les autres astres parce qu'ils sont vus de tous et qu'ils sont innombrables!
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
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scour
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
scour
scours
Possessive case
scour's
scours'
scour
verb
Basic forms
Past
scoured
Imperative
scour
Present Participle (Participle I)
scouring
Past Participle (Participle II)
scoured
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I scour
we scour
you scour
you scour
he/she/it scours
they scour
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am scouring
we are scouring
you are scouring
you are scouring
he/she/it is scouring
they are scouring
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have scoured
we have scoured
you have scoured
you have scoured
he/she/it has scoured
they have scoured
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been scouring
we have been scouring
you have been scouring
you have been scouring
he/she/it has been scouring
they have been scouring
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I scoured
we scoured
you scoured
you scoured
he/she/it scoured
they scoured
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was scouring
we were scouring
you were scouring
you were scouring
he/she/it was scouring
they were scouring
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had scoured
we had scoured
you had scoured
you had scoured
he/she/it had scoured
they had scoured
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been scouring
we had been scouring
you had been scouring
you had been scouring
he/she/it had been scouring
they had been scouring
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will scour
we shall/will scour
you will scour
you will scour
he/she/it will scour
they will scour
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be scouring
we shall/will be scouring
you will be scouring
you will be scouring
he/she/it will be scouring
they will be scouring
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have scoured
we shall/will have scoured
you will have scoured
you will have scoured
he/she/it will have scoured
they will have scoured
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been scouring
we shall/will have been scouring
you will have been scouring
you will have been scouring
he/she/it will have been scouring
they will have been scouring
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would scour
we should/would scour
you would scour
you would scour
he/she/it would scour
they would scour
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be scouring
we should/would be scouring
you would be scouring
you would be scouring
he/she/it would be scouring
they would be scouring
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have scoured
we should/would have scoured
you would have scoured
you would have scoured
he/she/it would have scoured
they would have scoured
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice