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They reminded one of the childish drawings which street urchins scrawl upon blank walls.On aurait dit les dessins puérils que les gamins des rues tracent sur les murs.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
I thought I knew the motives for your disappearance--not only the police, the other one too--and when I got Harry's scrawl I guessed at the rest.Je crus comprendre que votre disparition avait pour cause non seulement la police, mais encore une autre crainte – et en recevant le billet de Harry je devinai le reste.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
On the post the soldiers had scrawled inscriptions and protests.Sur le poteau, il y avait, gribouillées par les soldats, des inscriptions et des protestations.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Bit by bit, such parts of the partitions as had remained unoccupied had become covered with inscriptions and drawings, a constantly rising flotsam and jetsam of scrawls traced there as on the margin of an ever-open book.Peu à peu, tous les pans restés libres s’étaient salis d’inscriptions, de dessins, d’une écume montante, jetée là, comme sur les marges d’un livre toujours ouvert.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
Nearly all of them were letters from illiterate persons, with the superscription, "To Our Lady of Lourdes," scrawled on the envelopes in big, irregular handwriting.Presque toutes étaient de pauvres lettres d’illettrés, dont les adresses : À Notre-Dame de Lourdes, étalaient de grosses écritures irrégulières.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - LourdesLes Trois Villes - LourdesZola, EmileThe Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile
A chuckle comes from the antiquated and wrinkle-scrawled face, and then the poilu, checked for an instant by Barque's command, is jostled by the following flood and swept away.La figure surannée et gribouillée de rides ricane – puis le bonhomme, arrêté un instant sous l’injonction de Barque, est bousculé par le flot qui le suit, et emporté.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
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scrawl
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | scrawl | scrawls |
Possessive case | scrawl's | scrawls' |
scrawl
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | scrawled |
Imperative | scrawl |
Present Participle (Participle I) | scrawling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | scrawled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I scrawl | we scrawl |
you scrawl | you scrawl |
he/she/it scrawls | they scrawl |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am scrawling | we are scrawling |
you are scrawling | you are scrawling |
he/she/it is scrawling | they are scrawling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have scrawled | we have scrawled |
you have scrawled | you have scrawled |
he/she/it has scrawled | they have scrawled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been scrawling | we have been scrawling |
you have been scrawling | you have been scrawling |
he/she/it has been scrawling | they have been scrawling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I scrawled | we scrawled |
you scrawled | you scrawled |
he/she/it scrawled | they scrawled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was scrawling | we were scrawling |
you were scrawling | you were scrawling |
he/she/it was scrawling | they were scrawling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had scrawled | we had scrawled |
you had scrawled | you had scrawled |
he/she/it had scrawled | they had scrawled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been scrawling | we had been scrawling |
you had been scrawling | you had been scrawling |
he/she/it had been scrawling | they had been scrawling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will scrawl | we shall/will scrawl |
you will scrawl | you will scrawl |
he/she/it will scrawl | they will scrawl |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be scrawling | we shall/will be scrawling |
you will be scrawling | you will be scrawling |
he/she/it will be scrawling | they will be scrawling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have scrawled | we shall/will have scrawled |
you will have scrawled | you will have scrawled |
he/she/it will have scrawled | they will have scrawled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been scrawling | we shall/will have been scrawling |
you will have been scrawling | you will have been scrawling |
he/she/it will have been scrawling | they will have been scrawling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would scrawl | we should/would scrawl |
you would scrawl | you would scrawl |
he/she/it would scrawl | they would scrawl |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be scrawling | we should/would be scrawling |
you would be scrawling | you would be scrawling |
he/she/it would be scrawling | they would be scrawling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have scrawled | we should/would have scrawled |
you would have scrawled | you would have scrawled |
he/she/it would have scrawled | they would have scrawled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been scrawling | we should/would have been scrawling |
you would have been scrawling | you would have been scrawling |
he/she/it would have been scrawling | they would have been scrawling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am scrawled | we are scrawled |
you are scrawled | you are scrawled |
he/she/it is scrawled | they are scrawled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being scrawled | we are being scrawled |
you are being scrawled | you are being scrawled |
he/she/it is being scrawled | they are being scrawled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been scrawled | we have been scrawled |
you have been scrawled | you have been scrawled |
he/she/it has been scrawled | they have been scrawled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was scrawled | we were scrawled |
you were scrawled | you were scrawled |
he/she/it was scrawled | they were scrawled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being scrawled | we were being scrawled |
you were being scrawled | you were being scrawled |
he/she/it was being scrawled | they were being scrawled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been scrawled | we had been scrawled |
you had been scrawled | you had been scrawled |
he/she/it had been scrawled | they had been scrawled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be scrawled | we shall/will be scrawled |
you will be scrawled | you will be scrawled |
he/she/it will be scrawled | they will be scrawled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been scrawled | we shall/will have been scrawled |
you will have been scrawled | you will have been scrawled |
he/she/it will have been scrawled | they will have been scrawled |