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The brief intervals for breath, however, were well improved, and the hag succeeded in letting out a screech or two that served to alarm the camp.Elle sut pourtant profiter des courts intervalles qui lui étaient accordés, et elle réussit à pousser un cri qui alarma le camp.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Martin O. Screech, for the respondent Reni Ernst.Martin O. Screech, pour l'intimée Reni Ernst.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 22.11.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 22.11.2011
All the screeching reptyles that could stand between the falls and the garrison would have no effect on my narves at this time of day.Les cris de tous ces reptiles, fussent-ils assez nombreux pour couvrir tout le terrain entre la cataracte et la garnison, ne feraient pas aujourd’hui la moindre impression sur mes nerfs.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
Elbows, packages, shoulders, buttocks, jiggled closer with every lurch of the screeching express.Coudes, paquets, épaules, fesses s'entrechoquaient à chaque secousse du train hurlant.Dos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferManhattan TransferDos Passos, John© Editions Gallimard, 1928, pour la traduction francaise.Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John© 1925 by John Dos Passos© 1953 by Elizabeth Dos Passos
The Indians had paused to gaze into the gloom, in search of the screeching hag, and with many a man less given to reflection than the hunter, the death of one of them would have been certain.Les Indiens s’étaient arrêtés pour donner à leurs yeux le temps de chercher dans l’obscurité la vieille dont le cri les avait alarmés. Avec un homme moins habitué aux réflexions que le chasseur, la mort de l’un d’eux aurait été certaine.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Her husky voice screeched out: There was a rich pashaSa voix rauque glapissait: Il était un riche pachaZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratMadeleine FeratZola, EmileMadeleine FeratZola, Emile
They felt at home there, as in some barn whose shutters had been left open, and screeched, fought, and squabbled over the crumbs they found upon the floor.Ils étaient là chez eux, comme dans une grange, dont on aurait laissé une lucarne ouverte, piaillant, se battant, se disputant les mies rencontrées à terre.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
I had caught the young creatur' who came here with you, but her screeches soon brought down upon me a troop of the wild cats, that was too much for any single Christian to withstand.J’avais saisi la jeune créature qui vient d’arriver ici avec vous, mais ses cris perçants firent tomber sur moi une troupe de chats sauvages, trop nombreuse pour qu’un chrétien seul pût leur résister.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
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screech
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | screech | screeches |
Possessive case | screech's | screeches' |
screech
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | screeched |
Imperative | screech |
Present Participle (Participle I) | screeching |
Past Participle (Participle II) | screeched |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I screech | we screech |
you screech | you screech |
he/she/it screeches | they screech |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am screeching | we are screeching |
you are screeching | you are screeching |
he/she/it is screeching | they are screeching |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have screeched | we have screeched |
you have screeched | you have screeched |
he/she/it has screeched | they have screeched |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been screeching | we have been screeching |
you have been screeching | you have been screeching |
he/she/it has been screeching | they have been screeching |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I screeched | we screeched |
you screeched | you screeched |
he/she/it screeched | they screeched |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was screeching | we were screeching |
you were screeching | you were screeching |
he/she/it was screeching | they were screeching |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had screeched | we had screeched |
you had screeched | you had screeched |
he/she/it had screeched | they had screeched |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been screeching | we had been screeching |
you had been screeching | you had been screeching |
he/she/it had been screeching | they had been screeching |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will screech | we shall/will screech |
you will screech | you will screech |
he/she/it will screech | they will screech |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be screeching | we shall/will be screeching |
you will be screeching | you will be screeching |
he/she/it will be screeching | they will be screeching |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have screeched | we shall/will have screeched |
you will have screeched | you will have screeched |
he/she/it will have screeched | they will have screeched |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been screeching | we shall/will have been screeching |
you will have been screeching | you will have been screeching |
he/she/it will have been screeching | they will have been screeching |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would screech | we should/would screech |
you would screech | you would screech |
he/she/it would screech | they would screech |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be screeching | we should/would be screeching |
you would be screeching | you would be screeching |
he/she/it would be screeching | they would be screeching |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have screeched | we should/would have screeched |
you would have screeched | you would have screeched |
he/she/it would have screeched | they would have screeched |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been screeching | we should/would have been screeching |
you would have been screeching | you would have been screeching |
he/she/it would have been screeching | they would have been screeching |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am screeched | we are screeched |
you are screeched | you are screeched |
he/she/it is screeched | they are screeched |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being screeched | we are being screeched |
you are being screeched | you are being screeched |
he/she/it is being screeched | they are being screeched |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been screeched | we have been screeched |
you have been screeched | you have been screeched |
he/she/it has been screeched | they have been screeched |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was screeched | we were screeched |
you were screeched | you were screeched |
he/she/it was screeched | they were screeched |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being screeched | we were being screeched |
you were being screeched | you were being screeched |
he/she/it was being screeched | they were being screeched |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been screeched | we had been screeched |
you had been screeched | you had been screeched |
he/she/it had been screeched | they had been screeched |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be screeched | we shall/will be screeched |
you will be screeched | you will be screeched |
he/she/it will be screeched | they will be screeched |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been screeched | we shall/will have been screeched |
you will have been screeched | you will have been screeched |
he/she/it will have been screeched | they will have been screeched |