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Such want of scruple in a man who, on certain occasions, could be scrupulous enough, this oblivion of the dreadful scene, this adoption of ideas against which he had fought so violently, this confident belief in himself, petrified me.
Ce manque de délicatesse chez un homme qui dans certaines occasions en montrait tant, cet oubli de la scène mortelle, cette adoption des idées contre lesquelles il s’était si violemment élevé, cette croyance en soi me pétrifiaient.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
This little innocent touch of natural taste did not please the elder sister at the moment, and she did not scruple to betray it.
Ce trait innocent de goût naturel ne plut pas à la sœur aînée, et elle ne se fit pas scrupule de le montrer.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
They fancied that Madame Raquin must feel flattered to find herself treated as a person in good health; and, from that moment, it became possible for them to be merry in her presence, without the least scruple.
Mme Raquin devait être flattée de se voir traitée en personne bien portante, et, dès lors, il leur était permis de s'égayer en sa présence sans le moindre scrupule.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
His hopes, daily postponed to the morrow, and possibly a scruple of honor, kept him from offering his services to foreign powers.
Ses espérances toujours appointées au lendemain, et peut-être aussi l’honneur, l’empêchèrent de se mettre au service des puissances étrangères.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
And he certainly accomplished wonders, cutting and carving his patients in the quietest, most unconcerned way possible, with never a scruple, never a doubt as to whether what he did was strictly right or not.
Au demeurant, pessimiste et gai, il châtrait une femme comme on châtre une lapine, et cela ne soulevait pas même chez lui un scrupule, une discussion morale : des malheureux de moins, n’était-ce pas tant mieux ?
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
And she came back and drank the milk without the slightest scruple, in spite of La Teuse's angry look.
Elle revint, but le lait sans le moindre scrupule, malgré les yeux irrités de la Teuse.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
The visitors to her drawing-room did not scruple to denounce the democratic journalist with extreme severity.
Dans son propre salon, on ne se gênait guère pour traiter le journaliste démocrate avec la dernière sévérité.
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
When they seemed all right for eating, she as seized with a scruple.
Quand ils lui parurent bons à manger, il lui prit un scrupule.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Meantime Verdigris was cudgelling her brains and debating a scruple which had just seized her.
Cependant Vert-de-Gris faisait des efforts pour réfléchir et discuter un scrupule qui venait de la prendre.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
I preferred to owe you nothing; you did not understand the scruple, for such it was.
J'ai mieux aimé ne rien vous devoir ; vous n'avez pas compris cette délicatesse, car c'en est une.
Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux Camelias
La Dame aux Camelias
Dumas fils, Alexandre
Camille
Dumas fils, Alexandre
© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
Now she shared her husband's fortune without scruple, and reigned in the house as legitimate wife.
Maintenant, elle partageait la fortune de son mari sans scrupule, elle régnait en femme légitime.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Nevertheless, he ventured to express a doubt, a scruple, which troubled his usual serenity.
Cependant, il osa exprimer un doute, un scrupule qui troublait sa sérénité habituelle.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Nevertheless, a sudden scruple seemed to come to him, for he ended by saying, condescendingly: 'Perhaps you don't like to sleep in my sheets. I'll change them.'
Pourtant, un scrupule parut le prendre; et il lâcha enfin, comme une concession: «Vous savez, si je vous répugne, je veux bien changer les draps.»
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
In short, you were scandalised at seeing one race devour another, when you yourself do not scruple to feed on the flesh of both."
Enfin, tu t’es scandalisé de voir une race en dévorer une autre, lorsque toi-même tu ne te fais aucun scrupule de te nourrir de la chair des deux.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
At this Orlando indulged in a frank outburst of gaiety: "That's a fine scruple!
Orlando s’égaya franchement. « Voilà un fier scrupule !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile

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scruple

verb
Basic forms
Pastscrupled
Imperativescruple
Present Participle (Participle I)scrupling
Past Participle (Participle II)scrupled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I scruplewe scruple
you scrupleyou scruple
he/she/it scruplesthey scruple
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am scruplingwe are scrupling
you are scruplingyou are scrupling
he/she/it is scruplingthey are scrupling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have scrupledwe have scrupled
you have scrupledyou have scrupled
he/she/it has scrupledthey have scrupled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been scruplingwe have been scrupling
you have been scruplingyou have been scrupling
he/she/it has been scruplingthey have been scrupling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I scrupledwe scrupled
you scrupledyou scrupled
he/she/it scrupledthey scrupled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was scruplingwe were scrupling
you were scruplingyou were scrupling
he/she/it was scruplingthey were scrupling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had scrupledwe had scrupled
you had scrupledyou had scrupled
he/she/it had scrupledthey had scrupled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been scruplingwe had been scrupling
you had been scruplingyou had been scrupling
he/she/it had been scruplingthey had been scrupling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will scruplewe shall/will scruple
you will scrupleyou will scruple
he/she/it will scruplethey will scruple
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be scruplingwe shall/will be scrupling
you will be scruplingyou will be scrupling
he/she/it will be scruplingthey will be scrupling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have scrupledwe shall/will have scrupled
you will have scrupledyou will have scrupled
he/she/it will have scrupledthey will have scrupled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been scruplingwe shall/will have been scrupling
you will have been scruplingyou will have been scrupling
he/she/it will have been scruplingthey will have been scrupling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would scruplewe should/would scruple
you would scrupleyou would scruple
he/she/it would scruplethey would scruple
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be scruplingwe should/would be scrupling
you would be scruplingyou would be scrupling
he/she/it would be scruplingthey would be scrupling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have scrupledwe should/would have scrupled
you would have scrupledyou would have scrupled
he/she/it would have scrupledthey would have scrupled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been scruplingwe should/would have been scrupling
you would have been scruplingyou would have been scrupling
he/she/it would have been scruplingthey would have been scrupling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am scrupledwe are scrupled
you are scrupledyou are scrupled
he/she/it is scrupledthey are scrupled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being scrupledwe are being scrupled
you are being scrupledyou are being scrupled
he/she/it is being scrupledthey are being scrupled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been scrupledwe have been scrupled
you have been scrupledyou have been scrupled
he/she/it has been scrupledthey have been scrupled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was scrupledwe were scrupled
you were scrupledyou were scrupled
he/she/it was scrupledthey were scrupled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being scrupledwe were being scrupled
you were being scrupledyou were being scrupled
he/she/it was being scrupledthey were being scrupled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been scrupledwe had been scrupled
you had been scrupledyou had been scrupled
he/she/it had been scrupledthey had been scrupled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be scrupledwe shall/will be scrupled
you will be scrupledyou will be scrupled
he/she/it will be scrupledthey will be scrupled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been scrupledwe shall/will have been scrupled
you will have been scrupledyou will have been scrupled
he/she/it will have been scrupledthey will have been scrupled

scruple

noun
SingularPlural
Common casescruplescruples
Possessive casescruple'sscruples'