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The Father's, which was an imperious one, was now at last breaking through sheer emotion.
Celle du père, impérieuse, finissait par se briser d’émotion.
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
In retrospect, it seems sheer idiocy.
Avec le recul, cela semble relever de l'idiotie pure et simple.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 2000.
© Flammarion, 2000, pour la traduction franсaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1936-1945 Nemesis
Kershaw, Ian
© 2000 by Ian Kershaw
The child was ill-kept, and grew up anyhow in the garden, or in the large rooms left untidy in sheer despair, amidst broken toys, uncleanliness and destruction.
Il fut assez mal tenu, il s’éleva un peu à l’aventure, au travers du jardin et des pièces laissées en désordre de désespoir, encombrées de langes, de jouets cassés, de l’ordure et du massacre d’un petit monsieur qui fait ses dents.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
But the theory of relativity took its point of departure from a long anterior development of mathematical speculation. However great he may be, no man can dispense with the labor of generations by the sheer force of his genius.
Mais la théorie de la relativité prend son point de départ dans un long développement antérieur de spéculations mathématiques ; si grand fût-il, aucun homme ne pouvait, par la seule force de son génie, suppléer à ce travail des générations.
Bloch, Marc / The Historian's CraftBloch, Marc / Apologie pour l'Histoire
Apologie pour l'Histoire
Bloch, Marc
© Armand Colin, Paris, 2007, 2009, pour la présente impression
© Armand Colin/VUEF, Paris, 2002
© Armand Colin, Paris, 1993, 1997
The Historian's Craft
Bloch, Marc
© 1953, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Our king in two persons—see on what a mystery rests !—having accepted the crown out of sheer good nature, avoided attempting the slightest reform.
Notre roi en deux personnes, – vois à quoi tient un mystère ! – ayant accepté la couronne par simple complaisance, se garda de tenter la moindre réforme.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
"The devil! Master Pathfinder, or you, Mr. Eau-douce" (for so Cap began to style Jasper), "had you not better give the canoe a sheer, and get nearer to the shore?
– Du diable ! – s’écria Cap, – monsieur Pathfinder, ou vous monsieur Eau-douce, – car il commençait à nommer ainsi Jasper pour paraître se prêter plus cordialement aux usages des frontières, – ne feriez-vous pas mieux de vous rapprocher du rivage ?
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
He was sheer brain, icy, cool, calculating, as ruthless as a steam hammer.
Il était pur cerveau, et froid, impassible, mathématique, impitoyable comme un marteau-pilon.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
The architect stammered from sheer vexation: 'Yes, I am going to pay a visit.
L’architecte bégaya de contrariété. «Oui, je vais faire une visite…
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
The most noticeable effects on the environment result from the sheer number of spectators, their transport to the event venue and their behaviour.
Les impacts environnementaux les plus notables proviennent principalement de la densité du public, de son déplacement vers le lieu de la manifestation et de son comportement.
© Copyright 2009
© Copyright 2009
It is madness, sheer madness
C’est de la folie, de la pure folie...
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Here was a piece of sheer monumental luck.
C’était là une chance absolument invraisemblable.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Just look how she is manoeuvring the train of her dress! Some day, my dear fellow, that old woman will burst of sheer triumph in the middle of her green drawing-room!'
Hein! comme elle manoeuvre la queue de sa robe.... Cette vieille-là, mon brave, crèvera un soir de triomphe, au milieu de son salon vert.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
She had, indeed, quite succeeded in winning the confidence of Marthe, who, from sheer lassitude, handed over to her the petty details of the household management.
Elle avait, en effet, su gagner la confiance de Marthe, qui, par lassitude, se déchargeait sur elle des menus soins de la maison.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Despite the violence and disarray of Egypt’s November 2005 parliamentary elections, the sheer innovation of the campaign was significant.
Pourtant, malgré la violence et le désordre qui ont émaillé les élections législatives égyptiennes de novembre 2005, l’innovation introduite par la présence de la NCME a eu un réel effet.
©Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. 1996 - 2009.
I think that the look in my companion's eyes, the sheer naked scare on his face, completed my conviction of his honesty.
Le regard que je surpris dans les yeux de mon interlocuteur, le réel effroi peint sur ses traits, achevèrent de me convaincre.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John

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sheer

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesheersheers
Possessive casesheer'ssheers'

sheer

adjective
Positive degreesheer
Comparative degreesheerer
Superlative degreesheerest

sheer

verb
Basic forms
Pastsheered
Imperativesheer
Present Participle (Participle I)sheering
Past Participle (Participle II)sheered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sheerwe sheer
you sheeryou sheer
he/she/it sheersthey sheer
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sheeringwe are sheering
you are sheeringyou are sheering
he/she/it is sheeringthey are sheering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sheeredwe have sheered
you have sheeredyou have sheered
he/she/it has sheeredthey have sheered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sheeringwe have been sheering
you have been sheeringyou have been sheering
he/she/it has been sheeringthey have been sheering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sheeredwe sheered
you sheeredyou sheered
he/she/it sheeredthey sheered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sheeringwe were sheering
you were sheeringyou were sheering
he/she/it was sheeringthey were sheering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sheeredwe had sheered
you had sheeredyou had sheered
he/she/it had sheeredthey had sheered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sheeringwe had been sheering
you had been sheeringyou had been sheering
he/she/it had been sheeringthey had been sheering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sheerwe shall/will sheer
you will sheeryou will sheer
he/she/it will sheerthey will sheer
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sheeringwe shall/will be sheering
you will be sheeringyou will be sheering
he/she/it will be sheeringthey will be sheering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sheeredwe shall/will have sheered
you will have sheeredyou will have sheered
he/she/it will have sheeredthey will have sheered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sheeringwe shall/will have been sheering
you will have been sheeringyou will have been sheering
he/she/it will have been sheeringthey will have been sheering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sheerwe should/would sheer
you would sheeryou would sheer
he/she/it would sheerthey would sheer
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sheeringwe should/would be sheering
you would be sheeringyou would be sheering
he/she/it would be sheeringthey would be sheering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sheeredwe should/would have sheered
you would have sheeredyou would have sheered
he/she/it would have sheeredthey would have sheered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been sheeringwe should/would have been sheering
you would have been sheeringyou would have been sheering
he/she/it would have been sheeringthey would have been sheering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am sheeredwe are sheered
you are sheeredyou are sheered
he/she/it is sheeredthey are sheered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being sheeredwe are being sheered
you are being sheeredyou are being sheered
he/she/it is being sheeredthey are being sheered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been sheeredwe have been sheered
you have been sheeredyou have been sheered
he/she/it has been sheeredthey have been sheered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was sheeredwe were sheered
you were sheeredyou were sheered
he/she/it was sheeredthey were sheered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being sheeredwe were being sheered
you were being sheeredyou were being sheered
he/she/it was being sheeredthey were being sheered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been sheeredwe had been sheered
you had been sheeredyou had been sheered
he/she/it had been sheeredthey had been sheered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be sheeredwe shall/will be sheered
you will be sheeredyou will be sheered
he/she/it will be sheeredthey will be sheered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been sheeredwe shall/will have been sheered
you will have been sheeredyou will have been sheered
he/she/it will have been sheeredthey will have been sheered