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There were some other provisions, such as biscuits, fruit, and chocolate, on a few shelves.
Quelques autres provisions occupaient une sorte d’armoire, des biscuits, des fruits, du chocolat.
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
He could see him kicking the apparatus against the walls, smashing the phials on the floor, wrenching down the shelves, and tearing and burning his manuscripts.
Il le voyait jetant à coups de pied les appareils contre les murs, brisant les fioles sur le parquet, arrachant les planches, déchirant et brûlant ses manuscrits.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
As William penetrated into the laboratory, he expected to find again, in their place, the apparatus and the shelves, the books and the manuscripts.
Guillaume, en pénétrant dans le laboratoire, s’attendait à retrouver à leur place les appareils et les planches, les livres et les manuscrits.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
There, in a sort of basement, low and dark, like a gallery in a mine, Pierre could discern some hundreds of men, women, and children, stretched on shelves fixed one above another, or lying on the floor in heaps.
Alors, dans une sorte de souterrain obscur et bas, pareil aux galeries des mines, Pierre aperçut des centaines d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants étendus sur des planches superposées ou grouillant par tas sur le sol.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
The shelves had the melancholy emptiness and the false luxury of families where inferior meat is purchased so as to be able to put flowers on the table.
Les planches avaient le vide mélancolique et le faux luxe des familles où l'on achète de la basse viande, afin de pouvoir mettre des fleurs sur la table.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
" The fact is," he observed, " I intended arranging these shelves this evening."
– C'est que, ce soir, fit-il remarquer, je comptais mettre un peu d'ordre dans ces cases.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
And then a china statuette on the shelves by the bed: a slender ballerina with her partner.
Et puis, une statuette de faïence sur l'étagère près du lit: une ballerine élancée avec son partenaire.
Makine, Andrei / Once Upon The River LoveMakine, Andrei / Au temps du fleuve Amour
Au temps du fleuve Amour
Makine, Andrei
© 1994 by Editions du Felin
Once Upon The River Love
Makine, Andrei
© 1998 by Geoffrey Strachan
© 1994 by Editions du Felin
One half of the building was occupied by the father's chemical laboratory, with its stove, experiment tables, shelves for apparatus, glass cases and cupboards for phials and jars.
D’abord, le père qui occupait une moitié de la salle avec son laboratoire de chimiste, le fourneau, les tables d’expérience, les planches pour ranger les appareils, les vitrines, les armoires encombrées de fioles et de bocaux.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
What had been a conservatory had now no window-shades, and on the mouldering shelves stood some dry, forsaken flower-pots, with sticks in them, whose dried leaves showed they had once been plants.
Ce qui avait été une serre, maintenant sans vitres ni châssis, étalait, sur des restes de gradins, quelques pots à fleurs garnis de baguettes, dont le feuillage desséché attestait qu’autrefois les bâtons avaient été des plantes.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
A blast of poverty had swept into the place, emptying the shelves of the casts from the antique, and smashing stands and buckets, which were now held together with bits of rope.
Un vent de misère avait soufflé là, vidant les planches des moulages antiques, cassant les selles et les baquets, raccommodés avec des cordes.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
It was where the tow-path shelves gently down into the water, and we were camping on the opposite bank, noticing things in general.
À cet endroit, le chemin de halage descend en pente douce et s’enfonce sous l’eau. Nous campions sur la berge opposée, d’où nous pouvions observer tout ce qui se passait.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
There were still flowers on the shelves, – all white, delicate and fragrant, with graceful, drooping leaves.
Il y avait sur toutes les étagères des fleurs blanches, délicates, parfumées, aux feuilles gracieuses et retombantes.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
The new caps, of brighter whiteness, formed hollow spots on the blue paper covering the shelves.
Les bonnets neufs, d'un blanc plus éclatant, faisaient des taches crues sur le papier bleu dont les planches étaient garnies.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
A few planks, fixed to one of the walls, did duty as book-shelves.
Contre un des murs, quelques planches tenaient lieu de bibliothèque.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
I waited for a bit, and then started to explore the cupboard shelves.
Après une courte attente, je me mis à explorer les rayons du placard.
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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Collocations

shelf life
durée de conservation
continental shelf
plateau continental
shelf life
durée de vie
shelf space
linéaire
Protocol to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf
Protocole au Protocole pour la répression d'actes illicites contre la sécurité des plates-formes fixes situées sur le plateau continental

Word forms

shelf

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseshelfshelves
Possessive caseshelf'sshelves'

shelve

verb
Basic forms
Pastshelved
Imperativeshelve
Present Participle (Participle I)shelving
Past Participle (Participle II)shelved
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I shelvewe shelve
you shelveyou shelve
he/she/it shelvesthey shelve
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am shelvingwe are shelving
you are shelvingyou are shelving
he/she/it is shelvingthey are shelving
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have shelvedwe have shelved
you have shelvedyou have shelved
he/she/it has shelvedthey have shelved
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been shelvingwe have been shelving
you have been shelvingyou have been shelving
he/she/it has been shelvingthey have been shelving
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I shelvedwe shelved
you shelvedyou shelved
he/she/it shelvedthey shelved
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was shelvingwe were shelving
you were shelvingyou were shelving
he/she/it was shelvingthey were shelving
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had shelvedwe had shelved
you had shelvedyou had shelved
he/she/it had shelvedthey had shelved
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been shelvingwe had been shelving
you had been shelvingyou had been shelving
he/she/it had been shelvingthey had been shelving
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will shelvewe shall/will shelve
you will shelveyou will shelve
he/she/it will shelvethey will shelve
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be shelvingwe shall/will be shelving
you will be shelvingyou will be shelving
he/she/it will be shelvingthey will be shelving
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have shelvedwe shall/will have shelved
you will have shelvedyou will have shelved
he/she/it will have shelvedthey will have shelved
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been shelvingwe shall/will have been shelving
you will have been shelvingyou will have been shelving
he/she/it will have been shelvingthey will have been shelving
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would shelvewe should/would shelve
you would shelveyou would shelve
he/she/it would shelvethey would shelve
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be shelvingwe should/would be shelving
you would be shelvingyou would be shelving
he/she/it would be shelvingthey would be shelving
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have shelvedwe should/would have shelved
you would have shelvedyou would have shelved
he/she/it would have shelvedthey would have shelved
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been shelvingwe should/would have been shelving
you would have been shelvingyou would have been shelving
he/she/it would have been shelvingthey would have been shelving
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am shelvedwe are shelved
you are shelvedyou are shelved
he/she/it is shelvedthey are shelved
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being shelvedwe are being shelved
you are being shelvedyou are being shelved
he/she/it is being shelvedthey are being shelved
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been shelvedwe have been shelved
you have been shelvedyou have been shelved
he/she/it has been shelvedthey have been shelved
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was shelvedwe were shelved
you were shelvedyou were shelved
he/she/it was shelvedthey were shelved
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being shelvedwe were being shelved
you were being shelvedyou were being shelved
he/she/it was being shelvedthey were being shelved
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been shelvedwe had been shelved
you had been shelvedyou had been shelved
he/she/it had been shelvedthey had been shelved
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be shelvedwe shall/will be shelved
you will be shelvedyou will be shelved
he/she/it will be shelvedthey will be shelved
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been shelvedwe shall/will have been shelved
you will have been shelvedyou will have been shelved
he/she/it will have been shelvedthey will have been shelved