The campaign against the hanging committee of the Salon was making a deuce of a row; not a shred would be left of those guardians of the ideal, who wanted to prevent nature from entering their show.
La campagne contre le jury du Salon faisait un vacarme du diable, il ne resterait pas un morceau de ses gabelous de l’idéal, qui empêcheraient la nature d’entrer.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
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There could in fact be no more distressing sight than this young woman, encompassed by luxury, covered with lace in her species of coffin, so wasted that she seemed to be a mere human shred, deposited on that platform till it could be taken away.
C’était navrant, en effet, cette jeune femme, parmi son grand luxe, couchée avec ses dentelles comme en un cercueil, si fondue, qu’elle semblait une loque, et gisant sur ce trottoir, dans l’attente d’être emportée.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
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The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
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Over yonder, there falls eddying from a poplar's peak a magpie—half white, half black, like a shred of partly-burned paper.
Là-bas, du faîte d’un peuplier descend, toute tourbillonnante, une pie qui, mi-blanche, mi-noire, semble un morceau de journal à moitié brûlé.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Be sure to tear or shred receipts, copies of credit applications, insurance forms, physician statements and credit offers.
Assurez-vous de déchiqueter ou de déchirer vos reçus, vos copies de demandes de crédit, vos formulaires d'assurance, vos documents médicaux ainsi que les offres de crédit qui vous sont envoyées.
You can imagine whether the smock made of these silken shreds was splendid to behold.
Je te laisse à penser si la blouse, faite de ces lambeaux de soie, fut splendide à voir.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
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Contes à Ninon
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But they still felt the shreds of Camille, which were ignobly squeezed between them, freezing their skins in parts, whilst in others they were burning hot.
Et ils sentaient toujours des lambeaux de Camille, qui s'écrasaient ignoblement entre eux, glaçant leur peau par endroits, tandis que le reste de leur corps brûlait.
In the life of a learned epiCuréan, which he led, there were times when he felt supreme disdain for the ambitious men about him, who fought amongst themselves for a few stray shreds of his power.
Dans sa vie d'épicurien lettré, il y avait, par instants, une profonde moquerie des ambitieux qui l'entouraient en se disputant les lambeaux de son pouvoir.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
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The Conquest of Plassans
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Some thigh-bones protrude from the heaps of rags stuck together with reddish mud; and from the holes filled with clothes shredded and daubed with a sort of tar, a spinal fragment emerges.
Des fémurs sortent d’amas de loques agglutinées par de la boue rougeâtre, ou bien, d’un trou d’étoffes effilochées et enduites d’une sorte de goudron, émerge un fragment de colonne vertébrale.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Under the cloudy, coppery sky, in the mild and mournful night, patches of wavy mist had risen, hiding many of the house-roofs with trailing shreds which looked like shrouds.
Dans la nuit si douce et si triste, sous le ciel nuageux jauni par la lune, couleur de rouille, des brumes flottantes s’étaient levées, qui cachaient en partie les toitures, derrière des lambeaux traînants, pareils à des suaires.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
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The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Keitel helped Hitler, his uniform jacket torn, his black trousers and beneath them long white underwear in shreds, out of the building.
Keitel aida Hitler à sortir des ruines. La veste de son uniforme était déchirée, ses pantalons noirs et ses longs sous-vêtements blancs en lambeaux.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Private apartments were wrecked, furniture demolished, mirrors and pictures smashed, clothing shredded, treasured possessions wantonly trashed.
Les appartements privés avaient été mis sens dessus dessous, leur mobilier démoli, les miroirs et les tableaux brisés, les vêtements lacérés, les souvenirs familiaux gratuitement saccagés.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Then, too, some of the wall paper which had come away from the plaster hung down in shreds, dead flies were scattered over the parquetry flooring; and in order to open the shutters the waiter had to engage in a perfect fight with their fastenings.
Des lambeaux du papier de tenture s’étaient décollés, pendaient, lamentables. Des mouches mortes semaient le parquet, et le garçon, pour ouvrir les persiennes, dut se battre avec la crémone.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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shred
noun
Singular
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Common case
shred
shreds
Possessive case
shred's
shreds'
shred
verb
Basic forms
Past
shred, shredded
Imperative
shred
Present Participle (Participle I)
shredding
Past Participle (Participle II)
shred, shredded
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I shred
we shred
you shred
you shred
he/she/it shreds
they shred
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am shredding
we are shredding
you are shredding
you are shredding
he/she/it is shredding
they are shredding
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have shred, shredded
we have shred, shredded
you have shred, shredded
you have shred, shredded
he/she/it has shred, shredded
they have shred, shredded
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been shredding
we have been shredding
you have been shredding
you have been shredding
he/she/it has been shredding
they have been shredding
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I shred, shredded
we shred, shredded
you shred, shredded
you shred, shredded
he/she/it shred, shredded
they shred, shredded
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was shredding
we were shredding
you were shredding
you were shredding
he/she/it was shredding
they were shredding
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had shred, shredded
we had shred, shredded
you had shred, shredded
you had shred, shredded
he/she/it had shred, shredded
they had shred, shredded
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been shredding
we had been shredding
you had been shredding
you had been shredding
he/she/it had been shredding
they had been shredding
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will shred
we shall/will shred
you will shred
you will shred
he/she/it will shred
they will shred
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be shredding
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you will be shredding
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Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have shred, shredded
we shall/will have shred, shredded
you will have shred, shredded
you will have shred, shredded
he/she/it will have shred, shredded
they will have shred, shredded
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been shredding
we shall/will have been shredding
you will have been shredding
you will have been shredding
he/she/it will have been shredding
they will have been shredding
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would shred
we should/would shred
you would shred
you would shred
he/she/it would shred
they would shred
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be shredding
we should/would be shredding
you would be shredding
you would be shredding
he/she/it would be shredding
they would be shredding
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have shred, shredded
we should/would have shred, shredded
you would have shred, shredded
you would have shred, shredded
he/she/it would have shred, shredded
they would have shred, shredded
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice