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Why do you keep loping about like a fa'a'n that's showing its dam how well it can skip, when you're a warrior grown, yourself, and a warrior grown defies you and all your silly antiks.
Vous avez l’air d’un faon qui veut montrer à sa mère qu’il est en état de sauter, tandis que vous êtes un guerrier, et qu’un autre guerrier vous défie, vous et tous les vôtres.
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
The only unfortunate part of the matter is that he doesn't get on very well with Péqueur; they are always wrangling about some silly trifles or other.'
Le malheur est qu'il ne s'entend guère avec Péqueur; ils discutent toujours ensemble sur des bêtises.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
There came persons of small independent means, old men who were thin and shrivelled-up, idlers who entered because they had nothing to do, and who looked at the bodies in a silly manner with the pouts of peaceful, delicate-minded men.
Puis venaient de petits rentiers, des vieillards maigres et secs, des flâneurs qui entraient par désoeuvrement et qui regardaient les corps avec des yeux bêtes et des moues d'hommes paisibles et délicats.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
« People are not always as silly as we were yesterday.
On est des fois moins bête que nous, hier....
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
It is a dreadful thing to say, my friend, but a less virtuous woman might have made me more happy by lending herself to consolations which Blanche never thinks of, for she is as silly as a child.
Tenez, ceci est affreux à dire, mon ami, mais une femme moins vertueuse qu’elle m’aurait rendu plus heureux en se prêtant à des adoucissements que Blanche n’imagine pas, car elle est niaise comme un enfant!
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
The young woman talked of showing these folk the door; their bursts of foolish laughter and silly reflections irritated her.
La jeune femme parla de mettre ces gens à la porte, ils l'irritaient avec leurs éclats de rire bêtes, avec leurs réflexions sottes.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
He was speaking to a friend of a silly little thing, who blushed at the slightest word, of a novice just fresh from a convent, who cast down her eyes and made herself ugly by her over modest demeanour.
Il parlait à un ami d’une petite sotte, rougissant au moindre mot, d’une échappée de couvent, baissant les yeux, s’enlaidissant par un maintien trop modeste.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
Presently a girl came on the stage and danced, a silly affair, all a clashing of tambourines and wriggling.
Bientôt, une autre fille apparut sur l’estrade et se mit à danser, en faisant tinter ses tambourins et en se tortillant frénétiquement.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Why, you silly child, who do you think would want to buy your Harry?
Folle tête! aller s’imaginer que quelqu’un voudrait acheter son Henri!
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
'You big silly!' he said; and clasping her by the wrists as she continued skipping gleefully about him, he went on: 'No, dear; not to-day.
- La grande bête! murmura-t-il, charmé. Puis, la prenant par les poignets, pendant qu'elle continuait à sauter: - Ecoute, pas aujourd'hui.
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
"I am of the opinion of M. Grivet," said he, with silly importance.
--Moi, je suis de l'avis de M. Grivet, dit-il avec une importance bête....
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
And then, too, it would be very silly of me not to be polite to a man who can be useful to me.'
Et puis, pour ce que je veux faire de lui, moi! Je serais bien bête de n’être pas poli à l’égard d’un homme qui peut m’être utile.»
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
You are a silly thing, you have no pluck at all.
Tu es une sotte, tu n'as pas deux sous de courage.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
"I must seem very silly to you, but I am frightfully troubled by what I have just seen."
– Je dois vous paraître bien niais, mais ce que je viens de voir m'a fait un mal affreux.
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
Ah! if every one was like my big silly, this earth would be too beautiful!'
Si tout le monde était comme ma grande bête, la terre serait trop belle.
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

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silly

verb
Basic forms
Pastsillied
Imperativesilly
Present Participle (Participle I)sillying
Past Participle (Participle II)sillied
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sillywe silly
you sillyyou silly
he/she/it silliesthey silly
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sillyingwe are sillying
you are sillyingyou are sillying
he/she/it is sillyingthey are sillying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have silliedwe have sillied
you have silliedyou have sillied
he/she/it has silliedthey have sillied
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sillyingwe have been sillying
you have been sillyingyou have been sillying
he/she/it has been sillyingthey have been sillying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I silliedwe sillied
you silliedyou sillied
he/she/it silliedthey sillied
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sillyingwe were sillying
you were sillyingyou were sillying
he/she/it was sillyingthey were sillying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had silliedwe had sillied
you had silliedyou had sillied
he/she/it had silliedthey had sillied
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sillyingwe had been sillying
you had been sillyingyou had been sillying
he/she/it had been sillyingthey had been sillying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sillywe shall/will silly
you will sillyyou will silly
he/she/it will sillythey will silly
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sillyingwe shall/will be sillying
you will be sillyingyou will be sillying
he/she/it will be sillyingthey will be sillying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have silliedwe shall/will have sillied
you will have silliedyou will have sillied
he/she/it will have silliedthey will have sillied
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sillyingwe shall/will have been sillying
you will have been sillyingyou will have been sillying
he/she/it will have been sillyingthey will have been sillying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sillywe should/would silly
you would sillyyou would silly
he/she/it would sillythey would silly
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sillyingwe should/would be sillying
you would be sillyingyou would be sillying
he/she/it would be sillyingthey would be sillying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have silliedwe should/would have sillied
you would have silliedyou would have sillied
he/she/it would have silliedthey would have sillied
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been sillyingwe should/would have been sillying
you would have been sillyingyou would have been sillying
he/she/it would have been sillyingthey would have been sillying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am silliedwe are sillied
you are silliedyou are sillied
he/she/it is silliedthey are sillied
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being silliedwe are being sillied
you are being silliedyou are being sillied
he/she/it is being silliedthey are being sillied
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been silliedwe have been sillied
you have been silliedyou have been sillied
he/she/it has been silliedthey have been sillied
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was silliedwe were sillied
you were silliedyou were sillied
he/she/it was silliedthey were sillied
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being silliedwe were being sillied
you were being silliedyou were being sillied
he/she/it was being silliedthey were being sillied
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been silliedwe had been sillied
you had been silliedyou had been sillied
he/she/it had been silliedthey had been sillied
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be silliedwe shall/will be sillied
you will be silliedyou will be sillied
he/she/it will be silliedthey will be sillied
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been silliedwe shall/will have been sillied
you will have been silliedyou will have been sillied
he/she/it will have been silliedthey will have been sillied

silly

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesillysillies
Possessive casesilly'ssillies'

silly

adjective
Positive degreesilly
Comparative degreesillier
Superlative degreesilliest