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The black and white worlds had long chosen it as a battlefield for the exchange of incredible slander, endless gossip, the most nonsensical tittle-tattle.Le monde noir et le monde blanc l’avaient longtemps choisie comme un champ de bataille, pour y échanger les plus incroyables médisances, des commérages sans fin, des histoires à dormir debout.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Pepin mutters a residue of slander in tones that quiver with malice—"The hooligan, the ruffian, the blackguard!Pépin mâche des restants d’injures avec un accent fielleux et frémissant :– L’apache, la frappe, le crapulard !Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"Do not slander life," I said to her. "You are ignorant of love; love gives happiness which shines in heaven."— Ne médisez pas de la vie, lui dis-je; vous ignorez l’amour, et il a des voluptés qui rayonnent jusque dans les cieux.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
No, no ; I have no fear of any slander arising from our going to pay our respects to our excellent neighbour.Non, certes, je ne crains pas les médisances, en allant saluer notre excellent voisin.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
Unfortunately, some very horrid rumours had got abroad-slander invented by the wine-shop keeper opposite, said pious folks.Par malheur, des bruits d’avortement avaient couru: une calomnie du marchand de vin d’en face, disaient les personnes bien-pensantes.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
And he spoke of the denunciations very bitterly, like one indignant with all the slander.Amèrement, il parla de l’affaire, en homme indigné, sous le coup de la calomnie.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
Well, as for that much-slandered police force, he would tell the Chamber on what work he had really employed it the day before, and how zealously it had laboured for the cause of law and order.Eh bien ! cette police si calomniée, il pouvait dire à la Chambre à quoi il l’avait réellement employée la veille, ce qu’elle avait fait pour la justice et pour l’ordre.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
It enraged him to find that he had erred, that the earth whom he had slandered, whom he had taxed with decrepitude and barrenness was really a living, youthful, and fruitful spouse to the man who knew how to love her !Il enrageait d’avoir eu tort, de voir que cette terre diffamée par lui, traitée en vieille maîtresse stérile, était si tendre, si jeune et si féconde, pour l’homme qui savait l’aimer.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
How they slandered us yesterday in the street!"Nous déchiraient-ils, hier, dans la rue!Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
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Word forms
slander
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | slander | slanders |
Possessive case | slander's | slanders' |
slander
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | slandered |
Imperative | slander |
Present Participle (Participle I) | slandering |
Past Participle (Participle II) | slandered |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I slander | we slander |
you slander | you slander |
he/she/it slanders | they slander |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am slandering | we are slandering |
you are slandering | you are slandering |
he/she/it is slandering | they are slandering |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have slandered | we have slandered |
you have slandered | you have slandered |
he/she/it has slandered | they have slandered |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been slandering | we have been slandering |
you have been slandering | you have been slandering |
he/she/it has been slandering | they have been slandering |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I slandered | we slandered |
you slandered | you slandered |
he/she/it slandered | they slandered |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was slandering | we were slandering |
you were slandering | you were slandering |
he/she/it was slandering | they were slandering |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had slandered | we had slandered |
you had slandered | you had slandered |
he/she/it had slandered | they had slandered |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been slandering | we had been slandering |
you had been slandering | you had been slandering |
he/she/it had been slandering | they had been slandering |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will slander | we shall/will slander |
you will slander | you will slander |
he/she/it will slander | they will slander |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be slandering | we shall/will be slandering |
you will be slandering | you will be slandering |
he/she/it will be slandering | they will be slandering |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have slandered | we shall/will have slandered |
you will have slandered | you will have slandered |
he/she/it will have slandered | they will have slandered |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been slandering | we shall/will have been slandering |
you will have been slandering | you will have been slandering |
he/she/it will have been slandering | they will have been slandering |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would slander | we should/would slander |
you would slander | you would slander |
he/she/it would slander | they would slander |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be slandering | we should/would be slandering |
you would be slandering | you would be slandering |
he/she/it would be slandering | they would be slandering |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have slandered | we should/would have slandered |
you would have slandered | you would have slandered |
he/she/it would have slandered | they would have slandered |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been slandering | we should/would have been slandering |
you would have been slandering | you would have been slandering |
he/she/it would have been slandering | they would have been slandering |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am slandered | we are slandered |
you are slandered | you are slandered |
he/she/it is slandered | they are slandered |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being slandered | we are being slandered |
you are being slandered | you are being slandered |
he/she/it is being slandered | they are being slandered |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been slandered | we have been slandered |
you have been slandered | you have been slandered |
he/she/it has been slandered | they have been slandered |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was slandered | we were slandered |
you were slandered | you were slandered |
he/she/it was slandered | they were slandered |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being slandered | we were being slandered |
you were being slandered | you were being slandered |
he/she/it was being slandered | they were being slandered |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been slandered | we had been slandered |
you had been slandered | you had been slandered |
he/she/it had been slandered | they had been slandered |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be slandered | we shall/will be slandered |
you will be slandered | you will be slandered |
he/she/it will be slandered | they will be slandered |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been slandered | we shall/will have been slandered |
you will have been slandered | you will have been slandered |
he/she/it will have been slandered | they will have been slandered |