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Who did you eat, you slant-eyed Babalu?
T'as mangé qui, Babalu le nez plat?
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
The test culture is kept on a slant of nutrient agar (5.1.1).
La conservation est effectuée sur gélose nutritive inclinée (5.1.1).
She wore a yellow satin robe slashed slant-wise with black satin, a dazzling, extraordinary arrangement which suggested a blazing star with a comet's tail sweeping after it.
Elle portait une robe de satin jaune, coupée de biais de satin noir, aveuglante, extraordinaire, un astre dont la traîne ressemblait à une queue de comète.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
So he invented a system of ropes and beams, which held it slightly slanting against the wall in a cheerful light.
Aussi imagina-t-il un système de madriers et de cordes, qui la tenait contre le mur, un peu penchée, sous un jour frisant.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
The country lay spread out with a more forbidding aspect under the slanting rays of the moon, which traced out colossal shadows along the road now white with the frost.
La campagne s’étendait plus sinistre, sous les clartés obliques de la lune, qui allongeaient des ombres colossales le long de la route blanche de gelée.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
For slants, place the filled tubes on a 45 ° angle and allow agar to gel with the caps slightly unscrewed to prevent excessive condensation build-up.
Dans le cas des géloses inclinées, placer les tubes à un angle de 45° et laisser la gélose prendre; les bouchons doivent être légèrement dévissés afin de prévenir une condensation excessive.
© Sa Majesté du chef du Canada (Environnement Canada) 2006
©Her Majesty in Right of Canada (Environment Canada) 2006
The sunshine entered through the window in a slanting ray of golden light, in which the dust rising from the carpet could be seen circling.
Le soleil entrait par la fenêtre, une large trouée jaune, dans laquelle dansaient les poussières du tapis.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeZola, Emile / Une page d'amour
Une page d'amour
Zola, Emile
© 2009 GRIN Verlag
A Love Episode
Zola, Emile
© 2005 Mondial
Over Paris the slanting beams of light had yet lengthened.
Sur Paris, les rayons obliques s’étaient encore allongés.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeZola, Emile / Une page d'amour
Une page d'amour
Zola, Emile
© 2009 GRIN Verlag
A Love Episode
Zola, Emile
© 2005 Mondial
Under the glowing sky Rome stretched out in its immensity, empurpled and gilded by the slanting sunrays.
Rome, sous le ciel intense, s’étendait à l’infini, tout empourprée et dorée par le soleil oblique.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Sunlight slanted in from the left, casting a shadow on half of his rotund face.
Les rayons du soleil qui tombaient à l'oblique sur sa gauche laissaient dans l'ombre la moitié de son visage rond.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
He followed her, however, pressed close beside her, and sought to shelter her a little from the slanting rain.
Il la suivit, se serra contre elle, tâcha de la protéger un peu contre la pluie oblique.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
From one end to the other the slanting sun powdered the houses on the right bank with golden dust, while, on the left, the islets, the buildings, stood out in a black line against the blazing glory of the sunset.
D’un bout à l’autre, le soleil oblique chauffait d’une poussière d’or les maisons de la rive droite; tandis que la rive gauche, les îles, les édifices se découpaient en une ligne noire, sur la gloire enflammée du couchant.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
From his corner, the big dog follows them also with his deeply dark eye, on which the slanting sun has shaped a fine tawny ring.
De son coin, le gros chien les suit aussi de son œil honnête, profondément noir, où le soleil, posé sur lui en écharpe, met une belle roue fauve.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
I picture Sohrab’s face, the pointed meaty chin, his small seashell ears, his slanting bambooleaf eyes so much like his father’s.
Je me remémore le visage de Sohrab, son menton, ses petites oreilles en forme de coquillage, ses yeux bridés, semblables à des feuilles de bambou, qui me rappellent tant son père.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
I crawled out of my shelf into the cover of a boulder, and from it gained a shallow trench which slanted up the mountain face.
Je quittai ma terrasse en rampant et me dissimulai derrière un rocher; puis de là je gagnai une crevasse peu profonde qui coupait en biais le flanc de la montagne.
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

on the slant
en biais
slant range
distance oblique
agar slant
gélose incliné

Word forms

slant

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseslantslants
Possessive caseslant'sslants'

slant

verb
Basic forms
Pastslanted
Imperativeslant
Present Participle (Participle I)slanting
Past Participle (Participle II)slanted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I slantwe slant
you slantyou slant
he/she/it slantsthey slant
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am slantingwe are slanting
you are slantingyou are slanting
he/she/it is slantingthey are slanting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have slantedwe have slanted
you have slantedyou have slanted
he/she/it has slantedthey have slanted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been slantingwe have been slanting
you have been slantingyou have been slanting
he/she/it has been slantingthey have been slanting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I slantedwe slanted
you slantedyou slanted
he/she/it slantedthey slanted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was slantingwe were slanting
you were slantingyou were slanting
he/she/it was slantingthey were slanting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had slantedwe had slanted
you had slantedyou had slanted
he/she/it had slantedthey had slanted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been slantingwe had been slanting
you had been slantingyou had been slanting
he/she/it had been slantingthey had been slanting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will slantwe shall/will slant
you will slantyou will slant
he/she/it will slantthey will slant
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be slantingwe shall/will be slanting
you will be slantingyou will be slanting
he/she/it will be slantingthey will be slanting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have slantedwe shall/will have slanted
you will have slantedyou will have slanted
he/she/it will have slantedthey will have slanted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been slantingwe shall/will have been slanting
you will have been slantingyou will have been slanting
he/she/it will have been slantingthey will have been slanting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would slantwe should/would slant
you would slantyou would slant
he/she/it would slantthey would slant
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be slantingwe should/would be slanting
you would be slantingyou would be slanting
he/she/it would be slantingthey would be slanting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have slantedwe should/would have slanted
you would have slantedyou would have slanted
he/she/it would have slantedthey would have slanted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been slantingwe should/would have been slanting
you would have been slantingyou would have been slanting
he/she/it would have been slantingthey would have been slanting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am slantedwe are slanted
you are slantedyou are slanted
he/she/it is slantedthey are slanted
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being slantedwe are being slanted
you are being slantedyou are being slanted
he/she/it is being slantedthey are being slanted
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been slantedwe have been slanted
you have been slantedyou have been slanted
he/she/it has been slantedthey have been slanted
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was slantedwe were slanted
you were slantedyou were slanted
he/she/it was slantedthey were slanted
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being slantedwe were being slanted
you were being slantedyou were being slanted
he/she/it was being slantedthey were being slanted
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been slantedwe had been slanted
you had been slantedyou had been slanted
he/she/it had been slantedthey had been slanted
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be slantedwe shall/will be slanted
you will be slantedyou will be slanted
he/she/it will be slantedthey will be slanted
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been slantedwe shall/will have been slanted
you will have been slantedyou will have been slanted
he/she/it will have been slantedthey will have been slanted