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"Three francs are three francs," replied he, in his slow, tired voice.
– Trois francs, c'est trois francs, répondit-il de sa voix lente et fatiguée.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
I gave her my arm, and we passed through the courtyard with slow and measured steps, as though our rhythmic movement were consoling to us. When we reached the grove of trees which forms a corner of the boundary she stopped.
Je lui donnai le bras, et nous sortîmes par les cours en marchant à pas lents, comme si nous savourions nos mouvements confondus; nous atteignîmes ainsi un bouquet d’arbres qui enveloppait un coin de l’enceinte extérieure.
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
So endless seemed the ascent that at last a halt became necessary; but the slow march was soon resumed.
Il fallut faire une halte, tant l’étage paraissait interminable. Puis, la lente marche fut reprise.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Their wild, hungry looks, and slow, proud walk at once distinguished them from "Indios manzos," the water-drawing, wood-hewing pueblos.
Leurs regards sauvages, leur démarche lente et fière, les faisaient facilement distinguer des indios manzos, des pueblos, porteurs d'eau et bûcherons.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Is it the resemblance of everything human to that slow agony of light and sound ?
Est-ce la ressemblance de toutes choses humaines avec cette lente agonie de la lumière et du bruit ?
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
Yet, there were no passionate caresses, no pleasures to make them forget the slow march of time.
D’ailleurs, pas de caresses passionnées, pas de voluptés pour oublier la marche lente des heures.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Their sufferings, now less acute, revolved in their minds like slow-moving millstones.
Leurs souffrances, moins aiguës, tournaient en eux comme des meules lentes.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Dominique began to laugh again, conscious as he was that he was astonishing, upsetting all these unknown relatives who pressed so close to him, slow with increasing curiosity.
Dominique se remit à rire, tellement il avait conscience de les étonner, de les bouleverser, tous les parents inconnus qu’il trouvait là, qu’il voyait pendus à ses lèvres, passionnés d’une curiosité grandissante.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Earlier this year, the Bank had projected that the U.S. economy would begin to slow, but the pullback we are seeing now is larger, and coming sooner, than we had expected.
Plus tôt cette année, la Banque avait prédit que l'activité chez nos voisins du sud commencerait à se modérer, mais le ralentissement auquel nous assistons est plus prononcé et s'est amorcé plus tôt que nous ne l'avions anticipé.
© 1995 - 2010, Bank of Canada
Suddenly the bell began to toll with slow and regular strokes.
Et, tout d'un coup, la cloche se mit à sonner, à coups réguliers.
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
Meanwhile, the development of the one secret weapon certainly capable of affecting Germany's war fortunes, the atomic bomb, had been worked on since the start of the war (though with only slow progress).
Dans le même temps, et bien que les progrès fussent lents, on travaillait depuis le début de la guerre à la mise au point d'une arme secrète certainement capable d'affecter les fortunes de guerre de l'Allemagne : la bombe atomique.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 2000.
© Flammarion, 2000, pour la traduction franсaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1936-1945 Nemesis
Kershaw, Ian
© 2000 by Ian Kershaw
One of the corps was present accidentally as a guest; and the following week, the inhabitants of F-- saw the regiment in their barracks, marching to slow time after the body of Horace Digby.
Un des officiers de ce corps se trouvait présent ; il se crut insulté, et la semaine suivante les habitants de F*** virent le régiment qui était caserné dans leur ville, suivre lentement le corps d’Horace Digby !
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
It was like a slow hatching in the warm egg of springtide.
C'était une seconde conception, une lente éclosion, dans l'oeuf chaud du printemps.
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 sure you will not do that,' said the little creature,' you are such a very old gentleman, and walk so slow yourself.'
– Je suis sûre que vous n’en feriez rien, dit la petite créature ; car vous êtes un vieux gentleman, et vous marchez si lentement ! »
Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles / Le magasin d'antiquites
Le magasin d'antiquites
Dickens, Charles
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Her transformations are only realized at the cost of very slow efforts.
Ses transformations ne se réalisent qu'au prix de très lents efforts.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908

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Collocations

slow down
ralentir
slow death
mort lente
slow neutron
neutron lent
slow court
court lent
slow drop
amorti cloche
slow topspin
top-spin lent

Word forms

slow

adverb
Positive degreeslow
Comparative degreeslower
Superlative degreeslowest

slow

adjective
Positive degreeslow
Comparative degreeslower
Superlative degreeslowest

slow

verb
Basic forms
Pastslowed
Imperativeslow
Present Participle (Participle I)slowing
Past Participle (Participle II)slowed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I slowwe slow
you slowyou slow
he/she/it slowsthey slow
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am slowingwe are slowing
you are slowingyou are slowing
he/she/it is slowingthey are slowing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have slowedwe have slowed
you have slowedyou have slowed
he/she/it has slowedthey have slowed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been slowingwe have been slowing
you have been slowingyou have been slowing
he/she/it has been slowingthey have been slowing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I slowedwe slowed
you slowedyou slowed
he/she/it slowedthey slowed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was slowingwe were slowing
you were slowingyou were slowing
he/she/it was slowingthey were slowing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had slowedwe had slowed
you had slowedyou had slowed
he/she/it had slowedthey had slowed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been slowingwe had been slowing
you had been slowingyou had been slowing
he/she/it had been slowingthey had been slowing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will slowwe shall/will slow
you will slowyou will slow
he/she/it will slowthey will slow
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be slowingwe shall/will be slowing
you will be slowingyou will be slowing
he/she/it will be slowingthey will be slowing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have slowedwe shall/will have slowed
you will have slowedyou will have slowed
he/she/it will have slowedthey will have slowed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been slowingwe shall/will have been slowing
you will have been slowingyou will have been slowing
he/she/it will have been slowingthey will have been slowing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would slowwe should/would slow
you would slowyou would slow
he/she/it would slowthey would slow
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be slowingwe should/would be slowing
you would be slowingyou would be slowing
he/she/it would be slowingthey would be slowing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have slowedwe should/would have slowed
you would have slowedyou would have slowed
he/she/it would have slowedthey would have slowed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been slowingwe should/would have been slowing
you would have been slowingyou would have been slowing
he/she/it would have been slowingthey would have been slowing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am slowedwe are slowed
you are slowedyou are slowed
he/she/it is slowedthey are slowed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being slowedwe are being slowed
you are being slowedyou are being slowed
he/she/it is being slowedthey are being slowed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been slowedwe have been slowed
you have been slowedyou have been slowed
he/she/it has been slowedthey have been slowed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was slowedwe were slowed
you were slowedyou were slowed
he/she/it was slowedthey were slowed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being slowedwe were being slowed
you were being slowedyou were being slowed
he/she/it was being slowedthey were being slowed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been slowedwe had been slowed
you had been slowedyou had been slowed
he/she/it had been slowedthey had been slowed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be slowedwe shall/will be slowed
you will be slowedyou will be slowed
he/she/it will be slowedthey will be slowed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been slowedwe shall/will have been slowed
you will have been slowedyou will have been slowed
he/she/it will have been slowedthey will have been slowed