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It seemed as though the sluice of some great dam had been suddenly carried away, and this was the first gush of the escaping flood!Il semble que les portes de quelque écluse gigantesque ont été brusquement ouvertes, et que le premier flot s'en échappe.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
The sluice was open and a rush of the most abominable words flowed from the foul spot.La bonde était levée, un flot de mots abominables dégorgeait du cloaque.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
It was like the rush of a sluice; the three courtyards were crossed amidst a torrential crash, and the street was invaded, flooded by the howling throng.Ce fut une rupture d’écluse, les deux cours franchies dans un fracas de torrent, la rue envahie, inondée de cette cohue hurlante.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
Beautiful was that night beneath her windows, amid the murmur of waters rippling through the sluices, broken only by a voice that told the hours from the clock-tower of Sache.Belle fut cette nuit passée sous ses fenêtres, au milieu du murmure des eaux passant à travers les vannes des moulins, et entrecoupé par la voix des heures sonnées au clocher de Saché!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
As I was helping to run the trip I was pretty annoyed also, and I sluiced down the drunkards with icy Danube water, using all the worst language I knew in Dutch and German.Comme je dirigeais un peu le voyage, j’étais également très ennuyé et j’aspergeai les ivrognes d’eau glacée, en proférant tous les plus atroces jurons dont je disposais en hollandais et en allemand.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
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sluice
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | sluiced |
Imperative | sluice |
Present Participle (Participle I) | sluicing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | sluiced |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I sluice | we sluice |
you sluice | you sluice |
he/she/it sluices | they sluice |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am sluicing | we are sluicing |
you are sluicing | you are sluicing |
he/she/it is sluicing | they are sluicing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have sluiced | we have sluiced |
you have sluiced | you have sluiced |
he/she/it has sluiced | they have sluiced |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been sluicing | we have been sluicing |
you have been sluicing | you have been sluicing |
he/she/it has been sluicing | they have been sluicing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I sluiced | we sluiced |
you sluiced | you sluiced |
he/she/it sluiced | they sluiced |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was sluicing | we were sluicing |
you were sluicing | you were sluicing |
he/she/it was sluicing | they were sluicing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had sluiced | we had sluiced |
you had sluiced | you had sluiced |
he/she/it had sluiced | they had sluiced |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been sluicing | we had been sluicing |
you had been sluicing | you had been sluicing |
he/she/it had been sluicing | they had been sluicing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will sluice | we shall/will sluice |
you will sluice | you will sluice |
he/she/it will sluice | they will sluice |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be sluicing | we shall/will be sluicing |
you will be sluicing | you will be sluicing |
he/she/it will be sluicing | they will be sluicing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have sluiced | we shall/will have sluiced |
you will have sluiced | you will have sluiced |
he/she/it will have sluiced | they will have sluiced |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been sluicing | we shall/will have been sluicing |
you will have been sluicing | you will have been sluicing |
he/she/it will have been sluicing | they will have been sluicing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would sluice | we should/would sluice |
you would sluice | you would sluice |
he/she/it would sluice | they would sluice |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be sluicing | we should/would be sluicing |
you would be sluicing | you would be sluicing |
he/she/it would be sluicing | they would be sluicing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have sluiced | we should/would have sluiced |
you would have sluiced | you would have sluiced |
he/she/it would have sluiced | they would have sluiced |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been sluicing | we should/would have been sluicing |
you would have been sluicing | you would have been sluicing |
he/she/it would have been sluicing | they would have been sluicing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am sluiced | we are sluiced |
you are sluiced | you are sluiced |
he/she/it is sluiced | they are sluiced |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being sluiced | we are being sluiced |
you are being sluiced | you are being sluiced |
he/she/it is being sluiced | they are being sluiced |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been sluiced | we have been sluiced |
you have been sluiced | you have been sluiced |
he/she/it has been sluiced | they have been sluiced |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was sluiced | we were sluiced |
you were sluiced | you were sluiced |
he/she/it was sluiced | they were sluiced |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being sluiced | we were being sluiced |
you were being sluiced | you were being sluiced |
he/she/it was being sluiced | they were being sluiced |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been sluiced | we had been sluiced |
you had been sluiced | you had been sluiced |
he/she/it had been sluiced | they had been sluiced |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be sluiced | we shall/will be sluiced |
you will be sluiced | you will be sluiced |
he/she/it will be sluiced | they will be sluiced |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been sluiced | we shall/will have been sluiced |
you will have been sluiced | you will have been sluiced |
he/she/it will have been sluiced | they will have been sluiced |
sluice
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | sluice | sluices |
Possessive case | sluice's | sluices' |