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When the priest had finished, she hastened to change the altar-cloth, taking the greatest care not to smudge the beading.Le prêtre ayant fini, elle se hâta de changer la nappe, en ayant bien soin de ne pas effacer les filets.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Julie was wiping Monsieur Vabre's eye with the corner of a towel; but the ink had dried, and the smudge remained in the skin, which was marked with livid streaks.Julie était en train de débarbouiller l'oeil de M. Vabre, avec le coin d'une serviette; mais l'encre séchait, l'éclaboussure demeurait dans la peau, marquée en taches livides.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
An incident: Farfadet having by accident rubbed against the damp and dirty wall, his shoulder has brought away from it a smudge so big and black that it can be seen even here.Un incident : Farfadet s’étant frotté par inadvertance au mur mou et sale, le mur a déteint sur son épaule en une large tache si noire qu’elle se voit, même ici.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
His chapan had mud smudges down the front and his shirt was ripped just below the collar.Le chapan d'Hassan était maculé de boue sur le devant et sa chemise déchirée juste sous le col.Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de KaboulLes cerfs-volants de KaboulHosseini, KhaledThe Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
They all repeated the word in tones of conviction --that word which they usually cast at the very worst smudges, at the pale, cold, glairy painting of daubers.tous répétaient le nom avec conviction, ce mot qu’ils jetaient d’habitude aux dernières des croûtes, à la peinture pâle, froide et plate des barbouilleurs.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
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smudge
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | smudged |
| Imperative | smudge |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | smudging |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | smudged |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I smudge | we smudge |
| you smudge | you smudge |
| he/she/it smudges | they smudge |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am smudging | we are smudging |
| you are smudging | you are smudging |
| he/she/it is smudging | they are smudging |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have smudged | we have smudged |
| you have smudged | you have smudged |
| he/she/it has smudged | they have smudged |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been smudging | we have been smudging |
| you have been smudging | you have been smudging |
| he/she/it has been smudging | they have been smudging |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I smudged | we smudged |
| you smudged | you smudged |
| he/she/it smudged | they smudged |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was smudging | we were smudging |
| you were smudging | you were smudging |
| he/she/it was smudging | they were smudging |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had smudged | we had smudged |
| you had smudged | you had smudged |
| he/she/it had smudged | they had smudged |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been smudging | we had been smudging |
| you had been smudging | you had been smudging |
| he/she/it had been smudging | they had been smudging |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will smudge | we shall/will smudge |
| you will smudge | you will smudge |
| he/she/it will smudge | they will smudge |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be smudging | we shall/will be smudging |
| you will be smudging | you will be smudging |
| he/she/it will be smudging | they will be smudging |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have smudged | we shall/will have smudged |
| you will have smudged | you will have smudged |
| he/she/it will have smudged | they will have smudged |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been smudging | we shall/will have been smudging |
| you will have been smudging | you will have been smudging |
| he/she/it will have been smudging | they will have been smudging |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would smudge | we should/would smudge |
| you would smudge | you would smudge |
| he/she/it would smudge | they would smudge |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be smudging | we should/would be smudging |
| you would be smudging | you would be smudging |
| he/she/it would be smudging | they would be smudging |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have smudged | we should/would have smudged |
| you would have smudged | you would have smudged |
| he/she/it would have smudged | they would have smudged |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been smudging | we should/would have been smudging |
| you would have been smudging | you would have been smudging |
| he/she/it would have been smudging | they would have been smudging |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am smudged | we are smudged |
| you are smudged | you are smudged |
| he/she/it is smudged | they are smudged |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being smudged | we are being smudged |
| you are being smudged | you are being smudged |
| he/she/it is being smudged | they are being smudged |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been smudged | we have been smudged |
| you have been smudged | you have been smudged |
| he/she/it has been smudged | they have been smudged |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was smudged | we were smudged |
| you were smudged | you were smudged |
| he/she/it was smudged | they were smudged |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being smudged | we were being smudged |
| you were being smudged | you were being smudged |
| he/she/it was being smudged | they were being smudged |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been smudged | we had been smudged |
| you had been smudged | you had been smudged |
| he/she/it had been smudged | they had been smudged |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be smudged | we shall/will be smudged |
| you will be smudged | you will be smudged |
| he/she/it will be smudged | they will be smudged |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been smudged | we shall/will have been smudged |
| you will have been smudged | you will have been smudged |
| he/she/it will have been smudged | they will have been smudged |
smudge
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | smudge | smudges |
| Possessive case | smudge's | smudges' |