Mon Dieu! in the early times I would have given I don't know what for a good fall of rain to soak me and wash away all the dust.
Mon Dieu ! dans les premiers temps, j’aurais donné je ne sais quoi pour une bonne pluie qui me trempât, me nettoyât de leur sale poussière.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The hydrocarbon concentration, temperature and barometric pressure are measured to give the initial readings CHC, i, Pi and Ti for the hot soak test.
On mesure alors la concentration en hydrocarbures, la température et la pression barométrique, pour avoir les valeurs initiales correspondantes CHCi, Pi et Ti, en vue du test d'imprégnation à chaud.
"I am fearfully warm," said the mayor, and stooping down, he again soaked his handkerchief in the water and placed it round his forehead.
J'ai rudement chaud, dit le maire. Et, se baissant vers la Brindille, il y trempa de nouveau son mouchoir qu'il replaça encore sur son front.
Maupassant, Guy de / Little Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de / La petite Roque
La petite Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
Little Louise Roque
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The staircase at the back of the yard was yet more abominable than the others, its steps warped, its walls slimy, as if soaked with the sweat of anguish.
Cet escalier du fond était plus abominable que les autres, les marches déjetées, les murs gluants, comme trempés d’une sueur d’angoisse.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
" Oh! the stomach is all right, it is not the stomach that is ailing, " she kept saying, as she soaked her slices of bread and butter.
– Oh! l'estomac va bien, ce n'est pas l'estomac qui est malade, répétait-elle en trempant ses tartines.
At last the sun pierces the reek that spreads over us and soaks what it touches, and something like a fairy glade opens out in the midst of this gloom terrestrial.
Enfin le soleil perce cette buée qui s’étale sur nous et dont le contact nous trempe. C’est comme une clairière féerique qui s’ouvre au milieu des nuages terrestres.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
As faded and as washed-out as though she had been soaking her head in holy water for the last six months !
une tête si usée, si fade, qu'elle semblait avoir trempé pendant six mois dans de l'eau bénite!
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
During his sleep the rain had ended by soaking the leaves, so that he was now immersed in a kind of chilly bath.
L’eau tombée avait fini par noyer les feuilles, il était comme dans un bain d’humidité glacée.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Clotilde just at that moment entered the room; she heard this giving over of the patient, and dropped into a chair, wiping her eyes with her handkerchief, already soaked with tears, and twisted up, and almost reduced to a pulp.
Clotilde arrivait justement; elle entendit cette condamnation, elle s'affaissa sur une chaise, en se tamponnant les yeux avec son mouchoir, déjà trempé de larmes, tordu, réduit à rien.
They all answered that they were expected, and helped him to cover the figure of the vintaging girl with some strips of old linen which were soaking in a pail of water.
Tous répondirent qu’on les attendait, et ils l’aidèrent à couvrir son ébauche de vieux linges, trempés dans un seau.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
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Collocations
soak up
absorber
soak again
retremper
Word forms
soak
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
soak
soaks
Possessive case
soak's
soaks'
soak
verb
Basic forms
Past
soaked
Imperative
soak
Present Participle (Participle I)
soaking
Past Participle (Participle II)
soaked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I soak
we soak
you soak
you soak
he/she/it soaks
they soak
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am soaking
we are soaking
you are soaking
you are soaking
he/she/it is soaking
they are soaking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have soaked
we have soaked
you have soaked
you have soaked
he/she/it has soaked
they have soaked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been soaking
we have been soaking
you have been soaking
you have been soaking
he/she/it has been soaking
they have been soaking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I soaked
we soaked
you soaked
you soaked
he/she/it soaked
they soaked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was soaking
we were soaking
you were soaking
you were soaking
he/she/it was soaking
they were soaking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had soaked
we had soaked
you had soaked
you had soaked
he/she/it had soaked
they had soaked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been soaking
we had been soaking
you had been soaking
you had been soaking
he/she/it had been soaking
they had been soaking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will soak
we shall/will soak
you will soak
you will soak
he/she/it will soak
they will soak
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be soaking
we shall/will be soaking
you will be soaking
you will be soaking
he/she/it will be soaking
they will be soaking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have soaked
we shall/will have soaked
you will have soaked
you will have soaked
he/she/it will have soaked
they will have soaked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been soaking
we shall/will have been soaking
you will have been soaking
you will have been soaking
he/she/it will have been soaking
they will have been soaking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would soak
we should/would soak
you would soak
you would soak
he/she/it would soak
they would soak
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be soaking
we should/would be soaking
you would be soaking
you would be soaking
he/she/it would be soaking
they would be soaking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have soaked
we should/would have soaked
you would have soaked
you would have soaked
he/she/it would have soaked
they would have soaked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice