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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.
She poured herself out half a glass, saying :"Ah! an idea! I will soak some bread in this, as it is all there is! »
Elle s'en versa un demi-verre, en disant: – Tiens, une idée! je vais tremper du pain là-dedans, moi!... Puisqu'il n'y a que ça!
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
MHS = hydrocarbon mass emission for the hot soak (grams).
MHS = émission d'hydrocarbures, en masse, pour la phase d'imprégnation à chaud (grammes)
Jory prefers crumb, which he can soak in the soup.'
Jory préfère les tartines, la mie qui trempe.»
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Soak fresh potato pieces for one hour before deep-fat frying.
En cas de pommes de terre fraîches, trempez les morceaux pendant 1 heure dans l'eau avant de les faire frire.
© BSH Munich, Germany
© BSH Munich, Germany
"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
Maupassant, Guy de
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.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
He pictured her to himself lashed by the downpour, tottering alongside the ditches, her clothes soaked and clinging to her skin.
Il se l'imaginait battue par l'averse, chancelant le long des fossés, avec des jupes trempées, collées à sa peau.
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
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
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
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.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
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
Zola, Emile

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Collocations

soak up
absorber
soak again
retremper

Word forms

soak

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesoaksoaks
Possessive casesoak'ssoaks'

soak

verb
Basic forms
Pastsoaked
Imperativesoak
Present Participle (Participle I)soaking
Past Participle (Participle II)soaked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I soakwe soak
you soakyou soak
he/she/it soaksthey soak
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am soakingwe are soaking
you are soakingyou are soaking
he/she/it is soakingthey are soaking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have soakedwe have soaked
you have soakedyou have soaked
he/she/it has soakedthey have soaked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been soakingwe have been soaking
you have been soakingyou have been soaking
he/she/it has been soakingthey have been soaking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I soakedwe soaked
you soakedyou soaked
he/she/it soakedthey soaked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was soakingwe were soaking
you were soakingyou were soaking
he/she/it was soakingthey were soaking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had soakedwe had soaked
you had soakedyou had soaked
he/she/it had soakedthey had soaked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been soakingwe had been soaking
you had been soakingyou had been soaking
he/she/it had been soakingthey had been soaking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will soakwe shall/will soak
you will soakyou will soak
he/she/it will soakthey will soak
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be soakingwe shall/will be soaking
you will be soakingyou will be soaking
he/she/it will be soakingthey will be soaking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have soakedwe shall/will have soaked
you will have soakedyou will have soaked
he/she/it will have soakedthey will have soaked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been soakingwe shall/will have been soaking
you will have been soakingyou will have been soaking
he/she/it will have been soakingthey will have been soaking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would soakwe should/would soak
you would soakyou would soak
he/she/it would soakthey would soak
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be soakingwe should/would be soaking
you would be soakingyou would be soaking
he/she/it would be soakingthey would be soaking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have soakedwe should/would have soaked
you would have soakedyou would have soaked
he/she/it would have soakedthey would have soaked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been soakingwe should/would have been soaking
you would have been soakingyou would have been soaking
he/she/it would have been soakingthey would have been soaking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am soakedwe are soaked
you are soakedyou are soaked
he/she/it is soakedthey are soaked
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being soakedwe are being soaked
you are being soakedyou are being soaked
he/she/it is being soakedthey are being soaked
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been soakedwe have been soaked
you have been soakedyou have been soaked
he/she/it has been soakedthey have been soaked
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was soakedwe were soaked
you were soakedyou were soaked
he/she/it was soakedthey were soaked
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being soakedwe were being soaked
you were being soakedyou were being soaked
he/she/it was being soakedthey were being soaked
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been soakedwe had been soaked
you had been soakedyou had been soaked
he/she/it had been soakedthey had been soaked
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be soakedwe shall/will be soaked
you will be soakedyou will be soaked
he/she/it will be soakedthey will be soaked
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been soakedwe shall/will have been soaked
you will have been soakedyou will have been soaked
he/she/it will have been soakedthey will have been soaked