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"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
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
Under the low-hanging sky that day, the pavement, dented by heavily-laden carts, was covered with mud; the thaw soaked the walls with an icy dampness, whilst all the filth and destitution brought terrible sadness to the heart.
Ce jour-là, sous le ciel bas, la boue noyait le pavé défoncé par les charrois, le dégel trempait les murs d’une humidité glaciale, tandis qu’une tristesse atroce montait de tant de saleté et de souffrance.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Then as the gusts of wind became stronger, and a troop of nurses with children passed hastily through the garden, he resumed, turning to his wife, ' We had better be getting home my dear, if we don't want to be soaked through.
Et, comme les coups de vent devenaient plus forts, et qu'une débandade de bonnes d'enfants courait dans le jardin, il reprit, en se tournant vers sa femme:«Ma bonne, nous ferons bien de rentrer, si nous ne voulons pas être mouillés.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
The soaked ground, covered with pools of water, yielded beneath the feet like a carpet of decaying filth.
La terre détrempée, couverte de flaques d’eau, mollissait sous les pas comme un tapis d’immonde pourriture.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
They grew more cheerful as the hot "tea" soaked in, and talked more about themselves.
Ils devinrent plus gais au fur et à mesure que le thé chaud arrivait, et commencèrent à me parler d'eux-mêmes.
London, Jack / The People of the AbyssLondon, Jack / Le Peuple de l'Abime
Le Peuple de l'Abime
London, Jack
The People of the Abyss
London, Jack
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Rose was laughing like a lunatic, and looked very flushed, but she was soaked to such a point that water streamed from her clothes, her hair, her hands. You might have taken her for some fairy of the springs who had overturned her urn on herself.
Rose riait follement, très rouge, essoufflée, mouillée à un tel point, que ses vêtements, ses cheveux, ses mains ruisselaient, une fée des sources qui aurait renversé son urne sur elle.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
The water oozing from the edge of the dress had soaked them, so he wrung and stretched them with his warm hands, in order that he might be able to send her away the quicker.
Le bord de la robe les avait mouillés, eux aussi; et il les étira, il les passa entre ses mains chaudes, pour la renvoyer plus vite.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Madame de Condamin gently dAbbéd his brow with a rag soaked in vinegar and water, and the others stood anxiously looking at her.
Madame de Condamin, à légers coups, lui tamponna les tempes avec un linge trempé dans de l'eau vinaigrée. Les deux sociétés attendaient, anxieuses.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
The floor-gratings yield as the soil becomes soaked; some of them slope to right or left and we skid on them.
Les caillebotis branlent sur le sol devenu mou : quelques-uns penchent à droite ou à gauche et on y glisse.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The wet must have soaked through near the edge of the roof.
L'infiltration a dû avoir lieu au bord du toit.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
The paths were already littered with dead foliage soaked with moisture, which gave out a sound as of sighing beneath one's tread.
Dans les sentiers, il y avait déjà un lit de verdure morte, trempé d'humidité, où les pas semblaient étouffer des soupirs.
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

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soak up
absorber
soak again
retremper

Word forms

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