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Even as the order may be that it finds inscribed on the threshold, so will it sow, or destroy, or reap.
Il sème, il ravage, il moissonne, selon l'ordre qu'il a trouvé inscrit sur notre seuil.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
But how blind it was to think that destruction and murder could ever bear good fruit, ever sow the soil with plenty and happiness!
Mais quel aveuglement de croire que la destruction, que l’assassinat puisse être un acte fécond, ensemençant le sol d’une heureuse et large récolte !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
In the notorious "Lavon affair" in 1954, for example, Israeli agents tried to bomb several U.S. government offices in Egypt, in a bungled attempt to sow discord between Washington and Cairo.
Dans la célèbre « affaire Lavon » par exemple, en 1954, des agents israéliens ont tenté de faire sauter plusieurs cibles américaines en Egypte, dans une tentative avortée de semer la discorde entre Washington et I.e Caire.
Mearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M. / The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign PolicyMearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M. / Le lobby pro-israélien et la politique étrangère américaine
Le lobby pro-israélien et la politique étrangère américaine
Mearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M.
© John J. Mearsheimer et Stephen M. Walt, 2007.
© Editions La Decouverte, Paris, 2007 pour la traduction francaise ; 2009.
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
Mearsheimer, John,Walt, Stephen M.
© 2007 by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
Claude cared less for gardening; he had placed his couch in the large dining-room, transformed into a studio; and he stretched himself upon it, and through the open window watched her sow and plant.
Lui, mordait moins à la culture. Il avait mis son divan dans la vaste salle transformée en atelier, il s’y allongeait pour la regarder semer et planter, par la fenêtre grande ouverte.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Pooh!' said Monsieur de Condamin with his sceptical laugh; 'young men must sow their wild oats.
--Bah! dit M. de Condamin avec son rire sceptique, il faut bien que jeunesse se passe.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
And whatever heroism there may be in their madness, however great and contagious may be their thirst for martyrdom, murderers are never anything but murderers, whose deeds simply sow the seeds of horror.
Et quels que soient l’héroïsme de leur folie, leur soif contagieuse du martyre, les assassins ne sont jamais que des assassins, dont l’action est une semence d’horreur.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
mixed crops: crops sown, cultivated and harvested together and producing a mixture as the final product,
les cultures en mélange: cultures ensemencées, entretenues et récoltées simultanément et dont le produit se présente sous forme de mélange,
He beheld also Abbe Peyramale, dead and slumbering under the ruins of his church, among the nettles which ingratitude had sown there.
C’était le curé Peyramale mort et couché au milieu des ruines de son église, parmi les orties que l’ingratitude avait semées.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
In addition to the educational work carried out by these women, they contribute to the cultural work by carrying out such activities as sowing and harvesting.
Outre les tâches éducatives susmentionnées, ces femmes contribuent aussi aux travaux agricoles (semailles, ramassage des récoltes, etc.)
© Organisations des Nations Unies, 2010
© United Nations 2010
But what a strange affair was this new incursion of the papacy into the field sown by the French Revolution, an incursion conducting it perhaps towards the domination, which it has striven for with a will that has upheld it for centuries!
Mais quelle étrange aventure que cette poussée nouvelle de la papauté dans le champ ensemencé par la Révolution française, ce qui l’achemine peut-être vers la domination dont la volonté la tient debout depuis tant de siècles !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The departure of Nicolas seemed to begin afresh; again came the " never more " of the migratory child taking wing, given to the passing wind for the sowing of unknown distant lands, far beyond the frontiers.
C’était le départ de Nicolas qui recommençait, le jamais plus de l’enfant migrateur, envolé, donné au vent qui passe, pour l’ensemencement des terres ignorées et lointaines, par-dessus les frontières.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
In French Guiana, the areas must be sown for each of the two sowing cycles, no later than 31 December and 30 June preceding the harvests in question.
En Guyane française, les superficies doivent être ensemencées pour chacun des deux cycles au plus tard le 31 décembre et le 30 juin précédant les récoltes en cause.
Pisum sativum L., Vicia faba L., Lupinus spp., sown in pure crops, harvested dry for grain.
Pisum sativum L., Vicia faba L., Lupinus spp., semés en culture pure, récoltés secs pour le grain.
Yes, the declining sun steeped all Paris in equal splendour, and it was truly the crop, the harvest, after the sowing!
Et le soleil oblique baignait ainsi Paris entier d’un égal resplendissement, et c’était bien la moisson, après les semailles.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
And Paris flared--Paris, which the divine sun had sown with light, and where in glory waved the great future harvest of Truth and of Justice.
Paris flambait, ensemencé de lumière par le divin soleil, roulant dans sa gloire la moisson future de vérité et de justice.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile

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sow

verb
Basic forms
Pastsowed
Imperativesow
Present Participle (Participle I)sowing
Past Participle (Participle II)sown, *sowed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sowwe sow
you sowyou sow
he/she/it sowsthey sow
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sowingwe are sowing
you are sowingyou are sowing
he/she/it is sowingthey are sowing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sown, *sowedwe have sown, *sowed
you have sown, *sowedyou have sown, *sowed
he/she/it has sown, *sowedthey have sown, *sowed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sowingwe have been sowing
you have been sowingyou have been sowing
he/she/it has been sowingthey have been sowing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sowedwe sowed
you sowedyou sowed
he/she/it sowedthey sowed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sowingwe were sowing
you were sowingyou were sowing
he/she/it was sowingthey were sowing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sown, *sowedwe had sown, *sowed
you had sown, *sowedyou had sown, *sowed
he/she/it had sown, *sowedthey had sown, *sowed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sowingwe had been sowing
you had been sowingyou had been sowing
he/she/it had been sowingthey had been sowing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sowwe shall/will sow
you will sowyou will sow
he/she/it will sowthey will sow
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sowingwe shall/will be sowing
you will be sowingyou will be sowing
he/she/it will be sowingthey will be sowing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sown, *sowedwe shall/will have sown, *sowed
you will have sown, *sowedyou will have sown, *sowed
he/she/it will have sown, *sowedthey will have sown, *sowed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sowingwe shall/will have been sowing
you will have been sowingyou will have been sowing
he/she/it will have been sowingthey will have been sowing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sowwe should/would sow
you would sowyou would sow
he/she/it would sowthey would sow
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sowingwe should/would be sowing
you would be sowingyou would be sowing
he/she/it would be sowingthey would be sowing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sown, *sowedwe should/would have sown, *sowed
you would have sown, *sowedyou would have sown, *sowed
he/she/it would have sown, *sowedthey would have sown, *sowed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been sowingwe should/would have been sowing
you would have been sowingyou would have been sowing
he/she/it would have been sowingthey would have been sowing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am sown, *sowedwe are sown, *sowed
you are sown, *sowedyou are sown, *sowed
he/she/it is sown, *sowedthey are sown, *sowed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being sown, *sowedwe are being sown, *sowed
you are being sown, *sowedyou are being sown, *sowed
he/she/it is being sown, *sowedthey are being sown, *sowed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been sown, *sowedwe have been sown, *sowed
you have been sown, *sowedyou have been sown, *sowed
he/she/it has been sown, *sowedthey have been sown, *sowed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was sown, *sowedwe were sown, *sowed
you were sown, *sowedyou were sown, *sowed
he/she/it was sown, *sowedthey were sown, *sowed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being sown, *sowedwe were being sown, *sowed
you were being sown, *sowedyou were being sown, *sowed
he/she/it was being sown, *sowedthey were being sown, *sowed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been sown, *sowedwe had been sown, *sowed
you had been sown, *sowedyou had been sown, *sowed
he/she/it had been sown, *sowedthey had been sown, *sowed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be sown, *sowedwe shall/will be sown, *sowed
you will be sown, *sowedyou will be sown, *sowed
he/she/it will be sown, *sowedthey will be sown, *sowed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been sown, *sowedwe shall/will have been sown, *sowed
you will have been sown, *sowedyou will have been sown, *sowed
he/she/it will have been sown, *sowedthey will have been sown, *sowed

sow

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesowsows
Possessive casesow'ssows'