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The father pulled out the copper tube, adjusted it to his eye, sought the speck, and then, delighted to have seen it, exclaimed:"Yes, yes, there she is. I know her two funnels.
Le père déploya le tube de cuivre, l'ajusta contre son oeil, chercha le point, et soudain, ravi d'avoir vu: Oui, oui, c'est elle, je reconnais ses deux cheminées.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
However, the map spoke with brutal eloquence: the red-tinted empire of Rome was but a speck when compared with the yellow-hued empire of the other gods--the endless countries which the Propaganda still had to conquer.
Mais la carte parlait brutalement, l’empire de Rome, colorié en rouge n’était qu’un point perdu, quand on le comparait à l’empire des autres dieux, colorié en jaune, les contrées sans fin que la Propagande avait encore à soumettre.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Suddenly it began to rise in swift whorls, and the next I knew it was speeding eastward again till it became a speck in the blue morning.
Tout à coup il se mit à monter rapidement en spirale, et je ne tardai pas à le voir s'enfoncer de nouveau dans l'est et se réduire à un point dans l'azur du matin.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
The two men kept watching this wandering speck.
Les deux hommes regardaient ce point noir errant.
Maupassant, Guy de / Little Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de / La petite Roque
La petite Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
Little Louise Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
A flood of sunlight streamed into a forest clearing, with thick walls of verdure; to the left, stretched a dark glade with a small luminous speck in the far distance.
Dans un trou de forêt, aux murs épais de verdure, tombait une ondée de soleil; seule, à gauche, une allée sombre s’enfonçait, avec une tache de lumière, très loin.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Naudet, very correctly dressed, without a speck of mud on him, despite the horrible weather, bowed and came in with the reverential politeness of a man of society entering a church.
Naudet, très correct, sans une moucheture de boue, malgré le temps atroce, saluait, entrait avec la politesse recueillie d’un homme du monde, qui pénètre dans une église.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Then he became silent, and Pierre realised that his eyes were once more travelling towards Rome, gazing with ambitious anguish at the dome of St. Peter's, that little, sparkling speck above the vast, ruddy plain.
Il se tut, et Pierre le sentit, les yeux de nouveau sur Rome, là-bas, regardant de toute son angoisse ambitieuse le dôme de Saint-Pierre, la petite tache étincelante, à peine grande comme l’ongle du petit doigt au milieu de l’immense plaine rousse.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
A damp odor arose: one could scarce distinguish the vague outlines of thick ironwork; alone, right at the bottom, burnt a lantern, a distant speck of light, as if the better to indicate the depth and horror of the gulf.
Un souffle humide de cave s’exhalait, on distinguait à peine des profils vagues de grosses ferrures. Seule, tout en bas, une lanterne brûlait, une clarté lointaine, comme pour mieux montrer la profondeur et l’horreur du gouffre.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
It was not a land of clouds, for as we journeyed amongst them we saw not a speck in the heavens; nothing above us but the blue and limitless ether.
Ce n'était point un pays de nuages, et tout le temps que nous le traversâmes, nous n'aperçûmes pas une tache au ciel; rien au-dessus de nous que l'éther bleu et sans limites.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
I saw that my little corner in the rear was only a speck, and I had full view of them.
J’ai vu que mon tout petit coin de l’arrière, un point, et j’en ai plein la vue.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The blue speck had vanished-aye, the sky had disappeared and I was still suffocating, shivering, with chattering teeth.
Et la tache bleue avait disparu, le ciel n'était plus là, même lointain. J'étouffais toujours, je claquais des dents, pris d'un frisson.
Zola, Emile / The Death of Oliver BecailleZola, Emile / La mort d'Olivier Becaille
La mort d'Olivier Becaille
Zola, Emile
The Death of Oliver Becaille
Zola, Emile
It teaches that the earth is a speck of dust cast into space.
Elle enseigne que la terre est un grain de poussière jeté dans l’immensité.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
There was not even a speck of dust lying about to tell aught of the Abbé's life.
Décidément, pas un grain dépoussière n'y contait la vie de l'abbé.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
But he was going away, flying, vanishing, a tiny speck already, no more than an imperceptible spot on the enormous vessel.
Mais il s'en allait, il fuyait, disparaissait, devenu déjà tout petit, effacé comme une tache imperceptible sur le gigantesque bâtiment.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
To think of it, such a past, such a history, so much grandeur, and Rome so dwarfed and contracted by distance! Houses as lilliputian and as pretty as toys; and the whole a mere mouldy speck upon the earth's face!
Un tel passé, une telle histoire tant de grandeur, et une Rome si rapetissée par la distance des maisons lilliputiennes et jolies comme des jouets, à peine une tache de moisissure sur la vaste terre !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile

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speck

noun
SingularPlural
Common casespeckspecks
Possessive casespeck'sspecks'

speck

verb
Basic forms
Pastspecked
Imperativespeck
Present Participle (Participle I)specking
Past Participle (Participle II)specked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I speckwe speck
you speckyou speck
he/she/it specksthey speck
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am speckingwe are specking
you are speckingyou are specking
he/she/it is speckingthey are specking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have speckedwe have specked
you have speckedyou have specked
he/she/it has speckedthey have specked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been speckingwe have been specking
you have been speckingyou have been specking
he/she/it has been speckingthey have been specking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I speckedwe specked
you speckedyou specked
he/she/it speckedthey specked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was speckingwe were specking
you were speckingyou were specking
he/she/it was speckingthey were specking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had speckedwe had specked
you had speckedyou had specked
he/she/it had speckedthey had specked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been speckingwe had been specking
you had been speckingyou had been specking
he/she/it had been speckingthey had been specking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will speckwe shall/will speck
you will speckyou will speck
he/she/it will speckthey will speck
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be speckingwe shall/will be specking
you will be speckingyou will be specking
he/she/it will be speckingthey will be specking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have speckedwe shall/will have specked
you will have speckedyou will have specked
he/she/it will have speckedthey will have specked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been speckingwe shall/will have been specking
you will have been speckingyou will have been specking
he/she/it will have been speckingthey will have been specking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would speckwe should/would speck
you would speckyou would speck
he/she/it would speckthey would speck
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be speckingwe should/would be specking
you would be speckingyou would be specking
he/she/it would be speckingthey would be specking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have speckedwe should/would have specked
you would have speckedyou would have specked
he/she/it would have speckedthey would have specked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been speckingwe should/would have been specking
you would have been speckingyou would have been specking
he/she/it would have been speckingthey would have been specking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am speckedwe are specked
you are speckedyou are specked
he/she/it is speckedthey are specked
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being speckedwe are being specked
you are being speckedyou are being specked
he/she/it is being speckedthey are being specked
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been speckedwe have been specked
you have been speckedyou have been specked
he/she/it has been speckedthey have been specked
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was speckedwe were specked
you were speckedyou were specked
he/she/it was speckedthey were specked
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being speckedwe were being specked
you were being speckedyou were being specked
he/she/it was being speckedthey were being specked
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been speckedwe had been specked
you had been speckedyou had been specked
he/she/it had been speckedthey had been specked
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be speckedwe shall/will be specked
you will be speckedyou will be specked
he/she/it will be speckedthey will be specked
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been speckedwe shall/will have been specked
you will have been speckedyou will have been specked
he/she/it will have been speckedthey will have been specked