Three newspapers, moreover, lay there, two of them French and one Italian, and the last was half unfolded as if the Pope had momentarily turned from it to stir a glass of syrup, standing beside him, with a long silver-gilt spoon.
Trois journaux y traînaient, deux français, un italien, celui-ci à demi déplié, comme si le pape venait de le quitter à l’instant, pour tourner, à l’aide d’une longue cuiller de vermeil, un verre de sirop, placé près de lui.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
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The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
But I also have a story: once upon a time a servant was put in prison for stealing a silver spoon and fork belonging to her master and mistress.
Moi aussi, je sais une histoire: Il y avait une fois une servante qui fut mise en prison, pour avoir volé à ses maîtres un couvert d'argent.
'Now my soup is too hot!' grumbled La Teuse, as she returned from the kitchen with a basin, from which a wooden spoon was projecting.
- Maintenant ma soupe est trop chaude, gronda la Teuse, qui revenait de la cuisine avec une écuelle, dans laquelle une cuiller de bois était plantée debout.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
With frail, ivory hand he took up the glass beside him, again stirred the syrup with the long spoon, and then drank a little of it.
Il reprit de sa frêle main d’ivoire, le verre de sirop, le tourna avec la longue cuiller, but une gorgée.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
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The Three Cities - Rome
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Brother Archangias, tilting into his spoon the last few drops of soup remaining in his plate, said gravely: 'You should be regular in your meals, Monsieur le Cure.'
Frère Archangias, après avoir versé dans sa cuiller les quelques gouttes de bouillon restées au fond de son assiette, dit posément: - Il faut être régulier dans ses repas, monsieur le curé.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
The spoon fell from the hands of Mr. Benfield. He rose briskly from his seat, and adjusting his dress, took the arm of the steward, and proceeded to the drawing-room.
La cuillère tomba des mains de M. Benfield ; il se leva avec vivacité et prit le bras de l’intendant pour se rendre au salon.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
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The child, forgetting all about his dinner, had been tapping the edge of his plate with his spoon, his eyes full of mirthful delight at this music.
Jacques, oubliant de manger, tapait sa cuiller au bord de son assiette, les yeux rieurs, l’air ravi de cette musique.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
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His Masterpiece
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Clorinde kept her eye upon him, watching the sugar-basin gradually empty, when suddenly the youth broke his glass, against the side of which he had been pressing his spoon too violently.
Clorinde le surveillait depuis un instant, regardant le sucrier se vider, lorsqu'il cassa le verre, dans lequel il tapait la cuiller violemment.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
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His Excellency
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spoon
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
spoon
spoons
Possessive case
spoon's
spoons'
spoon
verb
Basic forms
Past
spooned
Imperative
spoon
Present Participle (Participle I)
spooning
Past Participle (Participle II)
spooned
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I spoon
we spoon
you spoon
you spoon
he/she/it spoons
they spoon
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am spooning
we are spooning
you are spooning
you are spooning
he/she/it is spooning
they are spooning
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have spooned
we have spooned
you have spooned
you have spooned
he/she/it has spooned
they have spooned
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been spooning
we have been spooning
you have been spooning
you have been spooning
he/she/it has been spooning
they have been spooning
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I spooned
we spooned
you spooned
you spooned
he/she/it spooned
they spooned
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was spooning
we were spooning
you were spooning
you were spooning
he/she/it was spooning
they were spooning
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had spooned
we had spooned
you had spooned
you had spooned
he/she/it had spooned
they had spooned
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been spooning
we had been spooning
you had been spooning
you had been spooning
he/she/it had been spooning
they had been spooning
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will spoon
we shall/will spoon
you will spoon
you will spoon
he/she/it will spoon
they will spoon
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be spooning
we shall/will be spooning
you will be spooning
you will be spooning
he/she/it will be spooning
they will be spooning
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have spooned
we shall/will have spooned
you will have spooned
you will have spooned
he/she/it will have spooned
they will have spooned
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been spooning
we shall/will have been spooning
you will have been spooning
you will have been spooning
he/she/it will have been spooning
they will have been spooning
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would spoon
we should/would spoon
you would spoon
you would spoon
he/she/it would spoon
they would spoon
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be spooning
we should/would be spooning
you would be spooning
you would be spooning
he/she/it would be spooning
they would be spooning
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have spooned
we should/would have spooned
you would have spooned
you would have spooned
he/she/it would have spooned
they would have spooned
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice