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1 logs (1) fir, spruce, douglas
1 Grumes (1) Sapins, épicéas, douglas
On Sundays only, the masters make themselves spruce and foregather apart.
Le dimanche seulement, les patrons se lavent les mains et font bande à part.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
In Bernard, a Mi'kmaq Indian was charged with unlawful possession of spruce logs he was hauling from the cutting site to the local saw mill.
Dans Bernard, un Indien mi'kmaq a été accusé de possession illégale de grumes d'épinette qu'il transportait de la zone de coupe à la scierie locale.
"Drop it, gran'ma; I'll spruce up your lass's trotter-cases for you in three secs."
– Laissez ça, grand-mère, j’vas vous les astiquer en trois temps, les p’rits croqu’nots de vot’ jeune fille.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The washstand particularly interested him. It was by no means hard, he thought, to keep oneself spruce when one had so many little pots and phials at one's disposal.
Le lavabo surtout l’intéressait; ce n’était pas malin, pensait-il, de se tenir propre, avec tant de petits pots et tant de fioles.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
High-elevation spruce-fir forests in the eastern United States are the most sensitive.
Les forêts les plus vulnérables sont les forêts d'épinettes et de sapins des régions élevées du Nord-Est.
"What need you getting drunk, then, and cutting up, Prue?" said a spruce quadroon chambermaid, dangling, as she spoke, a pair of coral ear-drops.
–  Aussi, qu’as-tu besoin de te griser, pour être fouettée après, Prue?» dit une élégante femme de chambre quarteronne en agitant ses boucles d’oreilles de corail.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Evidence of red spruce decline and pollutant involvement in the southern Appalachians is less substantial.
Dans le sud de celte chaîne de montagnes, les signes de dépérissement de l'épinette rouge et du rôle que pourraient v jouer les matières polluantes sont moins évidente.
As for the marquis, more spruce and smiling than usual, he conversed in a corner with Felicite, who seemed very gay.
Quant au marquis, plus pimpant et plus souriant que de coutume, il causait dans un coin avec Félicité, qui paraissait fort gaie.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Habitat: On bark and branches, especially spruce, or on rock, mainly in the western boreal region.
Habitat : Sur l'écorce et les branches, spécialement les épinettes, ou sur les roches, principalement dans l'ouest de la région boréale.
© 2001 de la Yale University
© 2001 by Yale University
I have no energy left to spruce myself up.
Je n’ai même plus la force d’être coquette.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Black/White/Red Spruce
Epinettes noire, blanche, rouge
Kennedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J.Kennedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J.
nnedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J.
Kennedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J
© Ministre de Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada, 1999
nnedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J.
Kennedy, J.A.,Dilworth-Christie, Pam,Erskine, A.J
© Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1999

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spruce

verb
Basic forms
Pastspruced
Imperativespruce
Present Participle (Participle I)sprucing
Past Participle (Participle II)spruced
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sprucewe spruce
you spruceyou spruce
he/she/it sprucesthey spruce
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sprucingwe are sprucing
you are sprucingyou are sprucing
he/she/it is sprucingthey are sprucing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sprucedwe have spruced
you have sprucedyou have spruced
he/she/it has sprucedthey have spruced
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sprucingwe have been sprucing
you have been sprucingyou have been sprucing
he/she/it has been sprucingthey have been sprucing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sprucedwe spruced
you sprucedyou spruced
he/she/it sprucedthey spruced
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sprucingwe were sprucing
you were sprucingyou were sprucing
he/she/it was sprucingthey were sprucing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sprucedwe had spruced
you had sprucedyou had spruced
he/she/it had sprucedthey had spruced
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sprucingwe had been sprucing
you had been sprucingyou had been sprucing
he/she/it had been sprucingthey had been sprucing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sprucewe shall/will spruce
you will spruceyou will spruce
he/she/it will sprucethey will spruce
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sprucingwe shall/will be sprucing
you will be sprucingyou will be sprucing
he/she/it will be sprucingthey will be sprucing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sprucedwe shall/will have spruced
you will have sprucedyou will have spruced
he/she/it will have sprucedthey will have spruced
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sprucingwe shall/will have been sprucing
you will have been sprucingyou will have been sprucing
he/she/it will have been sprucingthey will have been sprucing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sprucewe should/would spruce
you would spruceyou would spruce
he/she/it would sprucethey would spruce
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sprucingwe should/would be sprucing
you would be sprucingyou would be sprucing
he/she/it would be sprucingthey would be sprucing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sprucedwe should/would have spruced
you would have sprucedyou would have spruced
he/she/it would have sprucedthey would have spruced
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been sprucingwe should/would have been sprucing
you would have been sprucingyou would have been sprucing
he/she/it would have been sprucingthey would have been sprucing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am sprucedwe are spruced
you are sprucedyou are spruced
he/she/it is sprucedthey are spruced
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being sprucedwe are being spruced
you are being sprucedyou are being spruced
he/she/it is being sprucedthey are being spruced
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been sprucedwe have been spruced
you have been sprucedyou have been spruced
he/she/it has been sprucedthey have been spruced
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was sprucedwe were spruced
you were sprucedyou were spruced
he/she/it was sprucedthey were spruced
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being sprucedwe were being spruced
you were being sprucedyou were being spruced
he/she/it was being sprucedthey were being spruced
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been sprucedwe had been spruced
you had been sprucedyou had been spruced
he/she/it had been sprucedthey had been spruced
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be sprucedwe shall/will be spruced
you will be sprucedyou will be spruced
he/she/it will be sprucedthey will be spruced
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been sprucedwe shall/will have been spruced
you will have been sprucedyou will have been spruced
he/she/it will have been sprucedthey will have been spruced

spruce

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesprucespruces
Possessive casespruce'sspruces'