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No spy was ever more traitorous and base.
Un espion n’eût pas été si lâche ni si traître.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
This man was more than a spy; in his foul way he had been a patriot.
Cet homme était plus qu'un espion; c'était, à sa façon perverse, un patriote.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
In about a fortnight, I calculated, I would be dead. Shot as a spy - a rotten sort of ending!
Je calculai que je serais mort d’ici une quinzaine de jours, fusillé comme espion: une vilaine fin!
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
And yet it was still she, our antelope with the shapely and muscular buttocks, our spy whose heaving bosom swelled full and round beneath the tatters of her dress.
Et pourtant, c'était toujours elle, notre antilope à la croupe musclée et nerveuse, notre espionne dont la poitrine haletante s'arrondissait sous les lambeaux de la robe.
Makine, Andrei / Once Upon The River LoveMakine, Andrei / Au temps du fleuve Amour
Au temps du fleuve Amour
Makine, Andrei
© 1994 by Editions du Felin
Once Upon The River Love
Makine, Andrei
© 1998 by Geoffrey Strachan
© 1994 by Editions du Felin
I lit on a sergeant, a little chap with airs, spick as a daisy, with a gold-rimmed spy-glass—eye-glasses with a tape on them.
J’tombe sur un sergent, un p’tit poseur, frais comme l’œil, à lorgnon d’or – des lunettes à galon.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
But whenever she went down into the garden the other took her revenge, keeping everlastingly at her heels, watching her hands, never ceasing to play the spy upon her.
Mais, lorsqu'elle allait au jardin, sa mère se vengeait, sans cesse sur ses talons, regardant ses mains, la guettant.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
It was more particularly since she had suspected the latter of bad management, blunders and debts, that she endeavored to turn the accountant into a confidant, even a spy, who might aid her to secure as much control of the business as possible.
Depuis surtout qu’elle soupçonnait ce dernier de gestion mauvaise, de fautes, de dettes, elle tâchait de faire du comptable un confident, un espion même, qui l’aidât à prendre le plus possible d’une direction qu’elle sentait compromise.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Rougon suspected that he came to the Eue Marbeuf at the instigation of his sister, Madame de Llorentz, to spy upon what went on there.
Rougon le soupçonnait d'être envoyé par sa soeur, Mme de Llorentz, pour espionner ce qu'on disait chez lui.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
A certain great European Power makes a hobby of her spy system, and her methods are not too particular.
Une certaine grande puissance européenne est entichée de son système d'espionnage, et ses méthodes ne sont pas des plus scrupuleuses.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
The hungry bee will discover the honey, be it hid never so deep in the cavern; and the soul that mourns will spy out the joy that lies hidden in its retreat, or in most impenetrable silence.
L'abeille qui a faim trouve le miel caché aux plus profondes cavernes; et l'âme qui pleure définitivement aperçoit la joie qui se dissimule dans la retraite ou le silence le plus impénétrable.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Mouret spent the whole of the next morning in playing the spy on his new tenant.
Le lendemain, Mouret passa la matinée à épier son nouveau locataire.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
She required but little pressing; she received the proposal with the willing smile of a frolicsome lass who has no thought of evil. What made her smile was the idea of outwitting that spy of a Justin.
Elle ne se fit guère prier, d’ailleurs; elle accepta cette idée avec des rires satisfaits de gamine qui ne songe pas encore au mal; ce qui la faisait rire, c’était l’idée qu’elle allait jouer de finesse avec cet espion de Justin.
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
He incessantly played the spy upon him, accompanying him everywhere, or, if he could not go in person, sending some school urchin to follow him.
Il l'entourait d'un espionnage de toutes les heures, l'accompagnant partout, le faisant suivre par un gamin de son école, lorsqu'il ne pouvait s'acquitter lui-même de ce soin.
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
"I say, the Major suspects Jasper of being a traitor - a French spy - or, what is worse, of being bought to betray us.
– Je vous dis que le major soupçonne Jasper d’être un traître, un espion des Français, ou ce qui serait encore pire, de s’être vendu pour nous trahir.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
'You do not understand the habits of the spy.
Vous ne connaissez pas la manière de faire d'un espion.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John

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spy

verb
Basic forms
Pastspied
Imperativespy
Present Participle (Participle I)spying
Past Participle (Participle II)spied
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I spywe spy
you spyyou spy
he/she/it spiesthey spy
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am spyingwe are spying
you are spyingyou are spying
he/she/it is spyingthey are spying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have spiedwe have spied
you have spiedyou have spied
he/she/it has spiedthey have spied
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been spyingwe have been spying
you have been spyingyou have been spying
he/she/it has been spyingthey have been spying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I spiedwe spied
you spiedyou spied
he/she/it spiedthey spied
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was spyingwe were spying
you were spyingyou were spying
he/she/it was spyingthey were spying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had spiedwe had spied
you had spiedyou had spied
he/she/it had spiedthey had spied
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been spyingwe had been spying
you had been spyingyou had been spying
he/she/it had been spyingthey had been spying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will spywe shall/will spy
you will spyyou will spy
he/she/it will spythey will spy
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be spyingwe shall/will be spying
you will be spyingyou will be spying
he/she/it will be spyingthey will be spying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have spiedwe shall/will have spied
you will have spiedyou will have spied
he/she/it will have spiedthey will have spied
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been spyingwe shall/will have been spying
you will have been spyingyou will have been spying
he/she/it will have been spyingthey will have been spying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would spywe should/would spy
you would spyyou would spy
he/she/it would spythey would spy
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be spyingwe should/would be spying
you would be spyingyou would be spying
he/she/it would be spyingthey would be spying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have spiedwe should/would have spied
you would have spiedyou would have spied
he/she/it would have spiedthey would have spied
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been spyingwe should/would have been spying
you would have been spyingyou would have been spying
he/she/it would have been spyingthey would have been spying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am spiedwe are spied
you are spiedyou are spied
he/she/it is spiedthey are spied
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being spiedwe are being spied
you are being spiedyou are being spied
he/she/it is being spiedthey are being spied
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been spiedwe have been spied
you have been spiedyou have been spied
he/she/it has been spiedthey have been spied
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was spiedwe were spied
you were spiedyou were spied
he/she/it was spiedthey were spied
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being spiedwe were being spied
you were being spiedyou were being spied
he/she/it was being spiedthey were being spied
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been spiedwe had been spied
you had been spiedyou had been spied
he/she/it had been spiedthey had been spied
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be spiedwe shall/will be spied
you will be spiedyou will be spied
he/she/it will be spiedthey will be spied
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been spiedwe shall/will have been spied
you will have been spiedyou will have been spied
he/she/it will have been spiedthey will have been spied

spy

noun
SingularPlural
Common casespyspies
Possessive casespy'sspies'