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The Doctor looked round him too. «Should you like to be left in such a place as this, to starve?"
Le docteur regarda à son tour le paysage : Que dirais-tu, si tu te trouvais perdue dans un lieu comme celui-ci, sans aucunes ressources ?
James, Henri / Washington SquareJames, Henri / Washington Square (L'Heritiere)
Washington Square (L'Heritiere)
James, Henri
© Editions Denoël, 1953
Washington Square
James, Henri
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
And so it's simple enough, we starve. . . .
Alors, c’est tout simple, on crève de faim...
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
"We should starve before we had got through the Mimbres."
– Nous serions morts de faim avant d'avoir traversé les Mimbres.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Ye may whip me, starve me, burn me, – it'll only send me sooner where I want to go."
Il ne tient qu’à vous de me battre, de m’affamer, de me brûler, je n’en irai que plus tôt là où j’ai soif d’aller.
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
Nowadays, says he, when so many capitalists and wage earners seem bent on exterminating one another, the latter--if they don't want to starve--ought to be well pleased when capital falls into the hands of an active, fair-minded man. . . .
Il dit qu’à notre époque, lorsque le capital et le salariat menacent de s’exterminer l’un l’autre, le salariat doit encore s’estimer heureux s’il veut continuer à manger, que le capital tombe entre des mains actives et sages...
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Three years ago I was silly enough to come back to Paris, where I do little more than starve.
Voilà bientôt trois ans que j’ai eu la bêtise de revenir à Paris, où je n’arrive guère qu’à crever de faim.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
So, I at once took the child away from her school, and made an embroiderer out of her — a very unprofitable craft; but what could be done ? whether that, or something else, women always have to starve.
Alors, j'ai dû retirer l'enfant de sa pension, j'en ai fait une brodeuse; un métier où il n'y a pas de l'eau à boire; mais, que voulez-vous? ça ou autre chose, les femmes crèvent toujours de faim....
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
"Well, but, my dear," said Sir Edward to his wife, "you must not starve our friends because we are to have a neighbor. William has stood with the dining-room door open these five minutes-"
– Mais, ma chère, dit sir Edward à sa femme en l’interrompant, nos amis ne doivent pas mourir de faim parce que nous allons avoir un nouveau voisin, et voilà plus de cinq minutes que William est venu nous avertir que le dîner est servi.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
"They ain't a-going to starve, are they? " said the gentleman from the boot-shop.
« Ils risquent pas de mourir de faim, en tout cas, remarqua l’apprenti cordonnier.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
The slave-owner can whip his refractory slave to death, – the capitalist can starve him to death.
Le planteur peut faire mourir l’esclave réfractaire sous le fouet; le capitaliste peut l’affamer.
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
"What's the corporal thinking of to starve us?
– À quoi que l’caporal pense de nous faire claquer du bec ?
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"So I've got to starve ! " he growled.
« Faut donc crever de faim ! »
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Come forth, miserable Briarthorn, and wash the Iroquois paint from your face; stand before the Hurons the crow that you are. You would eat the carrion of your own dead, rather than starve.
Avancez, misérable Briarthorn ; effacez de votre visage les couleurs iroquoises, et montrez aux Hurons le lâche que vous êtes, vous qui mangeriez la charogne de vos frères plutôt que de manquer d’aliments.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
The way of it is this: the older children starve more than the younger ones.
Voilà comment ça se passe : les aînés souffrent beaucoup plus de la faim que ceux qui viennent après.
London, Jack / The People of the AbyssLondon, Jack / Le Peuple de l'Abime
Le Peuple de l'Abime
London, Jack
The People of the Abyss
London, Jack
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Would you have us starve in the swamps, or have that that will pay our way to the free states.
Qu’aimez-vous mieux? que nous mourions de faim dans les marais, ou que nous puissions gagner un État libre?
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

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starve

verb
Basic forms
Paststarved
Imperativestarve
Present Participle (Participle I)starving
Past Participle (Participle II)starved
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I starvewe starve
you starveyou starve
he/she/it starvesthey starve
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am starvingwe are starving
you are starvingyou are starving
he/she/it is starvingthey are starving
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have starvedwe have starved
you have starvedyou have starved
he/she/it has starvedthey have starved
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been starvingwe have been starving
you have been starvingyou have been starving
he/she/it has been starvingthey have been starving
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I starvedwe starved
you starvedyou starved
he/she/it starvedthey starved
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was starvingwe were starving
you were starvingyou were starving
he/she/it was starvingthey were starving
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had starvedwe had starved
you had starvedyou had starved
he/she/it had starvedthey had starved
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been starvingwe had been starving
you had been starvingyou had been starving
he/she/it had been starvingthey had been starving
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will starvewe shall/will starve
you will starveyou will starve
he/she/it will starvethey will starve
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be starvingwe shall/will be starving
you will be starvingyou will be starving
he/she/it will be starvingthey will be starving
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have starvedwe shall/will have starved
you will have starvedyou will have starved
he/she/it will have starvedthey will have starved
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been starvingwe shall/will have been starving
you will have been starvingyou will have been starving
he/she/it will have been starvingthey will have been starving
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would starvewe should/would starve
you would starveyou would starve
he/she/it would starvethey would starve
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be starvingwe should/would be starving
you would be starvingyou would be starving
he/she/it would be starvingthey would be starving
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have starvedwe should/would have starved
you would have starvedyou would have starved
he/she/it would have starvedthey would have starved
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been starvingwe should/would have been starving
you would have been starvingyou would have been starving
he/she/it would have been starvingthey would have been starving
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am starvedwe are starved
you are starvedyou are starved
he/she/it is starvedthey are starved
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being starvedwe are being starved
you are being starvedyou are being starved
he/she/it is being starvedthey are being starved
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been starvedwe have been starved
you have been starvedyou have been starved
he/she/it has been starvedthey have been starved
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was starvedwe were starved
you were starvedyou were starved
he/she/it was starvedthey were starved
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being starvedwe were being starved
you were being starvedyou were being starved
he/she/it was being starvedthey were being starved
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been starvedwe had been starved
you had been starvedyou had been starved
he/she/it had been starvedthey had been starved
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be starvedwe shall/will be starved
you will be starvedyou will be starved
he/she/it will be starvedthey will be starved
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been starvedwe shall/will have been starved
you will have been starvedyou will have been starved
he/she/it will have been starvedthey will have been starved