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Sometimes a big sweep of river showed, and, looking out at one station I saw a funny church with a thing like an onion on top of its spire.De temps à autre, on apercevait le cours d’une rivière, et dans une des gares où nous passâmes, j’aperçus une église curieuse dont le clocher était surmonté d’un objet en forme d’oignon.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
As soon as this fact was certain, the Delaware rose, resumed his former station, and began to think the moment for action was come.Dès qu’il en fut certain, le Grand-Serpent releva la tête, reprit son ancienne place, et commença à croire que le moment d’agir était arrivé.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
"I had been at the station since twelve o'clock.J’étais à la gare depuis midi.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - LourdesLes Trois Villes - LourdesZola, EmileThe Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile
We had an excellent dinner at the station restaurant, which, with a bottle of white wine, cost just three shillings apiece.Nous fîmes un excellent repas au buffet de la gare, lequel nous coûta 3 schillings par tête, y compris une bouteille de vin blanc.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
She and her betrothed, followed by the whole family, were to repair to Janville station in the morning to meet the other affianced pair, Ambroise and Andree, who were to be conducted in triumph to the farm where they would all lunch together.Dès le matin, elle irait avec son fiancé, suivie de la famille entière, chercher à la gare de Janville l’autre couple, Ambroise et Andrée, qu’on amènerait triomphalement à la ferme, pour y déjeuner.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
They would be at some station, then, commanding a view of these.Ils devaient donc être à une place d'où on pût découvrir cette plaine.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
I say, Bob, it's good holding ground, is it, down at this same station for which we are bound?"Eh bien ! Bob, il y a sans doute un bon ancrage devant le poste où nous allons ?Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
Do you think I am such a simpleton as to follow the example of your timorous kings who close ten or twelve doors upon themselves, and station a sentinel in front of each?Me croyez-vous assez sot pour imiter vos rois trembleurs, qui ferment dix à douze portes sur eux, en plantant une sentinelle à chacune ?Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
Regressive changes within wetlands included the transformation of 32 ha of forested swamps into low marshes, mainly in the wooded area west of the Gentilly nuclear power station.Pour leur part, les changements internes régressifs comprennent la transformation de 32 ha de marécages arborés en bas marais, principalement situés dans la zone boisée à l'ouest de la centrale nucléaire de Gentilly.© Sa Majesté la Reine du chef du Canada, représentée par le ministre de l’Environnement, 2011http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/4/2012© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Environment, 2011http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/4/2012
My plan had been to get out at some station down the line, but the train suddenly gave me a better chance, for it came to a standstill at the end of a culvert which spanned a brawling porter-coloured river.J'avais formé le projet de descendre quelques stations plus loin sur la ligne, mais une meilleure occasion s'offrit bientôt, car le train s'arrêta court à l'orifice d'une tranchée qui dominait un torrent mugissant couleur de bière blonde.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
One of the four who had just reached the boat was a chief; and the habitual deference which the American Indian pays to merit, experience, and station kept the others silent until this individual had spoken.Un des quatre Iroquois qui venaient de paraître était un chef, et la déférence habituelle que l’Indien américain a pour le mérite, l’expérience et le titre de chef, fit que tous gardèrent le silence et attendirent qu’il parlât.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
"test station card" means:Carte (à mémoire) du centre d'essaihttp://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
Construction of a second hydrogen fueling station is underway.Une deuxième station est en cours de construction.©2011 Total©2011 Total
Thereupon, leaving the maid in the deserted little station, all the others returned to the village square, where the wagon and the bicycles were waiting.Et, laissant la femme de chambre dans la petite gare déserte, tous sortirent, se retrouvèrent sur la place du village, où attendaient le break et les bicyclettes.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
He saw all his old customers leave him and go to take up their quarters with one of his fellow landlords, who had just built, near the station, a sort of furnished house decorated with mirrors and cheap clocks, after the Paris fashion.Il voyait tous ses anciens clients le quitter pour aller loger chez un de ses confrères qui venait de faire bâtir, près de la gare, une sorte de maison meublée, ornée de glaces et de pendules de zinc, à l’instar de Paris.Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratMadeleine FeratZola, EmileMadeleine FeratZola, Emile
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Collocations
gas station
station-service
power station
centrale
work station
station de travail
air station
base aérienne
central station
poste central
charge station
poste de charge
earth station
station terrestre
power station
centrale électrique
satellite station
station satellite
station master
chef de gare
compressor station
station de compresseur
distribution station
station de distribution
meteorological station
station météorologique
mobile station
station mobile
railway-station
gare
Word forms
station
noun
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Common case | station | stations |
Possessive case | station's | stations' |
station
verb
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Past | stationed |
Imperative | station |
Present Participle (Participle I) | stationing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | stationed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I station | we station |
you station | you station |
he/she/it stations | they station |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am stationing | we are stationing |
you are stationing | you are stationing |
he/she/it is stationing | they are stationing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have stationed | we have stationed |
you have stationed | you have stationed |
he/she/it has stationed | they have stationed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been stationing | we have been stationing |
you have been stationing | you have been stationing |
he/she/it has been stationing | they have been stationing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I stationed | we stationed |
you stationed | you stationed |
he/she/it stationed | they stationed |
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I was stationing | we were stationing |
you were stationing | you were stationing |
he/she/it was stationing | they were stationing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had stationed | we had stationed |
you had stationed | you had stationed |
he/she/it had stationed | they had stationed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been stationing | we had been stationing |
you had been stationing | you had been stationing |
he/she/it had been stationing | they had been stationing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will station | we shall/will station |
you will station | you will station |
he/she/it will station | they will station |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be stationing | we shall/will be stationing |
you will be stationing | you will be stationing |
he/she/it will be stationing | they will be stationing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have stationed | we shall/will have stationed |
you will have stationed | you will have stationed |
he/she/it will have stationed | they will have stationed |
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I shall/will have been stationing | we shall/will have been stationing |
you will have been stationing | you will have been stationing |
he/she/it will have been stationing | they will have been stationing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would station | we should/would station |
you would station | you would station |
he/she/it would station | they would station |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be stationing | we should/would be stationing |
you would be stationing | you would be stationing |
he/she/it would be stationing | they would be stationing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have stationed | we should/would have stationed |
you would have stationed | you would have stationed |
he/she/it would have stationed | they would have stationed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been stationing | we should/would have been stationing |
you would have been stationing | you would have been stationing |
he/she/it would have been stationing | they would have been stationing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am stationed | we are stationed |
you are stationed | you are stationed |
he/she/it is stationed | they are stationed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being stationed | we are being stationed |
you are being stationed | you are being stationed |
he/she/it is being stationed | they are being stationed |
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I have been stationed | we have been stationed |
you have been stationed | you have been stationed |
he/she/it has been stationed | they have been stationed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was stationed | we were stationed |
you were stationed | you were stationed |
he/she/it was stationed | they were stationed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being stationed | we were being stationed |
you were being stationed | you were being stationed |
he/she/it was being stationed | they were being stationed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been stationed | we had been stationed |
you had been stationed | you had been stationed |
he/she/it had been stationed | they had been stationed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be stationed | we shall/will be stationed |
you will be stationed | you will be stationed |
he/she/it will be stationed | they will be stationed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been stationed | we shall/will have been stationed |
you will have been stationed | you will have been stationed |
he/she/it will have been stationed | they will have been stationed |