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They were steeped in gloom. The dampness made them shudder as they stood there amidst the dilapidated walls and the dust of the old rubbish piled upon either side.
Les ténèbres les baignaient, l’humidité leur donnait un frisson, au milieu du délabrement des murs, de la poussière des vieilles loques entassées.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
A slight fog had again begun to fall, and the streets were steeped in icy dampness.
Un petit brouillard s’était remis à tomber, et les rues se noyaient sous une humidité glaciale.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Deep valleys opened on the south, narrow gorges between piles of gigantic rocks whose bases were already steeped in lakes of bluish shadow, whilst the summits sparkled with the smiling farewell of the sun.
Au sud, s’ouvraient d’autres vallées profondes, des gorges étroites entre des entassements de rocs géants, dont la base trempait déjà dans des mares d’ombre bleuâtre, lorsque les sommets étincelaient de l’adieu souriant du soleil.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
In vain had he robbed his mother, steeped his hands in the foulest intrigues, and lied and lied for many a long year.
Il aurait vainement volé sa mère, mis la main dans les plus sales intrigues, menti pendant des années.
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
On such and such a day, on awaking, he had beheld a bright flood of light which had steeped him in joy.
Tel jour, en s'éveillant, il avait vu une vive lueur qui l'avait baigné de joie.
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
Colours, perfumes, sounds, quivers, all were vague, indeterminate, transparent, steeped in a felicity amidst which everything seemed to faint away.
Couleurs, parfums, sonorités, frissons, tout restait vague, transparent, innommé, pâmé d'un bonheur allant jusqu'à l'évanouissement des choses.
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
"When he is thus I give him an infusion of poppies, a cup of water in which a few poppies have been steeped; the attacks are so infrequent that this simple remedy never loses its effect--
Quand il est ainsi, je lui donne une tasse d’eau dans laquelle on a fait infuser quelques têtes de pavots, et les crises sont assez éloignées pour que ce remède si simple ait toujours la même vertu.
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
But here he had beheld the Pontiff steeped in Nature itself, in Nature clad in the most lovely, most voluptuous, most passionate guise.
Et voilà qu’ici il le voyait baigner dans la nature elle-même, dans la plus belle, la plus voluptueuse, la plus passionnée.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Then, again, when the sunbeams broke into dust amidst the vapours of the Seine, it appeared steeped in diffused brightness, without a shadow about it, lighted up equally on every side, and looking as charmingly delicate as a cut gem set in fine gold.
D’autres fois encore, quand le soleil se brisait en poussière parmi les vapeurs de la Seine, elle baignait au fond de cette clarté diffuse, sans une ombre, également éclairée partout, d’une délicatesse charmante de bijou taillé en plein or fin.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
The latter were crimsoned to the notch, the feathers steeped in blood and clinging to the shafts.
Les plumes, pleines de sang, étaient collées au bois.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Each held a long staff surmounted by a blazing cresset, in which tow had been steeped in spirits of wine.
Chacun d'eux tenait une longue pique, au bout de laquelle flambaient des étoupes, dans des gobelets remplis d'esprit-de-vin.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
And yet, how singular! The rich districts on the west seem steeped in a ruddy mist, whilst the good seed falls in golden dust over the left bank and the populous districts eastward.
Et même, c’est singulier, les quartiers riches, à l’ouest, sont comme noyés d’une brume roussâtre tandis que le bon grain s’en va tomber, en poussière blonde, sur la rive gauche et sur les quartiers populeux de l’est...
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
The distance was as if devoured by too keen a flame, steeped in a luminous dust in which it crumbled.
Les fonds étaient comme mangés par une flamme trop vive, noyés d’une poussière de feu où ils s’anéantissaient.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
When the landau, passing through the Bois de Boulogne, now steeped in sunshine, rolled gently alongside the lakes, she murmured with a sigh of enjoyment: ' What a lovely day it is !'
Lorsque le landau, dans le Bois tout trempé de soleil, roula doucement au bord du lac, elle s'allongea, elle murmura, avec un soupir de jouissance:«Hein, la belle journée, aujourd'hui!»
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Often they sought a meadow on the banks of the Viorne, where the gnarled willows steeped their leaves in the stream.
C'était le plus souvent au bord de la Viorne, dans le bout d'un pré, avec des saules noueux qui laissaient tremper leurs feuilles au fil de l'eau.
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

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steep

verb
Basic forms
Paststeeped
Imperativesteep
Present Participle (Participle I)steeping
Past Participle (Participle II)steeped
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I steepwe steep
you steepyou steep
he/she/it steepsthey steep
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am steepingwe are steeping
you are steepingyou are steeping
he/she/it is steepingthey are steeping
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have steepedwe have steeped
you have steepedyou have steeped
he/she/it has steepedthey have steeped
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been steepingwe have been steeping
you have been steepingyou have been steeping
he/she/it has been steepingthey have been steeping
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I steepedwe steeped
you steepedyou steeped
he/she/it steepedthey steeped
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was steepingwe were steeping
you were steepingyou were steeping
he/she/it was steepingthey were steeping
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had steepedwe had steeped
you had steepedyou had steeped
he/she/it had steepedthey had steeped
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been steepingwe had been steeping
you had been steepingyou had been steeping
he/she/it had been steepingthey had been steeping
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will steepwe shall/will steep
you will steepyou will steep
he/she/it will steepthey will steep
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be steepingwe shall/will be steeping
you will be steepingyou will be steeping
he/she/it will be steepingthey will be steeping
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have steepedwe shall/will have steeped
you will have steepedyou will have steeped
he/she/it will have steepedthey will have steeped
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been steepingwe shall/will have been steeping
you will have been steepingyou will have been steeping
he/she/it will have been steepingthey will have been steeping
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would steepwe should/would steep
you would steepyou would steep
he/she/it would steepthey would steep
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be steepingwe should/would be steeping
you would be steepingyou would be steeping
he/she/it would be steepingthey would be steeping
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have steepedwe should/would have steeped
you would have steepedyou would have steeped
he/she/it would have steepedthey would have steeped
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been steepingwe should/would have been steeping
you would have been steepingyou would have been steeping
he/she/it would have been steepingthey would have been steeping
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am steepedwe are steeped
you are steepedyou are steeped
he/she/it is steepedthey are steeped
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being steepedwe are being steeped
you are being steepedyou are being steeped
he/she/it is being steepedthey are being steeped
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been steepedwe have been steeped
you have been steepedyou have been steeped
he/she/it has been steepedthey have been steeped
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was steepedwe were steeped
you were steepedyou were steeped
he/she/it was steepedthey were steeped
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being steepedwe were being steeped
you were being steepedyou were being steeped
he/she/it was being steepedthey were being steeped
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been steepedwe had been steeped
you had been steepedyou had been steeped
he/she/it had been steepedthey had been steeped
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be steepedwe shall/will be steeped
you will be steepedyou will be steeped
he/she/it will be steepedthey will be steeped
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been steepedwe shall/will have been steeped
you will have been steepedyou will have been steeped
he/she/it will have been steepedthey will have been steeped