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If you wish it, I will read you a letter in which he makes some very stem remarks about you.'
Si vous le souhaitez, je vais vous faire lire une lettre où il se montre bien sévère à votre égard.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
She had learned to swim in a fortnight, and often, when they raced together, he had seen her stem the current with a stroke as rapid as his own.
En quinze jours, elle avait appris à nager, et souvent, quand ils luttaient de vitesse, il l’avait vue couper le courant d’un bras aussi rapide que le sien.
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
The priest had listened to him with his usual stem expression.
Le prêtre l'avait écouté de son air dur et silencieux.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
His face was still grave, though there was a slight smile upon it, just the pleasant turn of the lips that was necessary to light up his stem countenance with a ray of cheerfulness.
Il resta grave avec un léger sourire, à peine un pli aimable des lèvres, tout juste ce qu'il fallait pour éclairer sa face austère d'un rayon de bonhomie.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Just at this moment a stem voice was heard from the top of the stairs, calling sharply: Well I now, mother!'
A ce moment, une voix irritée se fit entendre au haut de l'escalier, jetant cette brève exclamation: --Eh bien, mère?
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
She had again assumed her stem, taciturn expression: she seemed to have forgotten her companion, and was looking at the country with curious attention, as though it was an old acquaintance.
La jeune femme avait repris sa physionomie dure et muette; elle semblait avoir oublié son compagnon, elle regardait le pays avec une attention curieuse, comme une vieille connaissance.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
He was stem and harsh to his penitents, but not one of them dared to leave him. They came to him in fear and trembling, in which they found some touch of painful pleasure.
Il fut cruel pour ses pénitentes, et pas une n'osa le quitter; elles venaient a lui avec des frissons dont elles goûtaient la fièvre.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Fissures in the skin more than 10 mm but not more than 15 mm in length at the end opposite the stem cavity.
Fentes de l'épiderme situées à l'extrémité opposée à l'insertion du pédoncule, de dimension supérieure à 10 mm et inférieure ou égale à 15 mm.
Bring the top of the dead oak in a line with the stem of the blasted hemlock."
Mettez en ligne la cime du chêne mort avec le tronc de l’arbre rompu.
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
The emissions are from drill stem tests, release of entrained gas in drilling fluids, and volatilization of invert drilling fluids.
Les émissions proviennent des essais au moyen de tiges de forage, de l'échappement des gaz contenus dans les boues légères de forage et de l'évaporation des boues lourdes de forage.
'Fresh garlic` means produce with a 'green` stem and with the outer skin of the bulb still fresh.
Par «ail frais», on entend le produit dont la tige est «verte» et dont la pellicule extérieure du bulbe est encore à l'état frais.
"Come, come, Pathfinder, this palaver is worse than being skinned from stem to stem; we have but a few hours of sun, and had better be drifting down this said current of yours while we may.
– Allons, allons, Pathfinder, cet entretien est pire que d’être écorché de l’avant à l’arrière ; nous n’avons plus que quelques heures de jour, et nous ferions mieux de nous laisser aller en dérive sur le courant dont vous parlez.
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
Pointed tip with a diameter larger than the rest of the stem.
Tête pointue ou acuminée de diamètre supérieur à la tige.
Time alone can stem such currents of opinion.
Le temps seul peut remonter de tels courants.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
As Figure 3 illustrates, the fabled "pyramid" is really shaped more like a tall diamond—in India at least— with a newly bulging middle class and a relatively slim "stem" of very poor people.
Comme l'illustre la figure 3, la « pyramide » des âges ressemble davantage à un diamant étiré à la base, du moins en Inde, la classe moyenne formant un renflement au centre et les plus démunis une « tige » étroite.
Littlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, DavidLittlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, David
ttlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, David
Littlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, Davi
© 2006, Groupe consultatif d’assistance aux pauvres
ttlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, David
Littlefield, Elizabeth,Helms, Brigit,Porteous, Davi
© 2006, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor

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stem from
provenir de
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stem cell
cellule souche

Word forms

stem

verb
Basic forms
Paststemmed
Imperativestem
Present Participle (Participle I)stemming
Past Participle (Participle II)stemmed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I stemwe stem
you stemyou stem
he/she/it stemsthey stem
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am stemmingwe are stemming
you are stemmingyou are stemming
he/she/it is stemmingthey are stemming
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have stemmedwe have stemmed
you have stemmedyou have stemmed
he/she/it has stemmedthey have stemmed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been stemmingwe have been stemming
you have been stemmingyou have been stemming
he/she/it has been stemmingthey have been stemming
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I stemmedwe stemmed
you stemmedyou stemmed
he/she/it stemmedthey stemmed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was stemmingwe were stemming
you were stemmingyou were stemming
he/she/it was stemmingthey were stemming
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had stemmedwe had stemmed
you had stemmedyou had stemmed
he/she/it had stemmedthey had stemmed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been stemmingwe had been stemming
you had been stemmingyou had been stemming
he/she/it had been stemmingthey had been stemming
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will stemwe shall/will stem
you will stemyou will stem
he/she/it will stemthey will stem
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be stemmingwe shall/will be stemming
you will be stemmingyou will be stemming
he/she/it will be stemmingthey will be stemming
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have stemmedwe shall/will have stemmed
you will have stemmedyou will have stemmed
he/she/it will have stemmedthey will have stemmed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been stemmingwe shall/will have been stemming
you will have been stemmingyou will have been stemming
he/she/it will have been stemmingthey will have been stemming
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would stemwe should/would stem
you would stemyou would stem
he/she/it would stemthey would stem
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be stemmingwe should/would be stemming
you would be stemmingyou would be stemming
he/she/it would be stemmingthey would be stemming
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have stemmedwe should/would have stemmed
you would have stemmedyou would have stemmed
he/she/it would have stemmedthey would have stemmed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been stemmingwe should/would have been stemming
you would have been stemmingyou would have been stemming
he/she/it would have been stemmingthey would have been stemming
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am stemmedwe are stemmed
you are stemmedyou are stemmed
he/she/it is stemmedthey are stemmed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being stemmedwe are being stemmed
you are being stemmedyou are being stemmed
he/she/it is being stemmedthey are being stemmed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been stemmedwe have been stemmed
you have been stemmedyou have been stemmed
he/she/it has been stemmedthey have been stemmed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was stemmedwe were stemmed
you were stemmedyou were stemmed
he/she/it was stemmedthey were stemmed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being stemmedwe were being stemmed
you were being stemmedyou were being stemmed
he/she/it was being stemmedthey were being stemmed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been stemmedwe had been stemmed
you had been stemmedyou had been stemmed
he/she/it had been stemmedthey had been stemmed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be stemmedwe shall/will be stemmed
you will be stemmedyou will be stemmed
he/she/it will be stemmedthey will be stemmed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been stemmedwe shall/will have been stemmed
you will have been stemmedyou will have been stemmed
he/she/it will have been stemmedthey will have been stemmed

stem

noun
SingularPlural
Common casestemstems
Possessive casestem'sstems'