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One situated as he was must create resources, draw food from the earth step by step, each time a little mouth opened and cried its hunger aloud. Otherwise he would be guilty of criminal improvidence.Quand on enfante ainsi, il faut bien, à mesure que de petites bouches s’ouvrent et crient la faim, créer des ressources, faire sortir du sol des subsistances, sous peine de tomber à une imprévoyance criminelle.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
At the foot of the staircase, he took one of the men who accompanied him, a navvy named Cassoute, the most wooden-headed of the four, and ordered him to sit on the first step, and remain there.Au bas de l’escalier, il prit à part un des hommes qui l’avait accompagné, un terrassier nommé Cassoute, le plus épais des quatre, et lui ordonna de s’asseoir sur la première marche et de n’en pas bouger jusqu’à nouvel ordre.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
As soon as he heard her step on the staircase, he hurried from the window, and he never let her know that he had thus followed her from afar in her wanderings.Dès qu'elle montait l'escalier, il quittait la fenêtre, il ne lui avouait pas qu'il l'avait ainsi accompagnée partout.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Each step he saw her take, seemed to him a step nearer punishment.Chaque pas qu'il lui voyait faire lui semblait un pas de plus vers le châtiment.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
She stopped two or three times before the shop-windows, as if absorbed in a sight which she did not even see, and each time she started off again with a more excited step.Elle s’arrêta, à deux ou trois reprises, devant des étalages, comme toute au spectacle d’objets qu’elle ne voyait seulement pas. Et, chaque fois, elle reprit sa course, d’un pas plus saccadé.Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratMadeleine FeratZola, EmileMadeleine FeratZola, Emile
And he, Blaise, took yet a further step, still advancing quietly and confidently over that friendly ground, without even a glance before him, absorbed as he was in thoughts of his work.Et ce fut un pas encore, de cette tranquille marche confiante sur un sol ami, sans même un regard, tout à la préoccupation du travail.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
Such points shall be situated, vertically, between 800 mm and 1100 mm above the ground or above the surface of each step, and horizontally:Ces prises doivent être situées à une hauteur comprise entre 800 mm et 1100 mm au-dessus du sol ou de la surface d'une marche, et:http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
When she had approached the bed with a queenly step, she remained for a moment standing with two tears at the edges of her eyelids, tears which did not fall.Lorsqu’elle se fut approchée royalement du lit, elle resta un instant debout, avec deux larmes au bord des paupières, qui ne coulaient pas.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
And now, Hurry, we 'll step into this outer room ourselves, and haul through the door, where we shall all be safe, from a surprise, at least.– Et maintenant, Hurry, nous entrerons nous-mêmes dans cette première chambre, et nous halerons par la porte : de cette manière nous serons tous à l’abri d’une surprise, du moins.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
This took a step further the process of separate political identificationof the Turkish Cypriot community that had been initiated on 13 February 1975 by the proclamation of the TFSC.C'était aller plus loin dans l'identification de la communauté chypriote turque en tant qu'entité politique distincte que la création d'un Etat fédéré turc chypriote, proclamé le 13 février 1975.© Organisations des Nations Unies, 2010http://www.un.org/ 22.02.2011© United Nations 2010http://www.un.org/ 22.02.2011
At each step He staggers.A chaque pas, il chancelle.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
She took a step towards her husband, put her hands on his shoulders, and looking at him with her cold eyes asked in a brief tone: " Is James your friend?"Elle fit un pas vers son mari, lui posa les mains sur les épaules, et, le regardant de ses yeux froids: – Jacques est ton ami? demanda-t-elle d’un ton bref.Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratMadeleine FeratZola, EmileMadeleine FeratZola, Emile
Each of his discoveries brings Canada one step closer to tapping into a plentiful source of clean-burning fuel: methane gas.Chacune de ses découvertes rapproche le Canada du jour où il pourra compter sur une nouvelle source d'énergie propre, abondante et accessible : le méthane.©Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. 1996 - 2009.http://www.aucc.ca/ 29.05.2009
I was placing my foot on the first step, when I felt myself stopped.Je posais le pied sur la première planche, lorsque je me sentis arrêté.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
He climbs to the firing-step (made in the days when this was the first line), and raises his head angrily over the parapet.Il monte sur la banquette de tir, pratiquée du temps ou c’était ici la première ligne, érige la tête, rageusement, par-dessus le parapet.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
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Collocations
step function
fonction en escalier
inventive step
activité inventive
step sequence
séquence de pas
alternating step
pas alternatif
connecting step
pas d'enchaînement
half-herringbone step
montée en demi-ciseaux
one-step
pas
step forward
pas avant
diagonal step uphill
pas alternatif en montée
forward step
pas en avant
grapevine step
pas latéral
step aside
pas de côté
step back
reculer
step fence
piano
step over
empiéter
Word forms
step
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | stepped |
Imperative | step |
Present Participle (Participle I) | stepping |
Past Participle (Participle II) | stepped |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I step | we step |
you step | you step |
he/she/it steps | they step |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am stepping | we are stepping |
you are stepping | you are stepping |
he/she/it is stepping | they are stepping |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have stepped | we have stepped |
you have stepped | you have stepped |
he/she/it has stepped | they have stepped |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been stepping | we have been stepping |
you have been stepping | you have been stepping |
he/she/it has been stepping | they have been stepping |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I stepped | we stepped |
you stepped | you stepped |
he/she/it stepped | they stepped |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was stepping | we were stepping |
you were stepping | you were stepping |
he/she/it was stepping | they were stepping |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had stepped | we had stepped |
you had stepped | you had stepped |
he/she/it had stepped | they had stepped |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been stepping | we had been stepping |
you had been stepping | you had been stepping |
he/she/it had been stepping | they had been stepping |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will step | we shall/will step |
you will step | you will step |
he/she/it will step | they will step |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be stepping | we shall/will be stepping |
you will be stepping | you will be stepping |
he/she/it will be stepping | they will be stepping |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have stepped | we shall/will have stepped |
you will have stepped | you will have stepped |
he/she/it will have stepped | they will have stepped |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been stepping | we shall/will have been stepping |
you will have been stepping | you will have been stepping |
he/she/it will have been stepping | they will have been stepping |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would step | we should/would step |
you would step | you would step |
he/she/it would step | they would step |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be stepping | we should/would be stepping |
you would be stepping | you would be stepping |
he/she/it would be stepping | they would be stepping |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have stepped | we should/would have stepped |
you would have stepped | you would have stepped |
he/she/it would have stepped | they would have stepped |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been stepping | we should/would have been stepping |
you would have been stepping | you would have been stepping |
he/she/it would have been stepping | they would have been stepping |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am stepped | we are stepped |
you are stepped | you are stepped |
he/she/it is stepped | they are stepped |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being stepped | we are being stepped |
you are being stepped | you are being stepped |
he/she/it is being stepped | they are being stepped |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been stepped | we have been stepped |
you have been stepped | you have been stepped |
he/she/it has been stepped | they have been stepped |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was stepped | we were stepped |
you were stepped | you were stepped |
he/she/it was stepped | they were stepped |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being stepped | we were being stepped |
you were being stepped | you were being stepped |
he/she/it was being stepped | they were being stepped |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been stepped | we had been stepped |
you had been stepped | you had been stepped |
he/she/it had been stepped | they had been stepped |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be stepped | we shall/will be stepped |
you will be stepped | you will be stepped |
he/she/it will be stepped | they will be stepped |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been stepped | we shall/will have been stepped |
you will have been stepped | you will have been stepped |
he/she/it will have been stepped | they will have been stepped |
step
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | step | steps |
Possessive case | step's | steps' |