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Instinctively we stopped trying to find a way in.Nous cessâmes, instinctivement, de chercher par où entrer.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Legree stopped at the foot of the stairs, and heard a voice singing.Legris s’arrêta au pied de l’escalier, et entendit une voix qui chantait.Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
It was Stumm's car again and to my consternation it stopped just a little short of the sandpit.C’était l’auto de Stumm et, à ma consternation, elle s’arrêta un peu avant la sablière.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
He stopped short.Il s’interrompit.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
But now, each time that we reached an opening towards the neighboring slope which gave to view the pretty castle I had first noticed in the morning, I stopped to look at it with pleasure.Mais chaque fois que je retrouvais au penchant de la côte voisine le mignon castel aperçu, choisi par mon premier regard, je m’y arrêtais complaisamment.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
She rose, opened the piano and began to play the Invitation a la Valse, as far as the famous passage in the major which always stopped her.Et, en même temps, elle se leva, ouvrit son piano et se remit à jouer l'Invitation à la valse, jusqu'à ce fameux passage en majeur qui l'arrêtait toujours.Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux CameliasLa Dame aux CameliasDumas fils, AlexandreCamilleDumas fils, Alexandre© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
There was silence for a second, and then the unknown began again and stopped.Il y eut un instant de silence. Puis l’inconnu recommença à siffler et s’arrêta de nouveau.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
At that they all stopped short with heads thrown back, and eyes on the alert for another worm.Alors, toutes s'arrêtèrent net, le cou renversé, l'oeil rond, attendant un autre ver.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
I gave her my arm, and we passed through the courtyard with slow and measured steps, as though our rhythmic movement were consoling to us. When we reached the grove of trees which forms a corner of the boundary she stopped.Je lui donnai le bras, et nous sortîmes par les cours en marchant à pas lents, comme si nous savourions nos mouvements confondus; nous atteignîmes ainsi un bouquet d’arbres qui enveloppait un coin de l’enceinte extérieure.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
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
He stopped speaking as he saw several people coming down the steps of the neighbouring house and making their way towards the clump of trees.Il s'arrêta, en voyant plusieurs personnes descendre le perron de la maison voisine et se diriger vers la rotonde.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
This at once stopped the monotonous mechanism of the voting.Cela arrêta net le fonctionnement monotone de la machine à voter.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
And when the carriage reached the works she hastily stopped the coachman, without even conducting her companion to the little pavilion.Et, devant l’usine enfin, elle fit arrêter, sans même reconduire sa compagne jusqu’au pavillon.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
There's scarcely a pub. of any attractions within ten miles of London that she does not seem to have looked in at, or stopped at, or slept at, some time or other.Il n’y a pas un seul établissement de quelque renommée à dix milles à la ronde de la capitale, où elle n’ait pas, selon les dires, rendu visite ou séjourné un jour ou l’autre.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
If at any time during the test the air flow to one or more test chambers is observed to have stopped, the dissolved oxygen concentration in the overlying water must be measured and then the air flow reestablished at a gentle rate.Si, à tout moment durant l'essai, on s'aperçoit que le débit d'air à une ou plusieurs enceintes expérimentales a été interrompu, on doit mesurer la concentration de l'oxygène dissous dans l'eau surnageante et rétablir le débit à un régime modéré.© Sa Majesté la Reine du Canada (Environnement Canada) 2001http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/23/2012© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (Environment Canada) 2001http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/23/2012
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Collocations
full stop
point à la ligne
stop loss
excédent de pertes
automatic stop
arrêt automatique
emergency stop device
dispositif d'arrêt d'urgence
emergency stop device
dispositif de débrayage d'urgence
stopping device
dispositif d'arrêt instantané
terminal stopping device
interrupteur de fin de course
stop button
bouton d'arrêt
stop order
ordre stop
stop of the clock
arrêt du chronomètre
stop of the clock
arrêt du combat
stop the game
arrêter le jeu
stop the time
arrêter le temps
stop thrust
arrêt
stop thrust
coup d'arrêt
Word forms
stop
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | stopped |
Imperative | stop |
Present Participle (Participle I) | stopping |
Past Participle (Participle II) | stopped |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I stop | we stop |
you stop | you stop |
he/she/it stops | they stop |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am stopping | we are stopping |
you are stopping | you are stopping |
he/she/it is stopping | they are stopping |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have stopped | we have stopped |
you have stopped | you have stopped |
he/she/it has stopped | they have stopped |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been stopping | we have been stopping |
you have been stopping | you have been stopping |
he/she/it has been stopping | they have been stopping |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I stopped | we stopped |
you stopped | you stopped |
he/she/it stopped | they stopped |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was stopping | we were stopping |
you were stopping | you were stopping |
he/she/it was stopping | they were stopping |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had stopped | we had stopped |
you had stopped | you had stopped |
he/she/it had stopped | they had stopped |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been stopping | we had been stopping |
you had been stopping | you had been stopping |
he/she/it had been stopping | they had been stopping |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will stop | we shall/will stop |
you will stop | you will stop |
he/she/it will stop | they will stop |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be stopping | we shall/will be stopping |
you will be stopping | you will be stopping |
he/she/it will be stopping | they will be stopping |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have stopped | we shall/will have stopped |
you will have stopped | you will have stopped |
he/she/it will have stopped | they will have stopped |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been stopping | we shall/will have been stopping |
you will have been stopping | you will have been stopping |
he/she/it will have been stopping | they will have been stopping |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would stop | we should/would stop |
you would stop | you would stop |
he/she/it would stop | they would stop |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be stopping | we should/would be stopping |
you would be stopping | you would be stopping |
he/she/it would be stopping | they would be stopping |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have stopped | we should/would have stopped |
you would have stopped | you would have stopped |
he/she/it would have stopped | they would have stopped |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been stopping | we should/would have been stopping |
you would have been stopping | you would have been stopping |
he/she/it would have been stopping | they would have been stopping |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am stopped | we are stopped |
you are stopped | you are stopped |
he/she/it is stopped | they are stopped |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being stopped | we are being stopped |
you are being stopped | you are being stopped |
he/she/it is being stopped | they are being stopped |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been stopped | we have been stopped |
you have been stopped | you have been stopped |
he/she/it has been stopped | they have been stopped |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was stopped | we were stopped |
you were stopped | you were stopped |
he/she/it was stopped | they were stopped |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being stopped | we were being stopped |
you were being stopped | you were being stopped |
he/she/it was being stopped | they were being stopped |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been stopped | we had been stopped |
you had been stopped | you had been stopped |
he/she/it had been stopped | they had been stopped |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be stopped | we shall/will be stopped |
you will be stopped | you will be stopped |
he/she/it will be stopped | they will be stopped |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been stopped | we shall/will have been stopped |
you will have been stopped | you will have been stopped |
he/she/it will have been stopped | they will have been stopped |