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At all events he would strangle Rougon with his own hands, as soon as the insurgents should return and release him.
Et il se promettait de l’étrangler de ses propres mains lorsque les insurgés viendraient le délivrer.
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
'If you were to do that, La Teuse,' retorted the Brother ragefully, 'I would strangle you, that I would.'
- Si vous faisiez cela, la Teuse, dit le Frère avec une rage froide, je vous étranglerais.
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
But in practice, if one only considered the horrid daily cuisine of the sphere, what an unbridling of egotistical appetite one beheld, what an absorbing passion to strangle one's neighbour and triumph oneself alone!
Mais, en pratique, à ne voir que l’affreuse cuisine quotidienne, quel déchaînement d’appétits égoïstes, quel unique besoin d’étrangler le voisin et de triompher seul !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Ah! a man ought to have the courage and the pride to strangle himself before his last masterpiece!'
Ah! l’on devrait avoir le courage et la fierté de s’étrangler, devant son dernier chef-d’œuvre!
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
I never see a steam launch but I feel I should like to lure it to a lonely part of the river, and there, in the silence and the solitude, strangle it.
Je ne peux pas en voir une sans me sentir une violente envie de l’attirer dans un coin isolé du fleuve, et là, loin des yeux et des oreilles, de l’y étrangler.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
There were no more pretty nooks, no more rippling alleys amid which one could lose oneself; it was a disaster that inclined one to strangle all the river engineers!
Plus de jolis coins, plus de ruelles mouvantes où se perdre, un désastre à étrangler tous les ingénieurs de la marine!
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Just you try to strangle me and you'll see what I'll do!
Essaye de m'étrangler un jour, tu verras ce que je te ferai...
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
I should strangle him, and that would do no good.
Je l'étranglerais, et c'est inutile...
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
Even when he was alone at night, in bed, with his door locked and bolted, sudden terror fell on him and made him hide his head under the sheet and vent stifled cries as if he thought that men were coming through the wall to strangle him.
Même seul, la nuit, couché, la porte verrouillée, des terreurs le prenaient, le faisaient se cacher sous le drap, en étouffant des cris, comme si des hommes allaient entrer par le mur, pour l’étrangler.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Like posts and heaps of rubbish, corpses are piled anyhow on the wounded, and press them down, suffocate them, strangle them.
Des cadavres sont entassés en long, en travers, comme des poutres et des décombres, sur les blessés, font effort sur eux, les étouffent, les étranglent et leur prennent leur vie.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
She felt certain that the calamity was hanging over her, ready to strangle her.
Elle avait bien senti que le malheur rôdait autour d’elle, près de l’étreindre à la gorge.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Afterwards, when he had made himself master, he might seize Plassans by the throat and strangle it, if he liked.
Plus tard, quand il serait le maître, il prendrait Plassans à la gorge, il l'étranglerait, si cela pouvait le contenter.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
' He has tried to strangle her this time!' exclaimed Rose.
--Il aura voulu l'étrangler cette fois, murmura Rose.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Goaded by her southern superstition, she prepared to struggle with fate as one struggles with somebody who is endeavouring to strangle one.
La superstition méridionale aidant, elle s’apprêtait à lutter contre la destinée, comme on lutte contre une personne en chair et en os qui chercherait à vous étrangler.
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
With a terrible expression in his face and his fists clenched, he stuttered out that he would strangle the dirty rascal if he again called her mad.
La face terrible, les poings serrés, il bégayait qu'il étranglerait ce sale individu, s'il la traitait encore de folle.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile

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single wing strangle
étranglement en contrôlant un côté

Word forms

strangle

verb
Basic forms
Paststrangled
Imperativestrangle
Present Participle (Participle I)strangling
Past Participle (Participle II)strangled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I stranglewe strangle
you strangleyou strangle
he/she/it stranglesthey strangle
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am stranglingwe are strangling
you are stranglingyou are strangling
he/she/it is stranglingthey are strangling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have strangledwe have strangled
you have strangledyou have strangled
he/she/it has strangledthey have strangled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been stranglingwe have been strangling
you have been stranglingyou have been strangling
he/she/it has been stranglingthey have been strangling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I strangledwe strangled
you strangledyou strangled
he/she/it strangledthey strangled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was stranglingwe were strangling
you were stranglingyou were strangling
he/she/it was stranglingthey were strangling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had strangledwe had strangled
you had strangledyou had strangled
he/she/it had strangledthey had strangled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been stranglingwe had been strangling
you had been stranglingyou had been strangling
he/she/it had been stranglingthey had been strangling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will stranglewe shall/will strangle
you will strangleyou will strangle
he/she/it will stranglethey will strangle
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be stranglingwe shall/will be strangling
you will be stranglingyou will be strangling
he/she/it will be stranglingthey will be strangling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have strangledwe shall/will have strangled
you will have strangledyou will have strangled
he/she/it will have strangledthey will have strangled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been stranglingwe shall/will have been strangling
you will have been stranglingyou will have been strangling
he/she/it will have been stranglingthey will have been strangling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would stranglewe should/would strangle
you would strangleyou would strangle
he/she/it would stranglethey would strangle
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be stranglingwe should/would be strangling
you would be stranglingyou would be strangling
he/she/it would be stranglingthey would be strangling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have strangledwe should/would have strangled
you would have strangledyou would have strangled
he/she/it would have strangledthey would have strangled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been stranglingwe should/would have been strangling
you would have been stranglingyou would have been strangling
he/she/it would have been stranglingthey would have been strangling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am strangledwe are strangled
you are strangledyou are strangled
he/she/it is strangledthey are strangled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being strangledwe are being strangled
you are being strangledyou are being strangled
he/she/it is being strangledthey are being strangled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been strangledwe have been strangled
you have been strangledyou have been strangled
he/she/it has been strangledthey have been strangled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was strangledwe were strangled
you were strangledyou were strangled
he/she/it was strangledthey were strangled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being strangledwe were being strangled
you were being strangledyou were being strangled
he/she/it was being strangledthey were being strangled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been strangledwe had been strangled
you had been strangledyou had been strangled
he/she/it had been strangledthey had been strangled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be strangledwe shall/will be strangled
you will be strangledyou will be strangled
he/she/it will be strangledthey will be strangled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been strangledwe shall/will have been strangled
you will have been strangledyou will have been strangled
he/she/it will have been strangledthey will have been strangled

strangle

noun
SingularPlural
Common casestrangle*strangles
Possessive casestrangle's*strangles'