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The kiss strikes like a thunderbolt, the love passes away like a storm, and then life, like the sky, is calm once more, and begins again as it was before.Le baiser frappe comme la foudre, l'amour passe comme un orage, puis la vie, de nouveau, se calme comme le ciel, et recommence ainsi qu'avant.Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et JeanPierre et JeanMaupassant, Guy dePierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de
Whenever Justice strikes a man her blow travels beyond him, fells innocent beings and kills them.La justice qui frappe l’homme, atteint derrière et tue les innocents.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
When the wave strikes an obstacle, such as particles of precipitation, part of it is reflected towards the radar.Lorsque cette onde frappe un obstacle telle des particules de précipitations, une partie en est réfléchie vers le radar.http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/30/2012http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/30/2012
The body strikes a note of cleanliness in the charnel-house, this still pliant body that lolls its head aside when it is moved as if to lie better; it gives a childish illusion of being less dead than the others.Ce corps qui met une note propre dans ce charnier, qui, encore souple, penche la tête sur le côté quand on le remue, comme pour être mieux, donne l’illusion puérile d’être moins mort que les autres.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
I return like him, like him ashamed. If he does wrong he is struck, but he loves the hand that strikes him; strike me, bruise me, but give me back your heart."je reviens comme lui, comme lui plein de honte; s’il fait mal, il est châtié, mais il adore la main qui le frappe; brisez-moi, mais rendez-moi votre cœur…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
Here the road parts from the river, and strikes into the waterless desert.Là, la route s'éloigne de la rivière et pénètre dans le désert sans eau.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Rougon, you see, is not cut out for governing. He is too fond of power, and gets intoxicated with it; and then he strikes out right and left and treats people with revolting harshness.Voyez-vous, Rougon n'est pas un homme de gouvernement; il aime trop le pouvoir, il se laisse griser, et alors il tape à tort et à travers, il administre à coups de bâton, avec une brutalité révoltante....Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
When the Manitou of a pale-face wishes to produce good in a pale-face heart He strikes it with grief; for it is in our sorrows, June, that we look with the truest eyes into ourselves, and with the farthest-sighted eyes too, as respects right.Lorsque le manitou d’une face pâle veut produire du bien dans son cœur, il le frappe de chagrin, car c’est dans nos douleurs que nous jetons un regard plus pénétrant en nous-mêmes et que nous comprenons mieux nos devoirs.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
This Directive strikes a balance between the different interests at stake and establishes principles upon which industry agreements and standards can be based.La présente directive instaure un équilibre entre les différents intérêts en jeu et établit des principes qui peuvent servir de base aux normes et aux accords adoptés par les entreprises.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/27/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/27/2009
Another man strikes and shatters the posts at the mouth of another dug-out with a pickax he has found there, causing a landslide, and the entry is blocked.Un autre, avec une pioche ramassée là, frappe et fracasse les montants de l’entrée d’un autre abri. Un affaissement de la terre se produit et l’entrée se trouve obstruée.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
At the fourth step the suffocation increases still more and one has a moment of agony; little as one may lift his knee for the rearward step, his back strikes the roof.À la quatrième marche, l’étranglement augmente encore et on a un moment d’angoisse : si peu qu’on lève le genou pour avancer en arrière, le dos porte contre la voûte.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
It is Germany who strikes. . . .C'est l'Allemagne qui frappe...Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneEnseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneLe Bon, Gustave© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
It strikes me more as an administrative law argument respecting the Commission's impartiality.Il m'apparaît tenir davantage d'un argument de droit administratif concernant l'impartialité de la commission.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 25.11.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 25.11.2011
What further strikes us in this study are the colossal energies contained in the smallest particle of matter.Ce qui frappe aussi dans cette étude, ce sont les énergies colossales contenues dans d'infimes particules de matière.Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
This plate becomes much more luminous when we withdraw certain antagonistic rays from the light which strikes it.Cette dernière devient beaucoup plus lumineuse quand on retire de la lumière qui la frappe certains rayons antagonistes.Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
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Collocations
general strike
grève générale
strike price
prix d'exercice
striking price
prix d'exercice
disaster-stricken
sinistré
sit-down strike
grève sur le tas
strike clause
clause pour cas de grève
strike pay
allocation de grève
striking worker
travailleur en grève
wildcat strike
grève sauvage
striking against objects
heurt contre des objets
right to strike
droit de grève
sympathy strike
grève de solidarité
unofficial strike
grève sauvage
strike leader
meneur de grève
nuclear strike force
force de frappe nucléaire
Word forms
strike
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | struck |
Imperative | strike |
Present Participle (Participle I) | striking |
Past Participle (Participle II) | stricken, struck |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I strike | we strike |
you strike | you strike |
he/she/it strikes | they strike |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am striking | we are striking |
you are striking | you are striking |
he/she/it is striking | they are striking |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have stricken, struck | we have stricken, struck |
you have stricken, struck | you have stricken, struck |
he/she/it has stricken, struck | they have stricken, struck |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been striking | we have been striking |
you have been striking | you have been striking |
he/she/it has been striking | they have been striking |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I struck | we struck |
you struck | you struck |
he/she/it struck | they struck |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was striking | we were striking |
you were striking | you were striking |
he/she/it was striking | they were striking |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had stricken, struck | we had stricken, struck |
you had stricken, struck | you had stricken, struck |
he/she/it had stricken, struck | they had stricken, struck |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been striking | we had been striking |
you had been striking | you had been striking |
he/she/it had been striking | they had been striking |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will strike | we shall/will strike |
you will strike | you will strike |
he/she/it will strike | they will strike |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be striking | we shall/will be striking |
you will be striking | you will be striking |
he/she/it will be striking | they will be striking |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have stricken, struck | we shall/will have stricken, struck |
you will have stricken, struck | you will have stricken, struck |
he/she/it will have stricken, struck | they will have stricken, struck |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been striking | we shall/will have been striking |
you will have been striking | you will have been striking |
he/she/it will have been striking | they will have been striking |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would strike | we should/would strike |
you would strike | you would strike |
he/she/it would strike | they would strike |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be striking | we should/would be striking |
you would be striking | you would be striking |
he/she/it would be striking | they would be striking |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have stricken, struck | we should/would have stricken, struck |
you would have stricken, struck | you would have stricken, struck |
he/she/it would have stricken, struck | they would have stricken, struck |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been striking | we should/would have been striking |
you would have been striking | you would have been striking |
he/she/it would have been striking | they would have been striking |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am stricken, struck | we are stricken, struck |
you are stricken, struck | you are stricken, struck |
he/she/it is stricken, struck | they are stricken, struck |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being stricken, struck | we are being stricken, struck |
you are being stricken, struck | you are being stricken, struck |
he/she/it is being stricken, struck | they are being stricken, struck |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been stricken, struck | we have been stricken, struck |
you have been stricken, struck | you have been stricken, struck |
he/she/it has been stricken, struck | they have been stricken, struck |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was stricken, struck | we were stricken, struck |
you were stricken, struck | you were stricken, struck |
he/she/it was stricken, struck | they were stricken, struck |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being stricken, struck | we were being stricken, struck |
you were being stricken, struck | you were being stricken, struck |
he/she/it was being stricken, struck | they were being stricken, struck |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been stricken, struck | we had been stricken, struck |
you had been stricken, struck | you had been stricken, struck |
he/she/it had been stricken, struck | they had been stricken, struck |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be stricken, struck | we shall/will be stricken, struck |
you will be stricken, struck | you will be stricken, struck |
he/she/it will be stricken, struck | they will be stricken, struck |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been stricken, struck | we shall/will have been stricken, struck |
you will have been stricken, struck | you will have been stricken, struck |
he/she/it will have been stricken, struck | they will have been stricken, struck |
strike
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | striked |
Imperative | strike |
Present Participle (Participle I) | striking |
Past Participle (Participle II) | striked |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I strike | we strike |
you strike | you strike |
he/she/it strikes | they strike |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am striking | we are striking |
you are striking | you are striking |
he/she/it is striking | they are striking |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have striked | we have striked |
you have striked | you have striked |
he/she/it has striked | they have striked |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been striking | we have been striking |
you have been striking | you have been striking |
he/she/it has been striking | they have been striking |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I striked | we striked |
you striked | you striked |
he/she/it striked | they striked |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was striking | we were striking |
you were striking | you were striking |
he/she/it was striking | they were striking |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had striked | we had striked |
you had striked | you had striked |
he/she/it had striked | they had striked |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been striking | we had been striking |
you had been striking | you had been striking |
he/she/it had been striking | they had been striking |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will strike | we shall/will strike |
you will strike | you will strike |
he/she/it will strike | they will strike |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be striking | we shall/will be striking |
you will be striking | you will be striking |
he/she/it will be striking | they will be striking |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have striked | we shall/will have striked |
you will have striked | you will have striked |
he/she/it will have striked | they will have striked |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been striking | we shall/will have been striking |
you will have been striking | you will have been striking |
he/she/it will have been striking | they will have been striking |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would strike | we should/would strike |
you would strike | you would strike |
he/she/it would strike | they would strike |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be striking | we should/would be striking |
you would be striking | you would be striking |
he/she/it would be striking | they would be striking |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have striked | we should/would have striked |
you would have striked | you would have striked |
he/she/it would have striked | they would have striked |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been striking | we should/would have been striking |
you would have been striking | you would have been striking |
he/she/it would have been striking | they would have been striking |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am striked | we are striked |
you are striked | you are striked |
he/she/it is striked | they are striked |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being striked | we are being striked |
you are being striked | you are being striked |
he/she/it is being striked | they are being striked |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been striked | we have been striked |
you have been striked | you have been striked |
he/she/it has been striked | they have been striked |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was striked | we were striked |
you were striked | you were striked |
he/she/it was striked | they were striked |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being striked | we were being striked |
you were being striked | you were being striked |
he/she/it was being striked | they were being striked |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been striked | we had been striked |
you had been striked | you had been striked |
he/she/it had been striked | they had been striked |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be striked | we shall/will be striked |
you will be striked | you will be striked |
he/she/it will be striked | they will be striked |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been striked | we shall/will have been striked |
you will have been striked | you will have been striked |
he/she/it will have been striked | they will have been striked |
strike
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | strike | strikes |
Possessive case | strike's | strikes' |