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He no longer dared to paint, always dreading that he would resuscitate his victim at the least stroke of his brush.
Ainsi il n'oserait plus travailler, il redouterait toujours de ressusciter sa victime au moindre coup de pinceau.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
(Bow said, after a while, that he did not feel himself a sufficiently accomplished oarsman to pull with me, but that he would sit still, if I would allow him, and study my stroke. He said it interested him. )
(L’aviron d’avant me dit bientôt qu’il ne se sentait pas lui-même assez bon rameur pour souquer avec moi, et qu’il préférait, si cela ne me dérangeait pas, s’arrêter un moment et étudier mon coup d’aviron, qui l’intéressait. )
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
"I'm not anxious to retain 'my' Bonaparte," he said, with some firmness; "you know where I would send him to if I were the master. I simply assert that the expedition to Rome was a good stroke."
«Je ne tiens pas à «mon» Bonaparte, dit-il avec assez de fermeté; vous savez où je l’enverrais, si j’étais le maître; je prétends simplement que l’expédition de Rome est une bonne chose.»
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
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
"While the parties were thus discoursing, the canoe had been gradually drawing nearer to the "castle," and was now so close as to require but a single stroke of a paddle to reach the landing.
Tout en discourant ainsi, ils s’approchaient du château, et la pirogue en était alors si près qu’il ne fallait plus qu’un coup de rames pour y arriver.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
A feeling of weariness stopped him, a kind of torpor benumbed him for long minutes, during which he did not give a single stroke with the brush.
Des lassitudes l’arrêtaient, une torpeur qui l’engourdissait pendant de longues minutes, sans qu’il donnât un coup de pinceau.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
The factor KH for the correction of the NOx emissions is equal to 1 for two-stroke engines:
Le facteur KH pour la correction des émissions de NOx est égal à 1 pour les moteurs deux temps:
At last Seguin, in his dry shrill voice, with a tinge of bitterness born of his own ruin, remarked: "You have done a good stroke of business.
Séguin dit simplement de sa petite voix sèche, avec un ricanement que sa ruine personnelle aiguisait d’amertume : « Vous avez fait une bonne affaire.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Almost half (47%) of all NRS clients received rehabilitation for orthopedic conditions, with an additional 16% of clients receiving rehabilitation following a stroke.
Près de la moitié (47 %) des clients du SNIR ont eu recours à des services de réadaptation en raison de troubles orthopédiques, et 16 % à la suite d'un accident vasculaire cérébral.
© 1996-2010, Institut canadien d'information sur la santé (ICIS)
© 1996-2010, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
A thunderbolt fell, shivering one of the neighbouring trees, as though with the stroke of a giant axe, amidst a great crash of twisted and broken branches.
Le tonnerre tomba, dut fendre un des arbres voisins, d’un coup de cognée géant, dans un grand craquement de branches tordues et brisées.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Ten percent of those who survived their admission returned to hospital within one year with a recurrent stroke.
Il en ressort que 10 % des patients ayant survécu après leur admission sont retournés à l'hôpital dans l'année suivante en raison d'un AVC récidivant.
© 1996-2010, Institut canadien d'information sur la santé (ICIS)
© 1996-2010, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
The parish church had responded to the first stroke of vespers chiming at the Basilica; and now all the convents, one after another, were contributing to the swelling peals.
Au premier coup des vêpres, sonné à la Basilique, la paroisse venait de répondre, et, maintenant, c’étaient les couvents, les uns après les autres qui se joignaient aux sonneries croissantes.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
From the first stroke he had made with his hammer, he had said to himself that he.would only stop when he had saved enough money to commence business on his own account.
Dès le premier coup de marteau qu’il avait donné, il s’était dit qu’il s’arrêterait seulement lorsqu’il aurait économisé la somme nécessaire pour s’établir à son compte.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Then with a stroke of his pen, that cut through the paper, he effaced the name.
Et, d'un trait de plume qui écorcha le papier, il biffa le nom.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
And there were yet the others journeying away, Blaise, Denis, and Ambroise, travelling to Paris at that very moment, in ignorance of the unforeseen, frightful hatchet-stroke which had fallen on the family.
Mais il y en avait d’autres par les chemins, les aînés Blaise, Denis, Ambroise, qui roulaient vers Paris à ce moment même, ignorant l’imprévu, l’effroyable coup de hache qui s’abattait sur la famille.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile

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Collocations

two-stroke engine
moteur deux-temps
follow-on stroke
deuxième coup intempestif
lightning stroke cataract
cataracte due à la foudre
single-stroke device
dispositif de protection contre le coup redoublé
four-stroke engine
moteur à quatre temps
approach stroke
coup d'approche
backhand stroke
coup de revers
backhand stroke
revers
butterfly stroke
papillon
defensive stroke
coup défensif
forehand stroke
coup droit
forehand stroke with underspin
coup droit coupé
forward stroke
phase d'appui
forward stroke
traction
length of stroke
longueur de coup

Word forms

stroke

verb
Basic forms
Paststroked
Imperativestroke
Present Participle (Participle I)stroking
Past Participle (Participle II)stroked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I strokewe stroke
you strokeyou stroke
he/she/it strokesthey stroke
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am strokingwe are stroking
you are strokingyou are stroking
he/she/it is strokingthey are stroking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have strokedwe have stroked
you have strokedyou have stroked
he/she/it has strokedthey have stroked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been strokingwe have been stroking
you have been strokingyou have been stroking
he/she/it has been strokingthey have been stroking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I strokedwe stroked
you strokedyou stroked
he/she/it strokedthey stroked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was strokingwe were stroking
you were strokingyou were stroking
he/she/it was strokingthey were stroking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had strokedwe had stroked
you had strokedyou had stroked
he/she/it had strokedthey had stroked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been strokingwe had been stroking
you had been strokingyou had been stroking
he/she/it had been strokingthey had been stroking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will strokewe shall/will stroke
you will strokeyou will stroke
he/she/it will strokethey will stroke
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be strokingwe shall/will be stroking
you will be strokingyou will be stroking
he/she/it will be strokingthey will be stroking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have strokedwe shall/will have stroked
you will have strokedyou will have stroked
he/she/it will have strokedthey will have stroked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been strokingwe shall/will have been stroking
you will have been strokingyou will have been stroking
he/she/it will have been strokingthey will have been stroking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would strokewe should/would stroke
you would strokeyou would stroke
he/she/it would strokethey would stroke
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be strokingwe should/would be stroking
you would be strokingyou would be stroking
he/she/it would be strokingthey would be stroking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have strokedwe should/would have stroked
you would have strokedyou would have stroked
he/she/it would have strokedthey would have stroked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been strokingwe should/would have been stroking
you would have been strokingyou would have been stroking
he/she/it would have been strokingthey would have been stroking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am strokedwe are stroked
you are strokedyou are stroked
he/she/it is strokedthey are stroked
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being strokedwe are being stroked
you are being strokedyou are being stroked
he/she/it is being strokedthey are being stroked
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been strokedwe have been stroked
you have been strokedyou have been stroked
he/she/it has been strokedthey have been stroked
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was strokedwe were stroked
you were strokedyou were stroked
he/she/it was strokedthey were stroked
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being strokedwe were being stroked
you were being strokedyou were being stroked
he/she/it was being strokedthey were being stroked
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been strokedwe had been stroked
you had been strokedyou had been stroked
he/she/it had been strokedthey had been stroked
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be strokedwe shall/will be stroked
you will be strokedyou will be stroked
he/she/it will be strokedthey will be stroked
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been strokedwe shall/will have been stroked
you will have been strokedyou will have been stroked
he/she/it will have been strokedthey will have been stroked

stroke

noun
SingularPlural
Common casestrokestrokes
Possessive casestroke'sstrokes'