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Then she began to stutter disjointed words: "Look at him, madame.Et elle ne bégaya plus que des mots sans suite. « Regardez-le donc, madame...Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - LourdesLes Trois Villes - LourdesZola, EmileThe Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile
And then you should have seen him take fright, draw back and stutter, as if I were going to strike him.Ah! du coup, si tu l’avais vu prendre peur, bégayer, reculer, comme si je voulais le battre.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
His fat apoplectical face became distorted, his anger was so violent that he could scarcely stutter.Sa grosse figure congestionnée se décomposait, il bégayait, outré de colère.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
When they reached the Place of the Sub-Prefecture, he began to shed tears and stutter: ' I've no friends now ; everyone despises me just because I'm poor.Arrivé à la place de la Sous-Préfecture, il sanglota, il répéta: --Il n'y a plus d'amis, c'est parce que je suis pauvre qu'on me méprise...Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
She was obliged to follow him; but she remained so confused, so frightened by this important adventure in her uneventful every-day life, that she looked on, only able to stutter fragments of sentences.Elle dut le suivre; mais elle restait si confuse, si effarée de cette aventure considérable dans sa vie plate de tous les jours, qu'elle le regarda faire, ne trouvant autre chose que des bouts de phrase balbutiés.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
He had about a bushel of notes from which he read, and when he let go of them he fell into one prolonged stutter.Il avait devant lui une montagne de notes dont il lisait des passages, et lorsqu'il s'en écartait il tombait dans un bégaiement prolongé.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
In doing so, he either stuttered or cleared his throat such that different people in the courtroom heard different versions of the verdict.Au moment de l'annonce, il semble qu'il ait bégayé ou se soit raclé la gorge et, de ce fait, les personnes présentes dans la salle d'audience n'ont pas entendu le même verdict.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 05.11.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 05.11.2011
It chats and caresses; it is burning, and stutters out tender words.Il babille, il caresse ; il brûle et balbutie de tendres paroles.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
"You're wrong, you're wrong," stuttered his friend.«Tu as tort, tu as tort», bégayait son ami.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
'To think that such creatures dare to come to our Lady's altar!' La Teuse stuttered as she shot the bolts.- Et ça présente à l'autel de la Vierge! bégaya-t-elle, en poussant les verrous.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
"My God! my God!" stuttered Duveyrier, at length able to weep, unnerved by the sight of the place where the friction of the mattresses had rubbed the paper off the wall.– Mon Dieu! mon Dieu! bégaya Duveyrier, pouvant enfin pleurer, détendu par la vue de l'endroit où le frottement des matelas avait éraflé le papier peint.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
" I give you notice to quit," stuttered Monsieur Vabre.– Je vous donne congé, bégayait M. Vabre.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
And, in presence of this bawled chucking bank notes about, Octave thought with surprise of the uncle who exaggerated his stuttering drunkenness to escape the family extortions.Et, Octave, devant ce braillard jetant au feu les billets de banque, songeait avec surprise à l'oncle qui exagérait son ivresse bégayante, pour échapper aux entreprises de la famille.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
Then suddenly she burst out into the most bitter sobs, vanquished, and no longer mistress of herself. " Not with Baymonde," stuttered she, " oh! no, not with Baymonde !"Et, brusquement, elle éclata en gros sanglots, vaincue, emportée, bégayant: – Pas avec Raymonde, oh! non, pas avec Raymonde!Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
At first there was nothing but indistinct stuttering, similar to slight puffs of air rising, here and there above the multitude.D’abord, ce n’étaient que des balbutiements indistincts, pareils à des petits souffles de vent qui se levaient, épars au-dessus de la foule.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - LourdesLes Trois Villes - LourdesZola, EmileThe Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile
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stutter
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | stutter | stutters |
Possessive case | stutter's | stutters' |
stutter
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | stuttered |
Imperative | stutter |
Present Participle (Participle I) | stuttering |
Past Participle (Participle II) | stuttered |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I stutter | we stutter |
you stutter | you stutter |
he/she/it stutters | they stutter |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am stuttering | we are stuttering |
you are stuttering | you are stuttering |
he/she/it is stuttering | they are stuttering |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have stuttered | we have stuttered |
you have stuttered | you have stuttered |
he/she/it has stuttered | they have stuttered |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been stuttering | we have been stuttering |
you have been stuttering | you have been stuttering |
he/she/it has been stuttering | they have been stuttering |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I stuttered | we stuttered |
you stuttered | you stuttered |
he/she/it stuttered | they stuttered |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was stuttering | we were stuttering |
you were stuttering | you were stuttering |
he/she/it was stuttering | they were stuttering |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had stuttered | we had stuttered |
you had stuttered | you had stuttered |
he/she/it had stuttered | they had stuttered |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been stuttering | we had been stuttering |
you had been stuttering | you had been stuttering |
he/she/it had been stuttering | they had been stuttering |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will stutter | we shall/will stutter |
you will stutter | you will stutter |
he/she/it will stutter | they will stutter |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be stuttering | we shall/will be stuttering |
you will be stuttering | you will be stuttering |
he/she/it will be stuttering | they will be stuttering |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have stuttered | we shall/will have stuttered |
you will have stuttered | you will have stuttered |
he/she/it will have stuttered | they will have stuttered |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been stuttering | we shall/will have been stuttering |
you will have been stuttering | you will have been stuttering |
he/she/it will have been stuttering | they will have been stuttering |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would stutter | we should/would stutter |
you would stutter | you would stutter |
he/she/it would stutter | they would stutter |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be stuttering | we should/would be stuttering |
you would be stuttering | you would be stuttering |
he/she/it would be stuttering | they would be stuttering |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have stuttered | we should/would have stuttered |
you would have stuttered | you would have stuttered |
he/she/it would have stuttered | they would have stuttered |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been stuttering | we should/would have been stuttering |
you would have been stuttering | you would have been stuttering |
he/she/it would have been stuttering | they would have been stuttering |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am stuttered | we are stuttered |
you are stuttered | you are stuttered |
he/she/it is stuttered | they are stuttered |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being stuttered | we are being stuttered |
you are being stuttered | you are being stuttered |
he/she/it is being stuttered | they are being stuttered |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been stuttered | we have been stuttered |
you have been stuttered | you have been stuttered |
he/she/it has been stuttered | they have been stuttered |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was stuttered | we were stuttered |
you were stuttered | you were stuttered |
he/she/it was stuttered | they were stuttered |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being stuttered | we were being stuttered |
you were being stuttered | you were being stuttered |
he/she/it was being stuttered | they were being stuttered |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been stuttered | we had been stuttered |
you had been stuttered | you had been stuttered |
he/she/it had been stuttered | they had been stuttered |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be stuttered | we shall/will be stuttered |
you will be stuttered | you will be stuttered |
he/she/it will be stuttered | they will be stuttered |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been stuttered | we shall/will have been stuttered |
you will have been stuttered | you will have been stuttered |
he/she/it will have been stuttered | they will have been stuttered |