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Every cloud had now disappeared from the sky; the expanse of sombre blue was peopled with a living swarm of stars.
Il n’y avait plus un seul nuage au ciel, la nappe d’un bleu sombre s’animait du fourmillement vivant d’un peuple d’étoiles.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
These gentlemen who, on the previous evening, had left the drawing-room with such precipitation at the news of the insurgents' approach, came back, inquisitive and importunate, like a swarm of buzzing flies which a puff of wind would have dispersed.
Ces messieurs qui, la veille au soir, avaient quitté si précipitamment le salon jaune, à la nouvelle de l’approche des insurgés, revenaient, bourdonnants, curieux et importuns, comme un essaim de mouches qu’aurait dispersé un coup de vent.
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
A swarm of big flies was hovering over his open mouth.
Un essaim de grosses mouches volaient au-dessus de sa bouche ouverte.
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
Where the thousands upon thousands of bad sailors that swarm in every ship hide themselves when they are on land is a mystery.
Où ces multitudes de mauvais marins agglutinés le long des lisses de chaque bateau se cachent-elles une fois débarquées ? Cela reste une énigme pour moi.
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
they swarm and before long cover the earth, on all sides becoming uncontested masters.
Ils pullulent, ils ne tardent pas à couvrir la terre, à être partout les maîtres incontestés.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
He watched with interest the atoms that came and went with prodigious speed through the ray, like a swarm of busy messengers ever hastening with news from the sun to the earth.
Il s'intéressait aux atomes allant et venant le long du rayon, avec une vitesse prodigieuse, pareils à une foule de messagers affairés portant sans cesse des nouvelles du soleil à la terre.
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
The same human swarm still covered the riverbank under squalls of wet snow.
Le même grouillement humain recouvrait la berge sous les bourrasques d'une neige humide.
Makine, Andreï / Music of a LifeMakine, Andreï / La musique d'une vie
La musique d'une vie
Makine, Andreï
© 2001 by Andrei Makine
Music of a Life
Makine, Andreï
© 2002 by Geoffrey Strachan
© 2001 by Andreï Makine
Our adventures hover around us like bees round the hive when preparing to swarm.
Nos aventures errent autour de nous comme les abeilles sur le point d'essaimer errent autour de la ruche.
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Catherine was poking a long straw into the hole so roughly, that a swarm of frightened ants had rushed out upon the floor.
Catherine, avec une longue paille, fouillait dans le trou, si violemment, qu'un flot de fourmis effarées coulait sur la dalle.
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
It was indeed the head of the procession again appearing; and at once the specks of light began to swarm and extend in long, wavering double files.
En effet, c’était la tête de la procession qui se montrait. Tout de suite les points lumineux pullulèrent, s’allongèrent en une double ligne oscillante.
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
She threw herself upon a swarm of fowls, who were greedily drinking the blood from the pans.
Elle se jeta au milieu d'une bande de poules, qui buvaient goulûment le sang, dans les terrines.
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
It proceeded to quote a swarm of names to prove to Georgette that Therese was indeed the silly little thing who made herself appear ugly by a too modest demeanour.
Il se mit à débiter une foule de noms pour prouver à Georgette que Thérèse était bien la petite sotte enlaidie par un maintien trop modeste.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
A few carriages, very few at that early hour, were ascending the avenue, while a stream of bewildered, bustling people, suggesting a swarm of ants, plunged into the huge archway of the Palais de l'Industrie.
Quelques équipages, rares à cette heure, montaient; pendant qu’un flot de foule, perdu et mouvant comme une fourmilière, s’engouffrait sous l’arcade énorme du Palais de l’Industrie.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Thus we shall swarm and swarm, and fill the world!
Et nous pullulerons, et nous emplirons le monde !...
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Quite alone, at the foot of the pulpit, was mother Brichet, praying in a very demonstrative fashion. She kept on her knees, and repeated the prayers in so loud a whisper that it seemed as if a swarm of bluebottles had taken possession of the nave.
Seule, au pied de la chaire, à quelques pas des époux, la mère Brichet assistait au mariage; elle priait d'une façon outrée; elle restait à genoux, avec un balbutiement si fort, que la nef était comme pleine d'un vol de mouches.
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

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swarm

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseswarmswarms
Possessive caseswarm'sswarms'

swarm

verb
Basic forms
Pastswarmed
Imperativeswarm
Present Participle (Participle I)swarming
Past Participle (Participle II)swarmed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I swarmwe swarm
you swarmyou swarm
he/she/it swarmsthey swarm
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am swarmingwe are swarming
you are swarmingyou are swarming
he/she/it is swarmingthey are swarming
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have swarmedwe have swarmed
you have swarmedyou have swarmed
he/she/it has swarmedthey have swarmed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been swarmingwe have been swarming
you have been swarmingyou have been swarming
he/she/it has been swarmingthey have been swarming
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I swarmedwe swarmed
you swarmedyou swarmed
he/she/it swarmedthey swarmed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was swarmingwe were swarming
you were swarmingyou were swarming
he/she/it was swarmingthey were swarming
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had swarmedwe had swarmed
you had swarmedyou had swarmed
he/she/it had swarmedthey had swarmed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been swarmingwe had been swarming
you had been swarmingyou had been swarming
he/she/it had been swarmingthey had been swarming
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will swarmwe shall/will swarm
you will swarmyou will swarm
he/she/it will swarmthey will swarm
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be swarmingwe shall/will be swarming
you will be swarmingyou will be swarming
he/she/it will be swarmingthey will be swarming
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have swarmedwe shall/will have swarmed
you will have swarmedyou will have swarmed
he/she/it will have swarmedthey will have swarmed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been swarmingwe shall/will have been swarming
you will have been swarmingyou will have been swarming
he/she/it will have been swarmingthey will have been swarming
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would swarmwe should/would swarm
you would swarmyou would swarm
he/she/it would swarmthey would swarm
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be swarmingwe should/would be swarming
you would be swarmingyou would be swarming
he/she/it would be swarmingthey would be swarming
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have swarmedwe should/would have swarmed
you would have swarmedyou would have swarmed
he/she/it would have swarmedthey would have swarmed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been swarmingwe should/would have been swarming
you would have been swarmingyou would have been swarming
he/she/it would have been swarmingthey would have been swarming
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am swarmedwe are swarmed
you are swarmedyou are swarmed
he/she/it is swarmedthey are swarmed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being swarmedwe are being swarmed
you are being swarmedyou are being swarmed
he/she/it is being swarmedthey are being swarmed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been swarmedwe have been swarmed
you have been swarmedyou have been swarmed
he/she/it has been swarmedthey have been swarmed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was swarmedwe were swarmed
you were swarmedyou were swarmed
he/she/it was swarmedthey were swarmed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being swarmedwe were being swarmed
you were being swarmedyou were being swarmed
he/she/it was being swarmedthey were being swarmed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been swarmedwe had been swarmed
you had been swarmedyou had been swarmed
he/she/it had been swarmedthey had been swarmed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be swarmedwe shall/will be swarmed
you will be swarmedyou will be swarmed
he/she/it will be swarmedthey will be swarmed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been swarmedwe shall/will have been swarmed
you will have been swarmedyou will have been swarmed
he/she/it will have been swarmedthey will have been swarmed