Several times the sisters fancied they saw it, looming up in the obscurity, like a low black rock; but on each occasion it was found to be either an optical illusion, or some swell of the foliage on the shore.
Plusieurs fois elles crurent l’entrevoir dans l’obscurité comme un rocher noir presque à fleur d’eau ; mais, à chaque occasion, c’était une illusion d’optique occasionnée par une cause ou par une autre.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
"That sounds like surf on some long unbroken coast!" exclaimed Cap, as a swell, deeper than common, came to his ears.
– C’est un bruit comme celui du ressac sur une longue côte, – dit Cap dans un instant où ces sons frappaient ses oreilles avec plus de force que jamais.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
By-and-by I came to a swell of moorland which dipped to the vale of a little river, and a mile away in the heather I saw the smoke of a train.
Sur ces entrefaites je parvins à une croupe qui dévalait vers un petit cours d'eau, et un mille plus loin sur la lande j'aperçus la fumée d'un train.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Then her stomach began to swell and she suffered, oh, so dreadfully! it made one cry to see her.
Ensuite, le ventre s’est gonflé, et elle souffrait, oh ! si fort, à vous arracher les larmes des yeux.
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
The house stood almost on the summit of a swell of moorland which crowned a sort of plateau, and there was no higher point nearer than the big hills six miles off.
La maison se trouvait située presque au sommet d'une intumescence de la lande qui couronnait une sorte de plateau, et le seul point qui fût plus élevé était la grande montagne à six milles de là.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
On Good Friday she knelt in agony in the black-draped church, while the candles were extinguished, one by one, midst the mournful swell of voices rising through the gloomy nave.
Le vendredi, dans l'église noire, elle agonisa, pendant que les cierges, un à un, s'éteignaient sous la tempête lamentable des voix qui roulait au fond des ténèbres de la nef.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Prayer came but slowly to his lips; fancies made his mind wander. He perceived things he had never seen before – the gentle wave of her chestnut hair, the rounded swell of her rosy throat.
Et la prière s'attardait sur ses lèvres, il s'oubliait à des distractions, voyant des choses qu'il n'avait point encore vues, la courbe molle des cheveux châtains, le léger gonflement du menton, barbouillé de rose.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Patience! patience! ye whose hearts swell indignant at wrongs like these.
Patience! patience! vous dont l’indignation s’éveille à de tels maux.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
On the third day after leaving the caravan, as we were riding near the Cimmaron, I thought I observed a pronged head disappearing behind a swell in the prairie.
Trois jours après avoir quitté la caravane, comme nous chevauchions près du Cimmaron, je crus voir une tête cornue derrière un pli de la prairie.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
And then, with her eyes gazing into space, she would remain rigid, like a statue, keeping back the tears which made her heart swell, lacking even the wretched consolation of being able to cry.
Et, les yeux au loin, elle gardait la rigidité d’un marbre, elle retenait les larmes dont se gonflait son cœur, réduite à cette misère de ne pouvoir même pleurer.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
‘She has a very swell place now.
L’histoire est si drôle…
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
It is the haunt of the river swell and his overdressed female companion.
C’est le rendez-vous des gandins de la Tamise et de leurs compagnes trop bien mises.
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
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Collocations
ground swell
lame de fond
Word forms
swell
verb
Basic forms
Past
swelled
Imperative
swell
Present Participle (Participle I)
swelling
Past Participle (Participle II)
swollen
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I swell
we swell
you swell
you swell
he/she/it swells
they swell
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am swelling
we are swelling
you are swelling
you are swelling
he/she/it is swelling
they are swelling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have swollen
we have swollen
you have swollen
you have swollen
he/she/it has swollen
they have swollen
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been swelling
we have been swelling
you have been swelling
you have been swelling
he/she/it has been swelling
they have been swelling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I swelled
we swelled
you swelled
you swelled
he/she/it swelled
they swelled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was swelling
we were swelling
you were swelling
you were swelling
he/she/it was swelling
they were swelling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had swollen
we had swollen
you had swollen
you had swollen
he/she/it had swollen
they had swollen
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been swelling
we had been swelling
you had been swelling
you had been swelling
he/she/it had been swelling
they had been swelling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will swell
we shall/will swell
you will swell
you will swell
he/she/it will swell
they will swell
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be swelling
we shall/will be swelling
you will be swelling
you will be swelling
he/she/it will be swelling
they will be swelling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have swollen
we shall/will have swollen
you will have swollen
you will have swollen
he/she/it will have swollen
they will have swollen
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been swelling
we shall/will have been swelling
you will have been swelling
you will have been swelling
he/she/it will have been swelling
they will have been swelling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would swell
we should/would swell
you would swell
you would swell
he/she/it would swell
they would swell
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be swelling
we should/would be swelling
you would be swelling
you would be swelling
he/she/it would be swelling
they would be swelling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have swollen
we should/would have swollen
you would have swollen
you would have swollen
he/she/it would have swollen
they would have swollen
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice