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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
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
"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
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
I judged he was a great swell, for his voice became reverential at the mention of him.
En parlant de lui, la voix du lieutenant était empreinte d’une nuance de vénération.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
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
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
We're her proteges, and the bigger the German swell I get before the safer I'll feel.
Nous sommes ses protégés. Donc, plus le personnage allemand que nous verrons sera haut placé, plus je me sentirai en sécurité.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
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
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
I noticed the German guards saluting him, so I judged he was rather a swell.
Je remarquai que les sentinelles boches le saluaient, et j’en conclus que c’était un personnage important.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
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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ground swell
lame de fond

Word forms

swell

verb
Basic forms
Pastswelled
Imperativeswell
Present Participle (Participle I)swelling
Past Participle (Participle II)swollen
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I swellwe swell
you swellyou swell
he/she/it swellsthey swell
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am swellingwe are swelling
you are swellingyou are swelling
he/she/it is swellingthey are swelling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have swollenwe have swollen
you have swollenyou have swollen
he/she/it has swollenthey have swollen
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been swellingwe have been swelling
you have been swellingyou have been swelling
he/she/it has been swellingthey have been swelling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I swelledwe swelled
you swelledyou swelled
he/she/it swelledthey swelled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was swellingwe were swelling
you were swellingyou were swelling
he/she/it was swellingthey were swelling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had swollenwe had swollen
you had swollenyou had swollen
he/she/it had swollenthey had swollen
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been swellingwe had been swelling
you had been swellingyou had been swelling
he/she/it had been swellingthey had been swelling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will swellwe shall/will swell
you will swellyou will swell
he/she/it will swellthey will swell
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be swellingwe shall/will be swelling
you will be swellingyou will be swelling
he/she/it will be swellingthey will be swelling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have swollenwe shall/will have swollen
you will have swollenyou will have swollen
he/she/it will have swollenthey will have swollen
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been swellingwe shall/will have been swelling
you will have been swellingyou will have been swelling
he/she/it will have been swellingthey will have been swelling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would swellwe should/would swell
you would swellyou would swell
he/she/it would swellthey would swell
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be swellingwe should/would be swelling
you would be swellingyou would be swelling
he/she/it would be swellingthey would be swelling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have swollenwe should/would have swollen
you would have swollenyou would have swollen
he/she/it would have swollenthey would have swollen
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been swellingwe should/would have been swelling
you would have been swellingyou would have been swelling
he/she/it would have been swellingthey would have been swelling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am swollenwe are swollen
you are swollenyou are swollen
he/she/it is swollenthey are swollen
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being swollenwe are being swollen
you are being swollenyou are being swollen
he/she/it is being swollenthey are being swollen
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been swollenwe have been swollen
you have been swollenyou have been swollen
he/she/it has been swollenthey have been swollen
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was swollenwe were swollen
you were swollenyou were swollen
he/she/it was swollenthey were swollen
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being swollenwe were being swollen
you were being swollenyou were being swollen
he/she/it was being swollenthey were being swollen
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been swollenwe had been swollen
you had been swollenyou had been swollen
he/she/it had been swollenthey had been swollen
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be swollenwe shall/will be swollen
you will be swollenyou will be swollen
he/she/it will be swollenthey will be swollen
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been swollenwe shall/will have been swollen
you will have been swollenyou will have been swollen
he/she/it will have been swollenthey will have been swollen

swell

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseswellswells
Possessive caseswell'sswells'