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Next, the dropsical ones, swollen out like leathern bottles; the rheumatic ones with twisted hands and swollen feet, like bags stuffed full of rags; and a sufferer from hydrocephalus, whose huge and weighty skull fell backwards.
Puis, des hydropiques, gonflées comme des outres, des rhumatisantes aux mains tordues, aux pieds enflés, pareils à des sacs bourrés de chiffons, une hydrocéphale dont le crâne énorme, trop lourd, se renversait en arrière.
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
Just as I was suffering severely from the pressure of the crowd an officer stepped on my feet, swollen by the new leather of my shoes as well as by the heat.
Au moment où je souffrais du malaise causé par le piétinement auquel nous oblige une foule, un officier marcha sur mes pieds gonflés autant par la compression du cuir que par la chaleur.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
Then she collapsed in her unbuttoned dressing gown, tears once more gushing from her red and swollen eyes.
Et elle s’effondra dans son peignoir défait, des larmes recommencèrent à ruisseler de ses yeux rouges.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Here, of mute rage,' her neck swollen with suppressed violence, she began to stare slowly round with terrible fixedness.
Là, violente et muette, le cou gonflé du grondement qu’elle retenait, elle se mit à regarder autour d’elle, lentement, avec une terrible fixité.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Therese sought the bite that Camille had given in the stiff, swollen neck of Laurent, and passionately pressed her lips to it.
Thérèse chercha des lèvres la morsure de Camille sur le cou gonflé et raidi de Laurent, et elle y colla sa bouche avec emportement.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
The water was swollen with the late rains.
La rivière était encore gonflée des dernières pluies.
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 Viorne, swollen by the rains, flowed on with a dull, continuous sound.
La Viorne, grossie par les pluies, passait au-dessous d’eux, avec des bruits sourds et continus.
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
But the bright eyes, the tightly-compressed lips, told of the hidden thoughts, the surmises full of anxiety and irritation, which were passing in the pale-faced heads of those next-of-kin, with their red and swollen eyelids.
Mais les yeux clairs, les lèvres pincées disaient les réflexions sourdes, les raisonnements pleins d'inquiétude et d'irritation, qui passaient dans ces têtes pâles d'héritiers, aux paupières rougies.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Their alarm was caused particularly by the great change they noticed in their daughter's appearance; her face was swollen and distorted, as if some evil power had transformed her in the night.
Leur terreur, surtout, venait de ce qu’ils trouvaient leur fille méconnaissable, la face gonflée, décomposée, comme si quelque puissance mauvaise la leur changeait, la leur volait, en une seule nuit.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
It was only the drowned that interested him. When several human forms were there, swollen and blued by the water, he looked at them eagerly, seeking to recognise Camille.
Les noyés seuls l'intéressaient; quand il y avait plusieurs cadavres gonflés et bleuis par l'eau, il les regardait avidement, cherchant à reconnaître Camille.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
It was a torrent swollen with melting snow and rains in the hills, and it was running fifty yards wide.
C’était un torrent gonflé par la fonte des neiges et les pluies des collines, et qui atteignait une cinquantaine de mètres de largeur.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
And, as this often happened, he always had some fresh scar to show-a bloody nose, a torn ear, or a damaged eye, swollen and blackened.
Aussi montrait-il toujours quelque nouvelle balafre, le nez en sang, une oreille fendue, un œil entamé, enflé et bleu.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
"The foot was swollen and quite deformed, and there were fistulas giving egress to continual suppuration."
Le pied était gonflé, déformé, et il y avait des fistules donnant issue à une suppuration continuelle. »
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
Here are several shell-holes where swollen horses are rotting; in others the remains of what were once human beings are scattered, distorted by the monstrous injury of shells.
Quelques trous d’obus où pourrissent des chevaux gonflés et distendus, d’autres où sont éparpillés les restes, déformés par la blessure monstrueuse de l’obus, de ce qui était des êtres humains.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
And he remained livid, in consternation at it all, his bloated face swollen with grief, his heavy eyelids red with tears.
Et il en restait blême, atterré, son gros visage boursouflé de chagrin, ses paupières lourdes meurtries de larmes.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile

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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