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"Nay, Judith, this is taking the matter up too much in 'arnest. Hurry has never whispered a syllable ag'in the good name of Hetty, to begin with-"
– C’est prendre la chose trop au sérieux, Judith ; jamais Hurry n’a prononcé devant moi une syllabe contre la bonne renommée de votre sœur, pour commencer par elle, et...
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
At this meal scarce a syllable was exchanged, all the females manifesting want of appetites, though the two men were unchanged in this particular.
À peine une syllabe fut-elle prononcée pendant le repas. Les trois femmes n’avaient pas d’appétit, mais les deux hommes en montrèrent autant qu’à l’ordinaire.
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
And this, indeed, was what the voice said, what it repeated with keen insistence, never adding another syllable.
Et la voix disait cela, répétait cela, d’une insistance aiguë, sans rien ajouter d’autre.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
" Three hundred and eighty-four francs worth of oil," he exclaimed, scanning each syllable, "and the poor are in want of bread, sir!
– Trois cent quatre-vingt-quatre francs d’huile ! s’écria-t-il, en scandant chaque syllabe, et le pauvre peuple manque de pain, monsieur !
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
The Baron, who well knew that a syllable from him would only increase the foulness of the overflow, vainly turned an imploring glance on the Count to solicit his intervention.
Vainement, le baron, sachant bien qu’une simple phrase de lui amènerait un dégorgement plus fangeux, implorait-il du regard l’intervention du comte.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
He brightened up, and wished to speak, but he could only lisp one syllable, ever the same, one of those syllables into which brats in swaddling-clothes put a whole host of sensations.
Il rayonnait, il voulait parler, mais il ne bégayait qu'une syllabe, toujours la même, une de ces syllabes où les enfants au maillot mettent un monde de sensations.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
This is what I read; I copy it without adding or omitting a syllable: To-day is the 15th December.
Voici ce que je lus, et que je transcris sans ajouter ni retrancher aucune syllabe: «C'est aujourd'hui le 15 décembre.
Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux Camelias
La Dame aux Camelias
Dumas fils, Alexandre
Camille
Dumas fils, Alexandre
© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
"I had her in hand during the whole of one afternoon," continued Doctor Chassaigne, "and there was not the variation of a syllable in her story.
« Je l’ai tenue pendant tout un après-midi, continua le docteur, et elle n’a pas varié d’une syllabe.
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
I was choking in my throat and could not have uttered a syllable if I had tried.
Je suffoquais et je n’aurais pu prononcer une syllabe, même si je l’eusse voulu.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
"Chin-gach-gook," pronouncing the name slowly, and dwelling on each syllable` "Great Sarpent, Yengeese tongue."
– Chin-gach-gook, reprit-il en prononçant lentement le nom, et en appuyant sur chaque syllabe ; Grand-Serpent, en langue yengeese .
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
A ferocious whistle cut his explanation off short, on the syllable.
Un féroce coup de sifflet coupa son explication, net, à cette syllabe.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"Sac-ri-ficing!" cried the count, making each syllable the blow of a sledge-hammer on the heart of his victim.
— Se sa-cri-fi-er! reprit le comte, en faisant de chaque syllabe un coup de barre sur le cœur de sa victime.
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, without pronouncing a syllable, she quickly crossed the dining- room and entered the apartment occupied by Madame Raquin.
Puis, sans prononcer une parole, elle traversa vivement la salle à manger et entra chez Mme Raquin.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
"You never said truer syllable, old Tom," retorted Hurry, who smarted under Judith's observations; "the devil-tongued youngsters of the garrison have proved her undoing!
– Vous n’avez rien dit de plus vrai, vieux Tom, répliqua Hurry, piqué des observations de Judith. Ces jeunes gens des forts ont des langues du diable qui lui ont tourné la tête.
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
In their way to the point, not another syllable was exchanged between Deerslayer and his fair companion.
Pendant le reste de la route qu’ils avaient à faire, pas un mot ne fut échangé entre le jeune chasseur et sa belle compagne.
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

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syllable

verb
Basic forms
Pastsyllabled
Imperativesyllable
Present Participle (Participle I)syllabling
Past Participle (Participle II)syllabled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I syllablewe syllable
you syllableyou syllable
he/she/it syllablesthey syllable
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am syllablingwe are syllabling
you are syllablingyou are syllabling
he/she/it is syllablingthey are syllabling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have syllabledwe have syllabled
you have syllabledyou have syllabled
he/she/it has syllabledthey have syllabled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been syllablingwe have been syllabling
you have been syllablingyou have been syllabling
he/she/it has been syllablingthey have been syllabling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I syllabledwe syllabled
you syllabledyou syllabled
he/she/it syllabledthey syllabled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was syllablingwe were syllabling
you were syllablingyou were syllabling
he/she/it was syllablingthey were syllabling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had syllabledwe had syllabled
you had syllabledyou had syllabled
he/she/it had syllabledthey had syllabled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been syllablingwe had been syllabling
you had been syllablingyou had been syllabling
he/she/it had been syllablingthey had been syllabling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will syllablewe shall/will syllable
you will syllableyou will syllable
he/she/it will syllablethey will syllable
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be syllablingwe shall/will be syllabling
you will be syllablingyou will be syllabling
he/she/it will be syllablingthey will be syllabling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have syllabledwe shall/will have syllabled
you will have syllabledyou will have syllabled
he/she/it will have syllabledthey will have syllabled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been syllablingwe shall/will have been syllabling
you will have been syllablingyou will have been syllabling
he/she/it will have been syllablingthey will have been syllabling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would syllablewe should/would syllable
you would syllableyou would syllable
he/she/it would syllablethey would syllable
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be syllablingwe should/would be syllabling
you would be syllablingyou would be syllabling
he/she/it would be syllablingthey would be syllabling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have syllabledwe should/would have syllabled
you would have syllabledyou would have syllabled
he/she/it would have syllabledthey would have syllabled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been syllablingwe should/would have been syllabling
you would have been syllablingyou would have been syllabling
he/she/it would have been syllablingthey would have been syllabling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am syllabledwe are syllabled
you are syllabledyou are syllabled
he/she/it is syllabledthey are syllabled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being syllabledwe are being syllabled
you are being syllabledyou are being syllabled
he/she/it is being syllabledthey are being syllabled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been syllabledwe have been syllabled
you have been syllabledyou have been syllabled
he/she/it has been syllabledthey have been syllabled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was syllabledwe were syllabled
you were syllabledyou were syllabled
he/she/it was syllabledthey were syllabled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being syllabledwe were being syllabled
you were being syllabledyou were being syllabled
he/she/it was being syllabledthey were being syllabled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been syllabledwe had been syllabled
you had been syllabledyou had been syllabled
he/she/it had been syllabledthey had been syllabled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be syllabledwe shall/will be syllabled
you will be syllabledyou will be syllabled
he/she/it will be syllabledthey will be syllabled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been syllabledwe shall/will have been syllabled
you will have been syllabledyou will have been syllabled
he/she/it will have been syllabledthey will have been syllabled

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Common casesyllablesyllables
Possessive casesyllable'ssyllables'