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The cities must refrain from making any comment, spoken or written, or portrayal of any nature, likely to tarnish the image of a rival city or be prejudicial to it.Les villes devront s'abstenir de tout propos, écrit ou représentation, susceptible de ternir l'image d'une ville concurrente ou de lui porter préjudice.© Copyright 2009http://olympic.org 15.08.2011© Copyright 2009http://olympic.org 15.08.2011
Clearly, engaging in fraud by organising stratagems and embezzling funds is likely to tarnish the reputation of the Olympic Movement.Manifestement, le fait d'organiser des escroqueries à l'aide de stratagèmes et de détourner des fonds est susceptible de porter atteinte à la réputation du Mouvement olympique.© Copyright 2009http://olympic.org 15.07.2011© Copyright 2009http://olympic.org 15.07.2011
But he can not accept this sacrifice, because the world, which does not know you, would give a wrong interpretation to this acceptance, and such an interpretation must not tarnish the name which we bear.Mais ce sacrifice, il ne peut l'accepter, parce que le monde, qui ne vous connaît pas, donnerait à ce consentement une cause déloyale qui ne doit pas atteindre le nom que nous portons.Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux CameliasLa Dame aux CameliasDumas fils, AlexandreCamilleDumas fils, Alexandre© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
The brass of the latter was tarnished.Le cuivre était piqué de taches ternes.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
It had allowed the NSDAP to project itself as the most radical voice of the Right, a protest-movement par excellence that had never been tarnished with any involvement in Weimar government.Il avait permis au NSDAP de s'affirmer comme la voix la plus radicale à droite, comme un mouvement de protestation par excellence qui ne s'était jamais compromis avec le gouvernement de Weimar.Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 HubrisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 HubrisHitler. 1889-1936 HubrisKershaw, Ian© Ian Kershaw, 1998.© Flammarion, 1999, pour la traduction francaise. Edition revue, 2001.Hitler. 1889-1936 HubrisKershaw, Ian© 1998 by Ian Kershaw© 1939, 1943 by Houghton Mifflin Company
No smoke had tarnished them since they had been flung up from their subterranean beds.Aucune fumée ne les avait ternis depuis qu'ils avaient émergé de leurs couches souterraines.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
It is only fair to add that her delight was not tarnished by any sordid calculations.Il faut le dire à sa louange, sa joie fut alors pure de tout calcul.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
And if, to forget their feelings, they tried to interest themselves in what was taking place around them, their sight was dimmed, and they fancied that a grey smoke filled the air, and that each object was tarnishing and becoming faded and sullied.Et si, pour sortir de leur malaise, ils tâchaient de s’intéresser à ce qui les entourait, ils voyaient trouble, ils s’imaginaient qu’une fumée grise emplissait l’air, et que chaque objet se ternissait, fané et sali.Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine FeratMadeleine FeratZola, EmileMadeleine FeratZola, Emile
The gold tissue, frayed at the folds, broke out in little slender tufts; the embossed ornaments were getting tarnished and worn.Le tissu, limé aux plis, laissait échapper de minces houppettes! les ornements en relief se rongeaient et s'effaçaient.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Stumm switched on the electric light, and there was a great hall with black tarnished portraits of men an women in old-fashioned clothes, and mighty horns of deer on the walls.Stumm tourna la lumière électrique et je vis un grand hall rempli de sombres portraits vernissés d’hommes et de femmes vêtus à la mode d’autrefois. Les murs étaient ornés de trophées de chasse.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
We see slowly stirring groups and fragments of groups, composed of beings who bow under the weight of their coats and aprons of mud, who trail themselves along, disperse, and crawl about in the depths of the sky's tarnished light.On voit se déplacer lentement des bandes, des tronçons de caravanes composées d’êtres qui plient sous le poids de leurs casaques et de leurs tabliers de boue, et se traînent, se dispersent et grouillent au fond du reflet obscurci du ciel.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
His fresh rosiness of yesterday seemed a thought tarnished.Ses fraîches couleurs de la veille semblaient un peu atténuées.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
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Word forms
tarnish
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | tarnish | tarnishes |
Possessive case | tarnish's | tarnishes' |
tarnish
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | tarnished |
Imperative | tarnish |
Present Participle (Participle I) | tarnishing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | tarnished |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I tarnish | we tarnish |
you tarnish | you tarnish |
he/she/it tarnishes | they tarnish |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am tarnishing | we are tarnishing |
you are tarnishing | you are tarnishing |
he/she/it is tarnishing | they are tarnishing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have tarnished | we have tarnished |
you have tarnished | you have tarnished |
he/she/it has tarnished | they have tarnished |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been tarnishing | we have been tarnishing |
you have been tarnishing | you have been tarnishing |
he/she/it has been tarnishing | they have been tarnishing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I tarnished | we tarnished |
you tarnished | you tarnished |
he/she/it tarnished | they tarnished |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was tarnishing | we were tarnishing |
you were tarnishing | you were tarnishing |
he/she/it was tarnishing | they were tarnishing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had tarnished | we had tarnished |
you had tarnished | you had tarnished |
he/she/it had tarnished | they had tarnished |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been tarnishing | we had been tarnishing |
you had been tarnishing | you had been tarnishing |
he/she/it had been tarnishing | they had been tarnishing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will tarnish | we shall/will tarnish |
you will tarnish | you will tarnish |
he/she/it will tarnish | they will tarnish |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be tarnishing | we shall/will be tarnishing |
you will be tarnishing | you will be tarnishing |
he/she/it will be tarnishing | they will be tarnishing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have tarnished | we shall/will have tarnished |
you will have tarnished | you will have tarnished |
he/she/it will have tarnished | they will have tarnished |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been tarnishing | we shall/will have been tarnishing |
you will have been tarnishing | you will have been tarnishing |
he/she/it will have been tarnishing | they will have been tarnishing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would tarnish | we should/would tarnish |
you would tarnish | you would tarnish |
he/she/it would tarnish | they would tarnish |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be tarnishing | we should/would be tarnishing |
you would be tarnishing | you would be tarnishing |
he/she/it would be tarnishing | they would be tarnishing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have tarnished | we should/would have tarnished |
you would have tarnished | you would have tarnished |
he/she/it would have tarnished | they would have tarnished |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been tarnishing | we should/would have been tarnishing |
you would have been tarnishing | you would have been tarnishing |
he/she/it would have been tarnishing | they would have been tarnishing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am tarnished | we are tarnished |
you are tarnished | you are tarnished |
he/she/it is tarnished | they are tarnished |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being tarnished | we are being tarnished |
you are being tarnished | you are being tarnished |
he/she/it is being tarnished | they are being tarnished |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been tarnished | we have been tarnished |
you have been tarnished | you have been tarnished |
he/she/it has been tarnished | they have been tarnished |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was tarnished | we were tarnished |
you were tarnished | you were tarnished |
he/she/it was tarnished | they were tarnished |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being tarnished | we were being tarnished |
you were being tarnished | you were being tarnished |
he/she/it was being tarnished | they were being tarnished |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been tarnished | we had been tarnished |
you had been tarnished | you had been tarnished |
he/she/it had been tarnished | they had been tarnished |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be tarnished | we shall/will be tarnished |
you will be tarnished | you will be tarnished |
he/she/it will be tarnished | they will be tarnished |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been tarnished | we shall/will have been tarnished |
you will have been tarnished | you will have been tarnished |
he/she/it will have been tarnished | they will have been tarnished |