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There won't be a dry thread in my night-clothes and the sheets will be so that Mammy has to hang them up to dry!
Pas un fil de sec dans mes habillements de nuit, et Mamie est forcée de faire sécher mes draps!
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
Thousands of loftier plants towered up in hedges around them, enclosing narrow paths which they found it delightful to thread.
Mille plantes, de tailles plus hautes, bâtissaient des haies, ménageaient des sentiers étroits qu'ils se plaisaient à suivre.
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
Then, as he and Pierre turned out of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele to thread the old narrow tortuous streets leading to the Via Giulia, he pictured himself dropping the note into the letter-box at the palazzo.
Puis, comme Pierre et lui quittaient le cours Victor-Emmanuel pour s’engager parmi les anciennes rues, étranglées et tortueuses qui conduisent à la rue Giulia, il se revit jetant le billet dans la boîte du palais.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
A thread of saliva hung down from her mouth, and her great brown eyes shone with quiet enjoyment.
Un léger filet de bave pendait de son mufle. Ses gros yeux bruns avaient une douceur gourmande.
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
Sewing thread and yarn of artificial and synthetic filaments and fibres Silk waste;
Fils à coudre ou à tricoter en fibres artificielles ou synthétiques
The other day I had to borrow two sous from Rose to buy some thread to sew up my gloves, which were splitting all over.'
L'autre jour, j'ai dû emprunter deux sous à Rose pour acheter du fil. J'ai recousu mes gants, qui s'ouvraient de tous les côtés.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Madeleine knelt with her eyes fixed on her mother, breathing when she breathed, listening to the soft breath, the last thread by which she held to life, and which we followed in terror, fearing that every effort of respiration might be the last.
Madeleine resta les yeux attachés sur sa mère, respirant quand elle respirait, imitant son souffle léger, dernier fil par lequel elle tenait à la vie, et que nous suivions avec terreur, craignant à chaque effort de le voir se rompre.
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
Since the thread of our humble hero's life has now become interwoven with that of higher ones, it is necessary to give some brief introduction to them.
La vie de notre héros venant se mêler à celle de gens de la haute volée, force nous est de présenter ces derniers au lecteur.
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
There are legs wrapped up in rags, too, and even in newspapers, which are kept in place with spirals of thread or—much more practical—telephone wire.
Et il est des jambes emballées dans des chiffons, voire des journaux, maintenues par des spirales de ficelles, ou, ce qui est plus pratique, de fils téléphoniques.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The spirit lamp had just gone out, and from the kettle came a finer and finer thread of steam.
La lampe à esprit-de-vin venait de s'éteindre, laissant la bouilloire jeter un filet de vapeur de plus en plus mince.
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
There were ten of them, and old Bambousse was already with one hand tilting over the jar whence only a thread of red liquor now flowed.
Ils étaient dix, et déjà le père Bambousse renversait d'une seule main la dame-jeanne, d'où ne coulait plus qu'un mince filet rouge.
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
On the other hand, Marie, who sat near her, embroidering, shifted her position a score of times, broke her thread, and grew impatient, feeling strangely nervous, a prey to unaccountable anxiety, which oppressed her heart.
Et, vingt fois déjà, Marie, qui brodait en face d’elle, s’était dérangée, cassant son fil, s’impatientant, en proie à une nervosité singulière, un inexplicable malaise, une inquiétude sans cause, disait-elle, dont le poids lui étouffait le cœur.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
You could have passed a thread through."
On aurait pu y passer une ficelle.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
On another bench a woman trimming the frayed strips of her rags with a knife, and another woman, with thread and needle, sewing up rents.
Sur un autre banc, une femme égalisait avec un couteau les lambeaux effilochés de ses hardes tandis qu'une autre, armée de fil et d'une aiguille, raccommodait les déchirures de sa robe.
London, Jack / The People of the AbyssLondon, Jack / Le Peuple de l'Abime
Le Peuple de l'Abime
London, Jack
The People of the Abyss
London, Jack
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
It says, 'I am the spider that spins the Virgin's thread.'
Alle dit : J’suis l’araignée qui fait le fil de la Vierge.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

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Collocations

discussion thread
fil de discussion
threaded filter insert
filtre fileté
threading machine
machine à fileter

Word forms

thread

noun
SingularPlural
Common casethreadthreads
Possessive casethread'sthreads'

thread

verb
Basic forms
Pastthreaded
Imperativethread
Present Participle (Participle I)threading
Past Participle (Participle II)threaded
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I threadwe thread
you threadyou thread
he/she/it threadsthey thread
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am threadingwe are threading
you are threadingyou are threading
he/she/it is threadingthey are threading
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have threadedwe have threaded
you have threadedyou have threaded
he/she/it has threadedthey have threaded
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been threadingwe have been threading
you have been threadingyou have been threading
he/she/it has been threadingthey have been threading
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I threadedwe threaded
you threadedyou threaded
he/she/it threadedthey threaded
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was threadingwe were threading
you were threadingyou were threading
he/she/it was threadingthey were threading
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had threadedwe had threaded
you had threadedyou had threaded
he/she/it had threadedthey had threaded
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been threadingwe had been threading
you had been threadingyou had been threading
he/she/it had been threadingthey had been threading
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will threadwe shall/will thread
you will threadyou will thread
he/she/it will threadthey will thread
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be threadingwe shall/will be threading
you will be threadingyou will be threading
he/she/it will be threadingthey will be threading
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have threadedwe shall/will have threaded
you will have threadedyou will have threaded
he/she/it will have threadedthey will have threaded
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been threadingwe shall/will have been threading
you will have been threadingyou will have been threading
he/she/it will have been threadingthey will have been threading
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would threadwe should/would thread
you would threadyou would thread
he/she/it would threadthey would thread
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be threadingwe should/would be threading
you would be threadingyou would be threading
he/she/it would be threadingthey would be threading
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have threadedwe should/would have threaded
you would have threadedyou would have threaded
he/she/it would have threadedthey would have threaded
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been threadingwe should/would have been threading
you would have been threadingyou would have been threading
he/she/it would have been threadingthey would have been threading
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am threadedwe are threaded
you are threadedyou are threaded
he/she/it is threadedthey are threaded
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being threadedwe are being threaded
you are being threadedyou are being threaded
he/she/it is being threadedthey are being threaded
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been threadedwe have been threaded
you have been threadedyou have been threaded
he/she/it has been threadedthey have been threaded
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was threadedwe were threaded
you were threadedyou were threaded
he/she/it was threadedthey were threaded
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being threadedwe were being threaded
you were being threadedyou were being threaded
he/she/it was being threadedthey were being threaded
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been threadedwe had been threaded
you had been threadedyou had been threaded
he/she/it had been threadedthey had been threaded
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be threadedwe shall/will be threaded
you will be threadedyou will be threaded
he/she/it will be threadedthey will be threaded
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been threadedwe shall/will have been threaded
you will have been threadedyou will have been threaded
he/she/it will have been threadedthey will have been threaded