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My first impulse was to throttle the old ruffian and make for the open air.Mon premier mouvement fut d'étrangler le vieux scélérat et de gagner le large.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
The throttle control lever is provided with a fitting for cable attachment.Le levier des gaz est doté d'une pièce d'ancrage de câble.© 2005 Honda Motor Co., Ltdhttp://engines.honda.com/ 4/2/2012
The sentry was now at the far end, which was lucky, for if the worst came to the worst he could throttle him.La sentinelle se trouvait fort heureusement à l’extrémité du pont la plus éloignée de Peter, car ainsi, en mettant les choses au pire, il lui serait facile de l’étrangler sans être entendu par les occupants de la hutte.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Move the throttle lever to the MIN position.Placer le levier des gaz sur la position MIN.© 2005 Honda Motor Co., Ltdhttp://engines.honda.com/ 4/2/2012
The power indicated by the dynamometer must be 50 % of the full-throttle power measured at 75 % of engine speed (S).La puissance indiquée par le dynamomètre doit correspondre à 50 % de la puissance maximale mesurée à 75 % du régime (S) moteur.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
THROTTLE CONTROL LEVERLEVIER DE COMMANDE DES GAZ© 2005 Honda Motor Co., Ltd.http://engines.honda.com/ 3/26/2012
One evening, while conversing peacefully with Therese and Laurent, she remained in the middle of a sentence with her mouth wide open: she felt as if she was being throttled.Un soir, comme elle s'entretenait paisiblement avec Thérèse et Laurent, elle resta, au milieu d'une phrase, la bouche béante: il lui semblait qu'on l'étranglait.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
She hungered for that finish, hungered to the point of suffering, seized by one of those sudden desperate longings which beget crime i such as when a passer-by is despoiled and throttled at the corner of a street.Elle avait faim de cela, elle en souffrait, prise d’une de ces fringales qui font le crime, le passant dépouillé, égorgé, au coin d’une rue.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
A very remarkable young man he is, though want is throttling him.Un garçon bien remarquable, et que la misère étrangle...Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - ParisLes Trois Villes - ParisZola, EmileThe Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile
His voice had become husky with emotion, and he added:'That is, unless madness plunges us, topsy-turvy, into night again, and we all go off throttled by the ideal, like our old friend who sleeps there between his four boards.'Sa voix s’était altérée d’une émotion profonde, et il ajouta: «À moins que la folie ne nous fasse culbuter dans le noir, et que nous ne partions tous, étranglés par l’idéal, comme le vieux camarade qui dort là, entre ses quatre planches.»Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
Instead of throttling his old fellow-traveler, Hurry turned to the girl and poured out a portion of his discontent, if none of his anger, in her attentive ears.Au lieu de saisir à la gorge son ancien compagnon de voyage, Hurry se tourna du côté de la jeune fille, aux oreilles attentives de laquelle il exhala une partie de son mécontentement, sinon de son courroux.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
It had been a throttling, a butchering, all the critics yelling at his heels, a broadside of imprecations, as if he had murdered people in a wood.C’était un égorgement, un massacre, toute la critique hurlant à ses trousses, une bordée d’imprécations, comme s’il eût assassiné les gens, à la corne d’un bois.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
'Ah, that woman!' interrupted Sandoz, 'it was she who throttled him!– Ah! cette Femme, interrompit Sandoz, c’est elle qui l’a étranglé.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
Here Deerslayer's antagonist so far recovered his breath and his recollection, for he had been throttled nearly to strangulation, as to relate the manner in which the girl had got off.L’antagoniste de Deerslayer, que celui-ci avait presque étranglé, avait alors repris haleine, et il recouvra assez de force pour raconter à ses compagnons de quelle manière Hist s’était échappée.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
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Collocations
throttle down
fermer les gaz
Word forms
throttle
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | throttled |
Imperative | throttle |
Present Participle (Participle I) | throttling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | throttled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I throttle | we throttle |
you throttle | you throttle |
he/she/it throttles | they throttle |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am throttling | we are throttling |
you are throttling | you are throttling |
he/she/it is throttling | they are throttling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have throttled | we have throttled |
you have throttled | you have throttled |
he/she/it has throttled | they have throttled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been throttling | we have been throttling |
you have been throttling | you have been throttling |
he/she/it has been throttling | they have been throttling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I throttled | we throttled |
you throttled | you throttled |
he/she/it throttled | they throttled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was throttling | we were throttling |
you were throttling | you were throttling |
he/she/it was throttling | they were throttling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had throttled | we had throttled |
you had throttled | you had throttled |
he/she/it had throttled | they had throttled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been throttling | we had been throttling |
you had been throttling | you had been throttling |
he/she/it had been throttling | they had been throttling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will throttle | we shall/will throttle |
you will throttle | you will throttle |
he/she/it will throttle | they will throttle |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be throttling | we shall/will be throttling |
you will be throttling | you will be throttling |
he/she/it will be throttling | they will be throttling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have throttled | we shall/will have throttled |
you will have throttled | you will have throttled |
he/she/it will have throttled | they will have throttled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been throttling | we shall/will have been throttling |
you will have been throttling | you will have been throttling |
he/she/it will have been throttling | they will have been throttling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would throttle | we should/would throttle |
you would throttle | you would throttle |
he/she/it would throttle | they would throttle |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be throttling | we should/would be throttling |
you would be throttling | you would be throttling |
he/she/it would be throttling | they would be throttling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have throttled | we should/would have throttled |
you would have throttled | you would have throttled |
he/she/it would have throttled | they would have throttled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been throttling | we should/would have been throttling |
you would have been throttling | you would have been throttling |
he/she/it would have been throttling | they would have been throttling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am throttled | we are throttled |
you are throttled | you are throttled |
he/she/it is throttled | they are throttled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being throttled | we are being throttled |
you are being throttled | you are being throttled |
he/she/it is being throttled | they are being throttled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been throttled | we have been throttled |
you have been throttled | you have been throttled |
he/she/it has been throttled | they have been throttled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was throttled | we were throttled |
you were throttled | you were throttled |
he/she/it was throttled | they were throttled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being throttled | we were being throttled |
you were being throttled | you were being throttled |
he/she/it was being throttled | they were being throttled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been throttled | we had been throttled |
you had been throttled | you had been throttled |
he/she/it had been throttled | they had been throttled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be throttled | we shall/will be throttled |
you will be throttled | you will be throttled |
he/she/it will be throttled | they will be throttled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been throttled | we shall/will have been throttled |
you will have been throttled | you will have been throttled |
he/she/it will have been throttled | they will have been throttled |
throttle
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | throttle | throttles |
Possessive case | throttle's | throttles' |