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All this was done, by the aid of Hurry's torch, simply, but with an earnestness and abstraction that would have been found touching by any spectator who happened to know the real situation of the man.
Il fit tout cela à l’aide de la torche de Hurry, de la manière la plus simple, mais avec un sérieux et une attention qui auraient touché tout spectateur qui aurait connu la véritable situation de ce jeune homme.
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
The house was now blazing from the ground-floor to the second-floor like a huge torch.
La maison flambait alors, du rez-de-chaussée au second étage, comme une immense torche.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
An electric torch was flashed on him for a second.
Une torche électrique l’éclaira un instant.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
I got Blenkiron's electric torch and lay down on the divan to study Stumm's map.
Je m’emparai de la lampe électrique de Blenkiron et m’étendis sur le divan pour y étudier la carte de Stumm.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
One must needs have been the centre of all looks and aspirations, the mainspring of the life about him, the torch from which all others drew their light, to understand the horror of the void that was now about me.
Il faut avoir été le centre de tout, des regards et des soupirs, avoir été le principe de la vie, le foyer d’où chacun tirait sa lumière, pour connaître l’horreur du vide.
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
Gneuss, erect, his forehead bathed in perspiration, thought of ascending the hillock to extinguish the pale torch of night.
Gneuss, debout, la sueur au front, eut la pensée de monter sur la colline éteindre le pâle flambeau des nuits.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
FILM of the BOCOG: torch relay
FILM du BOCOG : relais de la torche
© Copyright 2009
© CIO, Le Musée Olympique, Lausanne
© Copyright 2009
© IOC, Lausanne Olympic Museum
It was thrown upon the still blazing torch, and soon caught, sending up a thick, black smoke.
On les avait placées sur la torche encore allumée; elles prirent feu et dégagèrent une fumée noire et épaisse.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
In a few dramatic sentences he depicted that red spectre shaking its blood-stained banner and waving its incendiary torch as it rushed on, leaving streams of mud and gore behind it.
En quelques phrases dramatiques, il montra le spectre rouge secouant son drapeau ensanglanté, promenant sa torche incendiaire, laissant derrière lui des ruisseaux de boue et de sang.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
With the torch to help me I investigated further.
Muni de cette lampe, je continuai mes investigations.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
To Eponina there came not a sorrow but kindled yet one more torch in the gloom of her cavern; and does not the sadness that forces the soul back into itself, to the retreat it has made, kindle deep consolation there?
Chacune des souffrances d'Éponine allumait une torche aux creux du souterrain, et de même pour l'âme accoutumée à la retraite, toute douleur qui la fait rentrer en elle-même n'allume-t-elle pas de grandes consolations?
Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destinee
La sagesse et la destinee
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Wisdom and Destiny
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Once more the electric torch was flashed, and revealed to the eyes of the onlookers an indescribably dirty, lean, middle-aged man with a bloody head, and scarcely a rag of shirt on his back.
La torche électrique fusa de nouveau, et révéla aux yeux des assistants un homme d’âge mûr, très maigre, d’une saleté indescriptible, la tête ensanglantée, et demi-nu.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
These days, a gas cartridge in the body of the torch is the most popular solution chosen.
Aujourd'hui, une cartouche de gaz dissimulée dans le manche de la torche est la manière la plus courante d'alimenter la flamme.
© Copyright 2009
© Le Musée Olympique, 2e édition 2007
© Copyright 2009
© The Olympic Museum, 2nd edition 2007
The Olympic torch carries the Olympic flame.
La torche olympique est le support de la flamme olympique.
© Copyright 2009
© CIO, Le Musée Olympique, Lausanne
© Copyright 2009
© IOC, Lausanne Olympic Museum
The Olympic rings on the upper part of the torch depict crystallised snow.
Les anneaux olympiques sont surmontés de cristaux de neige.
© Copyright 2009
© Copyright 2009

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Olympic torch
flambeau olympique
olympic torch
flambeau olympique

Word forms

torch

noun
SingularPlural
Common casetorchtorches
Possessive casetorch'storches'

torch

verb
Basic forms
Pasttorched
Imperativetorch
Present Participle (Participle I)torching
Past Participle (Participle II)torched
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I torchwe torch
you torchyou torch
he/she/it torchesthey torch
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am torchingwe are torching
you are torchingyou are torching
he/she/it is torchingthey are torching
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have torchedwe have torched
you have torchedyou have torched
he/she/it has torchedthey have torched
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been torchingwe have been torching
you have been torchingyou have been torching
he/she/it has been torchingthey have been torching
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I torchedwe torched
you torchedyou torched
he/she/it torchedthey torched
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was torchingwe were torching
you were torchingyou were torching
he/she/it was torchingthey were torching
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had torchedwe had torched
you had torchedyou had torched
he/she/it had torchedthey had torched
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been torchingwe had been torching
you had been torchingyou had been torching
he/she/it had been torchingthey had been torching
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will torchwe shall/will torch
you will torchyou will torch
he/she/it will torchthey will torch
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be torchingwe shall/will be torching
you will be torchingyou will be torching
he/she/it will be torchingthey will be torching
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have torchedwe shall/will have torched
you will have torchedyou will have torched
he/she/it will have torchedthey will have torched
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been torchingwe shall/will have been torching
you will have been torchingyou will have been torching
he/she/it will have been torchingthey will have been torching
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would torchwe should/would torch
you would torchyou would torch
he/she/it would torchthey would torch
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be torchingwe should/would be torching
you would be torchingyou would be torching
he/she/it would be torchingthey would be torching
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have torchedwe should/would have torched
you would have torchedyou would have torched
he/she/it would have torchedthey would have torched
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been torchingwe should/would have been torching
you would have been torchingyou would have been torching
he/she/it would have been torchingthey would have been torching
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am torchedwe are torched
you are torchedyou are torched
he/she/it is torchedthey are torched
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being torchedwe are being torched
you are being torchedyou are being torched
he/she/it is being torchedthey are being torched
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been torchedwe have been torched
you have been torchedyou have been torched
he/she/it has been torchedthey have been torched
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was torchedwe were torched
you were torchedyou were torched
he/she/it was torchedthey were torched
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being torchedwe were being torched
you were being torchedyou were being torched
he/she/it was being torchedthey were being torched
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been torchedwe had been torched
you had been torchedyou had been torched
he/she/it had been torchedthey had been torched
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be torchedwe shall/will be torched
you will be torchedyou will be torched
he/she/it will be torchedthey will be torched
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been torchedwe shall/will have been torched
you will have been torchedyou will have been torched
he/she/it will have been torchedthey will have been torched