To make things worse my job was not to escape - though that would have been hard enough - but to get to Constantinople, more than a thousand miles off, and I reckoned I couldn't get there as a tramp.
Et pour comble, ma mission ne se bornait pas à m’échapper, ce qui était déjà assez difficile, mais à parvenir à Constantinople, à plus de 1 600 kilomètres de distance. Je me dis que je ne saurais m’y rendre comme un vagabond.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
So they begin to walk quickly to and fro in the scanty place that three strides might compass; they turn about and cross and brush each other, bent forward, hands pocketed—tramp, tramp.
Et les voilà qui se mettent à déambuler très vite, de long en large, dans ce local exigu qu’on a parcouru en trois enjambées, qui tournent en rond, se croisant, se frôlant, penchés en avant, les mains dans les poches, en tapant la semelle par terre.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Afar off, on the edge of the horizon, the hills, still hot with the sinking luminary's farewell, seemed to set themselves in motion with the tramp of an army on the march.
Ce furent d'abord, au fond de l'horizon, les collines, chaudes encore de l'adieu du couchant, qui tressaillirent et qui parurent s'ébranler avec le piétinement sourd d'une armée en marche.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
The shortest holidays were eagerly seized upon to tramp for miles and miles; and, getting bolder as they grew up, they finished by scouring the whole of the country-side, by making journeys that sometimes lasted for days.
Ils profitaient des moindres congés, ils s’en allaient à des lieues, s’enhardissant à mesure qu’ils grandissaient, finissant par courir le pays entier, des voyages qui duraient souvent plusieurs jours.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
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Still not a musket or rifle was fired, though that steady, measured tramp continued, and the bayonet was seen gleaming in advance of a line that counted nearly sixty men.
Pas un coup de fusil ne fut tiré, mais la troupe continuait à marcher, la baïonnette en avant.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Some wore short jackets and others blouses; some were in velveteen trousers, others in linen overalls. Their thick shoes made their tramp a heavy one; their hanging hands were often deformed by work.
C’étaient des bourgerons, des blouses, des pantalons de velours ou de toile, de gros souliers alourdissant la marche, des mains ballantes, déformées par l’outil.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
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tramp
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
tramp
tramps
Possessive case
tramp's
tramps'
tramp
verb
Basic forms
Past
tramped
Imperative
tramp
Present Participle (Participle I)
tramping
Past Participle (Participle II)
tramped
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I tramp
we tramp
you tramp
you tramp
he/she/it tramps
they tramp
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am tramping
we are tramping
you are tramping
you are tramping
he/she/it is tramping
they are tramping
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have tramped
we have tramped
you have tramped
you have tramped
he/she/it has tramped
they have tramped
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been tramping
we have been tramping
you have been tramping
you have been tramping
he/she/it has been tramping
they have been tramping
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I tramped
we tramped
you tramped
you tramped
he/she/it tramped
they tramped
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was tramping
we were tramping
you were tramping
you were tramping
he/she/it was tramping
they were tramping
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had tramped
we had tramped
you had tramped
you had tramped
he/she/it had tramped
they had tramped
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been tramping
we had been tramping
you had been tramping
you had been tramping
he/she/it had been tramping
they had been tramping
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will tramp
we shall/will tramp
you will tramp
you will tramp
he/she/it will tramp
they will tramp
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be tramping
we shall/will be tramping
you will be tramping
you will be tramping
he/she/it will be tramping
they will be tramping
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have tramped
we shall/will have tramped
you will have tramped
you will have tramped
he/she/it will have tramped
they will have tramped
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been tramping
we shall/will have been tramping
you will have been tramping
you will have been tramping
he/she/it will have been tramping
they will have been tramping
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would tramp
we should/would tramp
you would tramp
you would tramp
he/she/it would tramp
they would tramp
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be tramping
we should/would be tramping
you would be tramping
you would be tramping
he/she/it would be tramping
they would be tramping
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have tramped
we should/would have tramped
you would have tramped
you would have tramped
he/she/it would have tramped
they would have tramped
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice