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Pierre, who had learnt to know her, could divine, however, by the hollowness of her cheeks, the emptiness of her eyes, and the bitter twinge of her mouth, how frightful was the collapse within her.Mais lui, qui avait appris à la connaître, devinait au creusement des traits, aux yeux vides, à la bouche amère, l’effroyable désastre intérieur, tout ce qui s’était écroulé en elle, sans espoir de réparation possible.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
And again did her eyelids beat while a little nervous twinge slightly twisted her mouth on the left side.Elle n’eut que son battement, que son petit tic nerveux qui tordit légèrement le coin gauche de sa bouche.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
She looked at him, and her yellow face remained motionless, save for a flutter of her eyelids and an involuntary nervous twinge on the left side of her mouth, which forced a slight grimace.Elle le regarda, elle n’eut, dans sa face jaune, immobile, qu’un battement des paupières, qu’un tic nerveux involontaire, au coin gauche de sa bouche, qui la lui tira en une légère grimace.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
Bongrand still listened to him without ceasing to smile. Barely a twinge of pain passed over his trembling lips.Bongrand l’écoutait toujours, sans cesser de sourire; et, seul, un pli douloureux coupait ses lèvres tremblantes.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
He was sipping kummel, whilst sharp twinges of sensuality kept shooting across his stiff, magisterial face.Il buvait du kummel à petits coups, sa face raide de magistrat tiraillée par de courts frissons sensuels.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
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twinge
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | twinged |
Imperative | twinge |
Present Participle (Participle I) | twinging |
Past Participle (Participle II) | twinged |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I twinge | we twinge |
you twinge | you twinge |
he/she/it twinges | they twinge |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am twinging | we are twinging |
you are twinging | you are twinging |
he/she/it is twinging | they are twinging |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have twinged | we have twinged |
you have twinged | you have twinged |
he/she/it has twinged | they have twinged |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been twinging | we have been twinging |
you have been twinging | you have been twinging |
he/she/it has been twinging | they have been twinging |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I twinged | we twinged |
you twinged | you twinged |
he/she/it twinged | they twinged |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was twinging | we were twinging |
you were twinging | you were twinging |
he/she/it was twinging | they were twinging |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had twinged | we had twinged |
you had twinged | you had twinged |
he/she/it had twinged | they had twinged |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been twinging | we had been twinging |
you had been twinging | you had been twinging |
he/she/it had been twinging | they had been twinging |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will twinge | we shall/will twinge |
you will twinge | you will twinge |
he/she/it will twinge | they will twinge |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be twinging | we shall/will be twinging |
you will be twinging | you will be twinging |
he/she/it will be twinging | they will be twinging |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have twinged | we shall/will have twinged |
you will have twinged | you will have twinged |
he/she/it will have twinged | they will have twinged |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been twinging | we shall/will have been twinging |
you will have been twinging | you will have been twinging |
he/she/it will have been twinging | they will have been twinging |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would twinge | we should/would twinge |
you would twinge | you would twinge |
he/she/it would twinge | they would twinge |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be twinging | we should/would be twinging |
you would be twinging | you would be twinging |
he/she/it would be twinging | they would be twinging |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have twinged | we should/would have twinged |
you would have twinged | you would have twinged |
he/she/it would have twinged | they would have twinged |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been twinging | we should/would have been twinging |
you would have been twinging | you would have been twinging |
he/she/it would have been twinging | they would have been twinging |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am twinged | we are twinged |
you are twinged | you are twinged |
he/she/it is twinged | they are twinged |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being twinged | we are being twinged |
you are being twinged | you are being twinged |
he/she/it is being twinged | they are being twinged |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been twinged | we have been twinged |
you have been twinged | you have been twinged |
he/she/it has been twinged | they have been twinged |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was twinged | we were twinged |
you were twinged | you were twinged |
he/she/it was twinged | they were twinged |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being twinged | we were being twinged |
you were being twinged | you were being twinged |
he/she/it was being twinged | they were being twinged |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been twinged | we had been twinged |
you had been twinged | you had been twinged |
he/she/it had been twinged | they had been twinged |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be twinged | we shall/will be twinged |
you will be twinged | you will be twinged |
he/she/it will be twinged | they will be twinged |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been twinged | we shall/will have been twinged |
you will have been twinged | you will have been twinged |
he/she/it will have been twinged | they will have been twinged |
twinge
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | twinge | twinges |
Possessive case | twinge's | twinges' |