On they came, and in a moment the burly form of Tom appeared in sight, almost at the verge of the chasm.
Ils avançaient; bientôt la forme massive de Tom apparut de l’autre côté, presque sur le bord de la crevasse.
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
He would pause for long minutes, now before a field of wheat, now on the verge of a leafy wood, now on the margin of a river whose waters glistened in the sunshine, and now amid the nettles of some stony moorland.
Il s’arrêtait de longues minutes, devant un champ de blé, à la lisière d’un bois touffu, sur le bord d’une mare dont les eaux luisaient au soleil, parmi les ronces d’une lande pierreuse.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Then at stop 40,1 had an all-black bear foraging along the road verge about 30 m away, totally oblivious to my presence, and disappeared into the trees before I left."
Puis, à l'arrêt 40, il y a eu un ours tout noir qui cherchait de la nourriture le long de l'accotement à une trentaine de mètres environ, ignorant complètement ma présence; il est disparu dans les arbres avant que je parte."
For the Spanish Right, there was little difficulty in portraying it as the work of Marxist revolutionaries and evoking the image of a country on the verge of Communist takeover.
Pour la droite espagnole, il n'était pas bien difficile d'y dénoncer l'œuvre des révolutionnaires marxistes et d'évoquer l'image d'un pays au bord d'un coup de force communiste.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
As Cassy expected, when quite near the verge of the swamps that encircled the plantation, they heard a voice calling to them to stop.
Ainsi que l’avait prévu Cassy, une voix leur cria de s’arrêter, au moment où elles atteignaient le bord du marais qui cernait la plantation.
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
Marthe, whose reason was on the verge of giving way, had got it into her head that her husband wished to beat her.
Marthe, dont la raison chancelait, s'imagina que son mari voulait la battre: ce fut une idée fixe.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
As he spoke a carriage drew up at the verge of the wood, and a little cortege emerging from a narrow path, went towards it.
En effet, la calèche venait de s’avancer jusqu’à la lisière du bois, et un petit cortège, qui débouchait d’une allée étroite, se dirigeait vers elle.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
According to Mrs. Perez, he told her that there were one or two files soon to be completed with high contingency fees and that he was on the verge of obtaining lucrative new legal work.
Selon Mme Perez, il lui aurait dit qu'un ou deux dossiers sur le point de se régler comportaient des honoraires conditionnels élevés et qu'il allait sous peu obtenir de nouveaux mandats lucratifs.
The sudden unpopularity of the Rougons was the work of a group of lawyers who were very much annoyed at the importance acquired by an old illiterate oil-dealer, whose house had been on the verge of bankruptcy.
L’impopularité brusque des Rougon était l’œuvre d’un groupe d’avocats qui se trouvaient très vexés de l’importance qu’avait prise un ancien marchand d’huile, illettré, et dont la maison avait risqué la faillite.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
One by one the stars came out in the pacified vault, now of an ashen blue, while the lights of Rome, still far away on the verge of the horizon, scintillated like the lamps of light-houses.
Au firmament apaisé, devenu de cendre bleue, les étoiles s’allumaient une à une, pendant que les lumières de Rome encore lointaine, au ras de l’horizon, en face, scintillaient pareilles à des phares.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
A terrible volley bursts point-blank in our faces, flinging in front of us a sudden row of flames the whole length of the earthen verge.
Une salve terrible nous éclate à la figure, à bout portant, jetant devant nous une subite rampe de flammes tout le long de la bordure.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Two days previously they had re-installed themselves in the little pavilion on the verge of the woods near Janville which they rented from the Seguins.
Depuis l’avant-veille, ils étaient venus se réinstaller dans le petit pavillon qu’ils avaient loué aux Séguin, à la lisière des bois, près de Janville.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
My shoulder and arm ached like hell, and I was so sick and giddy that I was always on the verge of falling.
Mon épaule et mon bras me cuisaient en diable, et mon état de vertige risquait à chaque instant de me faire tomber.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
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verge
verb
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Past
verged
Imperative
verge
Present Participle (Participle I)
verging
Past Participle (Participle II)
verged
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I verge
we verge
you verge
you verge
he/she/it verges
they verge
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am verging
we are verging
you are verging
you are verging
he/she/it is verging
they are verging
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have verged
we have verged
you have verged
you have verged
he/she/it has verged
they have verged
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been verging
we have been verging
you have been verging
you have been verging
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they have been verging
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I verged
we verged
you verged
you verged
he/she/it verged
they verged
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was verging
we were verging
you were verging
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he/she/it was verging
they were verging
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had verged
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you had verged
he/she/it had verged
they had verged
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been verging
we had been verging
you had been verging
you had been verging
he/she/it had been verging
they had been verging
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will verge
we shall/will verge
you will verge
you will verge
he/she/it will verge
they will verge
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be verging
we shall/will be verging
you will be verging
you will be verging
he/she/it will be verging
they will be verging
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have verged
we shall/will have verged
you will have verged
you will have verged
he/she/it will have verged
they will have verged
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been verging
we shall/will have been verging
you will have been verging
you will have been verging
he/she/it will have been verging
they will have been verging
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would verge
we should/would verge
you would verge
you would verge
he/she/it would verge
they would verge
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be verging
we should/would be verging
you would be verging
you would be verging
he/she/it would be verging
they would be verging
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have verged
we should/would have verged
you would have verged
you would have verged
he/she/it would have verged
they would have verged
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice