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And with what enraptured glances did she then examine everything--the altar of engraved silver, the harmonium-organ, the votive offerings, the candle-holders, streaming with wax blazing in broad daylight.
Et de quels regards extasiés elle examina tout, l’autel d’argent gravé, l’orgue-harmonium, les ex-voto, les herses ruisselantes de cire, flambantes dans le plein jour !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
He had no need of the map for he had long since got his route by heart, and what was once fixed in that mind stuck like wax; but I made him take Stumm's plan and paper, hidden below his shirt.
Il n’avait que faire de la carte, car il connaissait déjà la route par cœur; il n’oubliait jamais ce qui était une fois gravé dans sa mémoire. Je lui remis le plan et le document de Stumm, il les cacha dans sa chemise.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
After pressing a large blank seal upon the wax she turned the envelopes over and slowly addressed them in big handwriting.
Quand elle avait posé sur la cire un large cachet sans initiale, elle retournait l'enveloppe, elle écrivait l'adresse, lentement, de sa grosse écriture.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
With a basis of paraffin, petroleum waxes, waxes obtained from bituminous minerals, slack wax or scale wax
à base de paraffines, de cires de pétrole ou de minéraux bitumineux, de résidus paraffineux
Thanks to his will power he moulded his stern nature like wax.
Sous l'effort de la volonté, sa nature sévère se pliait ainsi qu'une cire molle.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
The lamplight imparted the hue of yellow wax to their pale faces.
La lampe donnait à leur pâleur une teinte de cire jaune.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Behind them the ladies triumphed and boasted one to the other. The cleverest and most envied was a girl of eighteen, who had sold one of them a stick of sealing wax for three louis.
Derrière leur dos, elles triomphaient, elles se vantaient; la plus forte, la plus jalousée fut une demoiselle de dix-huit ans, qui avait vendu un bâton de cire à cacheter trois louis.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Instead of reinventing those twenty-four hours in such a way as to milk them for significance, I needed to hold on to what little I knew of them, tell that and avoid the temptation to wax philosophical.
Au lieu de réinventer ces vingt-quatre heures pour en tirer le sens, il fallait retenir le peu que j'en savais et le dire en évitant toute tentation philosophique.
Makine, Andreï / The Earth And Sky Of Jacques DormeMakine, Andreï / La terre et le ciel de Jacques Dorme
La terre et le ciel de Jacques Dorme
Makine, Andreï
© 2003 by Mercure de France
The Earth And Sky Of Jacques Dorme
Makine, Andreï
© 2005 by Geoffrey Strachan
© 2003 by Mercure de France
It was occasioned by the somewhat stifling fumes of the burning wax, by the transplendent ecstasy into which one sank amidst the glare of the tapers.
Elle était faite de l’odeur un peu étouffante de la cire, de l’éblouissement d’extase où l’on tombait, au milieu de la splendeur des cierges.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The odor of the flowers, mingling with that of the burning wax, seemed rather oppressive amid the deep and tragic stillness.
L’odeur, mêlée à celle de la cire chaude, en était un peu suffocante, au milieu du grand silence qui tombait de toute cette tragique immobilité.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Meanwhile a crowd is gathered around an outfitter's shop-window where the proprietor has contrived, with the aid of mannikins in wood and wax, a ridiculous tableau.
Cependant le public se masse autour d’une devanture où un marchand de confections a réalisé, à l’aide de mannequins de bois et de cire, un groupe ridicule.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Men of learning, whose investigations are guided by rational logic alone, are fain to believe that the world is always governed by it, and wax indignant when phenomena seem to elude its influence.
Dirigés uniquement par la logique rationnelle dans leurs investigations. les savants veulent toujours la voir conduire le monde et s'indignent dès que les phénomènes semblent échapper à son influence.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
The falling drops of wax now and again ruffled its surface.
Des gouttes de cire tombaient, l’animaient d’un frémissement.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
"Well, never mind; I'll look your box over, – thimble, wax, two spools, scissors, knife, tape-needle; all right, – put it in here.
–  Jamais d’attention! Allons, je m’en vais faire la revue de votre ménagère: – un dé, la cire, deux bobines, les ciseaux, le poinçon, l’aiguille à passer. – À merveille! – mettez-la-moi là.
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
And it was a sight to see them, all almost equally affected by the tepid odour of the wax, half stifling in the heavy tabernacle air which gathered beneath the rocky vault, and lowering their eyes for fear of slipping on the gratings.
Et il fallait les voir, tous presque aussi émus, dans l’odeur tiède de la cire, un peu étouffés par cet air lourd de tabernacle qui s’amassait sous la roche, regardant à leurs pieds, par crainte de glisser sur les grilles de fonte.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile

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japan wax
cire du japon
wax cloth
toile cirée
gripping wax
fart de retenue
ski wax
fart
wax paper
papier paraffiné

Word forms

wax

noun
SingularPlural
Common casewaxwaxes
Possessive casewax', wax'swaxes'

wax

verb
Basic forms
Pastwaxed
Imperativewax
Present Participle (Participle I)waxing
Past Participle (Participle II)waxed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I waxwe wax
you waxyou wax
he/she/it waxesthey wax
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am waxingwe are waxing
you are waxingyou are waxing
he/she/it is waxingthey are waxing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have waxedwe have waxed
you have waxedyou have waxed
he/she/it has waxedthey have waxed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been waxingwe have been waxing
you have been waxingyou have been waxing
he/she/it has been waxingthey have been waxing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I waxedwe waxed
you waxedyou waxed
he/she/it waxedthey waxed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was waxingwe were waxing
you were waxingyou were waxing
he/she/it was waxingthey were waxing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had waxedwe had waxed
you had waxedyou had waxed
he/she/it had waxedthey had waxed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been waxingwe had been waxing
you had been waxingyou had been waxing
he/she/it had been waxingthey had been waxing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will waxwe shall/will wax
you will waxyou will wax
he/she/it will waxthey will wax
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be waxingwe shall/will be waxing
you will be waxingyou will be waxing
he/she/it will be waxingthey will be waxing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have waxedwe shall/will have waxed
you will have waxedyou will have waxed
he/she/it will have waxedthey will have waxed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been waxingwe shall/will have been waxing
you will have been waxingyou will have been waxing
he/she/it will have been waxingthey will have been waxing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would waxwe should/would wax
you would waxyou would wax
he/she/it would waxthey would wax
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be waxingwe should/would be waxing
you would be waxingyou would be waxing
he/she/it would be waxingthey would be waxing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have waxedwe should/would have waxed
you would have waxedyou would have waxed
he/she/it would have waxedthey would have waxed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been waxingwe should/would have been waxing
you would have been waxingyou would have been waxing
he/she/it would have been waxingthey would have been waxing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am waxedwe are waxed
you are waxedyou are waxed
he/she/it is waxedthey are waxed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being waxedwe are being waxed
you are being waxedyou are being waxed
he/she/it is being waxedthey are being waxed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been waxedwe have been waxed
you have been waxedyou have been waxed
he/she/it has been waxedthey have been waxed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was waxedwe were waxed
you were waxedyou were waxed
he/she/it was waxedthey were waxed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being waxedwe were being waxed
you were being waxedyou were being waxed
he/she/it was being waxedthey were being waxed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been waxedwe had been waxed
you had been waxedyou had been waxed
he/she/it had been waxedthey had been waxed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be waxedwe shall/will be waxed
you will be waxedyou will be waxed
he/she/it will be waxedthey will be waxed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been waxedwe shall/will have been waxed
you will have been waxedyou will have been waxed
he/she/it will have been waxedthey will have been waxed