Brother Archangias was always on the watch to keep out the sunlight, to prevent even a whiff of air from entering, to shut up his prison so completely that nothing from outside could gain access to it.
Frère Archangias se tenait toujours là, à boucher le soleil, à empêcher une odeur d'entrer, à murer si complètement le cachot, que rien du dehors n'y venait plus.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Yes, yes, it's something much more immaterial than a kiss, just a whiff of breath.
Oui, oui, quelque chose de plus immatériel qu’un baiser, l’effleurement d’une haleine…
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
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The trio brought a whiff of gaiety into Clorinde's room, something of the fresh air of the dark avenues of the Bois along which they had just passed so merrily.
Quand ils entrèrent, ils apportèrent une bouffée de gaieté, la fraîcheur des allées noires du Bois, le mystère des feuilles endormies, où s'étouffait la polissonnerie de leurs rires.
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Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
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But he opened a small window on a level with the roof, and inhaled, with an air of profound relief, the whiff of warm air that entered.
Et Claude, ouvrant une petite fenêtre, au ras du toit, respira d’un air de profond soulagement la bouffée de vent embrasé qui entrait.
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His Masterpiece
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Usually, the lodgers in the hotel almost walked over her feet and blew whiffs of tobacco in her face.
D’ordinaire, les locataires de l’hôtel lui marchaient presque sur les pieds, en lui jetant des bouffées de tabac au visage.
There were no more vacant spaces, as there had been early in the morning; no more cool whiffs rose from the garden amid the ambient smell of varnish; the atmosphere was now becoming hot and bitter with the perfumes scattered by the women's dresses.
Ce n’étaient plus les vides de la première heure, les souffles froids montés du jardin, l’odeur de vernis errante encore; maintenant, l’air s’échauffait, s’aigrissait du parfum des toilettes.
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His Masterpiece
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But she quickly put on a charming smile again, and began to puff out little whiffs of smoke while saying: ' Oh, dear no, you're very nice, I was thinking about something, my dear fellow.
Mais elle reprit aussitôt son rire adorable, soufflant sa fumée par minces filets, murmurant:«Non, non, je vous trouve très bien.... Je pensais à une chose, mon cher.
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whiff
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
whiff
whiffs
Possessive case
whiff's
whiffs'
whiff
verb
Basic forms
Past
whiffed
Imperative
whiff
Present Participle (Participle I)
whiffing
Past Participle (Participle II)
whiffed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I whiff
we whiff
you whiff
you whiff
he/she/it whiffs
they whiff
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am whiffing
we are whiffing
you are whiffing
you are whiffing
he/she/it is whiffing
they are whiffing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have whiffed
we have whiffed
you have whiffed
you have whiffed
he/she/it has whiffed
they have whiffed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been whiffing
we have been whiffing
you have been whiffing
you have been whiffing
he/she/it has been whiffing
they have been whiffing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I whiffed
we whiffed
you whiffed
you whiffed
he/she/it whiffed
they whiffed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was whiffing
we were whiffing
you were whiffing
you were whiffing
he/she/it was whiffing
they were whiffing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had whiffed
we had whiffed
you had whiffed
you had whiffed
he/she/it had whiffed
they had whiffed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been whiffing
we had been whiffing
you had been whiffing
you had been whiffing
he/she/it had been whiffing
they had been whiffing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will whiff
we shall/will whiff
you will whiff
you will whiff
he/she/it will whiff
they will whiff
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be whiffing
we shall/will be whiffing
you will be whiffing
you will be whiffing
he/she/it will be whiffing
they will be whiffing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have whiffed
we shall/will have whiffed
you will have whiffed
you will have whiffed
he/she/it will have whiffed
they will have whiffed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been whiffing
we shall/will have been whiffing
you will have been whiffing
you will have been whiffing
he/she/it will have been whiffing
they will have been whiffing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would whiff
we should/would whiff
you would whiff
you would whiff
he/she/it would whiff
they would whiff
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be whiffing
we should/would be whiffing
you would be whiffing
you would be whiffing
he/she/it would be whiffing
they would be whiffing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have whiffed
we should/would have whiffed
you would have whiffed
you would have whiffed
he/she/it would have whiffed
they would have whiffed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice