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He was seated on the ground with his back to a tree, and Hurry stood near him indolently whittling a twig.Il était assis par terre, adossé contre un arbre ; Hurry se tenait debout à ses côtés, et coupait nonchalamment une petite branche.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
I told them long yarns about Africa and lions and tigers, and I got some pieces of wood and whittled them into toys.Je leur racontai de longues histoires sur l’Afrique, les lions, les tigres, et ayant trouvé des morceaux de bois, j’en fabriquai des jouets.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
That is, how can there be any "whittling away" if the buyer, upon seeing defendant's mark, would never, even unconsciously, think of the plaintiff s mark?Cela étant, comment la marque peut-elle «s'éroder» s'il est totalement exclu que l'acheteur, à la vue de la marque de la défenderesse, pense même inconsciemment à la marque de la demanderesse?http://www.canlii.org/en/ 2/9/2012http://www.canlii.org/en/ 2/9/2012
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whittle
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | whittled |
Imperative | whittle |
Present Participle (Participle I) | whittling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | whittled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I whittle | we whittle |
you whittle | you whittle |
he/she/it whittles | they whittle |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am whittling | we are whittling |
you are whittling | you are whittling |
he/she/it is whittling | they are whittling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have whittled | we have whittled |
you have whittled | you have whittled |
he/she/it has whittled | they have whittled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been whittling | we have been whittling |
you have been whittling | you have been whittling |
he/she/it has been whittling | they have been whittling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I whittled | we whittled |
you whittled | you whittled |
he/she/it whittled | they whittled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was whittling | we were whittling |
you were whittling | you were whittling |
he/she/it was whittling | they were whittling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had whittled | we had whittled |
you had whittled | you had whittled |
he/she/it had whittled | they had whittled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been whittling | we had been whittling |
you had been whittling | you had been whittling |
he/she/it had been whittling | they had been whittling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will whittle | we shall/will whittle |
you will whittle | you will whittle |
he/she/it will whittle | they will whittle |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be whittling | we shall/will be whittling |
you will be whittling | you will be whittling |
he/she/it will be whittling | they will be whittling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have whittled | we shall/will have whittled |
you will have whittled | you will have whittled |
he/she/it will have whittled | they will have whittled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been whittling | we shall/will have been whittling |
you will have been whittling | you will have been whittling |
he/she/it will have been whittling | they will have been whittling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would whittle | we should/would whittle |
you would whittle | you would whittle |
he/she/it would whittle | they would whittle |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be whittling | we should/would be whittling |
you would be whittling | you would be whittling |
he/she/it would be whittling | they would be whittling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have whittled | we should/would have whittled |
you would have whittled | you would have whittled |
he/she/it would have whittled | they would have whittled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been whittling | we should/would have been whittling |
you would have been whittling | you would have been whittling |
he/she/it would have been whittling | they would have been whittling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am whittled | we are whittled |
you are whittled | you are whittled |
he/she/it is whittled | they are whittled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being whittled | we are being whittled |
you are being whittled | you are being whittled |
he/she/it is being whittled | they are being whittled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been whittled | we have been whittled |
you have been whittled | you have been whittled |
he/she/it has been whittled | they have been whittled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was whittled | we were whittled |
you were whittled | you were whittled |
he/she/it was whittled | they were whittled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being whittled | we were being whittled |
you were being whittled | you were being whittled |
he/she/it was being whittled | they were being whittled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been whittled | we had been whittled |
you had been whittled | you had been whittled |
he/she/it had been whittled | they had been whittled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be whittled | we shall/will be whittled |
you will be whittled | you will be whittled |
he/she/it will be whittled | they will be whittled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been whittled | we shall/will have been whittled |
you will have been whittled | you will have been whittled |
he/she/it will have been whittled | they will have been whittled |
whittle
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | whittle | whittles |
Possessive case | whittle's | whittles' |