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If a man were desirous to study the nature of light, and began by extinguishing all the lights that were near, would not a few cinders, a smouldering wick, be all he would ever discover?Tous ceux qui le tentèrent font songer à un homme qui éteindrait d'abord une lumière afin d'étudier la nature même de la lumière.Maeterlinck, Maurice / Wisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice / La sagesse et la destineeLa sagesse et la destineeMaeterlinck, MauriceWisdom and DestinyMaeterlinck, Maurice
The flaming lake, in which each burning wick was like a little wave, rolled its starry sparkling as though it were about to burst from its bed and flow away in a river.Le lac flamboyant, dont chaque mèche ardente était un petit flot, roulait son pétillement d’astres, semblait près de se rompre, pour s’écouler en fleuve.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - LourdesLes Trois Villes - LourdesZola, EmileThe Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile
Marie awaited him, standing in the narrow room, which the charred wick of the lamp but imperfectly lighted.Marie l'attendait, debout dans l'étroite pièce, que la lampe charbonnée éclairait mal.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
He raised his lamp, the wick of which was burning smokily, and thereupon the shadows grew bigger, lengthened upon the walls, mounted aloft beside the staircase and filled and preyed upon the whole house.Il leva la lampe dont la mèche s'effarait; les ombres grandissaient, s'allongeaient contre les murs, montaient dans la cage de l'escalier, emplissaient, dévoraient la maison entière.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
The cold in the studio grew keener, and the wick of the lamp began to carbonise and burn red, while Claude, still bending over his sketch, did not seem conscious of the passing minutes.Dans l’atelier, le froid de glace augmentait, la lampe charbonnée brûlait avec une flamme rouge; tandis que lui, penché sur son dessin, ne paraissait pas avoir conscience de la marche lente des minutes.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
This bundle has been assembled at Wick in the North of Scotland and has been installed on the Jura location using subsea tow technology.Cet ensemble a été construit à Wick, au Nord de l'Écosse, avant d'être installé sur le champ de Jura en utilisant la technologie de remorquage sous-marin.©2011 Total©2011 Total
The avenue, from distance to distance, was decked with yellow and blue posts, affixed to which were small coloured cups, burning smoking wicks that were blowing about in the wind.L’avenue, de distance en distance, était ornée de poteaux jaunes et bleus, garnis de petits pots de couleur, où brûlaient des mèches fumeuses que le vent effarait.Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for NinonStories for NinonZola, EmileContes à NinonZola, Emile
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wick
noun
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Common case | wick | wicks |
Possessive case | wick's | wicks' |