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The reaches down to Pangbourne woo one for a sunny sail or for a moonlight row, and the country round about is full of beauty.Les plans d’eau de Pangbourne vous invitent à des parties de voile au soleil et à des canotages au clair de lune, parmi un paysage champêtre resplendissant de beauté.Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
It was the first time I was ever wooed, courted, chased after.C'était la première fois qu'on me faisait la cour, qu'on me respectait, qu'on m'entourait d'attentions.Holiday, Billie,Dufty, William / Lady sings the bluesHoliday, Billie,Dufty, William / Lady sings the bluesLady sings the bluesHoliday, Billie,Dufty, William© 1956, by Eleonora Fagan and William F. Dufty.© 1984, 2003, 2009, pour la traduction francaise: Editions ParenthesesLady sings the bluesHoliday, Billie,Dufty, William© 1956, by Eleonora Fagan and William F. Dufty.
Not a flower that bloomed the same: the roses differed in the fashion of their wooing.Pas un épanouissement ne se ressemblait. Les roses avaient leurs façons d'aimer.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Instinct teaches the bird while wooing his mate to plume his pinions to their highest gloss; and a similar feeling now rendered me solicitous about my toilet.L'instinct pousse l'oiseau à lisser ses ailes et à donner le plus brillant éclat à son plumage, pendant tout le temps où il courtise sa femelle. Le même sentiment me rendait très soigneux de ma toilette.Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de cheveluresLes chausseurs de cheveluresReid, MayneThe Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne© 2008 BiblioBazaar
"Sweet human flower, wooed by my thought, kissed by my soul, oh my lily!" I cried, "untouched, untouchable upon thy stem, white, proud, fragrant, and solitary-- "— Belle fleur humaine que caresse ma pensée et que baise mon âme! ô mon lys! lui dis-je, toujours intact et droit sur sa tige, toujours blanc, fier, parfumé, solitaire!Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
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Word forms
woo
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | wooed |
Imperative | woo |
Present Participle (Participle I) | wooing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | wooed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I woo | we woo |
you woo | you woo |
he/she/it wooes | they woo |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am wooing | we are wooing |
you are wooing | you are wooing |
he/she/it is wooing | they are wooing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have wooed | we have wooed |
you have wooed | you have wooed |
he/she/it has wooed | they have wooed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been wooing | we have been wooing |
you have been wooing | you have been wooing |
he/she/it has been wooing | they have been wooing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I wooed | we wooed |
you wooed | you wooed |
he/she/it wooed | they wooed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was wooing | we were wooing |
you were wooing | you were wooing |
he/she/it was wooing | they were wooing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had wooed | we had wooed |
you had wooed | you had wooed |
he/she/it had wooed | they had wooed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been wooing | we had been wooing |
you had been wooing | you had been wooing |
he/she/it had been wooing | they had been wooing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will woo | we shall/will woo |
you will woo | you will woo |
he/she/it will woo | they will woo |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be wooing | we shall/will be wooing |
you will be wooing | you will be wooing |
he/she/it will be wooing | they will be wooing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have wooed | we shall/will have wooed |
you will have wooed | you will have wooed |
he/she/it will have wooed | they will have wooed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been wooing | we shall/will have been wooing |
you will have been wooing | you will have been wooing |
he/she/it will have been wooing | they will have been wooing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would woo | we should/would woo |
you would woo | you would woo |
he/she/it would woo | they would woo |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be wooing | we should/would be wooing |
you would be wooing | you would be wooing |
he/she/it would be wooing | they would be wooing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have wooed | we should/would have wooed |
you would have wooed | you would have wooed |
he/she/it would have wooed | they would have wooed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been wooing | we should/would have been wooing |
you would have been wooing | you would have been wooing |
he/she/it would have been wooing | they would have been wooing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am wooed | we are wooed |
you are wooed | you are wooed |
he/she/it is wooed | they are wooed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being wooed | we are being wooed |
you are being wooed | you are being wooed |
he/she/it is being wooed | they are being wooed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been wooed | we have been wooed |
you have been wooed | you have been wooed |
he/she/it has been wooed | they have been wooed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was wooed | we were wooed |
you were wooed | you were wooed |
he/she/it was wooed | they were wooed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being wooed | we were being wooed |
you were being wooed | you were being wooed |
he/she/it was being wooed | they were being wooed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been wooed | we had been wooed |
you had been wooed | you had been wooed |
he/she/it had been wooed | they had been wooed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be wooed | we shall/will be wooed |
you will be wooed | you will be wooed |
he/she/it will be wooed | they will be wooed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been wooed | we shall/will have been wooed |
you will have been wooed | you will have been wooed |
he/she/it will have been wooed | they will have been wooed |