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tower

verbe C2

En français : dominer, s'élever

  1. To be very tall; to reach a high height. (intransitive) · The office block towered into the sky.· The tree will eventually tower taller than any of the others.
  2. To be high or lofty; to soar. (intransitive)

He/she/it towers · Prétérit towered · Participe passé towered · Forme en -ing towering

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
tower
He/she/it
towers
Prétérit
towered
Participe passé
towered
Forme en -ing
towering

Dans la bibliothèque

It was now his turn to look about him; the Hôtel de Ville, a massive sixteenth century building, was on his right; anyone could descend from the openings in the tower, and examine every corner of the roof below, and Andrea expected momentarily to see the head of a gendarme appear at one of these openings.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 985 · C1
He soon saw that the vessel, with the wind dead ahead, was tacking between the Château d’If and the tower of Planier.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 227 · C1
“By the tower of Montlhéry, you mean?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 642 · C1
Leaving the village of Linas, without stopping at the telegraph, which flourished its great bony arms as he passed, the count reached the tower of Montlhéry, situated, as everyone knows, upon the highest point of the plain of that name.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 642 · C1

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