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eel

/iːl/ verbe C2
  1. To fish for eels. (intransitive)
  2. To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel. (intransitive)

He/she/it eels · Prétérit eeled · Participe passé eeled · Forme en -ing eeling

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Forme de base
eel
He/she/it
eels
Prétérit
eeled
Participe passé
eeled
Forme en -ing
eeling

Dans la bibliothèque

He dodged round the table as quick as an eel, and a moment later he’d got his gun from under his coat.
The Valley of Fear, p. 97 · C1
“You are old,” said the youth, “one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever; Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose— What made you so awfully clever?”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 33 · B2
“Well, there was Mystery,” the Mock Turtle replied, counting off the subjects on his flappers, “—Mystery, ancient and modern, with Seaography: then Drawling—the Drawling-master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week: _he_ taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 74 · B2
You have a quick horse, a light tilbury, you are naturally as slippery as an eel; if I had missed you tonight, I might not have had another chance.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 683 · C1

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