Would have (fr. L'eusse)
Translation into English
Il attendit que je l'eusse rejoint, et du doigt, il me montra quelques masses obscures qui s'accusaient dans l'ombre à une petite distance.
He waited until I joined him, then he pointed a finger at some dark masses outlined in the shadows a short distance away.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1 Me l’eût-on refusé, je l’eusse inventé moi-même.
Had it been denied me, I would have invented it myself.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 Comme si Platon étant mon concitoyen je ne l’eusse jamais vu, - mon proche voisin et ne l’eusse jamais entendu parler ou n’eusse pris garde à la sagesse de ses paroles.
As if Plato were my townsman and I never saw him - my next neighbor and I never heard him speak or attended to the wisdom of his words.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 Pas étonnant que je ne l’eusse pas reconnu.
No wonder I didn't recognise it.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 J'ai parlé un peu plus longuement que je ne l'eusse souhaité mais, vu l'importance du dossier et les histoires tragiques qui l'entourent, je souhaitais être très clair dans ma déclaration à l'Assemblée.
I have spoken somewhat longer than I would have preferred but, given the importance of the case and the tragic stories that surround it, I wanted to be crystal clear in my statement to this Parliament.
Example taken from data source: Europarl_v8 Il me dit alors en peu de paroles que comme il avait un sincère respect pour moi, et qu'il connaissait ma condition, il ne m'avait pas prêté cet argent, mais me l'avait donné, et qu'il pensait que je l'eusse bien mérité, lui ayant accordé ma société aussi entièrement que je l'avais fait.
He then told me, in a few words, that as he had a sincere respect for me, and knew my circumstances, he had not lent me that money, but given it me, and that he thought I had merited it from him by giving him my company so entirely as I had done.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1 Sans elle, je n’l’eusse point vue.
Without her I didn’t see the point.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 Synonyms
- aurait
- eût
- eût-il