Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne always closes his eyes before presenting a new fragrance to the board, even though he can no longer smell a single note.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The Delavigne Corporation is closing its least profitable boutique in San Francisco, and the staff is taking the news surprisingly well.
Indicative Past (simple): Horatio Oléré closed the door to Bruno's office and told him, very gently, that surfing lessons were not a tax-deductible business expense.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Bruno was closing up his grandfather Xavier's tiny Montmartre shop for the last time when he made the decision to build something far greater.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The noseless perfumer has closed deals in seven countries this year, charming clients in each one without ever smelling the celebratory champagne.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Bruno has been closing his annual speeches with a tribute to fragrance fire prevention for so long that his San Francisco staff can recite it word for word.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time the environmental activists arrived at the Delavigne Corporation headquarters, Bruno had already closed the meeting and left for Pamplona.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The grandson of Xavier had been closing every business negotiation with a handshake and a quote from his grandfather for decades before anyone dared suggest a contract.
Indicative Future: The Delavigne Corporation will close its annual charity gala with a short film dedicated to Xavier and the dangers of fragrance-related explosions.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: While Bruno will be closing the Pamplona chapter of his trip this weekend, Horatio will already be booking flights for next year's running of the bulls.
Indicative Future perfect: By the time the San Francisco surfer returns from his Pacific Coast trip, the legal team will have closed the merger without him even glancing at a document.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By next autumn, Bruno will have been closing every board meeting with an improvised surfing metaphor for a full two years, and no one has yet found the courage to object.
Conditional Simple: Bruno would close the Delavigne Corporation's Montmartre office over his own dead body — that building is his grandfather's legacy.
Conditional Progressive: If the storm over the Pacific were any worse, the bull-runner would be closing the shutters of his San Francisco apartment instead of paddling out to surf.
Conditional Perfect: Horatio would have closed the fragrance deal last spring if Bruno had not interrupted the signing ceremony to deliver an unscheduled speech on fire prevention.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Without the accident that cost him his sense of smell, Bruno would have been closing in on a career as a traditional perfumer rather than building a cosmetics empire.
Imperative Imperative: « Close the laboratory door behind you, Horatio — the last time someone left it open, we had an incident that would have made my grandfather very unhappy, » Bruno said firmly.
Translation
Français
fermer
Deutsch
schließen
Español
cerrar
Italiano
chiudere
Português
fechar
Nederlands
sluiten
中文
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