ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CURTAIN
From Old French courtine, from Late Latin cortīna enclosed place, curtain, probably from Latin cohors courtyard.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CURTAIN
PRESENT
Present
I curtain
you curtain
he/she/it curtains
we curtain
you curtain
they curtain
Present continuous
I am curtaining
you are curtaining
he/she/it is curtaining
we are curtaining
you are curtaining
they are curtaining
Present perfect
I have curtained
you have curtained
he/she/it has curtained
we have curtained
you have curtained
they have curtained
Present perfect continuous
I have been curtaining
you have been curtaining
he/she/it has been curtaining
we have been curtaining
you have been curtaining
they have been curtaining
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I curtained
you curtained
he/she/it curtained
we curtained
you curtained
they curtained
Past continuous
I was curtaining
you were curtaining
he/she/it was curtaining
we were curtaining
you were curtaining
they were curtaining
Past perfect
I had curtained
you had curtained
he/she/it had curtained
we had curtained
you had curtained
they had curtained
Past perfect continuous
I had been curtaining
you had been curtaining
he/she/it had been curtaining
we had been curtaining
you had been curtaining
they had been curtaining
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will curtain
you will curtain
he/she/it will curtain
we will curtain
you will curtain
they will curtain
Future continuous
I will be curtaining
you will be curtaining
he/she/it will be curtaining
we will be curtaining
you will be curtaining
they will be curtaining
Future perfect
I will have curtained
you will have curtained
he/she/it will have curtained
we will have curtained
you will have curtained
they will have curtained
Future perfect continuous
I will have been curtaining
you will have been curtaining
he/she/it will have been curtaining
we will have been curtaining
you will have been curtaining
they will have been curtaining
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would curtain
you would curtain
he/she/it would curtain
we would curtain
you would curtain
they would curtain
Conditional continuous
I would be curtaining
you would be curtaining
he/she/it would be curtaining
we would be curtaining
you would be curtaining
they would be curtaining
Conditional perfect
I would have curtain
you would have curtain
he/she/it would have curtain
we would have curtain
you would have curtain
they would have curtain
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been curtaining
you would have been curtaining
he/she/it would have been curtaining
we would have been curtaining
you would have been curtaining
they would have been curtaining
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you curtain
we let´s curtain
you curtain
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
curtained
Present Participle
curtaining
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «CURTAIN»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
curtain.
I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it.
I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.
One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.
I've had some of the best craft services on independent movies, actually, because they get more creative, generally, with a smaller budget. The work is still the same. I didn't really notice the difference other than I was getting dressed behind a curtain, basically.
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.
There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again.
Ke$ha is her art; there is no curtain you peel back to find the real person. And with Ke$ha, you never know what to expect when you're in the studio.
But Nature cast me for the part she found me best fitted for, and I have had to play it, and must play it till the curtain falls.
It's nowhere near as intense as what I imagine an actor experiences backstage, but I feel a fluttering nervousness before a curtain goes up on a play. I mean, any play, anywhere - on Broadway or the Bowery or in a church basement.
My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.'
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURTAIN»
Discover the use of
curtain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
curtain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Curtain Book: A Sourcebook for Distinctive Curtains, ...
The striking book includes inspiring treatments for every shape and style of window-from cottage casements to modern picture windows in addition to offering practical advice on all aspects of making and arranging curtains and shades ...
2
Iron
Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
In Iron Curtain, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe were created and what daily life was like once they were complete.
The lives of two different couples--wealthy Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, and Candido and America Rincon, a pair of Mexican illegals--suddenly collide, in a story that unfolds from the shifting viewpoints of the various ...
4
The Color
Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference
The expatriate, one of America's greatest black writers, giving a bold assessment of the world's outlook on race, a report of the Bandung Conference of 1955.
5
Contemporary
Curtain Wall Architect
In Contemporary Curtain Wall Architecture, architect and building technology expert Scott Murray presents an exhaustive taxonomy of the materials and techniques necessary for the design, fabrication, and installation of today's curtain wall ...
Scott Charles Murray, 2009
6
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron
Curtain
Annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes take readers on an extraordinary journey of how the artist-author's life was shaped while growing up in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, as well as the influence of western culture ...
7
An Introduction to Infinite-Dimensional Linear Systems Theory
This feature and the integration of frequency-domain and state-space approaches make this book unique in the field of infinite-dimensional systems theory."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc.
Ruth F. Curtain, Hans Zwart, 1995
8
Parting the
Curtain: Propaganda, Culture, and the Cold War, ...
Examines the U.S. propaganda and cultural infiltration of the Soviet empire following WWII
When seven bored children discover an abandoned chapel in their home town, they decide to renovate it and to form the Blue Door Theatre Company.
10
Behind the
Curtain : Making Music in Mumbai's Film Studios: ...
Beginning in the 1930s, men and a handful of women came from India's many communities-Marathi, Parsi, Goan, North Indian, and many others--to Mumbai to work in an industry that constituted in the words of some, "the original fusion music.
Ethnomusicology Gregory D. Booth Senior Lecturer, Associate Dean (Research) Department of Anthropology and School of Music University of Auckland, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CURTAIN»
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curtain is used in the context of the following news items.
Nob Hill Co-Op Makes Up for Sad Curtain Door with Totally …
door%20curtain.jpg We used to obsess over one-bedrooms that cost $1 million here in San Francisco, but these days that seems practically ... «Curbed SF, Jul 15»
Johnny Counterfit returns to Curtain Call for two nights
Because people were turned away in March, Johnny will be at the Curtain Call Dinner Theatre two nights (Thursday, July 16 and Friday, July ... «Crossville Chronicle, Jul 15»
Behind the curtain of the Hacking Team hack
The world watched on as Hacking Team was publicly stripped and flogged—virtually at least—over the last couple days. My colleague Steve ... «CSO Online, Jul 15»
YouTube series goes behind the curtain to recreate famous rap …
It is a notorious fact that most rap artists and producers are extremely secretive about the process behind the creation of their music. Historically ... «A.V. Club DC, Jul 15»
Curtain Call lunch events pair USF actors, patrons
CEDAR CITY – The Guild of the Utah Shakespeare Festival presented its first of many lunches this season to give patrons a chance to meet ... «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jul 15»
Once behind bamboo curtain, China showcases resurgent Tibet
LHASA: Once behind a bamboo curtain like the rest of China, Beijing is now presenting the resurgent Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in a new ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
Grexit Will Bring Curtain Down on Greek Tragedy
Over 60 per cent of Greeks have cast their vote rejecting the eurozone cash-for-reform proposals and Grexit is very much on the cards, at least ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
Opening the emerald curtain
The year is 1984. As an average Irish dairy farmer, you have 18 cows, each making under 8,000 lbs. of milk, but milk production on your island ... «Dairy Herd Management, Jul 15»
The Curtain Falls on Video Journeys, a Sacred Space for LA …
The Curtain Falls on Video Journeys, a Sacred Space for L.A. Cinephiles. Play. Current Time 0:00. /. Duration Time 0:00. Remaining Time -0:00. «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
cardiovascular center fire started during operation on patient
The Ann Arbor Fire Department report, obtained by The News via The Freedom of Information Act, said the fire then spread to a curtain. «MLive.com, Jul 15»
