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to humble
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abaisser/rabaisser
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to lower/reduce
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abaisser/faire diminuer
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to humiliate
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abaisser
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to humble oneself
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s'abaisser
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to condescend
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s'abaisser
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to daze
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abasourdir/étoudir
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to deafen
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abasourdir/étourdir
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to stun
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abasourdir/étourdir
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to bewilder
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abasourdir/étourdir
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to stupefy
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abasourdir
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to dishearten
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abattre
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to strike down
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abattre
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to cut down
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abattre
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to knock down
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abattre/rabattre
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to slaughter
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abattre
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to abolish
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abolir
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to do away with
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abolir
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to stoop to
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s'abaisser à
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to humble oneself before someone
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s'abaisser devant qqn
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to humiliate someone
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abaisser qqn
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to bring down the value of something
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abaisser la valeur de qqch
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to pull down the blind/shade
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abaisser le store
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to cast down one's eyes
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abaisser/baisser les yeux
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to look down
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abaisser les yeux
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to soften the sound of/unvoice a consonant
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s'assourdir
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to become deaf
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devenir sourd
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to turn a deaf ear
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faire la sourde oreille
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to not listen
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faire la sourde oreille
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to be deaf to
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être sourd à
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to pull down
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rabattre
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to turn down
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rabattre
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to beat down
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rabattre
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to absolve
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absoudre
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to absolve a sinner of his sins
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donner l'absolution à un pécheur
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to abstain
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s'abstenir
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to abstain from
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s'abstenir de/faire abstinence de
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to refrain from doing
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s'abstenir de faire
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to accept
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accepter
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to acclaim
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acclamer
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to applaud
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battre des mains/acclamer
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to cheer
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acclamer
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to name by acclamation
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nommer par acclamation
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to elect by acclamation
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élire par acclamation
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to be cheered
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se faire acclamer
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to be hailed
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se faire acclamer
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to accompany
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accompagner
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to be accompanied by
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s'accompagner de
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to accord
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accorder
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to grant
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céder à/accorder
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to reconcile
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accorder
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to admit
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accorder
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to come to an agreement
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se mettre d'accord
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to be on good terms
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s'accorder
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to come to terms
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s'accorder
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to run to
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accourir
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to run up to
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accourir
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to come/go running to
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accourir
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to go/come running toward someone
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accourir vers qqn
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to compete
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concourir
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to incur
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encourir
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to aid
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secourir/aider
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to hang (up)
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accrocher
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to hook (on a hanger/nail, etc.)
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accrocher
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to unhook
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décrocher
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to pick up the receiver of a telephone
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décrocher
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to hook in
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crocheter
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to pick a lock
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crocheter
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to crochet
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faire du crochet
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to increase
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accroître/augmenter/croître
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to make greater
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accroître
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to enlarge
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accroître
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to accrue
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s'accroître/s'acquérir
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to increase one's power
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accroître son pouvoir
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to increase one's production
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accroître sa production
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to greet
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accueillir
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to welcome
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accueillir
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to accuse
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accuser
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to acknowledge receipt of something
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accuser réception de qqch
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to bring charges against
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porter une accusation contre
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to buy
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acheter
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to purchase
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acheter
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to buy in cash
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acheter comptant
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to buy on credit
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acheter à crédit
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to achieve
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achever
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to finish
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finir/achever
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to complete
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finir/achever
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to end
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finir/achever
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to finish doing something
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achever de faire qqch
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to come to an end
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s'achever
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to be fulfilled
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s'achever
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to acquire
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acquérir
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to obtain
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acquérir
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to be gained
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s'acquérir
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to be obtained
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s'acquérir
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to conquer
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conquérir
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to admit
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admettre
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to be admitted to a club
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se faire admettre dans un club
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to admire
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admirer
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to fill someone with admiration
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remplir quelqu'un d'admiration
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to show great courage
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être admirable de courage
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to worship
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adorer
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to adore
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adorer
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to gild
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dorer
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to address
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adresser
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to refer someone to
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adresser qqn à
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to direct your words to
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addresser la parole à
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to apply to
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s'adresser à
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to happen
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advenir/arriver
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to occur
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advenir
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to come to pass
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advenir
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to predict the future
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prédire l'avenir
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to annoy
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agacer
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to irritate
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agacer
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to pester
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agacer
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to vex
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agacer
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to get on someone's nerves
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agacer les nerfs de qqn
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to get annoyed
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s'agacer
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to get irritated
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s'agacer
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to behave/act
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agir
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to take effect
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agir
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to set in motion
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faire agir
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to call into action
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faire agir
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to behave well
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bien agir
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to behave badly
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mal agir
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to influence
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agir sur
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to act upon
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agir sur
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to sue
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agir contre
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to take action against
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agir contre
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to put the law into effect
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faire agir la loi
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to rouse
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agiter
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to stir up
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agiter
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to agitate
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agiter
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to shake
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agiter
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to assist
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aider/assister
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to help someone do something
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aider qqn à faire aach
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to help oneself
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s'aider
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to help each other
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s'aider
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to love
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aimer
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to like
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aimer
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to like someone
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aimer bien qqn
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to enjoy doing something
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aimer (à) faire qqch
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to prefer
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aimer mieux/préférer
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to like better
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aimer mieux
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to fall in love
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tomber amoureux/amoureuse
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to add
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ajouter
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to add credence to
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ajouter foi à
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to give credence to
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ajouter foi à
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to joust
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jouter
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to dispute
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jouter
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to fight
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combattre/jouter/se battre
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to go
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aller
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to go fishing
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aller à la pêche
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to get to the bottom of things
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aller au fond des choses
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to go away
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s'en aller
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to bring
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amener/apporter
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to lead
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amener/conduire
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to direct/lead a conversation
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amener une conversation
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to amuse
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amuser/égayer
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to entertain
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amuser/égayer
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to have a good time
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s'amuser
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to amuse oneself
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s'amuser
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to enjoy oneself
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s'amuser
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to enjoy oneself + present participle
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s'amuser à
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to make fun of
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s'amuser de
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to play with
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s'amuser avec
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to announce
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annoncer
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to advertise for
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demander par annonce
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to look promising
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s'annoncer bien
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to introduce oneself
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s'annoncer
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to perceive
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apercevoir
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to become aware of
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s'apercevoir de
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to notice
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s'apercevoir de
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to appear
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apparaître
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to belong
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appartenir
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to belong to
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appartenir à
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to pertain
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appartenir
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to pertain to
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appartenir à
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to behoove someone to
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appartenir à qqn de + infinitif
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to be independent
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s'appartenir
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to be up to someone to do something
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appartenir à qqn de faire qqch
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to call
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appeler
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to name
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appeler
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to appeal
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appeler
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to appeal to someone
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en appeler à qqn
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to be named
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s'appeler
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to call oneself
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s'appeler
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to learn
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apprendre
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to memorize
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apprendre par coeur
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to teach someone to do something
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apprendre à qqn à faire qqch
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to inform someone of something
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apprendre qqch à qqn
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to teach someone something
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apprendre qqch à qqn
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to learn to do something
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apprendre à faire qqch
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to approach
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approcher
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to come near
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approcher
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to bring near
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approcher
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to approach someone/something
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s'approcher de qqn/qqch
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to come closer to
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se rapprocher de
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to bring closer
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rapprocher
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to reproach someone with something
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reprocher qqch à qqn
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to approve (of)
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approuver
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to approve of someone's doing something
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approuver qqn de faire qqch
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to disapprove (of)
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désapprouver
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to pull up
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arracher
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to pull out
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arracher
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to uproot
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arracher
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to grab something out of someone's hands
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arracher qqch des mains de qqn
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to do something without interruption
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faire qqch d'arrache-pied
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to tear oneself away from
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s'arracher à
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to arrange
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arranger
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to arrange something
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arranger qqch
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to contrive something
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arranger qqch
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to straighten out a matter
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arranger l'affaire
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to accommodate someone
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arranger qqn
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to suit someone
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arranger qqn
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to arrest
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arrêter
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to stop (someone or something)
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arrêter
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to halt
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arrêter
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to stop someone from doing something
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arrêter qqn de faire qqch
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to set a date
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arrêter un jour
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to make a deal
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arrêter un marché
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to stop (oneself, itself)
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s'arrêter
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to pause
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s'arrêter
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to desist from doing something
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s'arrêter de faire qqch
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to stop smoking
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s'arrêter de fumer
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to arrive
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arriver
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to succeed in doing something
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arriver à faire qqch
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to manage to do something
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arriver à faire qqch
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to happen to
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arriver à
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to sit down
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s'asseoir
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to seat someone
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asseoir qqn
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to sit down again
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se rasseoir
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to assist (at)
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assister
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to be present (at)
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assister
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to be present at
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assister à
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to attend
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assister à
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to assure
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assurer
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to ensure
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assurer
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to insure
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assurer
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to guarantee
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assurer
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to reassure
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rassurer
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to be reassured
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se rassurer
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to make sure
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s'assurer
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to assure oneself
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s'assurer
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to insure oneself
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s'assurer
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to attain
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atteindre
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to reach
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atteindre à
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to suffer from
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être atteint(e) de
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to wait
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attendre
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to wait for
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attendre
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to expect
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attendre/s'attendre à
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to make someone wait for something
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faire attendre qqch à qqn
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to attract
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attirer
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to catch
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attraper
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to catch someone at something
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attraper qqn à qqch
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to augment
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augmenter
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to increase prices
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augmenter les prix
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to advance
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avancer
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to go forward
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avancer
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to arrive early
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arriver en avance
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to promote a theory
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avancer une théorie
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to have
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avoir
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to have something to do
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avoir qqch à faire
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to lower
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baisser
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to sink
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baisser
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to lower one's voice
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baisser la voix
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to admit defeat
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baisser les bras
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to give in
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baisser les bras/céder à
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to bend/stoop down
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se baisser
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to depreciate
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rabaisser
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to balance
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balancer
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to sway
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balancer
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to swing
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balancer
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to weigh
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balancer
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to favor someone
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faire pencher la balance
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to weigh the pros and cons
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balancer le pour et le contre
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to sweep
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balayer
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to build
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bâtir/construire
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to construct
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bâtir/construire
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to baste (sewing)
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bâtir
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to beat
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battre
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to hit
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battre
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to strike
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battre
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to clap
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battre des mains
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to scour the countryside
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battre la campagne
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to chat
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bavarder/causer
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to chatter
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bavarder
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to babble
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bavarder
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to gossip
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bavarder
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to bless
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bénir
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to consecrate
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bénir
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to blame
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blâmer
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to be blamed
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être blâmé(e)
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to blame oneself
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se blâmer
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to whiten
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blanchir
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to harm
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blesser
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to hurt
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blesser
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to injure
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blesser
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to wound
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blesser
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to offend
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blesser
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to wound mortally
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blesser à mort
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to be injured (in the leg/in the arm)
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être blessé (à la jambe/au bras)
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to hurt oneself
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se blesser
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to injure oneself
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se blesser
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to wound oneself
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se blesser
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to take offense at
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se blesser de
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to be easily offended
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se blesser pour un rien
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to drink
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boire
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to drink to someone's health
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boire à la santé de qqn
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to budge
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bouger
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to move
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bouger
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to boil
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bouillir/faire bouillir
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to blow bubbles
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faire des bulles
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to bring to boil
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faire donner un bouillion
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to beat to a pulp
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réduire en bouillie
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to brush
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brosser
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to brush oneself
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se brosser
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to burn
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brûler
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to be madly in love
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brûler d'amour
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to be eager to do something
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brûler de faire qqch
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to pass through a red light
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brûler un feu rouge
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to hide
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cacher
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to hide something from someone
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cacher qqch à qqn
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to seal up
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cacheter
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to hide oneself
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se cacher
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to hide from someone
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se cacher de qqn
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to break
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casser
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to have a snack
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casser la croûte
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to crush (objects)
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concasser
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to break (a part of one's body)
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se casser
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to rack one's brains
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se casser la tête
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to find nobody answering the door
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se casser le nez
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to annoy someone
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casser la tête à qqn
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to cause
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causer
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to chat about the weather
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causer de la pluie et du beau temps
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to hurt someone
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causer de la peine à qqn
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to yield
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céder
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to cede
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céder
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to give up
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céder à
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to yield to
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céder à
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to accede to
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accéder à
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to comply with
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accéder à
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to concede to
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concéder à
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to let someone have something
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céder qqch à qqn
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to give way to someone
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céder les pas à qqn
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to cease
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cesser
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to stop seeing each other
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cesser de se voir
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to cease fire
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cesser le feu
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to change
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changer
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to change one's mind
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changer d'avis
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to take another road
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changer de route
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to exchange
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échanger
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to sing
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chanter
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to enchant
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enchanter
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to burden
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charger
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to charge
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charger
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to load
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charger
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to curse
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charger de malédictions
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to overwhelm with praises
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charger de louanges
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to hunt
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chasser
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to pursue
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chasser
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to chase
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chasser
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to drive out
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chasser
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to look for
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chercher
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to search
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chercher
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to seek
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chercher/rechercher
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to look for each other
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se chercher
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to investigate
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rechercher
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to attempt to
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chercher à
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to try to
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chercher à
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to go get someone or something
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aller chercher qqn/qqch
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to look for again
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rechercher
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to send for
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envoyer chercher
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to cherish
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chérir
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to buy at a high price
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acheter cher
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to sell at a high price
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vendre cher
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to choose
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choisir/élire
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to select
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choisir
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to make fun of
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faire choix de
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to whisper
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chuchoter
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to whisper in someone's ear
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chuchoter à l'oreille de qqn
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to combat
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combattre
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to command
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commander
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to order someone to do something
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commander à qqn de faire qqch
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to recommend
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recommander/conseiller
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to advise someone to do something
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recommander à qqn de faire qqch
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to cancel a date
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décommander un rendez-vous
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to cancel an appointment
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décommander un rendez-vous
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to begin
|
commencer
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to start
|
commencer
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to commence
|
commencer
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to begin + infinitive
|
commencer à
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to begin by
|
commencer par
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to begin (infinitive) again
|
recommencer à
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to commit
|
commettre
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to commit a sin
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commettre un péché
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to be committed to
|
être commis à
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to entrust something to something
|
commettre qqch à qqn
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to place someone under someone else's care
|
commettre qqn à qqn
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to compare
|
comparer
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to compare to
|
comparer à
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to compare with
|
comparer avec
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to understand
|
comprendre/entendre
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to make it clear to someone that...
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faire comprendre à qqn que...
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to count
|
compter
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to intend
|
compter
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to expect to
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compter
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to pay cash
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payer comptant
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to expect to do something
|
compter faire qqch
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to count/rely on
|
compter sur
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to discount
|
escompter
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to give generously
|
donner sans compter
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to conceive
|
concevoir
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to form ideas
|
concevoir des idées
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to conclude
|
conclure
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to exclude
|
exclure
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to enclose
|
inclure
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to include
|
inclure
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to drive (safely)
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conduire
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to conduct
|
conduire
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to manage
|
conduire
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to be acquainted with
|
connaître
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to induce
|
induire
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to lead into
|
induire en
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to conduct/behave oneself
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se conduire
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to know each other/oneself
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se connaître
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to get acquainted
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faire connaissance
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to conquer
|
conquérir
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to win someone's affection
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conquérir l'affection de qqn
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to seem pretentious
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avoir un air conquérant
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to advise
|
conseiller
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to counsel
|
conseiller
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to recommend something to someone
|
conseiller qqch à qqn
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to consent
|
consentir
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to agree
|
consentir/convenir/s'accorder
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to agree to do something
|
consentir à faire qqch/convenir à faire qqch
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to consent to something
|
consentir à qqch
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to give one's consent
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donner son consentement
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to reconstruct
|
reconstruire
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to rebuild
|
reconstruire
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to contain
|
contenir
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to contain one's emotions
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contenir ses émotions
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to contain oneself
|
se contenir
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to control oneself
|
se contenir
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to narrate
|
conter
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to continue
|
continuer
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to continue + infinitive
|
continuer à + infinitif
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to persist in
|
continuer de + infinitif
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to constrain
|
contraindre
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to compel
|
contraindre
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to constrain oneself from doing something
|
se contraindre à faire qqch
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to contradict
|
contredire
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to contradict oneself
|
se contredire
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to convince
|
convaincre
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to persuade someone of something
|
convaincre qqn de qqch
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to allow oneself to be persuaded
|
se laisser convaincre
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to convince oneself
|
se convaincre
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to suit
|
convenir
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to be suitable
|
convenir
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to be appropriate
|
convenir
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to acknowledge
|
convenir
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to please
|
convenir à
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to agree on something
|
convenir de qqch
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to correct
|
corriger
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to correct someone of
|
corriger qqn de
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to correct one's ways
|
se corriger de
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to corrupt
|
corrompre
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to corrupt something/something
|
corrompre qqch/qqn
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to allow oneself to be corrupted
|
se laisser corrompre
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to put to bed
|
coucher
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to lay
|
coucher
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to flatten
|
coucher
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to sleep somewhere other than in one's own bed
|
découcher
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to give birth
|
accoucher de
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to put back to bed
|
recoucher
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to go to bed
|
se coucher
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to lie down
|
s'ètendre/se coucher
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to go back to bed
|
se recoucher
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to go to bed early
|
se coucher tôt
|
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to sew
|
coudre
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to stitch
|
coudre
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to sew up
|
recoudre
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to rip out a seam
|
découdre
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to cut
|
couper
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to switch off
|
couper
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to have one's hair cut
|
se faire couper les cheveux
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to cut out
|
découper
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to interrupt
|
entrecouper
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to reduce a fever
|
couper la fièvre
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to run
|
courir
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to race
|
courir
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to spread a rumor
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faire courir un bruit
|
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to run a race
|
courir une course
|
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to come running toward
|
accourir vers
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to go through
|
parcourir
|
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to travel through
|
parcourir
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to cover (distance)
|
parcourir
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to cost
|
coûter
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to be expensive
|
coûter cher
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to be inexpensive
|
coûter peu
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to cost someone
|
coûter qqn
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to cover
|
couvrir
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to set the table
|
mettre le couvert
|
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to discover
|
découvrir
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to disclose
|
découvrir
|
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to uncover
|
découvrir
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to cover oneself
|
se couvrir
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to put on one's hat
|
se couvrir
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to create
|
créer
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|
to recreate
|
recréer
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|
to enliven
|
récréer/égayer
|
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to fear
|
craindre/redouter
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|
to be afraid
|
craindre
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to be in fear of one's life
|
craindre pour sa vie
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to shout
|
crier
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|
to cry out
|
crier
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to believe
|
croire
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to consider/think oneself
|
se croire
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to believe in something
|
croire à qqch
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to believe in someone
|
croire en qqn
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to grow
|
croître
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to gather
|
cueillir
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|
to take off one's clothes
|
se découvrir
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to explore
|
aller à la découverte
|
|
to take off one's hat
|
se découvir
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|
to resolve to do something
|
se décider à faire qqch
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to pick
|
cueillir
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to cook
|
cuire/cuisiner
|
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to dance
|
danser
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to dance for joy
|
danser de joie
|
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to rip
|
déchirer
|
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to tear
|
déchirer
|
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to rend
|
déchirer
|
|
to tear someone apart
|
déchirer qqn à belle dents
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to tear into shreds
|
déchirer en lambeaux
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|
to tear each other apart
|
se déchirer
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|
to discover the truth
|
déchirer le voile
|
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to deceive
|
décevoir
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|
to disappoint
|
décevoir
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|
to deceive someone's confidence/trust
|
décevoir la confiance de qqn
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to disappoint someone's hopes
|
décevoir les espoirs de qqn
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to decide
|
décider à
|
|
to decide to do something
|
décider de faire qqch
|
|
to make up one's mind
|
se décider à faire qqch
|
|
to describe
|
décrire/dépeindre
|
|
to proscribe
|
proscrire
|
|
to prescribe
|
prescrire
|
|
to stipulate
|
prescrire
|
|
to decrease
|
décroître/diminuer/faire diminuer
|
|
to be diminishing
|
être en décroissance
|
|
to deduce
|
déduire
|
|
to infer
|
déduire
|
|
to deduct
|
déduire
|
|
to reduce
|
réduire
|
|
to undo
|
défaire
|
|
to untie
|
défaire
|
|
to strip a bed
|
défaire un lit
|
|
to unpack a suitcase
|
défaire une valise
|
|
to unbutton
|
défaire les boutons
|
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to clear the table
|
défaire la table
|
|
to rid oneself of something
|
se défaire de qqch
|
|
to break a habit
|
se défaire d'une habitude
|
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to defend
|
défendre
|
|
to forbid
|
défendre
|
|
to prohibit
|
défendre
|
|
to forbid someone to do something
|
défendre qqch à qqn
|
|
to defend oneself
|
se défendre
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to deny having done something
|
se défendre d'avoir fait qqch
|
|
to have lunch
|
déjeuner
|
|
to fast
|
jeûner
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|
to break one's fast
|
rompre le jeûne
|
|
to ask (for)
|
demander
|
|
to request
|
demander
|
|
to apply for
|
faire une demande de
|
|
to wonder
|
se demander
|
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to send word by letter
|
mander
|
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to reside
|
demeurer
|
|
to live
|
demeurer/habiter
|
|
to remain
|
demeurer
|
|
to stay
|
demeurer/rester
|
|
to stay at a hotel
|
demeurer à un hôtel
|
|
to remain faithful
|
demeurer fidèle
|
|
to demolish
|
démolir
|
|
to fall apart
|
se démolir
|
|
to fall to pieces
|
se démolir
|
|
to hurry
|
se dépêcher
|
|
to hasten
|
se dépêcher
|
|
to dispatch
|
dépêcher
|
|
to depict
|
dépeindre
|
|
to portray
|
dépeindre
|
|
to depict a scene
|
dépeindre une scène
|
|
to daub
|
peinturer
|
|
to depend (on)
|
dépendre de
|
|
to be dependent (on)
|
dépendre de
|
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to hang
|
pendre
|
|
to spend (money)
|
dépenser
|
|
to displease
|
déplaire
|
|
to displease someone
|
déplaire à qqn
|
|
to please someone
|
plaire à qqn
|
|
to disturb
|
déranger
|
|
to derange
|
déranger
|
|
to inconvenience oneself
|
se déranger
|
|
to go down
|
descendre
|
|
to descend
|
descendre
|
|
to take down
|
descendre
|
|
to bring down
|
descendre
|
|
to stop at a hotel
|
descendre à un hôtel
|
|
to pull down the window shade
|
descendre le store
|
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to desire
|
désirer
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|
to leave much to be desired
|
laisser à désirer
|
|
to draw
|
dessiner
|
|
to sketch
|
dessiner
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|
to draw with a pencil
|
dessiner au crayon
|
|
to take shape
|
se dessiner
|
|
to stand out
|
se dessiner
|
|
to detest
|
détester
|
|
to dislike
|
détester
|
|
to hate
|
détester
|
|
to turn aside
|
détourner
|
|
to turn away
|
détourner
|
|
to divert
|
détourner
|
|
to look away
|
détourner les yeux
|
|
to discourage someone from doing something
|
détourner qqn de faire qqch
|
|
to turn oneself away from
|
se détourner de
|
|
to turn
|
tourner
|
|
to destroy
|
détruire
|
|
to destroy oneself
|
se détruire
|
|
to develop
|
développer
|
|
to spread out
|
développer
|
|
to envelop
|
envelopper
|
|
to wrap up
|
envelopper
|
|
to become
|
devenir
|
|
to go crazy
|
devenir fou/folle
|
|
to grow old
|
devenir vieux
|
|
to diminish
|
diminuer
|
|
to lessen
|
diminuer
|
|
to lower oneself
|
se diminuer
|
|
to dine
|
dîner
|
|
to have dinner
|
dîner
|
|
to give a dinner
|
donner un dîner
|
|
to dine out
|
dîner en ville
|
|
to say
|
dire
|
|
to tell
|
dire
|
|
to mean
|
vouloir dire
|
|
to speak well of
|
dire du bien de
|
|
to discuss
|
discuter
|
|
to argue
|
discuter
|
|
to argue with
|
discuter avec
|
|
to argue about
|
discuter de
|
|
to disappear
|
disparaître
|
|
to hide from sight
|
faire disparaître aux regards
|
|
to give
|
donner
|
|
to make an appointment with someone
|
donner rendez-vous à qqn
|
|
to look out upon (as a room)
|
donner sur
|
|
to abandon
|
abandonner
|
|
to discuss
|
discuter
|
|
to argue
|
discuter
|
|
to argue with
|
discuter avec
|
|
to argue about
|
discuter de
|
|
to disappear
|
disparaître
|
|
to hide from sight
|
faire disparaître aux regards
|
|
to give
|
donner
|
|
to make an appointment with someone
|
donner rendez-vous à qqn
|
|
to look out upon (as a room)
|
donner sur
|
|
to abandon
|
abandonner
|
|
to order
|
ordonner
|
|
to pardon
|
pardonner
|
|
to sleep
|
dormir
|
|
to talk in one's sleep
|
parler en dormant
|
|
to put to sleep
|
endormir
|
|
to fall asleep
|
s'endormir
|
|
to doubt
|
douter
|
|
to dread
|
redouter
|
|
to suspect
|
se douter de
|
|
to escape
|
échapper/s'enfuir
|
|
to avoid
|
échapper à/éviter
|
|
to escape from
|
échapper de/s'échapper de
|
|
to have a narrow escape
|
l'échapper belle
|
|
to fail
|
échouer
|
|
to fail at something
|
échouer à qqch
|
|
to fail an exam
|
échouer à un examen
|
|
to listen (to)
|
écouter
|
|
to be a good listener
|
savoir écouter
|
|
to eavesdrop
|
écouter aux portes
|
|
to write
|
écrire
|
|
to frighten
|
effrayer
|
|
to cheer up
|
égayer
|
|
to amuse oneself at someone's expense
|
s'égayer aux dépens de
|
|
to raise
|
élever
|
|
to rear/bring up
|
élever
|
|
to elect
|
élire
|
|
to move away
|
s'éloigner
|
|
to go away
|
s'éloigner
|
|
to withdraw
|
s'éloigner
|
|
to step back
|
s'éloigner
|
|
to keep back
|
s'éloigner
|
|
to keep away
|
s'éloigner
|
|
to keep away from
|
s'éloigner de
|
|
to keep at a distance
|
s'éloigner de
|
|
to kiss
|
embrasser
|
|
to embrace
|
embrasser
|
|
to hug each other
|
s'embrasser
|
|
to lead
|
emmener
|
|
to lead away
|
emmener
|
|
to take (a person) away
|
emmener
|
|
to move/touch
|
émouvoir
|
|
to excite
|
émouvoir
|
|
to arouse
|
émouvoir
|
|
to be moved/touched by
|
s'émouvoir de
|
|
to hinder
|
empêcher
|
|
to prevent
|
empêcher
|
|
to prevent someone from doing something
|
empêcher qqn de faire qqch
|
|
to keep from entering
|
empêcher d'entrer
|
|
to refrain from doing something
|
s'empêcher de faire qqch
|
|
to use
|
employer
|
|
to employ
|
employer
|
|
to occupy oneself doing something
|
s'employer à faire qqch
|
|
to spend one's time
|
employer son temps
|
|
to borrow
|
emprunter
|
|
to borrow something from someone
|
emprunter qqch à qqn
|
|
to encourage
|
encourager
|
|
to encourage someone to do something
|
encourager qqn à faire qqch
|
|
to discourage
|
décourager
|
|
to become discouraged
|
se décourager
|
|
to run away
|
s'enfuir
|
|
to slip away
|
s'enfuir
|
|
to flee
|
fuir/s'enfuir
|
|
to fly away
|
s'envoler/s'enfuir
|
|
to flee from a place
|
s'enfuir d'un endroit
|
|
to run away from danger
|
fuir devant un danger
|
|
to carry away
|
enlever
|
|
to take away
|
enlever
|
|
to remove
|
enlever
|
|
to take the garbage out
|
enlever les ordures
|
|
to bore
|
ennuyer
|
|
to annoy
|
ennuyer
|
|
to weary
|
ennuyer
|
|
to be bored to tears
|
mourir d'ennui
|
|
to become/get bored
|
s'ennuyer
|
|
to teach
|
enseigner
|
|
to teach something to someone
|
enseigner qqch à qqn
|
|
to inform someone about something
|
renseigner qqn de qqch
|
|
to get information
|
renseigner
|
|
to inquire
|
renseigner
|
|
to hear
|
entendre
|
|
to get along with someone
|
s'entendre avec qqn
|
|
to understand each other
|
s'entendre avec qqn
|
|
to get along with each other marvelously
|
s'entendre à merveille
|
|
to bury
|
enterrer
|
|
to bury oneself
|
s'enterrer
|
|
to bury something
|
enterrer une chose
|
|
to forget about something
|
enterrer une chose
|
|
to shelve something (figuratively)
|
enterrer une chose
|
|
to isolate oneself from the rest of the world
|
s'enterrer dans un endroit
|
|
to bury oneself in a place
|
s'enterrer dans un endroit
|
|
to undertake
|
entreprendre
|
|
to engage upon
|
entreprendre
|
|
to undertake to do something
|
entreprendre de faire qqch
|
|
to enter
|
entrer
|
|
to come in
|
entrer
|
|
to go in
|
entrer
|
|
to enter through the window
|
entrer par la fenêtre
|
|
to fly off
|
s'envoler
|
|
to take flight
|
s'envoler
|
|
to take wing (birds)
|
s'envoler
|
|
to take off (airplanes)
|
s'envoler
|
|
to fly
|
voler
|
|
to steal
|
voler
|
|
to send
|
envoyer
|
|
to send for
|
envoyer chercher
|
|
to send away (back)
|
renvoyer
|
|
to discharge someone
|
s'envoyer
|
|
to marry
|
épouser
|
|
to wed
|
épouser
|
|
to get married to someone
|
se marier avec qqn
|
|
to try
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éprouver/essayer
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to experience
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éprouver
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to test/to put to the test
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éprouver
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to experience doubts
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éprouver des doutes
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to put someone to the test
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éprouver qqn/mettre qqn à l'épreuve
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to feel a regret
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éprouver un regret
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to experience shame
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éprouver de la honte
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to feel sympathy for someone
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éprouver de la sympathie pour qqn
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to hope
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espérer
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to despair of
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désespérer de
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to be in dispair
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se désespérer
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to try on
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essayer
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to try to do something
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essayer de faire qqch
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to wipe
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essuyer
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to wipe oneself
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s'essuyer
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to wipe one's brow
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s'essuyer le front
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to establish/set up
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établir
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to draw up
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établir
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to reestablish
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rétablir
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to restore
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rétablir
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to recover one's health
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se rétablir
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to settle down
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s'établir
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to start a business
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s'établir
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to extinguish
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éteindre
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to flicker out
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s'éteindre
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to die out
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s'éteindre
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to put out the fire
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éteindre le feu
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to turn off the light
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éteindre la lumière
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to stretch out
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s'ètendre
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to amaze
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ètonner
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to astonish
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ètonner
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to surprise/stun
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ètonner
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to be astonished at
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s'ètonner de
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to make dizzy
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étourdir
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to lose one's senses in some kind of outlet
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s'étourdir
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to drink in order to forget
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boire pour s'étourdir
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to be
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être
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to be on time
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être à l'heure
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to study
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étudier
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to study thoroughly
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étudier à fond
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to analyze oneself
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s'étudier
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to evaluate
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evaluer
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to appraise
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evaluer
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to assess
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evaluer
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to estimate
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evaluer
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to faint
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s'évanouir/tomber évanoui
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to lose consciousness
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s'évanouir
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to swoon
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s'évanouir
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to vanish
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s'évanouir
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to pass out
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tomber évanoui
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to come out of a faint
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revenir d'évanouissement
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to avoid doing something
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éviter de faire qqch
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to spare someone the trouble of doing something
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éviter à qqn la peine de faire qqch
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to excuse
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excuser
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to excuse from/for
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excuser de
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to excuse someone from doing something/someone's doing something
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excuse qqn de faire qqch
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to ask to be excused
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se faire excuser
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to apologize to someone for something
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faire ses excuses à qqn pour qqch
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to excuse oneself
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s'excuser
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to apologize for
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s'excuser de
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to demand
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exiger
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to require
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exiger
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to explain
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expliquer
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to express
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exprimer
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to express/convey one's wishes
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exprimer ses voeux
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to express oneself
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s'exprimer
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to shelter
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abriter
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to hire
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embaucher
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to provide
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fournir
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to teach
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enseigner
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to wish
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souhaiter
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to hope
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espérer
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to calm someone down
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apaiser
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to soothe
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apaiser
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to dream of
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rêver de
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to prohibit
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interidire
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to take care of
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soigner
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to take care of oneself
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se soigner
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to be interested in (a specific subject)
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être intéressé(e) par
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to be interested in (general things)
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s'intéresser à
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to bark
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aboyer
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to compare to
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comparer à
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to compare with
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comparer avec
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to waste
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gaspiller
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to recycle
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recycler
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to decrease over time
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amortir
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to protect
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protéger
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to save money
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économiser
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to draw (as in a lottery)
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tirer
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to suffice for
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suffire pour (+infinitif)
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to recognize
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reconnaître
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to run away
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fuguer, faire une fuge
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to maintain
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entretenir
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to tell
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raconter
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to meet
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rencontrer
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to succeed at
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réussir à
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to tan
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bronzer
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to fail
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échouer
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to have a career
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faire carrière
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to change (to a completely new ___)
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changer de (unchanging de)
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to change/alter
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changer le/la/les
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to be busy with
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occuper de
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to be of use to someone
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servir à qqn
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to be used for something/to be for doing something
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servir à faire qqch
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to serve as something
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servir de qqch
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to move (around, from one spot to another)
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bouger
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to resign, to give up
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demissioner
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to go on strike
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faire la grève
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to collide with
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heurter à
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to discriminate
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discriminer
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to defend a thesis
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présenter une thèse
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to nearly give up
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faillir arrêter
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to act (do)
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agir
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to manage, clear up, cope
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se débrouiller
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to succeed at doing something
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réussir à faire qqch
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to ask for help
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demander d'aide
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to take everything upon oneself
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assumer tout seul
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to do research about something
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faire de la recherche sur qqch
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to flip a coin
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tirer au sort
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téléphoner à
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to call on the phone
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to dare, to have courage
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oser
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to sooth, to calm S.O. down
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apaiser
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to regret that
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regretter de/que
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to have confidence in
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avoir confiance en
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