Verbs Flashcards

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Anéantir

A

To destroy

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S’apprêter à faire

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To prepare to do something

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3
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S’arroger

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To seize

To take over

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4
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semer

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to sow

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5
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tomber dans l’escarcelle de

A

fall into the hands of

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s’emparer de

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take hold of, capture, seize

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7
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exaucer

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to fulfill

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8
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faire valoir

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to assert, exercise, enforce

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s’en prendre à

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to take one’s frustrations/anger out on somebody/something

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10
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contrecarrer

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to oppose, fail, counteract

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enfreindre

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to break

e.g.: enfreindre la loi =. break the law

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entraver

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to hinder, hamper

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emplir

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to fill, permeate

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14
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manier

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to handle, operate

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puiser

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to get, obtain

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foudroyer

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to devastate, to hit hard

17
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trouer

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to pierce, tear

18
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clouer

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to nail, confine

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arpenter

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to pace up & down