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comprendre verbe | construe [construed, construing, construes]◼◻◻(to interpret or explain the meaning of something) apprehend [apprehended, apprehending, apprehends]◼◻◻(to take hold of (something) with the understanding, see also: understand) |
en prendre de la graine verbe | follow suit(follow an example) |
entreprendre verbe | undertake [undertook, undertaken, undertaking, undertakes]◼◼◼(to start an enterprise) set about◼◻◻(to initiate or begin some action) proffer [proffered, proffering, proffers]◼◻◻(to undertake) |
faire prendre un bain verbe | bathe [bathed, bathing, bathes]◼◼◼(to clean a person by immersion in water) |
il n'est jamais trop tard pour apprendre phrase | you're never too old to learn◼◼◼(proverb) |
mécomprendre verbe | misunderstand [misunderstood, misunderstanding, misunderstands]◼◼◼(to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly) |
méprendre verbe | mistake◼◼◼(to take one thing for another) misunderstand [misunderstood, misunderstanding, misunderstands]◼◼◼(to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly) be wrong◼◻◻(have an incorrect belief, be mistaken) |
ne pas prendre en compte verbe | factor out((figurative) to omit, to not consider as a factor) |
ne pas se prendre pour de la merde verbe | think one's shit doesn't stink(to be arrogant or overconfident) |
ne rien y comprendre [negative] verbe | make head or tail of(understand even minimally) |
obligation de rendre compte nom {f} | accountability [accountabilities]◼◼◼(state of being accountable) |
obligation de rendre des comptes nom {f} | accountability [accountabilities]◼◼◼(state of being accountable) |
prendre verbe | take [took, taken, taking, takes]◼◼◼(to get into one's hands or control) take [took, taken, taking, takes]◼◼◼(to ingest medicine) take [took, taken, taking, takes]◼◼◼(to gain a position by force) take [took, taken, taking, takes]◼◼◼(to last or expend [an amount of time]) take [took, taken, taking, takes]◼◼◼(to grab and move to oneself) take [took, taken, taking, takes]◼◼◼(to get into one's possession) consider [considered, considering, considers]◼◼◼(take up as an example) have◼◼◻(to partake of something) catch [caught, catching, catches]◼◼◻(to capture or snare) catch [caught, catching, catches]◼◼◻(to seize an opportunity) pick [picked, picking, picks]◼◼◻(to grasp and pull with fingers) assume [assumed, assuming, assumes]◼◼◻(adopt an idea) capture [captured, capturing, captures]◼◼◻(remove or take control of opponent’s piece) go on◼◼◻(travel by) carry on◼◻◻(to take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it) draw out◼◻◻(to physically extract) |
prendre (au passage) verbe | pick up◼◼◼(to collect an object, especially in passing) |
prendre (ex: l'appel) verbe | pick up◼◼◼(to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) |
prendre (qqn en voiture) verbe | pick up◼◼◼(to collect a passenger) |
prendre à cœur verbe | take to heart◼◼◼(to take something seriously) |
prendre à la légère verbe | take lightly◼◼◼(approach casually) make light of◼◼◻(regard without due seriousness) overlook [overlooked, overlooking, overlooks](to look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate) |