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tuer verbe | kill [killed, killing, kills]◼◼◼(to put to death) slay [slew, slain, slaying, slays]◼◼◻(to kill, murder) waste [wasted, wasting, wastes]◼◻◻(slang: to kill) eliminate [eliminated, eliminating, eliminates]◼◻◻(kill) do in◼◻◻(to kill or end) frag◼◻◻(to kill (another player) in a deathmatch computer game) mortify [mortified, mortifying, mortifies](to kill) |
tuer dans l'œuf verbe | nip in the bud◼◼◼(to prevent at an early stage) |
tuer la poule aux œufs d'or verbe | kill the goose that lays the golden eggs◼◼◼(to seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit) |
tuer le temps verbe | kill time◼◼◼(make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important) |
tuer le veau gras verbe | kill the fatted calf◼◼◼(begin a festive celebration) |
tuer père et mère verbe | |
tuer une mouche avec un canon verbe | use a sledgehammer to crack a nut◼◼◼(idiom) |
tuerie nom {f} | slaughter [slaughters]◼◼◼(killing of many people) the shit(something considered to be excellent) |
tuerie de masse nom {f} | mass murder◼◼◼(successive killing of many people) |
accentuer verbe | accentuate [accentuated, accentuating, accentuates]◼◼◼(to bring out distinctly) accentuate [accentuated, accentuating, accentuates]◼◼◼(to mark with a written accent) accentuate [accentuated, accentuating, accentuates]◼◼◼(to pronounce with an accent) emphasize [emphasized, emphasizing, emphasizes]◼◼◻(stress) accent [accented, accenting, accents]◼◼◻(to emphasize) |
constituer verbe | constitute [constituted, constituting, constitutes]◼◼◼(to make up; to compose; to form) pose [posed, posing, poses]◼◼◻(constitute) make up◼◼◻(to constitute, to compose) account for◼◼◻(to constitute in amount or portion) |
déshabituer verbe | wean [weaned, weaning, weans]◼◼◼(to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated) |
effectuer verbe | carry out◼◼◼(to fulfill, see also: fulfill) effect [effected, effecting, effects]◼◼◼(to make or bring about; to implement) bring about◼◻◻(to accomplish) |
effectuer [calculation] verbe | perform [performed, performing, performs]◼◼◼(to do (something)) |
faire une tuerie verbe | slaughter [slaughtered, slaughtering, slaughters](to massacre people in large numbers) |
fluctuer verbe | fluctuate [fluctuated, fluctuating, fluctuates]◼◼◼(to vary irregularly; to swing) |
habituer verbe | inure [inured, inuring, inures]◼◼◼(to cause to become accustomed to something unpleasant by prolonged exposure) wont◼◼◻(To make (someone) used to; to accustom) |
instituer verbe | institute [instituted, instituting, institutes]◼◼◼(to begin or initiate something) originate [originated, originating, originates]◼◼◼(to give origin to, cause) |
perpétuer verbe | perpetuate [perpetuated, perpetuating, perpetuates]◼◼◼(to make perpetual) perpetuate [perpetuated, perpetuating, perpetuates]◼◼◼verb |
ponctuer verbe | punctuate [punctuated, punctuating, punctuates]◼◼◼(add punctuation to) |
prostituer verbe | pimp [pimped, pimping, pimps]◼◼◼(to act as procurer of prostitutes) |