Franska | Engelska |
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poser les pieds verbe | set foot◼◼◼(to enter) set foot◼◼◼(to step onto) |
poser un lapin à verbe | stand up◼◼◼(to avoid a prearranged meeting) |
poser un mouchard verbe | bug [bugged, bugging, bugs]◼◼◼(to install an electronic listening device in) wiretap(to install or to use such a device) |
poser une colle verbe | bowl a googly(to require a quick reaction from by doing something unexpected) |
poser une option verbe | pencil in(to make a tentative booking) |
poser une pêche verbe | crap◼◼◼(to defecate) |
poser une question verbe | ask [asked, asking, asks]◼◼◼(request an answer) |
postposer [Belgium] verbe | postpone [postponed, postponing, postpones]◼◼◼(to delay or put off an event) |
présupposer verbe | presuppose [presupposed, presupposing, presupposes]◼◼◼(to assume some truth without proof) assume [assumed, assuming, assumes]◼◼◻(to suppose to be true) |
proposer verbe | propose [proposed, proposing, proposes]◼◼◼(to suggest a plan or course of action) suggest [suggested, suggesting, suggests]◼◼◼(to ask for without demanding) bid [bid, bidden, bidding, bids]◼◼◻(to invite) propound [propounded, propounding, propounds]◼◻◻(to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) |
redéposer verbe | redeposit◼◼◼(all senses) |
reposer verbe | rest [rested, resting, rests]◼◼◼(transitive: lean or lay (something)) put down◼◻◻(terminate a telephone conversation) |
reposer sur verbe | hinge [hinged, hinging, hinges]◼◼◼(to depend on something) |
roseraie nom {f} | rose garden◼◼◼(garden planted in roses) |
s'exposer à verbe | incur [incurred, incurring, incurs]◼◼◼(to expose oneself to something inconvenient) |
s'imposer verbe | impose [imposed, imposing, imposes]◼◼◼(to be an inconvenience) barge in(to intrude) |
s'interposer verbe | interpose [interposed, interposing, interposes]◼◼◼(to intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation) |
s'opposer verbe | object [objected, objecting, objects]◼◼◼(disagree with something or someone) resist [resisted, resisting, resists]◼◼◻(to oppose) |
s'opposer à verbe | oppose [opposed, opposing, opposes]◼◼◼(to attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.) |
se composer (of: de) verbe | consist [consisted, consisting, consists]◼◼◼(to be composed (of)) |
se décomposer verbe | decompose [decomposed, decomposing, decomposes]◼◼◼(to decay) break down◼◼◼(to decay) |
se poser verbe | locate [located, locating, locates]◼◼◼((intransitive) to place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle) |
se reposer verbe | rest [rested, resting, rests]◼◼◼(intransitive: lie or lean or be supported) rest [rested, resting, rests]◼◼◼(intransitive: take repose) |
se reposer sur ses lauriers verbe | rest on one's laurels◼◼◼(rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further) |
sous-exposer verbe | underexpose [underexposed, underexposing, underexposes]◼◼◼(in photography) underexpose [underexposed, underexposing, underexposes]◼◼◼(to provide with insufficient publicity) |
superposer verbe | superimpose [superimposed, superimposing, superimposes]◼◼◼(to place an object over another object) |
supposer verbe | assume [assumed, assuming, assumes]◼◼◼(to suppose to be true) suppose [supposed, supposing, supposes]◼◼◼(conclude; believe) |