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devant nom {m} | front [fronts]◼◼◼(facing side) |
devant preposition | in front of◼◼◼(at or near the front part of) in front of◼◼◼(in the presence of someone) in front of◼◼◼(located before (something else)) before(in front of in space) |
devant adverbe | ahead◼◼◼(in or to the front) |
devanture nom | rack [racks]◼◼◼(woman's breasts) |
Gros-Jean comme devant adverbe | back to square one(back to the start, as after a dead-end or failure) |
on a toute la nuit devant nous (we have the whole night ahead of us) phrase | the night is young◼◼◼(it's not very late) |
passer devant verbe | take point◼◼◼(to be the first, to lead in the combat) |
passer devant tout le monde verbe | jump the queue(to move into a queue ahead of others) |
patte de devant nom {f} | foreleg [forelegs]◼◼◼(either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal) |
prendre les devants verbe | make the first move◼◼◼verb |
regarder devant soi verbe | watch one's step(to move cautiously) |
renvoi (devant une autre cour) nom {m} | remand [remands]◼◼◼(sending a matter back to a lower court) |
renvoyer (devant une autre cour) verbe | remand [remanded, remanding, remands]◼◼◼verb |
répondre à; être responsable devant qn. verbe | answer to(to be responsible to) |
s'aplatir devant verbe | crawl [crawled, crawling, crawls]◼◼◼(to act in a servile manner) |