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prévenir verbe | help [helped, helping, helps]◼◼◼(transitive: avoid or prevent) warn [warned, warning, warns]◼◼◼(to notify someone of something) avert [averted, averting, averts]◼◼◻(to ward off) forestall [forestalled, forestalling, forestalls]◼◼◻(to prevent) ward off◼◻◻(to avert or prevent) |
mieux vaut prévenir que guérir phrase | prevention is better than cure◼◼◼(It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.) better safe than sorry◼◼◻(it is preferable to be cautious) a stitch in time saves nine◼◻◻(a timely effort can prevent larger problems) |