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toucher verbe | affect [affected, affecting, affects]◼◼◼(to influence or alter) touch [touched, touching, touches]◼◼◼(make physical contact with) touch [touched, touching, touches]◼◼◼(affect emotionally) concern [concerned, concerning, concerns]◼◼◼(to be of importance to) impact [impacted, impacting, impacts]◼◼◼(to influence) feel [felt, feeling, feels]◼◼◻(transitive: to sense by touch) contact [contacted, contacting, contacts]◼◼◻(touch physically) impinge [impinged, impinging, impinges]◼◻◻(to make a physical impact on to collide, to crash (upon)) nail [nailed, nailing, nails]◼◻◻(hit a target effectively with some weapon) speak to◼◻◻(to resonate with) |
toucher nom {m} | touch [touches]◼◼◼(sense of perception by physical contact) touch [touches]◼◼◼(act of touching) |
toucher à sa fin verbe | come to an end◼◼◼(to cease) run out◼◻◻(to expire, to come to an end) |
toucher du bois (to touch wood) verbe | knock on wood◼◼◼(to take a customary action to ward off misfortune) |
toucher le fond verbe | hit the rocks◼◼◼(to be at a low point) |
toucher le jackpot verbe | hit the jackpot◼◼◼(to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) make a killing◼◻◻(to win or earn a large amount of money) |
toucher sa bille verbe | know one's stuff(knowledgeable in a particular field) |
attoucher verbe | touch up(fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way) |
retoucher verbe | touch up◼◼◼(make finishing touches) tweak [tweaked, tweaking, tweaks]◼◼◻(to slightly adjust or modify) |