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heir [heirs] (one who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office) noun [UK: eə(r)] [US: ˈer] | héritier◼◼◼nom {m}He made me his heir. = Il a fait de moi son héritier. héritière◼◼◻nom {f} |
heir [heirs] (one who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another) noun [UK: eə(r)] [US: ˈer] | héritier◼◼◼nom {m}He made me his heir. = Il a fait de moi son héritier. héritière◼◼◻nom {f} successeur◼◼◻nom {m}He made me his heir. = Il a fait de moi son successeur. successeusenom {f} successricenom {f} |
heir [heirs] (successor in a role) noun [UK: eə(r)] [US: ˈer] | héritier◼◼◼nom {m}He made me his heir. = Il a fait de moi son héritier. héritière◼◼◻nom {f} successeur◼◼◻nom {f}He made me his heir. = Il a fait de moi son successeur. |
heir apparent [heirs apparent] (someone who will definitely inherit) noun [UK: eə(r) ə.ˈpæ.rənt] [US: ˈer ə.ˈpe.rənt] | héritier apparent◼◼◼nom {m} héritière apparente◼◻◻nom {f} |
heir presumptive (one who inherits if no one with a higher-ranking claim is born) noun [UK: eə(r) prɪ.ˈzʌmp.tɪv] [US: ˈer pri.ˈzʌmp.tɪv] | héritier présomptif◼◼◼nom {m} |
heiress [heiresses] (a woman who stands to inherit) noun [UK: ˈeə.rɪs] [US: ˈe.rəs] | héritière◼◼◼nom {f}She's the heiress to a great fortune. = Elle est l'héritière d'une grande fortune. successeusenom {f} successricenom {f} |
heirloom [heirlooms] (valued possession passed down through the generations) noun [UK: ˈeə.luːm] [US: ˈer.ˌluːm] | patrimoine◼◼◼nom {m} |
beat someone at their own game verb | |
Hecatoncheires (mythological giants with 100 arms) noun | Hécatonchires◼◼◼nom {m pl} |
put someone in their place (to humble or rebuke) verb | remettre à sa placeverbe |
stop someone in their tracks verb | couper dans son élanverbe interrompreverbe |
take someone at their word (believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true) verb | croire sur paroleverbe |
take someone at their word (take someone literally even though they may not have been serious) verb | prendre au motverbe prendre au pied de la lettreverbe prendre au sérieuxverbe |
their (belonging to them (plural)) determiner [UK: ðeə(r)] [US: ˈðer] | leurdeterminer leursdeterminer |
theirs (that which belongs to them) pronoun [UK: ðeəz] [US: ˈðerz] | la leur◼◼◼nom {f} le leur◼◼◼nom {f} les leurs◼◼◼pronoun |