Francuski | Angielski |
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cause nom {f} | cause [causes]◼◼◼(goal, aim, principle) cause [causes]◼◼◼(source or reason of an event or action) case [cases]◼◼◼(legal proceeding) reason [reasons]◼◼◻(that which causes: a cause) matter [matters]◼◼◻(cause) |
cause d'action nom {f} | cause of action◼◼◼(legal: condition that entitles suing) |
cause de décès nom {f} | cause of death◼◼◼(official cause of a human death) |
cause de la mort nom {f} | cause of death◼◼◼(official cause of a human death) |
cause perdue nom {f} | lost cause◼◼◼(person or thing that is hopeless or futile) |
cause première nom {f} | first cause◼◼◼noun |
causer verbe | cause [caused, causing, causes]◼◼◼(to set off an event or action) result [resulted, resulting, results]◼◼◼(to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence) prompt [prompted, prompting, prompts]◼◼◻(to cause or lead to) bring about◼◻◻(to cause to take place) elicit [elicited, eliciting, elicits]◼◻◻(to draw out, bring out) |
because of joy] ne plus se sentir preposition | beside oneself(consumed by an emotion) |
en connaissance de cause adverbe | with one's eyes openadverb |
en désespoir de cause nom | the end of one's rope(the point of having no more options) |
en tout état de cause preposition | in any case◼◼◼(at any rate) |
enrichissement sans cause nom {m} | unjust enrichment◼◼◼(benefit unlawfully gained at another's expense) |
expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique nom {f} | compulsory purchase◼◼◼(government's right to expropriate private land) eminent domain◼◻◻(government's right to expropriate private land) |
lien de cause à effet nom {m} | causal link◼◼◼noun |
remettre en cause verbe | call into question◼◼◼(to cause to be questioned) |
remettre en cause la question verbe | question the question(to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified) |
taper la causette verbe | shoot the breeze◼◼◼(to chat idly or waste time talking) |
tu peux causer phrase | look who's talking◼◼◼phrase |
à cause de adverbe | because◼◼◼(on account) |
à cause de preposition | due to◼◼◼(caused by) after◼◼◻(as a result of) |
à cause de [negative implications] preposition | because of◼◼◼(on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) |
à cause que adverbe | because◼◼◼(on account) |
à cause que conjunction | because◼◼◼(by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) |