Francuski | Angielski |
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chercher verbe | look [looked, looking, looks]◼◼◼(give an appearance of being) seek [sought, seeking, seeks]◼◼◼(to try to find) look for◼◼◼(search; seek) search [searched, searching, searches]◼◼◼((followed by "for") to look thoroughly) search [searched, searching, searches]◼◼◼(to look throughout (a place) for something) get [got, gotten, getting, gets]◼◼◻(to fetch) pick up◼◼◻(to collect a passenger) hunt [hunted, hunting, hunts]◼◼◻(to search for something) look up◼◼◻(to obtain information about something from a text source) mess with◼◻◻(to diss) |
chercher la merde verbe | ask for it(provoke an unwanted action) |
chercher la petite bête verbe | nitpick [nitpicked, nitpicking, nitpicks]◼◼◼(to correct minutiae or find fault) |
chercher la petite bête (look for the small beast) verbe | split hairs◼◼◼(to consider fine details) |
chercher les poux verbe | nitpick [nitpicked, nitpicking, nitpicks]◼◼◼(to pick nits) |
chercher midi à quatorze heures verbe | seek a knot in a bulrush(to find problems where none exist) |
chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin [verb] nom | needle in a haystack◼◼◼(idiomatic) |
aller chercher verbe | fetch [fetched, fetching, fetches]◼◼◼(to retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get) |
le chercher verbe | ask for it◼◼◼(provoke an unwanted action) have it coming◼◻◻(to deserve or merit) |
rechercher verbe | research [researched, researching, researches]◼◼◼(to examine with continued care) research [researched, researching, researches]◼◼◼(to make an investigation into) look for◼◼◻(search; seek) investigate [investigated, investigating, investigates]◼◼◻verb pursue [pursued, pursuing, pursues]◼◼◻(to aim for) |