Francuski | Angielski |
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se détourner verbe | turn away◼◼◼(to rotate the body or head so as not to face someone or something) swerve [swerved, swerving, swerves]◼◻◻(to wander from a line, rule or duty) |
se retourner verbe | turn around◼◼◼(to change to the opposite opinion or position) keel over(of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover, see also: capsize) |
se retourner contre verbe | backfire [backfired, backfiring, backfires]◼◼◼(fail) |
se retourner dans sa tombe verbe | turn in one's grave(be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased) |
se tourner verbe | turn [turned, turning, turns]◼◼◼(to move around an axis through itself) |
se tourner les pouces verbe | twiddle one's thumbs(to circle one's thumbs around one another) twiddle one's thumbs(to wait or dawdle) |