Verbs | |||||||
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| to clear out | cleared, cleared | [coll.] | se tirer [coll.] | ||||||
| to leave | left, left | | se tirer [vulgar] | ||||||
| to draw sth. | drew, drawn | - pull | tirer qc. | ||||||
| to haul sth. | hauled, hauled | | tirer qc. | ||||||
| to come through | came, come | - difficulties, illness, lawsuit | s'en tirer [coll.] | ||||||
| to shoot | shot, shot | - fire a gun | tirer - au sens de : faire feu | ||||||
| to fire | fired, fired | - pull the trigger | tirer - au sens de : presser la détente | ||||||
| to fire off | fired, fired | - shoot | tirer - arme à feu | ||||||
| to blaze | blazed, blazed | - gun | tirer - au sens de : faire feu | ||||||
| to tend to sth. | tended, tended | - colour | tirer sur qc. - couleur | ||||||
| to fire at so. (or: sth.) | fired, fired | [MIL.] | tirer sur qn. (or: qc.) | ||||||
| to loose sth. | loosed, loosed | [poet.] - bullet, arrow | tirer qc. - balle, flèche | ||||||
| to raffle (off) sth. | raffled, raffled | | tirer qc. au sort | ||||||
| to take advantage of sth. | tirer parti de qc. | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to shoot o.s. | shot, shot | | se tirer une balle [coll.] | ||||||
| to shoot oneself in the foot [fig.] | se tirer une balle dans le pied [fig.] | ||||||
| to flush the toilet (Brit.) | tirer la chasse (d'eau) | ||||||
| to learn from one's mistakes | tirer des leçons de ses erreurs | ||||||
| to make the best of sth. | tirer le meilleur parti de qc. | ||||||
| to feel awful | felt, felt | - unwell | ne pas se sentir bien du tout | ||||||
| to draw lots | tirer au sort | ||||||
| to draw the curtains | tirer les rideaux | ||||||
| to stick out one's tongue | tirer la langue | ||||||
| to draw lots for sth. | tirer qc. au sort | ||||||
| to benefit from sth. | benefited, benefited / benefitted, benefitted | | tirer avantage de qc. | ||||||
| to derive satisfaction from sth. | tirer de la satisfaction de qc. | ||||||
| to gain satisfaction from sth. | tirer de la satisfaction de qc. | ||||||
| to get satisfaction from sth. | tirer de la satisfaction de qc. | ||||||
Prepositions / Pronouns | |||||||
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| each other | se pron. - l'un l'autre | ||||||
| herself pron. | se pron. | ||||||
| himself pron. | se pron. | ||||||
| itself pron. | se pron. | ||||||
| themselves pron. - reflexive | se - pronom personnel réfléchi troisième personne du pluriel | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| He doesn't feel very well. He's under the weather. | Il ne se sent pas très bien. Il n'est pas dans son assiette. | ||||||
| They haven't seen each other in ages! | Cela fait une éternité qu'ils ne se sont pas vus ! | ||||||
| What is it about? | De quoi s'agit-il ? | ||||||
| There is no occasion for worry. | Il n'y a pas lieu de s'inquiéter. | ||||||
| He couldn't help laughing. | Il n'a pas pu s'empêcher de rire. | ||||||
| There is no occasion for alarm. | Il n'y a pas lieu de s'alarmer. | ||||||
| Happy as he was, he couldn't help crying. | Tout heureux qu'il était, il n'a pas pu s'empêcher de pleurer. | ||||||
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