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Avait, posséder

To possess, own.

Examples :

"I have a house and a car."

J'avais une maison et une voiture.

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Avoir, disposer de

To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

Examples :

"The teacher had several extra copies of the textbook available for students. "

Le professeur avait plusieurs exemplaires supplémentaires du manuel à la disposition des élèves.

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Avait

Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

Examples :

"I have a really mean boss."

J'avais un patron vraiment méchant.

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Prendre, consommer

To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).

Examples :

"Can I have a look at that?"

Puis-je y jeter un coup d'œil ?

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Devoir assister à, entreprendre

To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

Examples :

"My sister had a doctor's appointment tomorrow. "

Ma sœur devait assister à un rendez-vous chez le médecin demain.

plan action time event

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Eu, vécu, subi

To experience, go through, undergo.

Examples :

"He had surgery on his hip yesterday."

Il a subi une opération de la hanche hier.

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Avoir, souffrir de

To be afflicted with, suffer from.

Examples :

"He had a cold last week."

Il a eu un rhume la semaine dernière.

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Avait

(auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.

Examples :

"I had already eaten."

J'avais déjà mangé.

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Avait

Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)

Examples :

"You've finished your homework, hadn't you? "

Tu as fini tes devoirs, n'est-ce pas ?

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Devait

(auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.

Examples :

"I have to go."

Je devais y aller.

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Avoir, donner naissance à

To give birth to.

Examples :

"My mother had me when she was 25."

Ma mère m'a donné naissance à l'âge de 25 ans.

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Avoir des relations sexuelles avec

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

Examples :

"The student said that he had her after school. "

L'étudiant a dit qu'il avait eu des relations sexuelles avec elle après l'école.

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Avoir, accepter comme partenaire romantique

To accept as a romantic partner.

Examples :

"Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me."

Malgré mes déclarations d'amour, elle ne voulait pas de moi.

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Faire, laisser

(transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.

Examples :

"They had me feed their dog while they were out of town."

Ils m'ont fait nourrir leur chien pendant qu'ils étaient en dehors de la ville.

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Faire, rendre

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.

Examples :

"He had him arrested for trespassing."

Il l'a fait arrêter pour intrusion.

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Subir, éprouver

(transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

Examples :

"The bad weather had my family postpone their picnic. "

Le mauvais temps a fait que ma famille a reporté son pique-nique.

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Considérer comme, tenir pour

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.

Examples :

"The teacher had the students' behavior as unruly. "

Le professeur considérait le comportement des élèves comme indiscipliné.

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Vaincre, avoir

To defeat in a fight; take.

Examples :

"I could have him!"

Je pourrais le vaincre !

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Savoir parler

(obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).

Examples :

"I have no German."

Je ne sais pas parler allemand.

language linguistics ability

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Éprouver, ressentir

To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

Examples :

"Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before."

Dan a certainement mal aux bras aujourd'hui, probablement à force d'avoir gratté la peinture sur quatre colonnes la veille.

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Tromper, duper

To trick, to deceive.

Examples :

"You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke."

Tu m'as bien eu ! Je n'aurais jamais pensé que ce n'était qu'une blague.

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Permettre, tolérer

(often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.

Examples :

"My parents had me study diligently for the exam. "

Mes parents m'ont permis d'étudier assidûment pour l'examen.

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Croire, se faire avoir

(often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.

Examples :

"My brother had the idea that he could finish the project in an hour, but he was wrong. "

Mon frère a cru qu'il pourrait terminer le projet en une heure, mais il avait tort.

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Héberger, recevoir

To host someone; to take in as a guest.

Examples :

"Thank you for having me!"

Merci de m'avoir reçu !

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Obtenir, relever

To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

Examples :

"I have two contacts on my scope."

J'ai obtenu deux contacts sur mon oscilloscope.

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Délibérer

(of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

Examples :

"The jury had the case for two hours before reaching a verdict. "

Le jury a délibéré sur l'affaire pendant deux heures avant de rendre son verdict.

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Observé

To make an observation of (a bird species).

Examples :

"The ornithologist had the rare hummingbird species at the park. "

L'ornithologue a observé l'espèce rare de colibri au parc.

bird animal nature biology