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impose

/ɪmˈpəʊz/ /ɪmˈpoʊz/

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verb

Imposer, établir

To establish or apply by authority.

Examples :

"Congress imposed new tariffs."

Le Congrès a imposé de nouveaux tarifs.

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Imposer, être une contrainte

To be an inconvenience (on or upon)

Examples :

"The strict new rules imposed a lot of extra work on the students. "

Les nouvelles règles strictes ont imposé beaucoup de travail supplémentaire aux étudiants.

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Imposer, forcer

To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way

Examples :

"Social relations impose courtesy"

Les relations sociales imposent la courtoisie.

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Tromper, duper

To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).

Examples :

"The student tried to impose a trick on his friend, pretending the assignment was due earlier than it actually was. "

L'étudiant a essayé de duper son ami en prétendant que le devoir était à rendre plus tôt qu'il ne l'était réellement.

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Imposer les mains

To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

Examples :

"The priest will impose his hands on the new teacher during the ordination ceremony. "

Le prêtre imposera les mains au nouveau professeur lors de la cérémonie d'ordination.

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Mettre en pages

To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

Examples :

"The printer imposed the columns of type for the school newspaper onto the metal printing plates. "

L'imprimeur a mis en pages les colonnes de texte du journal scolaire sur les plaques d'impression métalliques.

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