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| abandonner qn./qc. [personne, espoir, essai] | to abandon sb./sth. [person, hope, attempt] | |
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| assourdir qc. | to temper sth. [enthusiasm, hope] | |
| nourrir qc. | to nurse sth. [hope, grudge, feeling] | |
| submerger qn./qc. [person, organization] (de qc.) | to inundate sb./sth. (with sth.) | |
| étouffer qn./qc. | to smother sb./sth. [person, flames] | |
| agresser qn./qc. [pays, personne] | to attack sb./sth. [country, person] | |
| connaître qn./qc. | to be acquainted with sb./sth. [person, place, subject] | |
| visiter (qn./qc.) | to visit (sb./sth.) [when a person, a visit to a sick person or prisoner by a doctor or priest, not a social visit] | |
| méconnaissance {f} [sous-estimation] de qn./qc. | undervaluing of sb./sth. [person, work] | |
| scruter qn./qc. [sol, personne, motif] | to examine sb./sth. [ground, person, motive] | |
| s'en prendre à qn./qc. [attaquer] | to assail sb./sth. [person, theory] | |
| fin. ruiner qn./qc. [provoquer la banqueroute de] | to ruin sb./sth. [person, country, company] | |
| trahir qn. [abandonner] | to abandon sb. | |
| se raccrocher à qn./qc. [fig.] [personne, prétexte] | to cling to sb./sth. [person, pretext] | |
| regretter qn./qc. [ressentir l'absence de] | to miss sb./sth. [e.g. a person, the past] | |
| revenir de qc. [théorie] | to abandon sth. | |
| abandon {m} de qc. | eschewal of sth. | |
| abandonner qn. à son (triste) sort | to abandon sb. to their fate | |
| auto planter qc. là [fam.] [voiture] | to abandon sth. | |
| se départir de qc. [réserve] | to abandon sth. | |
| renoncer à qc. [projet, objectif, principes] | to abandon sth. | |
| faire abandon de qc. [droit, bien] | to relinquish sth. | |
| renoncer à faire qc. | to abandon the idea of doing sth. | |
| laisser qc. à l'abandon [jardin] | to allow sth. to become overgrown | |
| immo. laisser qc. à l'abandon [maison] | to allow sth. to fall into decay | |
| se faire écrabouiller par sb./sth. | to be squashed by sb./sth. | |
| arts théâtre maquiller sb./sth. [farder] [acteur, visage] | to make sb./sth. up | |
| tentative {f} | effort [attempt] | |
| éloigner qn./qc. de qn./qc. | to move sb/sth. away from sb./sth. | |
| infructueux {adj} | unsuccessful [projet, attempt etc.] | |
| maigre {adj} [espoir] | slim [hope] | |
| désespoir {m} | desperation [lack of hope] | |
| qn. a hâte que qn./qc. fasse qc. | sb. can't wait for sb./sth. to do sth. | |
| d'emblée {adv} | in one [coll.] [at first attempt] | |
| s'anéantir [espoir, rêve] | to be shattered [hope, dream] | |
| conçu {adj} {past-p} [enfant, amitié, espoir, doutes] | conceived [child, affection, hope] | |
| commis {adj} {past-p} [attentat, meurtre] | committed [murder or attempt on sb.'s life] | |
| d'emblée {adv} | at one go [coll.] [chiefly Br.] [idiom] [in one attempt] | |
| s'évaporer [disparaître] | to go up in smoke [idiom] [plan, dream, hope] | |
| exécuter qn. [condamné, otage] | to execute sb. [condemned person, hostage] | |
| attacher qc. à qc. | to chain sb./sth. to sth. | |
| emmener qn. à sth. | to take sb. to sth. | |
| exiger trop peu de qn./sth. | to demand too little from sb./sth. | |
| un peu mou {adj} [fig.] [tentative, sourire] | half-hearted [fig.] [attempt, smile] | |
| s'effondrer [espoir, opposition] | to crumble [hope, opposition] | |
| dissocier qn./qc. de qn./qc. [séparer] | to separate sb./sth. from sb./sth. | |
| assimiler qn./qc. à qn./qc. | to bracket sb./sth. with sb./sth. [equate] | |
| se renseigner auprès de qn. sur qn./qc. | to ask sb. about sb./sth. | |
| faire passer qn./qc. avant qn./qc. | to put sb./sth. before sb./sth. | |
| éloigner qn./qc. de qn./qc. | to keep sb./sth. back from sb./sth. | |