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Dictionary French ← English: away

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an away | aways

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répugner à faire qc.

to shy away from doing sth.

dégager qn. de tous soucis

to take all sb.'s worries away

s'arracher à qc. [travail, occupation]

to tear oneself away from sth.

jeux se défausser d'une carte

to throw away a card

détourner la tête

to turn one's head away

écraser une larme

to wipe away a tear

essuyer ses larmes

to wipe away one's tears

5+ Words: Others

après qu'ils se furent éloignés

after they had moved away

Je suis à vous tout de suite.

I'll be with you right away.

à moins de cent mètres

less than (a) hundred meters [Am.] away

à moins de trois mètres {adv}

less than three metres away [Br.]

Quand le chat n'est pas là, les souris dansent. [loc.]

When the cat's away, the mice will play. [idiom]

5+ Words: Verbs

être à distance moyenne de qc.

to be a reasonable distance (away) from sth.

être entraîné par le courant

to be carried away by the current

vivre terré chez soi [loc.]

to be living hidden away in one's home [idiom] [of a suspect, fugitive]

être emmené de force

to be taken away by force

sport décoller du peloton

to break away from the pack

revenir de loin

to come back from far away

fin. jeux se ruiner au jeu

to gamble away all one's money

échapper à la vie fiévreuse de la ville

to get away from the hectic life of the town

dr. fin. dépenser sa fortune en libéralités

to give one's fortune away in gifts

partir pour longtemps

to go away for a long time

se retrancher dans sa douleur

to hide away in one's sorrow

se laisser porter [aussi fig.]

to let oneself be carried away [also fig.]

se pâmer sur qc.

to let oneself get carried away by sth.

marteler qn. de ses poings

to pound away at sb. with one's fists

s'enfuir à toutes jambes [loc.]

to run away as fast as one can

aller s'imaginer que ...

to run away with the idea that ...

se retrancher dans sa tour d'ivoire

to shut oneself away in an ivory tower

rester cloîtré dans sa chambre

to shut oneself away in one's room

se sauver comme un voleur [loc.]

to slip away like a thief in the night [idiom]

to spend the night away from home

mus. pianoter [tapoter]

to tinkle away (at the piano)

tourner les talons

to turn on one's heel and walk away

Fiction (Literature and Film)

film F Le Voyage de Chihiro

Spirited Away [Hayao Miyazaki (2001)]

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