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1 inventer
inventer [ɛ̃vɑ̃te]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb• qu'est-ce que tu vas inventer là ! whatever can you be thinking of!2. reflexive verb* * *ɛ̃vɑ̃te
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verbe transitif to invent [machine, technique, remède]; to devise [moyen]; to invent [excuse, raison]je ne sais plus quoi inventer pour te faire plaisir — (colloq) I can't think what else to do to make you happy
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s'inventer verbe pronominal••il n'a pas inventé la poudre (colloq) or l'eau tiède (colloq) or le fil à couper le beurre — (colloq) he is not very bright
* * *ɛ̃vɑ̃te vt1) [machine, système] to invent2) [subterfuge] to devise, to invent3) [histoire, excuse] to make up* * *inventer verb table: aimerA vtr to invent [machine, jeu, technique, remède]; to devise [moyen, subterfuge]; to invent, make up [excuse, raison]; histoire inventée made-up story; tu inventes you're making it up; je n'invente rien every word is true; je ne sais plus quoi inventer pour te faire plaisir○ I can't think what else to do to make you happy.B s'inventer vpr1 ( pour soi) il s'est inventé une enfance malheureuse he's invented an unhappy childhood for himself; elle s'invente toujours de bonnes raisons/des excuses she can always find a good reason/an excuse;2 ça ne s'invente pas that has to be true.[ɛ̃vɑ̃te] verbe transitifil n'a pas inventé la poudre ou le fil à couper le beurre he'll never set the world on fire2. [imaginer - jeu] to think ou to make up (separable), to invent ; [ - système] to think ou to dream up (separable), to work out (separable), to concoct (péjoratif)qu'est-ce que tu vas inventer là? whatever gave you that idea?, where on earth did you get that idea from?une histoire inventée de toutes pièces an entirely made-up story, a complete fabrication————————s'inventer verbe pronominal (emploi passif)ça ne s'invente pas nobody could make up a thing like that, you don't make that sort of thing up
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