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1 obéir
obéir [ɔbeiʀ]➭ TABLE 2 indirect transitive verb• obéir à [+ personne, ordre, principe, règle] to obey ; [+ critère] to meet ; [+ conscience, mode] to follow• obéissez ! do as you're told!* * *ɔbeiʀverbe transitif indirect1) ( se soumettre)obéir à — to obey [ordre, devoir]; to follow [norme]; to observe [coutume]; to comply with [décision]
obéir à quelqu'un — [soldat] to obey somebody; [enfant, employé] to do what one is told by somebody
2) ( être soumis) [freins] to respond (à to)••* * *ɔbeiʀ vi1) [personne] to obeyobéir à qn — to obey s.o.
Elle refuse d'obéir à ses parents. — She refuses to obey her parents.
2) [moteur, véhicule]obéir à [conducteur, sollicitation] — to respond to
* * *obéir verb table: finir vtr ind1 ( se soumettre) obéir à to obey [ordre, devoir, principe, règles]; to follow [norme, impulsion, émotion]; to observe [coutume]; obéir à qn [soldat] to obey sb; [enfant, employé] to do what one is told by sb; ne discute pas, obéis! don't argue, do as you're told!; elle se fait obéir de ses enfants her children always do as she says; obéir à une décision to comply with a decision; nous obéissons au moindre de ses caprices we give in to his ou her slightest whim;2 ( être soumis) [freins, véhicule] to respond (à to).obéir à qn au doigt et à l'œil to obey sb slavishly.[ɔbeir]obéir à verbe plus préposition1. [se soumettre à]obéir à quelqu'un/quelque chose to obey somebody/somethingsavoir se faire obéir de quelqu'un to command ou to compel obedience from somebodyobéir à un ordre to comply with ou to obey an order2. [être régi par]obéir à quelque chose to submit to ou to obey somethingobéir à une théorie/un principe to obey ou to follow a theory/principlele marché obéit à la loi de l'offre et de la demande the market is governed by ou follows the law of supply and demandobéissant à une soif de vengeance moved ou prompted by a thirst for revenge3. [réagir à - suj: mécanisme]soudain les freins ont cessé d'obéir all of a sudden, the brakes stopped responding -
2 sauce
n. f.1. 'Soup', heavy downpour of rain. Recevoir une sauce: To get soaked to the skin.2. Motor-fuel (petrol or diesel). Mettre la sauce: To 'burn some rubber', to accelerate violently.3. Coup de sauce (Sporting slang): Burst of energy. Répondre à chaque coup de sauce (Cycling slang): To counter every sprint.a To 'juice off', to ejaculate.b To fire off, to shoot (a gun).5. Etre dans la sauce: To be 'in the soup', 'in a pickle', to be in a fix.6. Allonger (also: rallonger) la sauce (of tale, narration): To 'spin it out', to make it last and last.7. Faire de la sauce (Musicians' slang): To 'fill in' with some spontaneous free composition.8. Mettre à toutes les sauces: To put someone or something to every possible use. Le pauvre, on le met à toutes les sauces! Poor bugger! He seems to be at everyone's beck and call! -
3 régenter
régenter [ʀeʒɑ̃te]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verbto rule over ; [+ personne] to dictate to* * *ʀeʒɑ̃te* * *ʀeʒɑ̃te vt1) [personne] to dictate toIl veut tout régenter. — He wants to run the show.
2) [discipline, règle, principe] to rule over* * *[reʒɑ̃te] verbe transitif -
4 taillable
taillable adj Hist subject to tallage; je ne suis pas taillable et corvéable à merci I'm not here to be at everybody's beck and call.
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