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1 owe
owe [əʊ]devoir;∎ to owe sth to sb, to owe sb sth devoir qch à qn;∎ you owe me £10 tu me dois 10 livres;∎ how much or what do I owe you? combien est-ce que ou qu'est-ce que je vous dois?;∎ how much do we still owe him for or on the car? combien nous reste-t-il à lui payer pour la voiture?;∎ I still owe you for the petrol je vous dois encore l'essence;∎ I owe you a beer je te dois une bière;∎ he thinks society owes him a living il s'imagine avoir le droit de vivre aux crochets de la société;∎ I think you owe him an explanation je pense qu'il a droit à une explication de ta part ou que tu lui dois une explication;∎ we owe them an apology nous leur devons des excuses;∎ you owe it to yourself to do your best vous vous devez à vous-même de faire de votre mieux;∎ we owe this discovery to a lucky accident nous devons cette découverte à un heureux hasard;∎ to what do we owe the honour of your visit? qu'est-ce qui nous vaut l'honneur de votre visite?;∎ I owe it all to my parents je suis redevable de tout cela à mes parents;∎ to owe sb a favour être redevable d'un service à qn;∎ I owe my life to you je vous dois la vie;∎ he owes his good looks to his mother il tient sa beauté de sa mère;∎ I owe you one! à charge de revanche!être endetté;∎ he still owes for or on the house il n'a pas encore fini de payer la maison -
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owe [əʊ]• he owes me $5 il me doit 5 dollars• to what do I owe the honour of...? qu'est-ce qui me vaut l'honneur de... ?• I owe my family my grateful thanks for their understanding je suis profondément reconnaissant à ma famille de sa compréhension* * *[əʊ]transitive verb1) ( be indebted for) devoir [money, invention, life, success]to owe something to somebody — devoir quelque chose à quelqu'un [failure, artistic style, money]
can I owe it to you? — ( borrowing money) est-ce que je peux te le rendre plus tard?
my mother, to whom I owe so much — ma mère, à qui je dois tant
I owe you one (colloq) ou a favour — je te revaudrai ça
he owes me one — (colloq) il me doit bien ça
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1 ( be indebted for) devoir [money, invention, life, success] ; to owe sth to sb tenir qch de qn [good looks, talent] ; devoir qch à qn [failure, money] ; I owe him £10 for the ticket je lui dois 10 livres pour le billet ; he still owes us for the ticket il nous doit encore de l'argent pour le billet ; I've forgotten my purse, can I owe it to you? j'ai oublié mon porte-monnaie, est-ce que je peux te le rendre plus tard? ; my mother, to whom I owe so much ma mère, à qui je dois tout ; I owe you one ○ ou a favour je te le revaudrai ; he owes me one ○ ou a favour il me doit bien ça ;2 ( be morally bound to give) devoir [apology, duty, loyalty, explanation, thanks] ; you owe it to your parents to work hard tu dois à tes parents de travailler dur ; you owe it to yourself to try everything tu te dois de tout essayer ; don't think the world owes you a living ○ ! ne crois pas que le monde te doive quoi que ce soit! ;3 ( be influenced by) to owe much/something to sb devoir beaucoup/quelque chose à qn ; his style owes much to the Impressionists son style doit beaucoup aux impressionnistes. -
4 owe for
• owe for something to have to pay for something должен за что-тоHow much do I owe for the book? How much do I owe you for the book?
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5 owe
owe [əυ] v1) быть до́лжным (кому-л.); быть в долгу́ (перед кем-л.)2) быть обя́занным;we owe to Newton the principle of gravitation откры́тием зако́на тяготе́ния мы обя́заны Нью́тону
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6 owe to
• owe something to someone 1. to have to pay back to someone; 2. to feel indebted to someone; to feel that something is the result of something 1. быть в долгу / должен кому-то; 2. быть в долгу перед кем-то, быть обязанным кому-то/чему-то1. He owes $15,000 to the law company that represented him. 2. He owes his language skills to his mother who taught him French and German in his childhood. I really owe it to her. He owes his success in life to hard work.
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7 owe
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8 owe a debt
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9 owe a duty to a person
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10 owe allegiance to the Crown
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11 owe a debt of gratitude to s.o.
owe a debt of gratitude to s.o.expr.• deberle mucho a alguien expr.English-spanish dictionary > owe a debt of gratitude to s.o.
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12 owe a debt (to someone)
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13 owe for everything one has
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14 owe it to oneself to do something
owe it to oneself to do somethingEnglish-Dutch dictionary > owe it to oneself to do something
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15 owe someone a debt of gratitude
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16 owe someone for something
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17 owe something to someone
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18 owe
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19 owe/owed/owed
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20 owe
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owe — W3S2 [əu US ou] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money)¦ 2¦(something done/given)¦ 3 owe somebody an explanation/apology 4¦(help to achieve something)¦ 5¦(good effect)¦ 6 owe it to somebody to do something 7 owe it to yourself to do something 8 owe… … Dictionary of contemporary English
owe — [ əu ] verb transitive *** 1. ) if you owe someone money, you have to give them a particular amount of money because you have bought something from them or borrowed money from them. Money that you owe is called a debt: Tell me how much I owe, and … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
owe — [əʊ ǁ oʊ] verb [transitive] FINANCE to have not yet paid someone money you should pay them, or to have not yet paid back money you borrowed: • She owes taxes for the past three years. owe somebody something (for something) • He owes the company… … Financial and business terms
Owe — ([=o]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Owed} ([=o]d), ({Ought} ([add]t) obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Owing} ([=o] [i^]ng).] [OE. owen, awen, aghen, to have, own, have (to do), hence, owe, AS. [=a]gan to have; akin to G. eigen, a., own, Icel. eiga to have, Dan.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Owe — is a surname or given name, a spelling variation of Ove, and may refer to: Baard Owe (born 1936), Norwegian born actor Owe Hellberg (born 1953), Swedish Left Party politician Owe Jonsson (1940 1962), Swedish athlete Owe Wiktorin (born 1940),… … Wikipedia
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owe — I verb be beholden, be bound, be due, be in debt, be indebted, be liable, be obligated, be under obligation, contract a debt, debere, have a loan, have an obligation, incur a debt associated concepts: debt owed, debtor creditor laws, legally owed … Law dictionary