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1 éprouver
éprouver [epʀuve]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verba. [+ sensation, sentiment] to feelb. [+ perte] to suffer ; [+ difficultés] to meet withc. [+ personne] to testd. (formal) ( = affliger) to afflict* * *epʀuve1) ( ressentir) to feel [regret, amour]; to have [sensation, doute, difficulté]2) ( tester) to test3) ( toucher) [décès, événement] to distress; [épidémie, tempête, crise] to hit* * *epʀuve vt1) (= tester) to test, (= mettre à l'épreuve) to put to the test2) (= marquer, faire souffrir) to afflict, to distress3) (= ressentir) to feel* * *éprouver verb table: aimer vtr1 ( ressentir) to feel [regret, désir, amour]; to have [sensation, doute, difficulté]; éprouver une gêne à faire to feel embarrassed to do; éprouver le besoin/désir de faire to feel the need/a desire to do; éprouver de la colère contre qn to feel angry with sb; éprouver des difficultés à faire to have difficulties in doing; je n'éprouve aucune sympathie pour lui I thoroughly dislike him; éprouver de la jalousie to be jealous; éprouver une sensation de froid to feel cold; éprouver un sentiment d'abandon/d'impuissance to feel abandoned/powerless; éprouver du plaisir ( sexuellement) to experience pleasure; éprouver du plaisir à faire to get pleasure out of doing; j'éprouve toujours autant de plaisir à t'écrire I still enjoy writing to you;2 ( mettre à l'épreuve) to test [personne, sentiment, matériel, théorie, méthode]; avoir recours à une technique éprouvée to resort to a tried and tested technique;3 ( toucher) [décès, événement] to distress [personne]; [épidémie, tempête, crise] to hit [population, région]; le sud du pays a été sévèrement éprouvé par les incendies/la crise the south of the country has been badly hit ou affected by fires/the crisis; l'enfant a été très éprouvé par ce qu'il a vu the child was very distressed by what he saw.[epruve] verbe transitiféprouver une grande honte/déception to feel deeply ashamed/disappointed2. [tester - procédé] to try ou to test (out) ; [ - courage, personne] to testéprouver la patience de quelqu'un to try somebody's patience, to put somebody's patience to the test -
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3 preuve
preuve [pʀœv]feminine noun• faire la preuve de qch/que to prove sth/that• avoir la preuve de/que to have proof of/that• c'est la preuve que... that proves that...• c'est une preuve de bonne volonté/d'amour it's proof of his good intentions/of his love• cette nouvelle technique n'a pas encore fait ses preuves this new technique hasn't yet proved its worth* * *pʀœv1) ( argument) proof [U]faire ses preuves — [personne] to prove oneself; [chose] to prove itself
il doit être malade, la preuve, c'est qu'il n'a pas mangé — he must be ill, the fact that he has not eaten proves it
2) ( expression) demonstration* * *pʀœv nf1) (fait de prouver) proof2) DROIT proof, evidence no plVous n'avez aucune preuve. — You have no proof.
Il y a des preuves contre lui. — There's evidence against him.
3)faire ses preuves — to prove o.s., to prove itself
Pour être embauché ici, il faut faire ses preuves. — To be employed here, you need to prove yourself.
* * *preuve nf1 ( argument) proof ¢; une preuve a piece of evidence; preuve légale/mathématique/incontournable legal/mathematical/incontrovertible proof; preuve probante conclusive proof; apporter la preuve de/que to offer proof of/that; ne pas avoir de preuve(s) to have no proof; demander/fournir des preuves to ask for/to provide proof; fournir une autre preuve to provide further proof; être la preuve supplémentaire de to be further proof of; preuve d'achat/de propriété proof of purchase/of ownership; sur preuve d'identité upon proof of identity; par manque de preuve for lack of proof; la meilleure preuve c'est que the most compelling proof is that; la preuve est faite de/que now there is proof of/that; pour preuve de as proof of; preuve en main with concrete proof; renverser la charge de la preuve to reverse the onus of proof; faire la preuve de to show proof of; donner la preuve que to prove that; faire ses preuves [personne] to prove oneself; [chose] to prove itself; jusqu'à preuve du contraire until proved otherwise; il a rougi, preuve qu'il t'aime he blushed which proves that he loves you; il t'aime, la preuve en est qu'il a rougi he loves you, otherwise he would not have blushed; il doit être malade, la preuve, c'est qu'il n'a pas mangé he must be ill, the fact that he has not eaten proves it;2 ( expression) demonstration; preuve d'amour demonstration of love; être la preuve vivante de to be living proof of; faire preuve de to show; faire preuve que to show that; preuve de bonne volonté (de la part de) goodwill gesture (from).preuve par l'absurde Sci reductio ad absurdum.[prɶv] nom fémininavez-vous des preuves de ce que vous avancez? can you produce evidence of ou can you prove what you're saying?c'est à nous de fournir la preuve it's up to us to show proof, the onus of proof is on uspreuve littérale ou par écrit written evidence2. [démonstration] proofmon avocat fera la preuve de mon innocence my lawyer will prove that I'm innocent, my lawyer will prove my innocencela preuve de son inexpérience, c'est qu'il n'a pas demandé de reçu his not asking for a receipt goes to show ou proves that he lacks experienceil n'est pas fiable, la preuve, il est déjà en retard (familier) you can never rely on him, look, he's already latefaire preuve d'un grand sang-froid to show ou to display great presence of mindil avait fait ses preuves dans le maquis he'd won his spurs ou proved himself in the Maquis————————à preuve locution adverbialetout le monde peut devenir célèbre, à preuve moi-même anybody can become famous, take me for instance ou just look at me————————à preuve que locution conjonctiveil m'a trahi, à preuve qu'on ne peut se fier à personne he betrayed me, which (just) goes to show that you can't trust anybodypreuves en main locution adverbiale
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