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1 prévaloir
prévaloir [pʀevalwaʀ]➭ TABLE 291. intransitive verb2. reflexive verb• se prévaloir de to pride o.s. on* * *pʀevalwaʀ
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verbe intransitif to prevail
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se prévaloir verbe pronominal1) ( se fonder)se prévaloir d'un règlement/précédent — to cite a rule/precedent ( auprès de to; pour faire as grounds for doing)
se prévaloir de son ancienneté — to claim seniority ( pour faire as grounds for doing)
2) ( tirer vanité)se prévaloir de — to boast [succès, expérience, diplômes]
* * *pʀevalwaʀ vi* * *prévaloir verb table: valoirA vi to prevail (sur over; contre against); faire prévaloir la vérité to make truth prevail; faire prévaloir son point de vue to gain acceptance for one's point of view.B se prévaloir vpr1 ( se fonder) se prévaloir d'un règlement/précédent to cite a rule/precedent (auprès de qn to sb; pour faire as grounds for doing); se prévaloir de son ancienneté to claim seniority (pour faire to do);[prevalwar] verbe intransitif[prédominer] to prevailprévaloir sur to prevail over ou againstprévaloir contre to prevail against, to overcome————————se prévaloir de verbe pronominal plus préposition1. [profiter de]elle se prévalait de son ancienneté pour imposer ses goûts she took advantage of her seniority to impose her preferences2. [se vanter de]il se prévalait de ses origines aristocratiques he boasted of ou about his aristocratic background -
2 vanter
vanter [vɑ̃te]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb[+ personne, qualité, méthode, avantage] to praise2. reflexive verb• se vanter de to pride o.s. on• se vanter d'avoir fait qch to pride o.s. on having done sth* * *vɑ̃te
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verbe transitif to praise, to extolvanter les mérites de quelqu'un/quelque chose — to speak highly of somebody/something
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se vanter verbe pronominal1) ( être un vantard) to brag (de about)2) ( s'enorgueillir)3) ( prétendre)* * *vɑ̃te vtto speak highly of, to praise* * *vanter verb table: aimerA vtr to praise [qualité, vertu, talent, personne]; tant vanté so highly praised; vanter les mérites de qn/qch to speak highly of sb/sth.B se vanter vpr1 ( être un vantard) to brag (de about); elle se vante toujours de tes succès she is always bragging about your achievements; il n'y a pas de quoi se vanter! there's nothing to brag about!; il a cassé le vase mais il ne s'en est pas vanté he broke the vase but he kept quiet about it;2 ( s'enorgueillir) se vanter de faire to pride oneself on doing; il se vante de posséder la plus belle collection au monde he prides himself on having the finest collection in the world;3 ( prétendre) se vanter de faire to make out that one does; elle se vante de tout réussir she makes out that she makes a success of everything.[vɑ̃te] verbe transitif[louer, exalter] to praise————————se vanter verbe pronominal intransitifelle l'a fait renvoyer mais elle ne s'en vante pas she had him fired, but she keeps quiet about itil n'y a pas de quoi se vanter this is nothing to be proud of ou to boast aboutsans (vouloir) me vanter, j'avais déjà compris I don't wish to boast, but I'd got the idea already -
3 surface striée
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4 surface striée
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5 pige
n. f.1. Year. (The word can be used in conjunction with someone's age, but occurs more often in relation to time elapsed and in the context of prison sentences. Ça va bientôt faire dix piges que je l'ai pas vu: It's going on ten years since I saw him. Il a écopé de quínze píges: He got fifteen years' porridge.)2. Faire la pige à quelqu'un: To 'lick' someone, to 'go one-up on', to surpass someone. Côté méninges, un peu qu'il vous fait la pige! When it comes to brains, he's in a totally different league!3. Etre ( payé) à la pige (of journalist, novelette- cum-soap-opera writer): To write on a 'penny-a-line' basis. (Alphonse Allais boasted of having once conned an absent-minded editor out of a fair amount of money, whilst working à la pige, with an avalanche of easy-to-write 'one-word' lines that went 'Vous?!' 'Oui!'—Ah, non!'—'Si!'—'Ça alors!'—'Mais oui!', etc.)
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