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1 borrow
borrow ['bɒrəʊ]∎ to borrow sth from sb emprunter qch à qn;∎ she borrowed money from him elle lui a emprunté de l'argent;∎ can I borrow the car? est-ce que je peux prendre la voiture?;∎ an artist who borrows his ideas from nature un artiste qui trouve ses idées dans la nature;∎ we often borrow books from the library nous empruntons souvent des livres à la bibliothèque;∎ a word borrowed from Russian un mot emprunté au russe∎ I borrow one je retiens unemprunter ( from à);∎ (money) to borrow from sb faire un emprunt à qn, emprunter de l'argent à qn;∎ to borrow on or at interest emprunter à intérêtFinance (salary, property) emprunter sur;∎ the company borrowed against its assets l'entreprise a emprunté de l'argent en utilisant son actif comme garantie -
2 own
A adj1 (belonging to particular person, group etc) propre ; his own car/house sa propre voiture/maison ; my own sister/daughter ma propre sœur/fille ; his own children ses propres enfants ; to have/start one's own business avoir/lancer sa propre affaire ; the company has its own lawyer l'entreprise a son propre avocat ; he has his own ideas about what the truth is il a sa propre idée sur ce qui s'est vraiment passé ; he is responsible to his own government/department il est responsable devant son gouvernement/service ; don't ask him to do it, he has his own problems ne lui demande pas de le faire, il a assez de problèmes comme ça ; for your/his/their own safety pour ta/sa/leur sécurité ; he's very nice in his own way il est très gentil à sa manière ; the film was, in his own words, ‘rubbish’ selon ses propres termes, le film était ‘nul’ ; the house has its own garage/garden c'est une maison avec garage/jardin (privatif) ; with my own eyes de mes propres yeux ; she does her own cooking/washing c'est elle qui se fait à manger/qui fait sa lessive (elle-même) ; he makes his own decisions il prend ses décisions tout seul.B pron I don't have a company car, I use my own je n'ai pas de voiture de fonction, j'utilise la mienne ; he didn't borrow it, it's his own il ne l'a pas emprunté, c'est le sien ; she borrowed my pen, because she'd lost her own elle m'a emprunté mon stylo, parce qu'elle avait perdu le sien ; they have problems of their own ils ont assez de problèmes comme ça ; when you have children of your own quand tu auras des enfants ; he has a room of his own il a sa propre chambre ; I have a suggestion of my own to make j'ai une suggestion personnelle à faire ; a house/a garden of our (very) own une maison/un jardin (bien) à nous ; it's his (very) own c'est à lui (tout seul) ; we've got nothing to call our own nous n'avons rien à nous ; my time's not my own je n'ai pas une minute à moi.C vtr1 ( possess) avoir ; [car, house, dog] ; she owns three shops and a café elle est propriétaire de trois magasins et d'un café ; who owns this house/car? à qui est cette maison/voiture? ; he walks around as if he owns the place pej il se conduit comme s'il était chez lui ;2 ( admit) reconnaître, avouer ; to own that avouer que.D vi to own to a mistake reconnaître son erreur ; he owned to having lied/cheated/forgotten il a avoué or reconnu avoir menti/triché/oublié.to come into one's own s'épanouir fig ; to do one's own thing être indépendant ; each to his own chacun fait ce qu'il veut, chacun son truc ○ ; to get one's own back se venger (on sb de qn) ; to hold one's own bien se défendre ; on one's own tout seul ; to get sb on their own voir qn en privé.■ own up avouer ; to own up to having done ou to doing avouer or reconnaître avoir fait ; to own up to the murder/theft avouer avoir commis le meurtre/vol.
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