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1. adjectivea. ( = not fresh) [cup] sale ; [tissue, needle, condom] usagéb. ( = second-hand) [car, equipment] d'occasiond. ( = accustomed)► used to• to get used to sb/sth s'habituer à qn/qch2. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ La fin de used, sed, se prononce zd: ju:zd, sauf dans l'expression used to, où sed se prononce st: ju:st.* * *Note: To translate used to do, use the imperfect tense in French: he used to live in York = il habitait York. To stress that something was done repeatedly, you can use avoir l'habitude de faire: she used to go out for a walk in the afternoon = elle avait l'habitude de sortir se promener l'après-midiTo emphasize a contrast between past and present, you can use avant: I used to love sport = j'adorais le sport avantFor more examples and particular usages, see the entry belowI 1. [juːst]modal auxiliaryhe didn't used to ou he used not to smoke — il ne fumait pas avant
didn't she used to smoke? — est-ce qu'elle ne fumait pas, avant?
2. [juːzt]she used to smoke, didn't she? — elle fumait avant, non?
II [juːzd]to be used to something — avoir l'habitude de quelque chose, être habitué à quelque chose
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I.II.❢ To translate used to do, use the imperfect tense in French: he used to live in York = il habitait York. To stress that something was done repeatedly, you can use avoir l'habitude de faire: she used to go out for a walk in the afternoon = elle avait l'habitude de sortir se promener l'après-midi.To emphasize a contrast between past and present, you can use avant: I used to love sport = j'adorais le sport avant.For more examples and particular usages, see the entry below.A modal aux I used to do je faisais ; what did he used to ou what used he to look like then? comment était-il à cette époque? ; he didn't used to ou he used not to smoke il ne fumait pas avant ; didn't she used to smoke? est-ce qu'elle ne fumait pas, avant? ; she used to smoke, didn't she? elle fumait avant, non? ; she doesn't smoke now, but she used to elle ne fume plus maintenant, mais elle fumait avant ; it used to be thought that avant on pensait que ; there used to be a pub here il y avait un pub ici (dans le temps) ; didn't there used to be ou used there not to be a pub here? est-ce qu'il n'y avait pas un pub ici?B adj ( accustomed) to be used to sth avoir l'habitude de qch, être habitué à qch ; I'm not used to this sort of treatment je n'ai pas l'habitude qu'on me traite ( subj) ainsi ; to be used to sb être habitué à qn ; to get used to [person, eyes, stomach] s'habituer à ; to be used to doing avoir l'habitude de faire ; to get used to doing s'habituer à faire ; she's been used to having her own office jusqu'à maintenant, elle avait l'habitude d'avoir son propre bureau ; to be used to sb doing être habitué à ce que qn fasse ; I'm not used to it je n'ai pas l'habitude ; you'll get used to it tu t'y habitueras ; it takes a bit/a lot of getting used to ça prend du temps/beaucoup de temps pour s'y habituer.
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