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1 mijoter
mijoter [miʒɔte]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [+ plat, soupe] to simmer ; ( = préparer avec soin) to cook lovingly• qu'est-ce qu'il peut bien mijoter ? what's he up to? (inf)2. intransitive verb[plat, soupe] to simmer* * *miʒɔte
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1) Culinaire to prepare [plat]2) (colloq) ( manigancer) to cook up
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verbe intransitif Culinaire to simmer••laisser quelqu'un mijoter dans son jus — (colloq) to let somebody stew in his/her own juice
* * *miʒɔte1. vt1) (faire cuire à petit feu) to simmer, (préparer avec soin) to cook lovingly2) [mauvais coup] to plot, to cook up *Il mijote quelque chose. — He's plotting something., He's up to something.
2. vi* * *mijoter verb table: aimerA vtr1 Culin to prepare [plat];2 ○( manigancer) to cook up; qu'est-ce que tu mijotes encore? what are you cooking up now?B vi Culin to simmer; laissez mijoter pendant une heure leave to simmer for one hour; faire mijoter to simmer.laisser qn mijoter dans son jus to let sb stew in his/her own juice.[miʒɔte] verbe transitif————————[miʒɔte] verbe intransitif2. (familier & figuré)————————se mijoter verbe pronominal (emploi passif) -
2 comploter
comploter [kɔ̃plɔte]➭ TABLE 1 transitive and intransitive verb* * *kɔ̃plɔte
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verbe transitif to plot [attentat, ruine]; to plan [mauvais coup]
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* * *kɔ̃plɔte1. vicomploter contre qn/qch — to plot against sb/sth
2. vt* * *comploter verb table: aimerA vtr to plot [attentat, ruine]; to plan [mauvais coup].B vi to plot (contre against; de faire to do).[kɔ̃plɔte] verbe transitif————————[kɔ̃plɔte] verbe intransitifcomploter de tuer quelqu'un to conspire to kill somebody, to plot somebody's murder -
3 manigancer
manigancer [manigɑ̃se]➭ TABLE 3 transitive verb• qu'est-ce qu'il manigance maintenant ? what's he up to now?* * *manigɑ̃se* * *maniɡɑ̃se vtto be up to, to plotIl est en train de manigancer quelque chose, c'est sûr. — He's up to something, I'm sure of it., He's plotting something, I'm sure of it.
Il se demandait ce qu'elles étaient en train de manigancer. — He wondered what they were up to., He wondered what they were cooking up.
On manigançait un complot contre le roi. — A plot was being hatched against the king.
* * *manigancer verb table: placer vtr to be up to; qu'est-ce qu'elle manigance encore? what's she up to now?; manigancer un mauvais coup to hatch up a scheme.[manigɑ̃se] verbe transitifmanigancer une évasion to plot ou to engineer an escape -
4 tramer
tramer [tʀame]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb[+ évasion, coup d'État] to plot ; [+ complot] to hatch* * *tʀame
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1) ( tisser) to weave
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se tramer verbe pronominal [complot] to be hatched* * *tʀame vtto plot, to hatch* * *tramer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( tisser) to weave [tissu];B se tramer vpr [complot] to be hatched; j'aimerais savoir ce qui se trame là-bas I'd like to know what is being hatched over there.[trame] verbe transitif1. [conspiration] to hatch[soulèvement] to plot————————se tramer verbe pronominal
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