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1 imaginer
imaginer [imaʒine]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. to imagine• tu imagines la scène ! you can imagine the scene!b. ( = inventer) [+ système, plan] to devise• qu'est-il encore allé imaginer ? (inf) now what has he dreamed up?2. reflexive verb• si tu t'imagines que je vais te laisser faire ! don't think I'm going to let you get away with that!* * *imaʒine
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1) ( se représenter) to imagine, to picture [personne, chose, scène]imagine sa tête quand... — just picture his/her face when...
2) ( supposer) to suppose3) ( inventer) to devise, to think up [méthode, moyen]
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s'imaginer verbe pronominal1) ( se représenter) to imagine, to picture [chose, personne]2) ( se voir) to picture oneself* * *imaʒine vt(= se représenter) to imagine1) (= croire)2) (= supposer) to suppose, to imagineJ'imagine qu'il plaisantait. — I suppose he was joking.
3) (= inventer) [expédient, mesure] to devise, to think upimaginer de faire (= avoir l'idée de) — to have the idea of doing
* * *imaginer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( se représenter) to imagine, picture [personne, chose, scène]; je l'imaginais plus grand I imagined him to be taller; je l'imaginais comme un héros I imagined him as a hero; tu n'imagines pas comme c'est douloureux/beau you can't imagine how painful/beautiful it is; imagine sa tête quand on lui a annoncé qu'il allait être père! just picture his face when he was told he was going to be a father!; on imagine difficilement qu'il puisse être élu it's hard to believe that he will be elected; j'imagine mal comment il pourrait gagner maintenant I can't see how he could win now;2 ( supposer) to suppose; imagine qu'il ne soit pas d'accord… suppose he doesn't agree…;3 ( inventer) to devise, think up [méthode, moyen]; il avait imaginé un moyen de s'enrichir rapidement he had devised ou thought up a way of getting rich quickly; que vas-tu imaginer? how can you think such a thing?B s'imaginer vpr1 ( se représenter) to imagine, picture [chose, personne]; elle s'imaginait une plage bordée de cocotiers she imagined ou pictured a beach bordered with coconut palms; imaginez-vous qu'il est resté trois jours sans manger! just imagine, he didn't eat for three days!;2 ( se voir) to picture oneself; s'imaginer à 60 ans/au volant d'une superbe voiture to picture oneself at 60/at the wheel of a superb car;3 ( croire) to think (que that); elle s'imagine qu'elle peut réussir sans travailler she thinks that she can succeed without doing any work.[imaʒine] verbe transitif1. [concevoir] to imaginetu imagines sa tête quand je lui ai dit ça! you can imagine ou picture his face when I told him that!tu n'imagines tout de même pas que je vais céder? you don't really think ou imagine I'm going to give in, do you?tu veux de l'argent, j'imagine! you want some money, I suppose!3. [inventer - personnage] to create, to imagine ; [ - gadget, mécanisme] to devise, to think up (separable)————————s'imaginer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)j'ai du mal à m'imaginer grand-mère I have a hard job picturing ou seeing myself as a grandmother————————s'imaginer verbe pronominal transitifs'imaginer que to imagine ou to think thattu t'imagines bien que je n'ai pas vraiment apprécié as you can imagine, I wasn't too pleased
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