Le mot anglais avancé du jour

Définitions

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avoid
1. v. Parer, s'abstenir de, éviter.
I avoid walking in the rain.
J'évite de marcher sous la pluie.
anglais > anglais
avoid
1. v. to try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
2. v. to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
I try to avoid the company of gamblers.
3. v. To try not to do something or to have something happen
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
5. v. (transitive, now legal) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
6. v. (transitive, legal) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
8. v. (transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
10. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
11. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.

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Exemples de phrases

There are a lot of problems we can't avoid.      Il y a beaucoup de problèmes que nous ne pouvons pas éviter. You should avoid calling a person after ten at night.      Tu devrais éviter de téléphoner chez quelqu'un après dix heures du soir. What foods, if any, do you avoid eating?      Quels aliments, s'il y en a, évitez-vous de manger? I avoid going there late at night.      J'évite de m'y rendre tard le soir. Men are only heroes when they can't avoid it.      Les gens ne sont des héros que quand ils ne peuvent pas faire autrement.

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