Saturday, April 2, 2011

avouer


avouer:


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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
avouer /avwe/ (conjugate⇒)
  1. transitive verb to confess [amour, haine];
    to confess (to) [crime];
    to admit, to confess [ignorance, dépit, peur];
    ~ un penchant pour qch to admit (to) a weakness for sth;
    avoue or tu avoueras que c'est ridicule you must admit, it's ridiculous.
  1. intransitive verb [suspect] to confess;
    [fautif] to own up.
  1. s'avouer vpr (se déclarer) s'~ rassuré to say one feels reassured;
    s'~ battu to admit defeat.

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