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Forms: obtenu, obtenues, obtenus. - You **obtained** more than me. Vous avez **obtenu** plus que moi. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and Bruno · checked, community translation · [\#615969](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/615969) [\#557236](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/557236)) - It was with difficulty that Toussaint had **obtained** permission to pack up a little linen and clothes and a few toilet articles. C'est à grand'peine que Toussaint avait **obtenu** la permission d'empaqueter un peu de linge et de vêtements et quelques objets de toilette. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24953) - For by this, the elders **obtained** approval. Pour l’avoir possédée, les anciens ont **obtenu** un témoignage favorable. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 11:2) - The results **obtained** so far are encouraging. Les résultats **obtenus** jusqu'à présent sont encourageants. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 80428) - **Obtained** from flat-rolled products **obtenus** à partir de produits laminés plats ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2166207) ## peut Used about 8 724 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 37 · UN documents ≈ 8 686). - Knowledge can only be **obtained** by study. Le savoir ne **peut** être acquis que par l'étude. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#277042](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/277042) [\#409072](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/409072)) - The common defence policy cannot advance by relying heavily on majorities that he could nevertheless have sought and **obtained**. La politique de défense commune ne **peut** avancer à coups de majorité qu'il pu rechercher et obtenir. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1845420) - The schedule below is tentative; up-to-date information can be **obtained** L ' horaire ci-dessous est provisoire; une mise à jour **peut** être obtenue à ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 23133015) - If the approval has not been **obtained** the court cannot comply with the request for continuation. Si le Procureur n ' y donne pas son accord, le tribunal ne **peut** donner suite à la demande. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 16838268) - Recorded information about previously unscheduled meetings and consultations of the whole of the Security Council may be **obtained** by calling 1 (212) 963-8530. On **peut** obtenir des renseignements sur les séances et les consultations plénières imprévues du Conseil de sécurité en composant le numéro 1 (212) 963-8530. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 10890552) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I **obtained** the painting at an auction. J'ai fait acquisition de ce tableau lors d'une vente aux enchères. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#19263](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19263) [\#3655667](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3655667)) - That leaflet can be **obtained** for free. Cette brochure est disponible gratuitement. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sharris123 and Sisyphe · checked, community translation · [\#7772538](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7772538) [\#7932812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7932812)) - The library **obtained** many new books. La bibliothèque a réalisé beaucoup de nouvelles acquisitions. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#2366921](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2366921) [\#4622783](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4622783)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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