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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Joseph and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#3983903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3983903) [\#2316952](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2316952)) - He spoke to them openly. Peter **took** him and began to rebuke him. Il leur disait ces choses ouvertement. Et Pierre, l’ayant **pris** à part, se mit à le reprendre. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 8:32) - It is no use just saying that we **took** the right decisions. Cela ne sert à rien de dire qu'on a **pris** les bonnes décisions. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1458306) - The European Commission **took** note of the Andorran position. La Commission européenne a **pris** acte de la position de l'Andorre. ([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 211471) - (a) **Took** note of document IDB.39/4; a) A **pris** note du document IDB.39/4; ([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 24863821) ## eu Used about 24 290 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 714 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 022 · UN documents ≈ 22 553). - That dialogue **took** place. Ce dialogue a **eu** lieu. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1086929) - Those hearings **took** place on 15 May 2018, 15 June 2018, and 17 January 2019. Ces auditions ont **eu** lieu le 15 mai 2018, le 15 juin 2018 et le 17 janvier 2019. ([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 4827190) - The missions **took** place in July and August 1995. Les missions ont **eu** lieu en juillet et en août 1995. ([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 3059725) - (SV) Mr President, as a former fellow Member stated, a significant referendum **took** place in Portugal yesterday. (SV) Monsieur le Président, comme l'a déclaré un orateur précédent, un référendum historique a **eu** lieu hier au Portugal. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 905397) - On 12 December 2012 a technical meeting **took** place between the Commission and the Spanish authorities. Le 12 décembre 2012, une réunion technique a **eu** lieu entre les autorités espagnoles et la Commission. ([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 3467002) ## président Used about 20 619 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 572 · UN documents ≈ 20 048). - (PL) Mr President, today I would like to speak of an incident that recently **took** place in Warsaw. (PL) Monsieur le **Président**, j'aimerais parler aujourd'hui d'un incident survenu récemment à Varsovie. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1093510) - In the absence of the President, Mr. Tommo Monthe (Cameroon), Vice-President, **took** the Chair. En l ' absence du **Président**, M. Tommo Monthe (Cameroun), Vice-Président, assume la présidence. ([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 19785839) - President of the Commission. - Mr President, I will answer two concrete questions and also make a general remark after the debate that **took** place this morning. Monsieur le **Président**, je répondrai à deux questions précises et je ferai aussi une remarque générale après le débat de ce matin. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1442101) - On the proposal of the Chair, the Commission **took** note of documents E/CN.9/2013/6 and E/CN.9/2013/CRP.1. Sur la proposition du **Président**, la Commission prend note des documents E/CN.9/2013/6 et E/CN.9/2013/CRP.1. ([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 28475918) - Mr President, before leaving for Strasbourg, the pensioners who **took** me to the airport asked me "Is there going to be a debate about beer on Friday morning?" Monsieur le **Président**, avant mon départ pour Strasbourg, les retraités qui m'ont accompagné à l'aéroport, m'ont demandé s'il l'on parlerait de bière vendredi matin. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2050835) ## m Used about 2 761 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 94 · literary ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 143 · UN documents ≈ 2 506). - She **took** hold of my hand to teach me. Elle **m**'a saisi la main pour m'instruire. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1638589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1638589) [\#1639043](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1639043)) - But without stopping to look up new arguments I simply **took** up our situation such as it was. Mais, sans **m**'arrêter à chercher des arguments nouveaux, je me bornai à prendre la situation telle qu'elle était. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2152) - It **took** me some time to decide on the right position to take on this controversial Working Time Directive. Il **m**'a fallu un certain temps pour décider de la bonne position à adopter sur cette directive sur le temps de travail controversée. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1185608) - 49. Mr. Alston **took** the Chair. 49. **M**. Alston prend la présidence. ([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 1116379) - It **took** me several hours to draw it. Il **m**'a fallu quelques heures pour le dessiner. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#1742004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1742004) [\#3448067](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3448067)) ## lieu Used about 57 times in the texts (literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 44). - This trellis-work **took** the place of curtains. C'est ce grillage qui tenait **lieu** de rideaux. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20851) - He stayed there that night, and **took** from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother: C’est dans ce **lieu**-là que Jacob passa la nuit. Il prit de ce qu’il avait sous la main, pour faire un présent à Ésaü, son frère: ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 32:13) - It was here, too, that this memorable dialogue **took** place:— C'est encore là qu'eut **lieu** ce dialogue mémorable: ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10519) - Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; and it **took** away from him the continual burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. Elle s’éleva jusqu’au chef de l’armée, lui enleva le sacrifice perpétuel, et renversa le **lieu** de son sanctuaire. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 8:11) - The result of these shades was a dazzling pleasure party which **took** place on the following Sunday, the four young men inviting the four young girls. Le résultat de ces ténèbres fut une éblouissante partie de plaisir qui eut **lieu** le dimanche suivant, les quatre jeunes gens invitant les quatre jeunes filles. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2765) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - She **took** something out of her bag. Elle a sorti quelque chose de son sac. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10841676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10841676) [\#10971279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10971279)) - He **took** the rubbish out. Il a sorti les poubelles. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#9937664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9937664) [\#2317065](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2317065)) - She **took** the book back to the library. Elle a rapporté le livre à la bibliothèque. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#270692](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/270692) [\#2131277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2131277)) ## 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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