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Meaning: [figure in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/figure/). - Ce n'était qu'une **figure** de style. That was only a **figure** of speech. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by RiouxMax and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3466097](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3466097) [\#3466134](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3466134)) - Cette **figure** venait de son côté. This **figure** was coming towards him. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8920) - de peur que vous ne vous corrompiez et que vous ne vous fassiez une image taillée, une représentation de quelque idole, la **figure** d’un homme ou d’une femme, lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any **figure**, the likeness of male or female, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 4:16) - Qu'attendons-nous pour limiter les déplacements de ces **figures** du régime? What are we waiting for in order to impose travel restrictions on these **figures** of the regime? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1516981) - **Figures** 3 a), 3 b) et 3 c) **Figures** 3(a), 3(b), 3(c) ([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 5475409) ## list Used about 4 313 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 112 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 526 · UN documents ≈ 2 665). Meaning: [list in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/list/). - Il ne **figure** pas sur la liste. He's not on the **list**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and Tangobango · checked, community translation · [\#6293837](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6293837) [\#6297585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6297585)) - Cela **figure** sur les listes de vote, et vous l'avez omis. It is in the voting **list** and you left it out. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1783988) - Cette liste **figure** dans ladite décision. That **list** is set out in that Decision. ([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 857439) - Elle ne **figure** pas dans la liste des abréviations au début du document) It is not in the **list** of abbreviations at the beginning of the document) ([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 26907161) - Ton nom **figure**-t-il sur la liste ? Is your name on the **list**? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2267353](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2267353) [\#4949791](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4949791)) ## see Used about 3 562 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 6 · UN documents ≈ 3 554). Meaning: [see in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/see/). - Il lui semblait que s'il tournait la tête il verrait la **figure** marcher derrière lui à grands pas en agitant les bras. It seemed to him, that if he turned his head, he should **see** that form following him with great strides and waving its arms. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9985) - L’œil de l’adultère épie le crépuscule; Personne ne me verra, dit-il, Et il met un voile sur sa **figure**. The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will **see** me.’ He disguises his face. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 24:15) - Le texte adopté **figure** à la section A du chapitre II (résolution 2001/52 ). For the text as adopted, **see** chapter II, section A, resolution 2001/52. ([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 8018188) - Pierre allait souvent le voir après dîner et causer une heure avec lui, car il aimait la **figure** calme et la rare conversation de Marowsko, dont il jugeait profonds les longs silences. Pierre often went to **see** him and chat with him for an hour after dinner, for he liked Marowsko’s calm look and rare speech, and attributed great depth to his long spells of silence. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 456) - peut-être verras-tu parmi les captives une femme belle de **figure**, et auras-tu le désir de la prendre pour femme. and **see** among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her, and desire to take her as your wife, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 21:11) ## annex Used about 3 246 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 358 · UN documents ≈ 888). Meaning: [annex in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/annex/). - en tant que membres, les personnes dont la liste par État membre **figure** à l'annexe I, as members, the persons listed by Member State in **Annex** I, ([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 1723742) - Le projet de plan de travail **figure** dans l ' annexe à la présente note. The draft workplan is set out in the **annex** to the present note. ([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 28657467) - Le document unique modifié **figure** à l’annexe II du présent règlement. The amended single document is contained in **Annex** II to this Regulation. ([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 2887568) - L'annexe I est remplacée par le texte qui **figure** à l'annexe du présent règlement. **Annex** I is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation. ([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 4888423) - Le règlement intérieur du comité mixte, qui **figure** à l'annexe A, est adopté. The Rules of Procedure of the Joint Committee, as set out in **Annex** A, are hereby adopted. ([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 4538810) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Ça va vous péter à la **figure**. This is going to blow up in your face. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#11978408](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11978408) [\#11978409](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11978409)) - Je veux vous mettre mon poing à la **figure**. I want to punch you in the face. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#6536274](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6536274) [\#2470490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2470490)) - Lisez ce qui **figure** sur l'étiquette ! Read what's on the label. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2267691](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2267691) [\#4956372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4956372)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/). ## 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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