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Meaning: [take in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/take/). - Je vais **prendre** ceci. I'm going to **take** this. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2546598](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2546598) [\#4693431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4693431)) - «Approche un peu me **prendre** ma fille! “Draw near and **take** my daughter! ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8773) - Lorsque Saül envoya des gens pour **prendre** David, elle dit: Il est malade. When Saul sent messengers to **take** David, she said, “He is sick.” ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 19:14) - Il n'est pas à **prendre** ou à laisser. It is not something you can **take** or leave. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1428573) - Le financement communautaire peut **prendre** les formes suivantes: Community financing may **take** the following forms: ([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 1078864) ## measures Used about 33 558 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 775 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 566 · UN documents ≈ 29 217). - Quelles mesures la Commission va-t-elle **prendre** pour faire cesser ces agissements? What **measures** will the Commission be taking to stop these cases? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1065130) - pour **prendre** des mesures de lutte contre les importations illicites de fourrures de chien et de chat. for **measures** to combat illegal imports of dog and cat furs. ([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 2475244) - 119.74 **Prendre** des mesures efficaces pour améliorer la situation dans les prisons (Hongrie); 119.74. Undertake effective **measures** to improve prison conditions (Hungary); ([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 25731369) - Il y a donc lieu de **prendre** des mesures pour modifier leur état d'esprit. **Measures** must therefore be taken to give them a more positive sense of themselves. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1656826) - les mesures à **prendre** lorsque les carcasses infestées ne peuvent pas être identifiées à l'abattoir; **measures** to be taken where infested carcasses cannot be identified at the slaughterhouse; ([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 3668996) ## make Used about 18 110 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 201 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 775 · legal and administrative ≈ 522 · UN documents ≈ 14 608). Meaning: [make in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/make/). - Laisse Tom **prendre** les décisions. Let Tom **make** the decisions. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5087190](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5087190) [\#5535058](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5535058)) - Ce passant eut raison de se hâter, car, très peu d'instants après, six hommes qui marchaient séparés et à quelque distance les uns des autres, le long des murs, et qu'on eût pu **prendre** pour une patrouille grise, entrèrent dans la rue Plumet. This passer-by had reason to **make** haste, for a very few instants later, six men, who were marching separately and at some distance from each other, along the wall, and who might have been taken for a gray patrol, entered the Rue Plumet. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21984) - Va me **prendre** au troupeau deux bons chevreaux; j’en ferai pour ton père un mets comme il aime; Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will **make** them savory food for your father, such as he loves. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 27:9) - Mais c’est un engagement que ne peut **prendre** la Présidence. It is a commitment that the Presidency alone cannot, however, **make**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 672390) - Il incombe au propriétaire de **prendre** les mesures supplémentaires nécessaires. It is the responsibility of the owner to **make** any further necessary arrangements. ([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 1463725) ## account Used about 15 652 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 044 · UN documents ≈ 14 608). Meaning: [account in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/account/). - périodes supplémentaires à **prendre** en considération pour l’acquisition d’un droit à une pension de vieillesse additional periods taken into **account** only for the acquisition of a right to an old-age pension: ([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 823098) - 1. **Prendre** en compte l ' intérêt supérieur de l ' enfant 1. Taking the best interests of the child into **account** in ([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 15256594) - Dans le cas de la production de magnésie, il y a lieu de **prendre** en compte les minéraux contenant du magnésium autres que les carbonates, selon qu’il convient. In the case of magnesia production, other magnesium bearing minerals than carbonates must be taken into **account**, as appropriate. ([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 2646841) - Un représentant a indiqué par ailleurs qu ' il y avait peut-être des difficultés politiques à **prendre** en compte. One member indicated also that there might be political difficulties to be taken into **account**. ([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 338360) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Elle lui a conseillé de marcher plutôt que de **prendre** le bus. She advised him to walk instead of taking a bus. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#886931](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/886931) [\#1390327](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1390327)) - Je ne peux m'empêcher de **prendre** des antalgiques quand j'ai la migraine. I can't help taking painkillers when I have a headache. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and Dorenda · checked, community translation · [\#259699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/259699) [\#330889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/330889)) - J'avais envie de te **prendre** par derrière. I wanted to fuck you in the ass. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12734915](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12734915) [\#909841](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/909841)) ## 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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