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Meaning: [own in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/own/). - Je paie mes **propres** dettes. I pay my **own** way. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3729645](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3729645) [\#3926739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3926739)) - —Mais non, Axel, nous retrouverions au moins nos **propres** traces, et je ne vois rien... "No, Axel, we should at least find our **own** traces and I see nothing--" ([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 3534) - Je te le renvoie lui, mes **propres** entrailles. I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my **own** heart, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHM 1:12) - Système des ressources **propres** System of **own** resources ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1812793) - Exigence de fonds **propres** basée sur les frais généraux **Own** funds based on Fixed Overheads ([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 3590378) ## clean Used about 5 323 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 76 · parliamentary ≈ 583 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 286 · UN documents ≈ 3 378). Meaning: [clean in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/clean/). - Gardez vos mains **propres**. Keep your hands **clean**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Whidou and CK · checked, community translation · [\#66074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/66074) [\#8540623](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8540623)) - Elle a également suspendu la recherche sur les technologies **propres**. It has also put research on **clean** technology on hold. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1237702) - **propres**, pratiquement exempts de matières étrangères visibles, **clean**, practically free from any visible foreign matter, ([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 2392450) - f) Faciliter et promouvoir l ' accès aux technologies **propres** et écologiquement rationnelles désignées par les pays en développement; Facilitate and promote access to **clean** and environmentally sound technologies identified by developing countries; ([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 21072931) - Tes mains sont-elles **propres** ? Are your hands **clean**? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#17076](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17076) [\#474289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474289)) ## must Used about 195 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 194). Meaning: [must in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/must/). - Et c’est à cause de cette faiblesse qu’il doit offrir des sacrifices pour ses **propres** péchés, comme pour ceux du peuple. Because of this, he **must** offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 5:3) - À cet égard, les nouveaux États membres, qui font face à des problèmes qui leur sont **propres**, doivent faire l'objet d'une attention particulière. In this respect, the new Member States, with their specific problems, **must** receive special attention. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 872602) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Tu es maintenant assez vieux pour subvenir à tes **propres** besoins. You are now old enough to support yourself. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CK · checked, community translation · [\#16415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16415) [\#397258](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/397258)) - Marie a ses **propres** problèmes. Mary has her problems. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and CM · checked, community translation · [\#881466](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/881466) [\#1642795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1642795)) - Nous avons besoin de sources d'énergie plus **propres**. We need cleaner sources of energy. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#6128448](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6128448) [\#8437322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8437322)) ## 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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