Vocabulary
prendre
to take; to eat; to drink; to get; to buy; to rob; to deprive; to make; to catch, to work, to start; to get (something) caught (in), to jam; to get into, to come over (to cause to behave uncharacteristically, to affect in a surprising manner, to possess); to start having a negative feeling towards someone; to gain; …
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Scud
a Scud missile; (figuratively) (From military slang) "Prendre un Scud" (lit. To take a Scud) is to receive a violent, sudden and possibly undeserved reprimand or verbal attack
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prendre note
to take notice of, to take heed of, to note; to jot down, to note down, to write down
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prendre goût
to develop a taste (for), to acquire a taste (for), to take a liking to, to take a shine to, to take a fancy (to), to grow fond (of)
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prendre cher
to charge a lot; to pay dearly; to catch hell; to get a heavy prison sentence; to suffer a lot of damage, a lot of wear; to take a beating, to take a thrashing; to get a pounding; to get fucked hard; to get a good fuck
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prendre garde
to be careful, to take care; to be careful of, to look out for, to watch out for, to pay attention to
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prendre l'air
to go outside, to get some air, to get some fresh air, to go for a walk; to take to the skies, to take off
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prendre langue
to make inquiries, to learn about the situation, to become acquainted with the situation
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prendre la mer
to go to sea, to take to sea, to put to sea, to put out to sea, to set sail (to embark on a voyage by boat)
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prendre le pas
to move in front (of), to precede; to take precedence (over), to trump in significance
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prendre de haut
to look down on someone, to look down one's nose on someone; to talk down, to patronize
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prendre sur soi
to take it on the chin, to bite the bullet, to keep one's cool, to take it like a man, to suck it up
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prendre la tête
to take the lead, to lead; to take the lead, to assume leadership, to become head; to pester; to get worked up (over), to let (something) get to one, to tie oneself in knots (with); to get into an argument
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prendre exemple
to follow (someone's) example, to do as (someone) does, to take a leaf out of someone's book, to learn something from, to take as a model
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prendre en main
to take charge of, to take in hand; to get a grip on one's life, to take oneself in hand
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prendre le chou
to pester; to lose one's rag, to lose one's temper, to argue; to argue, to quarrel; to get worked up (over), to let (something) get to one, to tie oneself in knots (with)
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prendre le vent
to catch the wind; to see which way the wind is blowing, to put one's finger to the wind, to sound out, to gauge, to put out feelers
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prendre en photo
to take a picture of, to photograph; to take a photo of oneself, to take a selfie
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