happen in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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happen [Brit ˈhap(ə)n, Am ˈhæpən] VB intr

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1. happen (occur):

happen
arriver, se passer, se produire
when/where/how did it happen?
quand/où/comment est-ce arrivé?, quand/où/comment cela s'est-il passé or produit?
what's happening?
qu'est-ce qui se passe?
the accident happened yesterday
l'accident est arrivé or s'est produit hier
I wonder what will happen next
je me demande ce qui va arriver or se passer maintenant
we must make sure this never happens again
nous devons faire en sorte que cela ne se reproduise jamais
you cannot expect the change to happen overnight
ne t'attends pas à ce que le changement se produise du jour au lendemain
so much has happened since our last meeting
il s'est passé tant de choses depuis notre dernière rencontre
he reacted as if nothing had happened
il a réagi comme si de rien n'était
whatever happens, don't get out of the car
quoi qu'il arrive, ne sors pas de la voiture
it had to happen , it was bound to happen Brit
ça devait arriver
miracles do happen!
les miracles, ça arrive!
it may happen that …, it can happen that …
il arrive parfois que …
how does it happen or how can it happen that such problems are ignored?
comment se fait-il qu'on ne prête pas attention à de tels problèmes?
success doesn't just happen!
le succès n'arrive pas comme ça!
anything might happen!
on peut s'attendre à tout!
she's the sort of person who makes things happen
elle fait bouger les choses

I.happen on VB [Brit ˈhap(ə)n -, Am ˈhæpən -] (happen on [sth])

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opportunely happen, come along
au moment opportun
suddenly happen
tout à coup, tout d'un coup
unexpectedly happen
à l'improviste
to be optimistic that sth will happen
avoir grand espoir que qc arrivera
nightly occur, happen
de nuit
monthly happen, visit, publish
tous les mois, une fois par mois

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happen in the PONS Dictionary

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to happen with increasing frequency
arriver de plus en plus fréquemment
accidents will happen
ce sont des choses qui arrivent
it was an accident waiting to happen
cela devait forcément arriver
sth is bound to happen
qc va certainement se produire
it was bound to happen sooner or later
cela devait arriver tôt ou tard
it tends to happen that
il arrive souvent que +subj

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happen Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it can happen sooner than you think
ça peut se produire plus tôt que ce que tu penses
to be anxious for sth/for sth to happen
avoir un fort désir de qc/que qc arrive
it was an accident waiting to happen
cela devait forcément arriver
to happen once in a lifetime
n'arriver qu'une seule fois dans la vie
that was bound to happen one day
cela devait arriver un jour
to happen just at the right moment
tomber à point
it is fated that that will happen
il est écrit que cela arrivera
is it going to happen before midnight?
c'est pour aujourd'hui ou pour demain? inf
to happen at just the right moment
tomber à pic
it is inevitable that it will happen
il est inévitable que cela se produise
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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It tells you pretty powerfully what is going to happen in the next few months; future purchasing manager intentions.
www.smh.com.au
In addition, meromy issues, weight gain, headaches, even impotency can happen due to sleep apnea when not treated.
thechart.blogs.cnn.com
But now due to water shortage this not happen.
en.wikipedia.org
That means sophisticated banks are giving investors the opportunity to make risk-free arbitrage profits, which can not happen on an exchange.
www.afr.com
The message, unspoken yet unmistakeable, was that such things don't happen here.
www.dailymail.co.uk
The audio-visual equipment allows reporters to both write about and film stories as they happen, and the articles can be published on-line within seconds.
en.wikipedia.org
These neighborhoods are populated by deeply unromantic people who just happen to make the country go.
www.irishcentral.com
Having been looking around town for a victim all night without success, they decided to lie-in-wait for whoever might happen to step outside.
en.wikipedia.org
No candy, gum or lip balm, through which radiation would be ingested if an "incident" were to happen.
www.lfpress.com
This is a celebration of what really can happen for every school in the country and beyond - every hospital, every old people's home, every business.
www.dailymail.co.uk

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