AVOIDING - Translation from English into French

English

French

avoid [Brit əˈvɔɪd, Am əˈvɔɪd] VB trans

1. avoid (prevent):

avoid accident, error, dispute, penalty

éviter

to avoid doing

éviter de faire

it is to be avoided

c'est à éviter

2. avoid (keep away from):

avoid person, location, nuisance

éviter

avoid gaze

éviter

avoid issue, question

esquiver

3. avoid LAW (invalidate):

avoid contract

annuler

so as to avoid any misunderstanding

pour qu'il n'y ait pas de malentendus

studiously avoid, ignore

délibérément

to avoid or shun the limelight

ne pas se faire remarquer

in order to avoid unpleasantness

pour éviter toute dissension

French

English

évitez le surmenage

avoid overworking

éviter obstacle, piéton

to avoid

je n'ai pas pu éviter l'arbre

I couldn't avoid the tree

éviter personne

to avoid

depuis, elle m'évite

since then, she's been avoiding me

éviter problème, crise, erreur, dérapage

to avoid

pour éviter la contagion

to avoid being infected

éviter qc/de faire

to avoid sth/doing

évitez le sucre ou de manger du sucre

avoid sugar ou eating sugar

s'éviter

to avoid one another

défiscalisez en faisant

avoid tax by doing

déjouer les pièges de l'ennemi

to avoid the traps set by the enemy

tromper la vigilance de qn

to avoid detection by

English

French

avoid [əˈvɔɪd] VB trans

avoid

éviter

to avoid sb/sth like the plague

éviter qn/qc comme la peste

to avoid doing sth

éviter de faire qc

alcohol should be avoided

éviter l'alcool

you're avoiding the issue

tu esquives la question

to avoid sb like the plague

éviter qc comme la peste

French

English

manœuvre d'évitement

avoiding action

éviter erreur, endroit, regard, conflit

to avoid

éviter de faire qc

to avoid doing sth

évite de passer par Lyon

avoid going via Lyon

il m'évite

he's avoiding me

pour éviter d'aller en prison

to avoid going to prison

s'éviter

to avoid each other

s'éviter des soucis/tracas

to avoid worries/trouble

se protéger des curieux

to avoid the eyes of onlookers

s'abstenir de vin/de tabac

to avoid wine/tobacco

craindre/éviter qn/qc comme la peste

to fear/avoid sb/sth like the plague

pour éviter l'équivoque

to avoid any misunderstanding

limiter les dégâts

to avoid the worst

échapper à qc

to avoid sth

échapper au contrôle

to avoid the checkpoint

English

French

avoid [ə·ˈvɔɪd] VB trans

avoid

éviter

to avoid sb/sth like the plague

éviter qn/qc comme la peste

to avoid doing sth

éviter de faire qc

alcohol should be avoided

on devrait éviter l'alcool

you're avoiding the issue

tu esquives la question

to avoid sb/sth like the plague

éviter qn/qc comme la peste

to avoid [or miss] sb/sth by an inch

manquer qn de peu/qc d'un doigt

French

English

éviter erreur, endroit, regard, conflit

to avoid

éviter de faire qc

to avoid doing sth

évite de passer par Lyon

avoid going via Lyon

il m'évite

he's avoiding me

pour éviter d'aller en prison

to avoid going to prison

s'éviter

to avoid each other

s'éviter des soucis/tracas

to avoid worries/trouble

s'abstenir de vin/de tabac

to avoid wine/tobacco

craindre/éviter qn/qc comme la peste

to fear/avoid sb/sth like the plague

échapper à qc

to avoid sth

j'évite de sortir de la maison

I avoid leaving the house

répondre à côté de la question (intentionnellement)

to avoid the question

Present

I	avoid
you	avoid
he/she/it	avoids
we	avoid
you	avoid
they	avoid

Past

I	avoided
you	avoided
he/she/it	avoided
we	avoided
you	avoided
they	avoided

Present Perfect

I	have	avoided
you	have	avoided
he/she/it	has	avoided
we	have	avoided
you	have	avoided
they	have	avoided

Past Perfect

I	had	avoided
you	had	avoided
he/she/it	had	avoided
we	had	avoided
you	had	avoided
they	had	avoided

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

This may be because the portraits were viewed as domineering, and the subsequent pupil response was due to unpleasantness.

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That means we must be patient and bear with the unpleasantness of a particular condition.

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The proverb tries to say that in an emergency, people will take any help from any source, regardless of the unpleasantness of it.

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The sensation of pain is distinct from its unpleasantness.

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Neither sustenance nor enforcement costs rise with the unpleasantness of the work, however, so slaves' costs do not rise by the same amount.

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