act in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for act in the English»French Dictionary

II.act [Brit akt, Am ækt] VB trans THEAT

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act in the PONS Dictionary

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act Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a [or an act of] folly
to get in on the act
she can put on a good act

act Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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In a shocking act of savagery, she says he set fire to a bowl of nail polish remover while her hand was in it.
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For example, if one claims or implies with their speech act that it is raining outside, a good reason for claiming this is that one saw it out the window.
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Old cases usually regarded an act done or decision reached in breach of a mandatory requirement as a nullity and void "ab initio" (that is, from the beginning).
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Extracts of flowers are used against heart diseases, leucorrhoea, and menorrhagia, and act as antiduretic in polyuria and antitoxin.
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The act eliminates unfair discrimination in certain sectors of the national labour market by imposing similar constraints on another.
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Their most popular use is the establishment of video links, permitting computers to act as videophones or videoconference stations.
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Individuals who think ahead to the future consequences of their present behaviours are more inclined to act in ways that are protective of their future health and well-being.
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Do you allow those walls to be vilolated with a simple act of a registered letter?
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The act of imagining unexperienced childhood events, such as being rescued by a lifeguard or breaking a window with one's hand, increased confidence that the events had occurred.
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The chaplet begins with an act of contrition.
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