away in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for away in the English»French Dictionary

I.away [Brit əˈweɪ, Am əˈweɪ] ADJ Away often appears in English as the second element of a verb (run away, put away, get away, look away, give away etc.). For translations, look at the appropriate verb entry (run, put, get, look, give etc.).
away often appears after a verb in English to show that an action is continuous or intense. If away does not change the basic meaning of the verb only the verb is translated: he was snoring away = il ronflait. If away does change the basic meaning of the verb (he's grinding away at his maths), consult the appropriate verb entry.
This dictionary contains Usage Notes on topics like distance. For the index to these Notes see .

II.away [Brit əˈweɪ, Am əˈweɪ] ADV

See also walk, stay, run, put, practice run, look, keep, give, get, far, fairy, drive

I.walk [Brit wɔːk, Am wɔk] N à pied is often omitted with movement verbs if we already know that the person is on foot. If it is surprising or ambiguous, à pied should be included.

1. walk:

1. walk:

I.stay [Brit steɪ, Am steɪ] N

III.stay [Brit steɪ, Am steɪ] VB trans

1. stay (remain):

I.run [Brit rʌn, Am rən] N

III.run <pret ran, pp run> [Brit rʌn, Am rən] VB trans

IV.run <pret ran, pp run> [Brit rʌn, Am rən] VB intr

1. run (move quickly):

I.put [Brit pʊt, Am pʊt] N

put FIN → put option

II.put <pres part putting, pret, pp put> [Brit pʊt, Am pʊt] VB trans

2. put (cause to go or undergo):

III.to put oneself in VB refl

I.look [Brit lʊk, Am lʊk] N

1. look (glance):

4. look (appearance):

air m
il a l'air sympa inf

3. look (appear, seem):

+ subj it looks certain that

5. look:

‘tu as des ennuis?’ ‘à ton avis?’ iron

I.keep [Brit kiːp, Am kip] N

II.keep <pret, pp kept> [Brit kiːp, Am kip] VB trans

III.keep <pret, pp kept> [Brit kiːp, Am kip] VB intr

I.give [Brit ɡɪv, Am ɡɪv] N

II.give <pret gave, pp given> [Brit ɡɪv, Am ɡɪv] VB trans

1. give (hand over) person:

donner (to à)
offrir (to à)

4. give (allow, accord):

III.give <pret gave, pp given> [Brit ɡɪv, Am ɡɪv] VB intr

3. give (yield, break) → give way

IV.to give oneself to VB refl

passer un savon à qn inf
what gives? inf

I.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

II.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB intr

get away with you inf!
get her inf!
get him inf in that hat!
to get it up vulg sl
bander vulg sl
to get it up vulg sl
to get one's in Am inf

I.far [Brit fɑː, Am fɑr] ADV

5. far (to what extent, to the extent that):

II.far [Brit fɑː, Am fɑr] ADJ

VIII.far [Brit fɑː, Am fɑr]

fairy [Brit ˈfɛːri, Am ˈfɛri] N

I.drive [Brit drʌɪv, Am draɪv] N

II.drive <pret drove, pp driven> [Brit drʌɪv, Am draɪv] VB trans

1. drive driver:

III.drive <pret drove, pp driven> [Brit drʌɪv, Am draɪv] VB intr

1. drive MOTOR:

I.blow away VB [Brit bləʊ -, Am bloʊ -] (blow away)

II.blow away VB [Brit bləʊ -, Am bloʊ -] (blow [sth] away, blow away [sth])

III.blow away VB [Brit bləʊ -, Am bloʊ -] (blow [sb] away inf)

I.sweep away VB [Brit swiːp -, Am swip -] (sweep [sb/sth] away, sweep away [sb/sth])

I.frighten away VB [Brit ˈfrʌɪt(ə)n -, Am ˈfraɪtn -] (frighten away [sb/sth], frighten [sb/sth] away)

I.stow away VB [Brit stəʊ -, Am stoʊ -] (stow away)

II.stow away VB [Brit stəʊ -, Am stoʊ -] (stow [sth] away, stow away [sth])

blink away VB [Brit blɪŋk -, Am blɪŋk -]

I.toss away VB [Brit tɒs -, Am tɔs, tɑs -] (toss [sth] away, toss away [sth])

fly away VB [Brit flʌɪ -, Am flaɪ -] lit, fig

away in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for away in the English»French Dictionary

away fixture, away game, away match N

away Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to run away with the idea that ...

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

Translations for away in the French»English Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Marsh resisted any move away but a threadbare squad suffered relegation 197677.
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Very small regions will shrink away due to the energy cost in maintaining an interface between two dissimilar component materials.
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Will it involve crazed zombies, who eat away at flesh?
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When thou hast said all this, fling it away to him with thy back turned, and deliver it not to him face to face.
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We all have that friend we met in school or the gym or somewhere we just hit it off right away.
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They lost the away match by the same score.
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But one man, drunk on "sake", forgot to throw the strange fish away.
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Radiation pressure from the star will push the dust particles away into interstellar space over a relatively short timescale.
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I always stayed away from the fiddle, having inflicted enough pain on my family with the piano, he laughed.
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He took her as his common-law wife and later trusted her with running his plantation when he was away on business.
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