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sécarter
to move away
French
French
English
English
I. écarter [ekaʀte] VB trans
1. écarter (séparer):
écarter objets
to move [sth] further apart
écarter rideaux
to open
écarter bras, jambes
to open, to spread
écarter doigts
to spread
écarter lèvres, feuillage, buissons
to part
écarter la foule pour passer
to push one's way through the crowd
2. écarter (éloigner):
écarter chaise
to move [sth] aside
écarter mèche
to brush [sth] aside
écarter obstacle
to remove
écarter personne
to push [sb] aside
écarter badauds
to move [sb] on
écarter qc/qn de qc lit
to move sth/sb away from sth
écarter les obstacles de sa route
to remove the obstacles from one's path
écarter une branche qui gêne
to push a branch out of the way
ce chemin nous écarte trop
this path takes us too far out of our way
ce chemin nous écarte de la ferme
this path takes us too far from the farm
3. écarter (détourner) fig:
écarter qn de son devoir
to distract sb from his duty
écarter qn de la tentation
to keep sb out of reach of temptation
cela nous écarte du sujet
we're getting off the point
4. écarter (éliminer):
écarter danger, soupçon
to dispel
écarter tentation
to remove
écarter risque
to eliminate
écarter risque
to eliminate, to push [sb] aside fig
concurrent tout danger est écarté
the danger is over
5. écarter (rejeter):
écarter idée, argument, solution, candidature
to dismiss, to reject
écarter possibilité
to rule out
écarter qc des débats
to keep sth out of the discussion
écarter qn de groupe
to exclude sb from
écarter qn de comité, discussion
to remove sb from
écarter qn du pouvoir/de la scène politique
to remove sb from power/from the political scene
II. s'écarter VB refl
1. s'écarter (se séparer):
s'écarter foule, nuages:
to part
s'écarter volets:
to open
2. s'écarter (s'éloigner):
s'écarter
to move away (de from)
s'écarter discrètement
to withdraw discreetly
s'écarter d'un bond
to leap aside
écartez-vous, voilà l'ambulance
move out of the way, here's the ambulance
écartez-vous les uns des autres
spread out a bit
s'écarter l'un de l'autre chemins:
to diverge
depuis le scandale, on s'écarte d'elle
since the scandal, nobody will have anything to do with her
3. s'écarter (dévier) lit, fig:
s'écarter de trajectoire, direction, norme
to move away from
s'écarter de chemin
to stray from
s'écarter de sujet
to wander off, to stray from
s'écarter de vérité
to diverge from
s'écarter de la verticale mur:
to be out of plumb
s'écarter de son devoir
to fail in one's duty
English
English
French
French
stand aside
s'écarter (to do pour faire)
brush off threat, incident, disagreement
écarter
deviate
s'écarter (from de)
to bear off from NAUT land
s'écarter de
fend off question
écarter
brush away hand
écarter
draw aside
écarter
stave off attack, threat
écarter
sweep aside person, objection, protest
écarter
French
French
English
English
I. écarter [ekaʀte] VB trans
1. écarter (séparer):
écarter objets
to move apart
écarter rideaux
to pull open
écarter bras
to open
écarter doigts, jambes
to spread out
2. écarter (exclure):
écarter plan
to rule out
écarter objection
to overrule
écarter idée
to brush aside
écarter danger
to remove
écarter qn de qc
to exclude sb from sth
3. écarter (éloigner):
écarter qn de qc
to move sb away from sth
écarter qn de qc fig
to keep sb away from sth
4. écarter Quebec (perdre):
écarter
to mislay
II. écarter [ekaʀte] VB refl
1. écarter (se séparer):
s'écarter foule
to move aside
2. écarter (s'éloigner):
s'écarter de qc
to move out of the way of sth
s'écarter du sujet
to wander off the subject
écarte-toi/écartez-vous (de là)!
get out of the way!
3. écarter Quebec (s'égarer):
écarter
to get lost
English
English
French
French
splay
écarter
to splay out
s'écarter
wave aside
écarter
ward off
écarter
stand aside
s'écarter
step aside
s'écarter
to digress from sth
s'écarter de qc
fend off question
écarter
brush away
écarter
brush off
écarter d'un geste
French
French
English
English
I. écarter [ekaʀte] VB trans
1. écarter (séparer):
écarter objets
to move apart
écarter rideaux
to pull open
écarter bras
to open
écarter doigts, jambes
to spread out
2. écarter (exclure):
écarter plan
to rule out
écarter objection
to overrule
écarter idée
to brush aside
écarter danger
to remove
écarter qn de qc
to exclude sb from sth
3. écarter (éloigner):
écarter qn de qc
to move sb away from sth
écarter qn de qc fig
to keep sb away from sth
4. écarter Quebec (perdre):
écarter
to mislay
II. écarter [ekaʀte] VB refl
1. écarter (se séparer):
s'écarter foule
to move aside
2. écarter (s'éloigner):
s'écarter de qc
to move out of the way of sth
s'écarter du sujet
to get off the subject
écarte-toi/écartez-vous (de là)!
get out of the way!
3. écarter Quebec (s'égarer):
écarter
to get lost
English
English
French
French
splay
écarter
to splay out
s'écarter
ward off
écarter
wave aside
écarter
stand aside
s'écarter
step aside
s'écarter
brush away
écarter
to digress from sth
s'écarter de qc
fend off question
écarter
brush off
écarter d'un geste
Présent
j'écarte
tuécartes
il/elle/onécarte
nousécartons
vousécartez
ils/ellesécartent
Imparfait
j'écartais
tuécartais
il/elle/onécartait
nousécartions
vousécartiez
ils/ellesécartaient
Passé simple
j'écartai
tuécartas
il/elle/onécarta
nousécartâmes
vousécartâtes
ils/ellesécartèrent
Futur simple
j'écarterai
tuécarteras
il/elle/onécartera
nousécarterons
vousécarterez
ils/ellesécarteront
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