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 Translation for 'to hear sb sth' from English to French
entendre qn./qc.to hear sb./sth.
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entendre qn. qui pleureto hear sb. crying
entendre qn. pleurerto hear sb. crying
recevoir des nouvelles de qn. [par la personne elle-même]to hear from sb.
recevoir des nouvelles de qn. [par un intermédiaire]to hear news of sb.
relig.
entendre qn. en confession
to hear sb.'s confession
dr.
entendre le témoignage de qn.
to hear sb.'s testimony
apprendre qc. par ouï-direto hear sth. (at) secondhand
apprendre qc. [être informé de]to hear sth. [learn of]
rester stupéfait d'apprendre qc.to be astounded to hear sth.
être affligé d'apprendre qc.to be saddened to hear sth.
apprendre qc. par la bande [loc.]to hear sth. on the grapevine [idiom]
avoir la primeur de qc. [exclusivité]to be the first to hear sth.
entendre qc. de ses propres oreillesto hear sth. with one's own ears
crier qc. à la cantonade [loc.]to call sth. out (for all to hear)
apprendre qc. de source sûre [loc.] to hear sth. straight from the horse's mouth [idiom]
qn. a hâte que qn./qc. fasse qc.sb. can't wait for sb./sth. to do sth.
éloigner qn./qc. de qn./qc.to move sb/sth. away from sb./sth.
placer qn. sous la protection de qn./qc.to place sb. under the protection of sb./sth.
soustraire qn./qc. à la vue de qn.to hide sb./sth. from sb.'s view
assimiler qn./qc. à qn./qc.to bracket sb./sth. with sb./sth. [equate]
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Usage Examples English
  • In June 2019, the United States Supreme Court ruled in "Lamone v. Benisek" and "Rucho v. Common Cause" that federal courts lacked jurisdiction to hear challenges over partisan gerrymandering.
  • Each free fief had a manorial court to hear disputes between tenants, and the Abbot of St.
  • The wall behind the statue is inscribed with the following phrase: "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear".
  • Brasidas survived long enough to hear of the defeat of the Athenians and was buried at Amphipolis with impressive pomp.
  • Current rules, unlike earlier rules, position officials so far from the line of scrimmage for 50 minutes of the 60-minute game that it is extremely difficult to hear if the defense is simulating the count.

  • Horn left the studio late one night asking for Lipson to erase the multitrack (of version 3) due to lack of progress, but came back into the studio some time later to hear Richards playing a variety of modal chords based around the key of E minor with Lipson playing guitar along to the unerased multitrack.
  • The Supreme Court upheld the circuit court's decision by declining to hear the case in June 2008.
  • Invited to hear an actor who could perfectly imitate the nightingale, Agesilaus declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself.
  • The Court of Appeals is required to hear appeals from certain lower-court decisions, including those regarding criminal prosecutions, juvenile delinquency, and habeas corpus.
  • and stage monitor speakers are required for the drummer (and other band members and audience) to hear the electronically produced sounds.

  • He found what he called a "don't ask, don't tell" conspiracy because believers did not want to hear of loss of faith.
  • Each article to be voted on is directed by the Select Board to an appropriate board or committee to hear and provide the original motion at Town Meeting.
  • The 1957 act for the first time established a permanent civil rights office inside the Justice Department and a Civil Rights Commission to hear testimony about abuses of voting rights.
  • Most lossy compression reduces redundancy by first identifying perceptually irrelevant sounds, that is, sounds that are very hard to hear.
  • One was that Lanier decided to join Bloom on a drive to an upstate gig, where he spent the night with Bloom's old college bandmates and got to hear old tapes of Bloom's talent as lead vocalist.

  • The right to make a plea in mitigation is absolute. If a judge or magistrate refuses to hear such a plea or does not properly consider it, the sentence can be overturned on appeal.
  • Although it is common to hear criticism in the British Virgin Islands' press about income inequality, no serious attempt has been made by economists to calculate a Gini coefficient or similar measure of income equality for the territory.
  • Within those boundaries the court has the power to hear and decide both criminal and civil cases, rule in civil cases and hand down judgment for punishment in criminal cases.
  • A frustrated judge in an English (adversarial) court finally asked a barrister after witnesses had produced conflicting accounts, "Am I never to hear the truth?
  • The functions of the judiciary are to enforce laws; to interpret laws; to conduct court hearings; to hear court appeals.

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    Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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