confide
/kənˈfaɪd/ verbe C1En français : faire confiance, confier
- To take (someone) into one's confidence; to speak in secret with. · I could no longer keep this secret alone; I had to confide in my brother.· She confided in me about her plan to rob the bank.
- To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone. · I confide this mission to you alone.
- To say (something) in confidence. · After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.· She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.
He/she/it confides · Prétérit confided · Participe passé confided · Forme en -ing confiding
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Dans la bibliothèque
“I think your Gilbert Blythe _is_ handsome,” confided Anne to Diana, “but I think he’s very bold.
“Most willingly, duke; under your auspices I will receive any person you please, but you must not expect me to be too confiding.
I have, during those five-and-twenty years, spared no pains to understand the people of France and the interests which were confided to me; and now, when I see the fruition of my wishes almost within reach, the power I hold in my hands bursts and shatters me to atoms!”
“I have to use this room as a place of business,” he said, “and these people are my clients.” Again I had an opportunity of asking him a point blank question, and again my delicacy prevented me from forcing another man to confide in me.
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