pray
/pɹeɪ/ verbe A1En français : prier
- To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
- To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
- To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
He/she/it prays · Prétérit prayed · Participe passé prayed · Forme en -ing praying
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Dans la bibliothèque
“Do as you please; but, first of all, pray have a servant, father.
“Father,” said Mercédès, stopping when she had reached the centre of the table, “sit, I pray you, on my right hand; on my left I will place him who has ever been as a brother to me,” pointing with a soft and gentle smile to Fernand; but her words and look seemed to inflict the direst torture on him, for his lips became ghastly pale, and even beneath the dark hue of his complexion the blood might be seen retreating as though some sudden pang drove it back to the heart.
“Me!” repeated Edmond, slightly changing color, “and wherefore, I pray?”
He prayed and supplicated in terms so moving, that even the officer was touched, and, although firm in his duty, he kindly said, “My worthy friend, let me beg of you to calm your apprehensions.
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