owe
/oʊ/ verbe B1En français : devoir
- To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. · We owe it to our children to make our nation a better place to live in the future.· I owe Kevin five bucks which he lent to me last week.
- To have debt; to be in debt.
- To have as a cause; used with to. · The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.
He/she/it owes · Prétérit owed · Participe passé owed · Forme en -ing owing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- owe
- He/she/it
- owes
- Prétérit
- owed
- Participe passé
- owed
- Forme en -ing
- owing
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
“We are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantès’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.”
“But,” cried Dantès, “it was a hundred and forty francs I owed Caderousse.”
“How much do I owe this gracious prince!
As soon as they were well away, the Fox departed without taking any notice of the Woodcutter: whereon he called to him and reproached him, saying, “You ungrateful fellow, you owe your life to me, and yet you leave me without a word of thanks.” The Fox replied, “Indeed, I should have thanked you fervently if your deeds had been as good as your words, and if your hands had not been traitors to your speech.”
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