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happen

/ˈhæpən/ verbe A1

En français : arriver, se produire, se passer, advenir

  1. To occur or take place. (intransitive) · Let me tell you how it happened.· I hear there're fireworks happening tonight.
  2. To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly. (intransitive) · Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.· Do you happen to have an umbrella?
  3. To encounter by chance.
  4. To become popular or trendy. (informal)

He/she/it happens · Prétérit happened · Participe passé happened · Forme en -ing happening

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Dans la bibliothèque

What happened in the world before that time is all unknown to me.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 21 · B2
The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled Pomègue, and approached the harbor under topsails, jib, and spanker, but so slowly and sedately that the idlers, with that instinct which is the forerunner of evil, asked one another what misfortune could have happened on board.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1 · C1
Dorothy had only one other dress, but that happened to be clean and was hanging on a peg beside her bed.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 12 · B2
“God forgive me,” said the young man, “for rejoicing at happiness derived from the misery of others, but, Heaven knows, I did not seek this good fortune; it has happened, and I really cannot pretend to lament it.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 13 · C1

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