pry
/pɹaɪ/ verbe C2En français : soulever avec un levier, forcer, arracher
- To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.
- Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.
He/she/it pries · Prétérit pried · Participe passé pried · Forme en -ing prying
Formes du verbe
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- Participe passé
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- Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque
While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: “Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?”
Where your calling is more open to criticism is when you pry into the secrets of private individuals, when you rake up family matters which are better hidden, and when you incidentally waste the time of men who are more busy than yourself.
Dave confidently claimed he could easily pry the door open with a metal crowbar.
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