fall
/fɔl/ verbe A2En français : tomber, chuter, choir, descendre
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. · Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.· I fell unconscious on the floor.
- To come down, to drop or descend. · The rain fell at dawn.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself. · He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
- To be brought to the ground.
- To become (chiefly used with negative states). · Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, grow, wax· She has fallen ill.
- To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated. · Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
- To die, especially in battle or by disease. · This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.
He/she/it falls · Prétérit fell · Participe passé fallen · Forme en -ing falling
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
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- He/she/it
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- Prétérit
- fell
- Participe passé
- fallen
- Forme en -ing
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Verbes à particule et expressions
- fall about To laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat un...
- fall apart tomber en morceaux
- fall around To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness,...
- fall away To cease to support a person or cause.
- fall back se replier, se rabattre
- fall by To visit unexpectedly; to arrive for a visit without an i...
- fall down tomber
- fall in To collapse inwards.
- fall into To go into something by falling.
- fall off To become detached or to drop from.
- fall on To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
- fall out brouiller avec
Dans la bibliothèque
Meanwhile Fernand made his appearance, poured out for himself a glass of water with a trembling hand; then hastily swallowing it, went to sit down at the first vacant place, and this was, by mere chance, placed next to the seat on which poor Mercédès had fallen half fainting, when released from the warm and affectionate embrace of old Dantès.
I only hope the mischief will fall upon the head of whoever wrought it.”
“Fell into the sea?”
He must have placed it on the table before he was attacked; otherwise, of course, it would have fallen when he fell.
Autres résultats
- fall The chasing of a hunted whale. B1
- fall chute, déclin C2
- fall The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpo... C2
- fall about To laugh so much that one's entire body moves s...
- fall apart tomber en morceaux
- fall around To fall over continually, especially through dr...
- fall away To cease to support a person or cause.
- fall back se replier, se rabattre
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