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sell

/sɛl/ verbe A1

En français : vendre, se vendre

  1. To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money. (intransitive, transitive) · She sold her old car very quickly.· I'll sell you three books for a hundred dollars.
  2. To be sold. · This old stock will never sell.· The corn sold for a good price.
  3. To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all. (transitive)
  4. To promote (a particular viewpoint). (transitive) · My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.
  5. To betray for money or other things. (transitive)
  6. To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone. (slang, transitive)
  7. To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act. (slang, transitive)
  8. To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game. (intransitive, slang) · He's selling!· He really sold in that match.

He/she/it sells · Prétérit sold · Participe passé sold · Forme en -ing selling

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Dans la bibliothèque

They had done very well; but Douglas had suddenly sold out and started for England.
The Valley of Fear, p. 50 · C1
Jonathan Wild was the hidden force of the London criminals, to whom he sold his brains and his organization on a fifteen per cent.
The Valley of Fear, p. 16 · C1
He supposed that summer had come, and went and sold his cloak.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 85 · B2
He sold a drug, pretending that it was an antidote to all poisons, and obtained a great name for himself by long-winded puffs and advertisements.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 81 · B2

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