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le cran

/kʁɑ̃/ noun · masculine B2
  1. notch
  2. safety catch
  3. hole
  4. wave
  5. guts, bottle, courage (colloquial) · Ce garçon a du cran, pour oser sauter en parachute. That boy has guts to dare do a parachute jump.

Plural crans

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Derrière lui, il écrivit sur le mur, avec un morceau de plâtre détaché de son plafond, 30 juillet 1816, et, à partir de ce moment, il fit un cran chaque jour pour que la mesure du temps ne lui échappât plus.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 148 · C1

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