accrocher
A2#1,170Hear it
verb
to hook, hook upattach with a hook
to pick up, become attached to
to pick up, to come to learne.g. a skill
to get, get hold of, obtain something
to hang upthe phone) (end a telephone conversation
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- Autrefois, on accrochait un seau à chaque arbre.In the old days, a bucket was hung on each tree.A2La cabane à sucre — The sugar shack
- Comme elle ne répondait toujours pas, il s'accrocha à cette dernière supposition par peur d'un refus définitif.Since she was still not responding, he clinged to this latter assumption for fear of a definitive refusal.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Deux des Sauvages qui nous ont pris les ont accrochées, en guise de trophée, au poteau de leur cabane.Two of the Indians who took them from us hung them, as a trophy, at the stake of their cabin.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Et s’accrochant de la main au rebord de sa fenêtre, il se laissa tomber du premier étage, qui heureusement n’était pas élevé, sans se faire une écorchure.And clinging with his hand to the edge of his window, he let himself fall from the first floor, which fortunately was not raised, without making himself a scratch.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
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