allumer
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verbcolloquial
to light, to set alighta candle, a fire, a cigar
to turn onthe light, a lightbulb, the television, the heating
to start, to turn onelectronic devices with screens
to arouse, to turn on
to flare up
Used in the library
- Le fanal allumé, les adieux faits, il s'arrêta un instant sur le seuil pour sonder la nuit du regard.The fanal lit, the farewells, he stopped for a moment on the threshold to probe the night of the look.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Ceux-là promenaient par tout son corps des flambeaux allumés.These were walking through all his body with lights on.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- — C’est-à-dire, jeune homme, que celui qui s’endort sur une mine dont la mèche est allumée doit se regarder comme en sûreté en comparaison de vous.— That is to say, young man, that he who falls asleep on a mine whose wick is lit must look as safe as you do.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Le succès, les grandes actions, indépendamment du droit et de la justice, étaient les seuls titres qui leur ouvraient, après leur mort, ce paradis dans lequel le guerrier qui s'était distingué par des exploits, trouvait tout ce qui pouvait flatter ses sens, allumer son imagination avide de jouissances.Success, great actions, regardless of law and justice, were the only titles that opened to them, after their death, this paradise in which the warrior, who had distinguished himself by exploits, found everything that could flatter his senses, light his imagination eager for enjoyment.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
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