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attente

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nounfeminine
  1. waitthe time that one is waiting or the state of waiting
  2. expectationact or state of expecting
  3. shoulder-strap insignia

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  • Quel temps merveilleux ç'avait été que le commencement de cette attente!What a wonderful time it had been that the beginning of this expectation!B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • L’attente de Ketty ne fut pas longue.Ketty's waiting wasn't long.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • On vit, après quelques minutes d'attente, un corps noir qui se glissait du côté de la maison et faisait entendre un sifflement sourd et doux.After a few minutes of waiting, we saw a black body slipping to the side of the house and sounding a deaf and gentle whistle.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • Cet anathème solennel qui avait coutume de jeter le trouble dans la conscience publique, qui enveloppait indirectement m. d'Avaugour, ne fit, contre son attente qu'empirer le mal.This solemn anathema that used to throw trouble into the public consciousness, which indirectly enveloped m. of Avaugour, did not, against his expectation, but worsen evil.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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