embrouiller
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verbinformalslang
to entangle
to make mistakes, get confusedwhile performing a complex task
to bamboozle, to confuse
to get in a fight
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- Elle s'embrouilla, et dit à voix basse:She got confused, and said in a low voice:B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Bonacieux sentit à ce «ah!» que l’affaire s’embrouillait de plus en plus.Bonacieux felt to this "ah!" that the affair was getting more and more confused.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Souveraineté, partenariat, offre formelle : le vocabulaire avait été choisi pour rassurer, et il a surtout réussi à embrouiller.Sovereignty, partnership, formal offer: the vocabulary had been chosen to reassure, and it mostly succeeded in muddling.C1Le référendum de 1995 — The 1995 referendum
- — Oui, monsieur, répondit le mercier tout tremblant, sentant que c’était là où les affaires allaient s’embrouiller; c’est-à-dire, j’en avais une."Yes, sir," replied the trembling Mercier, feeling that this was where the business was going to get confused; that is, I had one.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
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