occuper
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verb
to occupy, to take up
to employ
to be busy, to keep oneself busy
to take care of, to tend to, to deal with someone
Used in the library
- Toutes les chaises de la maison étaient occupées; Esdras, Tit'Bé et Eutrope Gagnon occupaient le banc; le père Chapdelaine était assis sur une chaise renversée; Télesphore et Alma-Rose, du perron, surveillaient la boucane qui montait toujours.All the chairs of the house were occupied; Ezra, Tit'Bé, and Eutrope Gagnon occupied the bench; Father Chapdelaine was sitting on an overturned chair; Telesphorus and Alma-Rose, of the perron, were watching the scapegoat that was still going up.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Cette présentation à Milady occupait fort la tête de notre Gascon.This presentation to Milady occupied the head of our Gascon.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Tandis que nous étions occupés ainsi, nos sentinelles jetèrent le cri de guerre.As we were so busy, our watchmen threw the cry of war.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Cette proposition occupa quelque temps les deux gouvernemens coloniaux.This proposal occupied the two colonial governments for some time.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
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