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144 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Sciences / Non-fiction books

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

donne à entendre

Context:

Linguistics

Keywords:

...dans la première partie de l’énoncé XXX donne à entendre la forme ZIBWA non conforme, pour la reformuler en L1 (l’anglais) après la pause, et la commenter avec le dessin du zèbre au tableau,

 

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144 months ago

  See profile wrote:

allows to hear

My comment:

this is the literal meaning of "entendre" which is used here, not "understand"

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144 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

allows to hear

My comment:

this is the literal meaning of "entendre" which is used here, not "understand"

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144 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

allows us to understand

My comment:

almost literal meaning applies

144 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

allows us to understand

My comment:

almost literal meaning applies

144 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

lets/allows it to be understood

My references:

Collins Roberts Unabridged French/English Dictionary

144 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

gives us to understand/points to/suggests/implies

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144 months ago

Jennifer White  See profile wrote:

Yes, don't see the problem here. There is a lot of help in the online dictionaries.