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peine

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peine [pɛn] nf (= affliction) → sorrow, sadness no pl (= mal, effort); trouble no pl, effort (= difficulté); difficulty (= punition, châtiment); punishment;
(Jur) → sentence;
faire de la peine à qn → to distress ou upset sb;
prendre la peine de faire → to go to the trouble of doing;
se donner de la peine → to make an effort;
ce n'est pas la peine de faire → there's no point in doing, it's not worth doing;
ce n'est pas la peine que vous fassiez → there's no point (in) you doing;
avoir de la peine à faire → to have difficulty doing;
donnez-vous ou veuillez-vous donner la peine d'entrer → please do come in;
c'est peine perdue → it's a waste of time (and effort);
à peine advscarcely, hardly, barely;
à peine ... que → hardly ... than;
c'est à peine si ... → it's (ou it was) a job to ...;
sous peine → for fear of being punished;
défense d'afficher sous peine d'amende → billposters will be fined;
peine capitale → capital punishment;
peine de mort → death sentence ou penalty

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