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pouvoir

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pouvoir [puvwaʀ] nmpower;
(Pol) (= dirigeants);
le pouvoir → those in power;
les pouvoirs publics → the authorities;
avoir pouvoir de faire (= autorisation) → to have (the) authority to do (= droit); to have the right to do;
pouvoir absolu → absolute power;
pouvoir absorbant → absorbency;
pouvoir d'achat → purchasing power;
pouvoir calorifique → calorific value vb semi-aux
1. (= être en état de) → can, be able to;
je ne peux pas le réparer → I can't ou I am not able to repair it;
déçu de ne pas pouvoir le faire → disappointed not to be able to do it
2. (= avoir la permission) → can, may, be allowed to;
vous pouvez aller au cinéma → you can ou may go to the pictures
3. (probabilité, hypothèse) → may, might, could;
il a pu avoir un accident → he may ou might ou could have had an accident;
il aurait pu le dire! → he might ou could have said (so)!
4. (expressions);
tu ne peux pas savoir! → you have no idea!;
tu peux le dire! → you can say that again! vb impersmay, might, could;
il peut arriver que → it may ou might ou could happen that;
il pourrait pleuvoir → it might rain vt
1. can, be able to;
j'ai fait tout ce que j'ai pu → I did all I could;
je n'en peux plus (= épuisé) → I'm exhausted (= à bout); I can't take any more
2. (vb +adj ou adv comparatif);
je me porte on ne peut mieux → I'm absolutely fine, I couldn't be better;
elle est on ne peut plus gentille → she couldn't be nicer, she's as nice as can be;
se pouvoir vi il se peut que → it may ou might be that;
cela se pourrait → that's quite possible

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