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déchirer

déchirer
to tear
From Lesson 171:The pluperfect tense usage·French

Usages of déchirer

J'ai vu que le chien avait déchiré le siège.
I saw that the dog had torn the seat.
Elle pleurait parce qu'elle avait déchiré sa robe.
She was crying because she had torn her dress.
Le filigrane étant absent, ils ne peuvent pas authentifier la lettre, d'autant moins qu'elle est déchirée.
The watermark being absent, they cannot authenticate the letter, all the less since it is torn.
Il a feuilleté le manuscrit au point qu'il a déchiré la page.
He leafed through the manuscript to the point that he tore the page.

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