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Usages of empirer
Quand sa toux empire le soir, elle téléphone au médecin.
When her cough gets worse in the evening, she calls the doctor.
Quand il voit que l’état de Marie n’empire pas, il est rassuré.
When he sees that Marie’s condition is not getting worse, he is reassured.
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