Pluperfect subjunctive ils/elles conjugation of achever.
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achever
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., acheter).
b. to finish up
Laisse-moi achever ce projet, puis je commencerai à travailler sur le suivant.Let me finish up this project, then I'll start working on the next one.
c. to complete
Lise jure qu’elle achèvera sa traduction du livre la semaine prochaine.Lise swears she'll complete her translation of the book next week.
2. (to kill)
a. to finish off
À la fin de ce film, le méchant achève l'indic qui l’a trahi.At the end of this movie, the bad guy finishes off the snitch who betrayed him.
b. to destroy
Le coyote enragé doit être capturé et achevé avant qu’il n’attaque à nouveau.The rabid coyote must be captured and destroyed before it attacks again.
c. to put out of one's misery (idiom)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
L’animal sauvage était gravement blessé, alors le fermier l'a achevé.The wild animal was seriously injured, so the farmer put it out of its misery.
3. (figurative) (to overwhelm)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
a. to finish off (figurative)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
La seconde étape du triathlon a achevé David. Il n’a pas pu arriver au bout.The second leg of the triathlon finished David off. He couldn't make it to the end.
b. to destroy (figurative)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
Véronique a quitté son mari, Eugène. Ça l'a achevé.Véronique left her husband, Eugène. It destroyed him.
c. to do in (colloquial) (figurative)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
À la fin de la journée, l'enseignante était épuisée. Ses élèves bruyants l'avaient achevée.At the end of the day, the schoolteacher was exhausted. Her noisy students had done her in.
Conjugations
Indicative of "achever"
Irregularities are in red
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