15.8.2.2 Verbs connecting the infinitive with de


Verb Example
accepter de =
to accept 		Il n' a jamais accepté de travailler pour un salaire si bas. He never accepted to work for a salary so low.
accuser =
to accuse 		Il m' a accusé d' avoir volé son argent. He accused me to have stolen his money.
apprécier =
to like 		Il a apprécié de pouvoir travailler indépendamment. He liked it to work independently.
arrêter =
to stop 		Ils n' arrêtent pas de lui écrire. They do not stop to write him.
attendre =
to wait 		Il a attendu de la voir dans son jardin. He waited to see her in his garden.
cesser =
to stop 		Elle a cessé de fonctionner en 1951. It stopped working in 1951.
conseiller =
to recommend 		Il m' a conseillé de ne pas le faire, puisque c' était trop dangereux. He recommended not to do it, because it is too dangerous.
craindre =
to fear 		Il craint de ne plus être capable de faire du sport. He is afraid not to be able to do sports.
décider =
to decide 		Il a decidé de ne plus y aller. He decided not to go there anymore.
défendre =
to prohibit 		Elle lui a défendu de le faire. She prohibited him to do it.
désespérer =
to despair 		L'homme désespère de faire partie d'un monde infini, où il compte pour rien. Man dispairs the fact to be part of an infinitive world and to count for nothing.
empêcher =
to prevent 		Il m' empêchait toujours de faire ce que je voulais. He always prevented me from doing, what I wanted to do.
envisager =
to intend 		Après le décès de son père, il envisagea de concrétiser ses rêves d'enfant. After the death of his father he intended to realize the dreams of his childhood.
essayer =
to try 		Il a essayé de faire en sorte que tout le monde soit content. He tried to do it this way that all would be content.
éviter =
to avoid 		Il a évité de le lui demander. He avoided to ask him about it.
excuser =
to excuse 		Je m' excuse de ne pas pouvoir faire suite à votre demande. I am sorry not to be able to follow your request.
féliciter =
to congratulate 		Personne ne me félicite d' avoir fait de ma passion mon métier. Nobody congratulates me to have made my passion to my profession.
finir de =
to finish 		Ils ont fini d' arranger les choses. They finished arranging everything.
interdire =
to forbid 		Ils lui ont interdit d' aller en France. They have forbidden him to go to France.
menacer =
to threaten 		Il l'a menacée de se suicider si elle le quittait. He threatened her to kill himself, if she leaves him.
négliger =
to neglect 		Il a négligé de se faire soigner. He neglected to be taken care of.
oublier =
to forget 		Il a oublié de le lui dire. He forgot to tell her.
pardonner =
to forgive 		Il ne lui a jamais pardonné de ne pas lui avoir rendu visite quand il était à l'hôpital. He has never forgiven her to not have visitid him in hospital.
parler =
to speak 		Il parle toujours de faire un voyage autour du monde. He always talks about making a tour around the world.
prier =
to ask to 		Il m' a prié de l' aider. He asked me to help.
permettre =
to permit 		Il nous a permis d' y aller. He permitted us to go there.
promettre =
to promise 		Il m' a promis de le faire tout de suite. He promised to do it immediately.
proposer =
to propose 		Je lui ai proposé de l' aider. I have proposed to help him.
refuser =
to refuse 		Pékin refuse de céder à Bruxelles et Washington. Peking refuses to following the demands of Brussels and Washington.
regretter =
to regret 		Il regrette de ne pas pouvoir venir. He regrets not to be able to come.
reprocher =
to blame 		Il lui a reproché de ne pas être venu(e). He blamed him/her not to have come.
risquer =
to risk 		S'il continue comme ça, il risque de tout perdre. If he continues this way, he risks to lose everything.
souffrir =
to suffer 		Il souffre de ne pas être capable de l' aider. He suffers not to be able to help him.
supporter =
to stand 		Il ne supporte pas de ne pas être accepté tel qu' il est. He cannot stand it not to be accepted the way he is.
tâcher =
to try to 		Elle tâche surtout de ne pas être aperçue. She tries above all to be undetected.
tenter =
to try 		Il a tenté de ne pas faire trop de bruit. He tried not to make too much noise.
s' agir de =
it is about 		Il s' agit surtout d' être là à l' heure prevue. It is mainly about being there at the agreed time.
se contenter de = to content Il s'est contenté de regarder à l'intérieur sans y entrer. He was content to just look at the interior and not to enter.
se dêpecher =
to hurry 		Je me dêpeche de vous le faire parvenir. I hurry to let you have it.
s' efforcer =
to try hard to 		Il s' est efforcé de le lui expliquer, mais sans aucun résultat. He tried hard to explain, but without result.
s' émerveiller =
to wonder 		Il s' est émerveillé de ne pas avoir été invité. He wondered not to be invited.
s' énerver =
to annoy 		Ça m' énerve de devoir lui répéter cent fois la même chose. It annoys me that I have to tell him a hundred times the same thing.
s' étonner =
to surprise 		Ça m' étonne de l' entendre dire qu' il ne sait pas le faire. It surprises me that he does not know how to do it.
se hâter =
to hurry 		Il s' est hâté de lui faire savoir ce qui s' est passé. He hurried to let them know what happened.
s' inquiéter =
to calm 		Il s' inquiéte de ne pas savoir où il est. He is worried, because he does not know, where he is.
se permettre =
to permit oneself 		Il se permet de me dire que je suis paresseux. He permits himself to tell me that I am lazy.
se plaindre =
to claim 		Il s' est plaint de ne pas avoir reçu l' argent. He claims not to have got the money.
se réjouir =
to be happy 		Il se réjouit d' avoir été accepté à l' université. He is happy to be admitted to the university.






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