Some verbs change their meaning depending on the preposition, this is a well known phenomenon of English as well, even though the verbs are mostly not the same.
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| Il se donne à son travail. |
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| He dedicates himself to his work. |
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| La chambre donne sur la rue. |
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| The room is towards the street. |
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| Il s' est donné beaucoup de peine. |
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| He has given much effort to this. |
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| Il m' a donné tout ce qu' il avait. |
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| He gave me everything that he had. |
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| Il s' est arrêté devant l' arbre. |
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| He stopped before the tree. |
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| Il n' arrête pas de m' agaçer. |
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| He does not stop to annoy me. |
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| Il faudrait mieux
arrêter
un moment pour prendre de l' air. |
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| It would be better to stop for one moment to catch breath. |
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| Il croit en elle. |
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| He believes in her. |
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| Je n' en croyais pas mes oreilles quand je l'ai entendu dire ça. |
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| I did not believe my ears, when I heard him say this. |
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| Il commence à travailler. |
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| He starts working. |
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| L' hiver commence. |
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| The winter begins. |
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| Il a commencé avec les rythmes latino-américains. |
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| He started with Latinamerican rhythms. |
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| Je n' arrive pas à traduire cette phrase. |
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| I do not make it to translate this sentence. |
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| Il n' arrive pas à l' heure prévue. |
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| He does not arrive at the agreed time. |
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