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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| Commençons par faire la vaiselle. |
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| Let's wash the dishes first. |
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| Il a commencé à lire. |
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| He started to read. |
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| Je me suis attendu à des problèmes, mais ceci était trop |
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| I have expected problems, but this was too much. |
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| Je l' ai attendu pendant deux heures. |
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| I have waited for him for two hours. |
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| Je pense pouvoir terminer demain. |
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| I think I will be ready with this by tomorrow. |
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| Je pense à faire ce qu' il a dit. |
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| I intend to do, what he says. |
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| J' ai fini par ne plus rien dire. |
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| Finally I did not say anything anymore. |
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| Cela fait déjà trois ans que j'ai fini de travailler. |
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| It has been three years that I have stopped to work. |
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