To come into (one's) own
French translation: se trouver
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| 16:12 Apr 3, 2008 |
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|  Selected response from: Alain Chouraki France Local time: 13:31 | ||||
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| 5 +1 | se réaliser, trouver sa voie, trouver sa vocation, etc. |
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| 5 | se trouver |
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| 4 | s'épanouir |
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3 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| to come into (one\'s) own se réaliser, trouver sa voie, trouver sa vocation, etc. Explanation: Entrée du dictionnaire -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 mins (2008-04-03 16:16:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Robert&Collins Super Senior -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 mins (2008-04-03 16:17:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- (R: En fait le dictionnaire donne seulement "trouver sa voie" et "se réaliser", mais je pense que trouver sa vocation peut aussi aller en fonction du contexte. |
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49 mins confidence: 
| to come into (one's) own s'épanouir Explanation: selon le contexte |
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15 hrs confidence:
| to come into (one's) own se trouver Explanation: (Sorti encore chaud du Robert & Collins) to come into one's own women began to come into their own politically : les femmes ont commencé à s'imposer en politique I always thought I would come into my own in my thirties : j'ai toujours pensé que je m'épanouirais vers la trentaine the tulips come into their own in May : les tulipes apparaissent dans toute leur splendeur en mai the movie really comes into its own in the last half hour : le film devient véritablement excellent dans la dernière demi-heure in heavy traffic a bicycle really comes into its own : c'est quand il y a beaucoup de circulation que la bicyclette est vraiment utile |
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